Including images publishing group (21 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New. International Spaces; Always popular are ideas for the design of working spaces featured in the first of 'Office Spaces' The way we work is changing as are the places in which we work. Communications technology has made the office mobile, but added few functions and requirements to contemporary office space. Included amongst others in this book are office.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. International Spaces Series; This publication examines pictorially the way architects have designed buildings to faciliate the movement of people and cargo around the globe. Included is an impressive array of spaces related to air, rail, road and shipping transport spaces. Designed by some of the world's leading architects, including Foster and Partners, Murphy/Jahn, NBBJ and Fentress Bradburn, these large-scale and complex projects are awesome examples of architect's skills and expertise.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. International Spaces Series; There is no doubt that the sporting spaces of today, both recreational and professional, are increasingly more refined and sophisticated. Whether to meet public demand for enhanced leisure facilities or as sporting arenas for top-level international competitors, these sites require the very latest technology. This pictorial review looks at some of the world's best architects' responses to these demands by showcasing contemporary sports facilities from around the globe. Projects featured in this volume also reflect an ever-expanding range of sporting activities including football and athletic stadiums, water sports, court sports, racing tracks and velodromes, and a variety of auxiliary sports. As part of the International Spaces Series, this publication displays quality full-colour images of outstanding contemporary architecture, and includes biographical information on featured firms.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Rocco Yim's work is recognised internationally as being among the most cutting edge in Asia today. This is the first book on the firm's work, and because of the extraordinary erudite quality of Rocco Yim's architecture, the publishers are certain they will revisit this exciting architectural practice in the not too distance future.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Asian continent saw the development of hundreds of skyscrapers. Many of them match and some surpass similar architecture in the USA and Europe. Tall Buildings of Asia & Australia is an impressive selection of the tallest and most innovative skyscrapers that have been constructed in Asia and Australia in the past three decades, particularly those built in the 1990s. Many of the buildings depicted are landmarks already. Featured architects include, amongst others, Harry Seidler & Associates, T. R. Hamzah & Yeang, I. M. Pei & Partners, Foster and Partners and Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Millennium Series; Large format publication to celebrate the new millennium. Changes that have occurred in design philosoph are written about as well as depicted pictorially to demonstrate how each firm has adapted to the changes of the times.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Helmut Jahn, FAIA, has earned a reputation on the cutting edge of progressive architecture and his buildings have had a 'staggering' influence on world architecture, according to John Zukowdky, Curator of Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago. Jahn is revealed as an architect committed to exploring the material and perceptual possibilities of creating architecture in a new millennium, one with a simplicity of form and construction and a clear expression of its component parts and purpose, as he describes it. Talking to Jahn, you hear little if anything about 'style' or even 'design'. Now collaborating with structural, mechanical and environmental engineers, along with physicists and materials manufacturers, Jahn is creating buildings that push glazing technology, environmental systems and urban place making to the limits.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Master Architect; Payette Associates philosophy is centered on planning and designing spaces and enduring buildings for people. Their practice creates places to conduct research and teaching for science, technology, medicine and health; places for campus and cultural life; and places for healthcare. The firm's clients are colleges and universities, medical and health schools, hospitals, corporations, and cultural institutions. Payette's buildings serve researchers seeking cures for diseases, professors educating future leaders in science and technology, and medical professionals and patients who confront life and death as part of their daily work. Payette Associates design facilities that promote human interaction, provide physical comfort, and facilitate the exchange of ideas. Ultimately, they strive to design buildings that stimulate and support their users. They strive, also, to integrate environmentally conscious design principles in both our projects and our internal operations.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. The Master Architect Series III; Acknowledging the complexities of the urban landscape worldwide, Johnson Fain Partners find unique opportunities in each project to design and detail signature environments.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Kids Spaces explores the concepts, challenges and latest trends in both architecture and design for children. Each design is safe, practical and fun, yet provides mental and physical stimulation for junior minds and bodies. From recreational parks in Japan, and daycare centres in Manhattan, to simple residential furniture and play equipment, this book examines the work of more than thirty world-leading architects and designers. Each has created outstanding environments or facilities that place childrens' needs first. Chapters include residential, cultural, retail, medical, special accomodation, and education facilities, plus activity centres and furniture. This book features an anternational array of well-known architects and designers.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. The contemporary workplace must constantly evolve to accommodate rapid technological advances and the shifting requirements of office workers. This new addition to the International Spaces Series follows Office Spaces, Volume 1 , and displays another diverse collection of office spaces, tailored to operate efficiently in today's world. Interiors as well as exteriors illustrate the infinite ways in which our workplaces are customised to accommodate new requirements for technology, leisure time, collaboration and entertainment. This will be a valuable resource for interior designers, architects, designers of office equipment and systems, and all those wishing to improve their working lives. The book contains a wealth of ideas for reception and waiting areas, lobbies, boardrooms, workstations, staff restaurants/cafeterias, kitchens, breakout/leisure spaces, recreational spaces, conference rooms, training rooms, and even restrooms.