Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological Index

Wong, Liliane

ISBN 10: 3035625638 / ISBN 13: 9783035625639

Editore: Birkhäuser, 2023

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• Titolo: Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological Index
• Editore: Birkhäuser
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3035625638
• ISBN 13: 9783035625639
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Liliane Wongs neuester Band über Bauen im Bestand präsentiert 50 spektakuläre Umbau- und Umnutzungsprojekte weltweit, darunter Bauten wie das TWA Hotel am New Yorker John F. Kennedy-Flughafen, das CaixaForum in Madrid oder das Neue Museum in Berlin. Die Projekte werden mittels eines neuen Klassifizierungssystems geordnet und beschrieben, dass Praktiker wie Wissenschaftler adressiert. Der einführende Essay der Autorin gibt einen umfassenden Überblick und eine historische Kontextualisierung zu der enormen Entwicklung und Ausdehnung der Adaptive Reuse in der Architektur in den letzten 50 Jahren.

Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.

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Liliane Wong ist Professorin und Leiterin des Department of Interior Architecture an der Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Liliane Wong is Professor and Chair of the Department of Interior Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Liliane Wong is Professor and Chair of the Department of Interior Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her interest and teaching in this subject led her to co-found the Int|AR Journal on Design Interventions & Adaptive Reuse. Her teaching emphasizes the importance of public engagement in architecture and design. Liliane Wong received her MArch from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She was recognized by Design Intelligence in 2018–19 as one of the top 25 most admired educators in the US in the fields of architecture, interiors and landscape architecture.