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The compelling story of the making of china's tallest building.

Timeless Resorts is the first major monograph of the multi-disciplinary design practice Stapati, established by Ar.Tony Joseph.

Examination of the rethinking currently taking place of the way in which buildings are designed and created, and the materials used.

LA+ (Landscape Architecture Plus) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design is the first truly interdisciplinary journal of landscape architecture. Within its pages you will hear not only from designers, but also from historians, artists, lawyers, psychologists, ecologists, planners, scientists, philosophers, and many more besides. The aim of LA+ is to reveal connections and build collaborations between landscape architecture/urban design and other disciplines by exploring each issue''s theme from multiple perspectives. The journal features a range of contribution types including essays, interviews, design criticism, graphic features, illustrations, and "provocations": short-form pieces designed to provoke and inspire readers. LA+ brings you a rich collection of contemporary thinkers and designers in two lavishly illustrated issues annually.

Featuring the work of Australian husband and wife architects, Lindsay and Kerry Clare - known as The Clares.

llAW of WAll is a critique of absolutes: absolute closure and openness, absolute privacy and public-ness.

"Back to the Start" is a profile of mixed media savant Belinda Fox, one of the leading voices in Australian print, ceramic and sculpture art works.

An investigation into how place and context affects critical design development in an architectural site related programme. Architects were shortlisted for this project for their particular (and sometimes contrasting) modes of working with site specificity within European and American contemporary architectural practice. All the architects selected are working at an international level within their field and display a high level of intelligence and sensibility within their designs.This book offers the reader a chance to understand the deeper thinking of the individual interviewees. This insight can enhance significantly an understanding of some of the key issues in contemporary architectural practice today.The reader gains an intimate portrait of the concerns, thoughts and feelings of these architects as they reflect on their own practice in the midst of their working challenges and successes. It reveals a more intricate individually nuanced reading of site, meaning and context. It offers the reader a series of studies in the form of interviews which should inspire future and current architects to consider issues of context in greater depth.

"A compact, portable drawing resource book of over 200 highly illustrated pages of sketching and drawing techniques, the book is crafted to be a companion tool which is tucked in your travel gear and referred to regularly. The book is durable with helpful color-coded pages to cross reference with demonstrated drawing tools. The book is organized into three Drawing Chapters: First, Tools +Techniques, from black and white to color drawings: Second, Methods, where perspective drawing rules are established, followed by Learning from The Masters to learn color theory and composition, then drawing Cityscapes + Landscapes, Aerial Perspectives, with demonstrations of Quick Draw and Slow Draw techniques: Third, Drawing as a Way of Thinking, where Analytical Sketching, Sequential Serial View drawings and Developing Design Proposals Using the Story Board Method are illustrated. This book is a tool for everyone - whether you are traveling the globe or drawing in your backyard."--]cPublisher marketing.

Featuring the eco-architectural work and ideas of Ken Yeang.

An array of Mona Lisa reinterpretations, offering a contemporary take on this beloved portrait by some of the world's most innovative artists.

A photographic tour of the Perito Moreno National Park, named in honour of the early conservationist, considered the "John Muir of Argentina".

While photographing children from all of the States, celebrity photographer Matthew Jordan Smith also examines their aspirations for themselves and the future of America.

Learning from Tri-ciprocal Cities, stands as the last exhibition of the 2011-2012 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, which took place in Hong Kong. It serves to promote issues related to architecture and urbanism for the international community, as well as trigger further discussions in the design world.

Words ultimately translate into "Architectural Portraits" that find physical form in architecture. Form, color, and light are the vehicles for translation.

Solea is a sixty-two unit condominium building located in an emerging urban area of downtown Washington, D.C. Over twenty percent of the units are designed as live-work units with a mission to incubate and preserve local micro-businesses and start-up neighborhood businesses. Sustainability was a key concern throughout the planning and design of Solea, and the project is LEED Gold. Designed using traditional residential forms found in historic Washington neighborhoods rendered in modern form and materials, the building represents innovation in its category of multifamily urban housing. Solea strikes a balance between cost consciousness to preserve affordability and creativity to strengthen the urban fabric of its neighborhood and the city. Solea Condominiums has received multiple awards, including an AIA, DC Chapter, Citation Award and a Builder's Choice Award.

A collection of residences perched on the hilltops of Southern California, committed to modernist principles, sustainable design and the creation of a unique sense of place.

"Chronicles the design and execution of a five-story, off-site fabricated home assembled on-site in just sixteen days as part of the The Museum of Modern Art exhibition, 'Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling'" in 2008. -- p. [4] of cover.

Explores the realm of art and architecture across a broad terrain of installation practices.

Focuses on the emerging field of advanced digital design.

Monograph displaying the work of Salvatore LaRosa and Ronald Bentley, concentrating on their two latest house projects.

An insight into Salvatore LaRosa's design process, with the focus on work which highlights his individuality and singular style.

A chronicle of the award-winning preservation and transformation of Kansas City's Union Station, outlining the many constraints and opportunities the project team met along the way.

The Work of Art investigates the process from concept to creation, featuring the homes themselves and the craftsmen who build them.

An investigation of W Architecture and Landscape's work.

Examination of the five themes that create the conceptual framework of the work of Duda/Paine Architects.

The houses that Studio Pali Fekete Architects have created over the past decade focus on the basics: flowing spaces, abundant natural light, and generous proportions.

This volume reveals how Japan's culture has changed and contributed to the Japanese built environment - from historic buildings, post-industrialist cities, monastic gardens and modern landscapes, to the contemplative tea huts.