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Format: 495 pages , illustrations , 24 cm

Edition: 2015 edition, special anniversary edition

ISBN: 9783836552219 , 3836552213

Content: "A special anniversary edition of our go-to architectural digest. From Frank O. Gehry's shining Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris to Zaha Hadid's curving Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, take a global tour through the architectural practice emerging today, and defining tomorrow. The best-selling series of Architecture Now! celebrates its tenth edition with more than 70 international projects arranged in a neat new format. With tabbed, thematic sections across Residential, Commercial and Public, Education and Research, Culture, and Leisure buildings, the selection celebrates contemporary architecture in its innovation, eclecticism, and adaptation to our evolving world. It profiles the work not only of starchitects but also of rising talents such as Tatiana Bilbao (Mexico), Sou Fujimoto (Japan), or the young team from Chile, Pezo von Ellrichshausen."

Note: MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE (brief contents): Introduction -- Residential -- Commercial and public -- Culture and religion -- Leisure -- Education and research -- Architects

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 784 pages , illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color), portrait , 38 cm

Edition: [New edition]

ISBN: 9783836549028 , 9783836589390 , 3836549026 , 3836589397

Uniform Title: Works. Selections

Content: Jean Nouvel, winner of the 2008 Pritzker Prize, is widely regarded as France's most original and important contemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970, he assisted the influential architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio before creating his own practice in Paris. His first largely acclaimed project was the Arab World Institute in Paris (1981-87). Since then, he has completed such grand projects as the Fondation Cartier in Paris, the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi. His recent work includes the 82-story 53W53 Tower in New York, the Duo Towers in Paris, and the Shanghai Pudong Art Museum.Based on the massive XXL monograph from 2008, this widely updated edition brings the architect's definitive career overview to one volume. The result is a nearly 800-page tome with more than 25 recent projects and new photos commensurate with Jean Nouvel's inimitable talent, which highlights milestone projects, among them his Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, as well as works in progress such as the spectacular Sharaan Desert Resort, a hotel that will be carved into sandstone rock in the Al-'Ula desert in Saudi Arabia. The collection's graphic design and images were conceived and selected by the architect himself, making this publication a genuine Nouvel by Nouvel, inside and out

Note: First published: 2008 , Texts in English and French

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783822857724

Language: English

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Format: 620 pages , illustrations, plans , 20.5 x 15.5 cm

Edition: Reprint

ISBN: 9783836561563 , 3836561565

Series Statement: Bibliotheca universalis / Taschen

Content: "Timberland. The wooden structures of the 21st century. Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous resurgence in contemporary construction. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition explores how architects around the world have created and invented with this elementary material. Featuring follies, very large buildings, and ambitious urban renewal schemes, it celebrates the diverse deployment of wood by architects around the world. We see how wood can at once transform urban spaces, as in the Metropol Parasol in Seville by Jürgen Mayer H., and allow for sensitive interventions in natural environments, such as at the Termas Geométricas Hot Springs Complex in Pucón, Chile, by Germán del Sol. Travel the world to investigate one of the greatest renaissances in architecture: wood. How has this elemental material come to steal the show at luxury hot spring structures and cutting-edge urban renewal schemes? With 100 projects from China, Chile, and everywhere in between, this global survey explores the technical, environmental, and sensory elements that have inspired a return to timber."

Note: EDITORIAL NOTE: 1-volume edition first published: 2017 , EDITORIAL NOTE: first published: 2015 in 2 volumes , INDEX NOTE: includes index. , LANGUAGE NOTE: text in English, German and French

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 618 pages , illustrations, plans , 20.5 x 15 cm

ISBN: 9783836522205 , 3836522209

Series Statement: Bibliotheca universalis / Taschen

Content: "Where the Grass Really Is Greener. Eco-friendly building in the world today. The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series in this handy Bibliotheca Universalis edition. Celebrated architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are presented alongside young up-and-coming creators from all over the world. Filled with plans, renderings of proposed projects, and stunning architectural photography, this is nothing short of an encyclopedia of eco-design. From a water treatment facility to an art museum, luxurious holiday homes to commercial structures, these buildings all make a bold environmental statement. Being 'green' means being aware of the responsibility in the construction and use of modern buildings; some solutions are as old as the history of architecture, while others are born of cutting-edge technologies. Explore these approaches and many more in this groundbreaking collection showcasing 100 of the world's most innovative eco-friendly buildings."