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Master Architect Series IV; Since its inception in 1950, Montois Partners has brought a sense of international style to Belgium on a scale previously unseen. Projects such as the Hilton International Brussels and the research centres of Texaco Europe and Solvay & Cie launched the firm as one of the largest in the country. The company has experience in virtually all building types, newly built or renovated, including airports, Montois Partners has been designing hospitals in Africa and in other European countries and is active in Eastern Europe and Turkey.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. The Millennium Series; The central focus of the firm, which was founded in 1976 in Columbus, Indiana, and now has offices in London and Tokyo as well, is a commitment to designing buildings that respond to the environment physically and from the point of view of sustainability. The portfolio of this 400-person firm includes the world's best of corporate headquarters, institutional (academic, financial, exhibition, medical), government, residential, retail, media, master plans, renovations and transportation. It's a Who's Who of world corporations and institutional designs. This portfolio includes major corporate and institutional projects in almost every major center in the world. As befitting a firm of such prestige, and typical of the "Millennium Series", this outstanding book, with a bold and informative layout, presents the firm's landmark and current projects through stunning colour photographs.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. The Master Architect Series, 5; HKS, headquartered in Dallas with offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Orlando, Richmond, Salt Lake City, and Tampa provides professional services in architecture, planning structural engineering, interior architecture and graphic design. Founded in 1939, the firm has grown to be one of the largest architectural and engineering firms in the US, with more than 500 employees and projects located in more than 200 cities, in 42 states. HKS's business philosophy emphasises the performance and achievement of client goals. The effective application of this service philosophy has resulted in the consistent delivery of projects that are wel designed, technically well executed, and completed within budget and on schedule. This book documents a selection of the firm's best work. …

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Master Architect Series; Haigo Shen addresses architecture with the same dynamism that goes hand in hand with the same dynamic forces that have played much in Taiwan's spectacular growth. The practice has worked closely with many international architects, and this shows in their work which is a synthesis of traditional and international design. Their work amongst Taiwanese architects is highly respected and the office lays claim to much of what is new in Taiwan. This book will give the reader a wonderful insight into Taiwan today, through the eyes of one of the leading lights in regional architecture, Haigo Shen. The Master Architect Series is a valuable information source and reference to some of the greatest architecture of our time, reflecting each master architect's unique designs. Projects selected for inclusion are representative of the most significant works from each stage of the architect's career, including works currently in progress.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. International Spaces; Industrial Spaces features designs derived from the need of various industries to provide efficient, safe and workable spaces for both operations and administration, while at the same time complying with rigorous industry standards and incorporating the latest technology. The setting of the industry itself also influences such space, whether it be on an industrial estate, on the city fringe, in a rural precinct, or an inner urban area. Far from the utilitarian constructions of the past, today's industrial spaces are award-winning architectural masterpieces.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. This delightfully playful publication features spaces where people meet for a variety of reasons from business to leisure pursuits. Projects are represented in full colour and biographical information is given on featured firms.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Volume 1; This gloriously pitorial volume makes a brilliant resource book. It is part of the Spaces Series, which is a must for every design office in the world.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. The Master Architecht Series; The work of this European architectural design firm is an important addition to The Images Publishing Group's Master Architects series. For the firm's founders and principals, Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, each project they embark on is a social act for both client and user, an act based upon original research and reflection, an act of creation in response to a specific program and site. This philosophy and the firm's exacting requirements for quality in design and construction have ensured that Valode & Pistre's work has been in constant demand around the world. This monograph (the first of the firm's work in the English language) bears testament to the firm's international renown, detailing major works that include commercial, retail, industrial and cultural projects.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. As a firm, LPA has embraced sustainability to the extent that it has become an integral component of its culture. Sustainable design practiced at LPA is an integrated 'holistic' process that is treated no different than any other program element where the client's sustainable requirements, such as acheiving LEED certification, are balanced against the budget to find the right response for each solution. The 'green' buildings featured in this book are at the forefront of a considerable change in the culture of new building and development, and demonstrate that sustainable design does not have to be an added cost, but can provide significant added benefits.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. International Spaces Series; Vast amounts of money are poured into the facilities in which our athletes compete. This translates into spectacular arenas, perhaps the modern day equivalent to temples for the Gods! Several hundred photographs illustrating football and athletic stadiums; water sports; court sports; racing tracks and velodromes; golf links; and, a variety of auxiliary spaces.…