Note: INDEX NOTE: includes index. , LANGUAGE NOTE: text in English, French and German

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 572 pages , illustrations, plans , 20.5 x 15 cm

Edition: Reprint

ISBN: 9783836547901 , 3836547902

Series Statement: Bibliotheca universalis / Taschen

Content: "Saving space: Big ideas for small buildings. Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be diminutive in their dimensions, but are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese cities, where large sites are hard to come by, or at the frontier between art and architecture, small buildings present many advantages, and push their designers to do more with less. A doll-house for Calvin Klein in New York, a playhouse for children in Trondheim, pop-up stores for fashion stars, vacation cabins, and housing for victims of natural disasters are all part of the new rush to develop the great small architecture of the moment. The 2013 Pritzker Prize winner Toyo Ito is here, but so are emergent architects from Portugal, Chile, England, and New Zealand. Alvaro Siza and Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) display their eye for tiny detail alongside artists Doug Aitken and Olafur Eliasson. From world-famous names to the freshest new talent, come discover architectural invention on a whole new, small scale."

Note: EDITORIAL NOTE: originally published: 2014 , INDEX NOTE: includes index. , LANGUAGE NOTE: text in English, German, and French.

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 176 pages , richly illustrated (chiefly colour), portraits, plans , 30 x 23 cm

ISBN: 9783822892640 , 3822892645

Content: "Alessandro Mendini; Bolles-Wilson; Botta; Chementov; De Portzamparc; Grimshaw; Hadid; Herzog & de Meuron; Huidobro; Jean Nouvel; Jo Coenen; Miralles and Pinos; Nicholas Grimshaw; Norman Foster; Rem Koolhaas; Renzo Piano; Santiago Calatrava; Schultes; Steidle and partner; Wilmotte."

Note: LANGUAGE NOTE: text in English, German, and French.

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 287 pages , richly illustrated (colour), plans , 29 x 29 cm

ISBN: 9780847865307 , 0847865304

Content: "This book showcases recent houses by the world-renowned Japanese minimalist architect, offering unprecedented access to his thought process through more than 100 photographs, line drawings, sketches, and plans. Tadao Ando is one of the best-known and most influential contemporary architects with a minimalistic aesthetic and love of natural materials like glass and concrete -- proof that less is more. This volume features ten houses and examines his approach to these designs. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Ando's prodigious genius through lavish and striking photographs. Characteristics of his work include large expanses of unadorned architectural concrete walls combined with wooden or stone floors and large windows. He uses simple methods to solve complicated and small spaces and turns them into spaces with breathtaking landscapes. With precise and beautiful photographs accompanied by Tadao Ando's sketches, drawings, and plans, this volume presents several unseen and little published works, from the Bosco Studio and House facing the Pacific Ocean in Oaxaca, Mexico (2014) to a penthouse in Manhattan for a Japanese collector, completed in 2019."

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 618 pages , illustrations, plans , 20.5 x 15.5 cm

Edition: [New edition]

ISBN: 9783836547673 , 9783836564939 , 3836547678 , 3836564939

Series Statement: Bibliotheca universalis / Taschen

Uniform Title: 100 contemporary concrete buildings

Content: "Concrete Heights. The most exciting projects behind the contemporary concrete trend. Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A kind of 'liquid stone' at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and capable of prodigious feats of engineering. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition highlights the best work done in concrete of recent years. It includes such stars as Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, and Steven Holl, but also surprising new architects like the Russians SPEECH and artists such as James Turrell, who turned the famous concrete spiral of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim in New York into the setting of one of his most remarkable pieces. Once synonymous with eyesore highway bridges and crumbling, unloved walls, concrete has been reborn as adventurous and sexy. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition considers the elaborate feats and prodigious engineering of contemporary concrete architecture, from stars such as Tadao Ando and Herzog & de Meuron, to fresh new studios like the Russian SPEECH."

Note: EDITORIAL NOTE: "This book is in part a compilation from Taschen's previously published Architecture now! series" -- Colophon , EDITORIAL NOTE: previous edition published as: 100 contemporary concrete buildings. 2015 , INDEX NOTE: includes index. , LANGUAGE NOTE: text in English, French and German

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 688 pages , illustrations , 20 cm

ISBN: 9783836557832 , 3836557835

Content: "Exceptional contemporary houses from Chile to Croatia to China. Designing private homes offers architects more freedom than corporate projects to express their ideas and try out new concepts. Conceiving living spaces is not without its own set of challenges, for which architects are forever looking for innovative solutions--rethinking the way we inhabit our home and live our daily lives is all part of the job when designing a house. Nowadays environmental concerns have become crucial in building sustainable structures, changing the playing field quite profoundly. This two-volume publication rounds up 100 of the world's most interesting and pioneering homes from the past decade, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including John Pawson, Richard Meier, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Herzog and de Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Alvaro Siza, UNStudio, and Peter Zumthor."

Note: INDEX NOTE: includes index. , J2 House, Zagreb / 3LHD -- House in Las Rozas, Madrid / Ábalos and Herreros -- Acayaba House, Tijucopava, Guarujá / Marcos Acayaba -- House in Leiria / Aires Mateus -- Entre Muros House, Tumbaco / Al Borde -- 4 x 4 House, Kobe ; Invisible House, Treviso / Tadao Ando -- Deck House, Santiago / Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Architects -- House in Rokusyomaki, Kawaguchi / Atelier Masuda -- Lucky Drops House, Tokyo / Atelier Tekuto -- Quelfes House, Olhão / Ricardo Bak Gordon -- Wall-less House, Karuizawa, Nagano ; Paper House, Lake Yamanaka / Shigeru Ban -- House on Lake Rupanco, Lake District / Beals-Lyon Arquitectos, Christian Beals -- RW House, Búzios ; CF House, Angra dos Reis / Bernardes + Jacobsen -- Casa Kike, Cahuita / Gianni Botsford Architects ; Feinin residence, Reno / Will Bruder + Partners -- James-Robertson House, Great Mackerel Beach / Casey Brown -- Copley residence, Accord / Nancy Copley -- Casa no Gerês, Caniçada / Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos -- C-1 (Curiosity One) House, Tokyo / Curiosity -- Charles Deaton Sculpture House, Golden / Charles Deaton -- Aloni House, Antiparos Island / Deca Architecture -- Alpine barn and stable, Evolène / Devanthéry and Lamunière -- Holman House, Sydney / Durbach Block Architects -- Suitcase House, Badaling Shuiguan, Beijing / Edge Design Institute -- Wall House, Santiago / Far Frohn and Rojas -- Shark Alley Retreat, Great Barrier Island / Fearon Hay -- Eva Presenhuber House, Vná / Fuhrimann and Hächler -- Charred Cedar House, Nagano / Terunobu Fujimori -- House O, Chiba / Sou Fujimoto Architects -- Martemar House, Benahavis / Antón García-Abril Ruiz * Ensamble Studio -- Suntro House, Oaxtepec / Jorge Hernández de la Garza -- Mountain Research, Minamisaku / General Design -- Glenburn House, Glenburn / Sean Godsell -- House in the Rocky Mountains, Genesee / Alexander Gorlin -- Villa C, Zonhoven / Groep Delta -- Capital Hill residence, Moscow / Zaha Hadid -- Ito House, Chijiwa, Nagasaki / Hiroshi Hara -- Lindale Beach House, Great Barrier Island / Herbst Architects -- Ecker Abu Zahra House, Luftenberg / Hartl. Architekten -- House, Leymen / Herzog and de Meuron -- Modular Steel House, Glencoe / David Hovey -- Shell, Karuizawa, Nagano / Kotaro Ide -- Red House, Oslo / Jarmend/Vigsnæs -- Camouflage House, Green Lake / Johnsen Schmaling Architects -- House in Kuala Lumpur / Jouin Manku -- Wheatsheaf Residence, Daylesford / Judd Lysenko Marshall -- G House, Yokohama, Kanagawa / Kamayachi + Harigai -- Sandbag shelter prototypes, various locations / Nader Khalili -- Loblolly House, Taylor Island / Kierantimberlake --Techos House, Nahuel Huapi Lake ; 11 Mujeres House, Cachagua / Mathias Klotz -- Bahia House, Salvador / Marcio Kogan -- Steel House, Tokyo / Kengo Kuma -- 18.36.54 House, Connecticut / Daniel Libeskind -- Valley House, Vieira do Minho / Guilherme Machado Vaz -- Net House, Ahmedabad / Gurgit Singh Matharoo -- Southern California beach house / Richard Meier -- Addition to house on the Gulf of Mexico I, Casey Key / Toshiko Mori -- Floating House, Lake Huron, Pointe du Baril ; Winters Studio, Columbia County / MOS -- Sakura House, Tokyo / Mount Fuji Architects Studio -- House at Piper's End, Hertfordshire / Niall McLaughlin Architects -- Moriyama House, Tokyo / Ryue Nishizawa -- Levene House, San Lorenzo do el Escorial / No. Mad Arquitectos, Eduardo Arroyo -- Rolling huts, Mazama / Olson Kundig Architects -- Linear House, Salt Spring Island / Patkau Architects -- Tetsuka House, Tokyo / John Pawson -- Jardín del Sol House, Tacoronte / Arsenio Pérez Amaral -- Poli House, Coliumo Peninsula / Pezo von Ellrichshausen -- Cube House, Sesto / Plasma Studio -- Hybrid Earthship, Taos / Michael Reynolds -- Little Big House, Hobart / Room 11 -- Christine's House, Mason's Bend / Rural Studio -- Roduit House, Chamoson / Laurent Savioz -- Villa Vals / Search and CMA -- Silicon House, Madrid / Selgascono -- Ravine Guest House, Don Mills / Shim, Sutcliffe -- Pier House, Paraty / Simas and Grinspum -- Tóló House, Freguesia de Cerva / Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira -- House in Mallorca / Álvaro Siza -- Container House, Owhiro Bay / Ross Stevens -- O House, Lake Lucerne / Philippe Stuebi -- Springwater, Sydney / Peter Stutchbury -- BURST*003, North Haven / Systemarchitects -- Tenchi House, Nagoya / Masaharu Takasaki -- House Moby Dick, Epsoo / Jyrki Tasa -- Forest House, Titirangi / Chris Tate -- Pitched roof house, Nagano / Tezuka Architects -- Ring House, Karuizawa, Nagano ; Mosaic House, Tokyo / TNA -- VilLA NM, Upstate New York / UN Studio -- House U, Erlangen / Weber + Hummel -- Shelter Island House / Williams and Tsien -- Stairway to Heaven, Utrecht / Zecc -- Brick House 01, Nanjing ; Concrete Slit House, Nanjing / Zhang Lei -- Single-family house, Jenaz / Peter Zumthor , LANGUAGE NOTE: text in English, German, and French.

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies

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Format: 533 pages : , richly illustrated (colour) ; , 20.5 x 15 cm.

Edition: [Reprint].

ISBN: 9783836561877 (hbk.) , 3836561875 (hbk.)

Series Statement: Bibliotheca universalis / Taschen

Content: MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "Out on a Limb - The sky's the limit with 50 ingenious tree houses around the world. The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In this neat TASCHEN edition, take a tour of some of our finest arboreal adventures with 50 of the most beautiful, inventive, and enchanting tree houses around the world. From romantic to contemporary, from famed architects to little-known craftsmen, you'll scale the heights to visit all manner of treetop structures, from a teahouse, restaurant, hotel, and children's playhouse to simple perches from which to contemplate life, enjoy the view, and discover that tree houses take as many forms as the imagination can offer. With an abundance of gorgeous photographs and illustrations, this is an ode to alternate living, where playful imagination meets eco-sensitive finesse. About the series: Bibliotheca Universalis- Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia. Bookworm's delight - never bore, always excite!"

Note: EDITORIAL NOTE: first published: ©2012. , GENERAL NOTE: includes list "Tree house designers". , MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Introduction 8 -- Einleitung 18 -- Introduction 28 -- 4Tree House 38 -- Aerial Village 48 -- Beach Rock Tree House 56 -- Between Alder and Oak 64 -- Bialsky Tree House 76 -- Big Beach in the Sky -- Tree House 84 -- Bird's Nest Tree Hotel 92 -- Blue Cone Tree Hotel 102 -- Cabin Tree Hotel 112 -- Canopy Tree House 122 -- Chalkley Tree House 130 -- Clara's Tree House 138 -- Cliff Tree House 148 -- Djuren Tree House 158 -- Dream Tree House 168 -- Driftwood Inn 178 -- Free Spirit Spheres 188 -- Frog Prince 198 -- Geo Donar Tree House 208 -- Green Pavilion Tree House 218 -- Hapuku Lodge Tree Houses 228 -- Hermitage Tree House 240 -- Honey Sphere Tree House 248 -- Horace's Cathedral 258 -- Irisentei Tea Nest 270 -- Jungle House 278 -- Kapellerput Tree House 290 -- Lake House 300 -- Lake-Nest Tree House 312 -- Langeais Castle -- Tree House 322 -- Les Nids 330 -- Magnolia and Fir 340 -- Meditation Tree House 348 -- Mirrorcube Tree Hotel 356 -- Nicko Bjorn Elliot -- Tree House 372 -- On the Spree 380 -- Pear Tree House 388 -- Petra Cliff 400 -- Pilotis in a Forest 410 -- Prague Tree House 424 -- Sarah's Tree House 432 -- Solace Tree House 442 -- Steampunk Tree House 452 -- Takasugi-an 462 -- Teahouse Tetsu 470 -- Temple of the Blue Moon 478 -- Trillium Tree House 486 -- Ufo Tree Hotel 496 -- Wagtail Tree House 504 -- Yellow Tree House -- Restaurant 512 -- Tree House Designers 522. , LANGUAGE NOTE: text in English, German, and French.

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies