ISBN: 9780500341636 - pacific edge: contemporary architecture on the pacific rim (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st. dust jacket with tiny crimp and tiny tear at top edge of back panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 512 illustrations, 225 in color. 224pp 3.34lb 10.9x10.2x0.9in.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. Brand new in shrinkwrap. Upper and lower edge of shrinkwrap is torn and small portion of upper edge of dust jacket is creased with chipping at corner.

Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Peter Zellner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 The aim of this first all-encompassing survey of the Pacific region's contemporary architecture is to show how 33 of the most cutting-edge and innovative architecture and design studies have created buildings by drawing on the stylistic conflicts and dynamism that reverberate across the Pacific. Presented thematically, each studio is profiled in depth, with texts, photographs, line drawings, sketches and extended captions. In counterpoint to the book's thematic structure, three essays by internationally recognized architecture and design writers Aaron Betsky, Davina Jackson and Akira Suzuki consider the regional characteristics of western America, Oceania and Asia. Hardback.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 224p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography. Contents; Introduction - surface crossing and edge environments; modernist legacies - an international vernacular; college cities in western America, Aaron Betsky; edge conditions - regional inflection and the architecture of local identity - software rituals in the contemporary Asian city, Akira Suzuki; dense cities/sprawl-cities - architecture in the expanding new world city - perimeter politics: Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, Davina Jackson; tectonics - innovative in old contexts; media tectonics - generating an ambient architecture tectonics; film histories and project lists. Summary; The aim of this first all-encompassing survey of the Pacific region's contemporary architecture is to show how 33 of the most cutting-edge and innovative architecture and design studies have created buildings by drawing on the stylistic conflicts and dynamism that reverberate across the Pacific. Presented thematically, each studio is profiled in depth, with texts, photographs, line drawings, sketches and extended captions. In counterpoint to the book's thematic structure, three essays by internationally recognized architecture and design writers Aaron Betsky, Davina Jackson and Akira Suzuki consider the regional characteristics of western America, Oceania and Asia. Subjects; Architecture, Modern 20th century Pacific Area. Architecture. Modern Architecture. 20th Century. Architecture Pacific Area History 20th century. Architecture Pacific Area 20th century. Pacific Ocean. ARCHITECTURE / History / General. ARCHITECTURE / Criticism. HOUSE & HOME / Decorating. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 224p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography. Contents; Introduction - surface crossing and edge environments; modernist legacies - an international vernacular; college cities in western America, Aaron Betsky; edge conditions - regional inflection and the architecture of local identity - software rituals in the contemporary Asian city, Akira Suzuki; dense cities/sprawl-cities - architecture in the expanding new world city - perimeter politics: Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, Davina Jackson; tectonics - innovative in old contexts; media tectonics - generating an ambient architecture tectonics; film histories and project lists. Summary; The aim of this first all-encompassing survey of the Pacific region's contemporary architecture is to show how 33 of the most cutting-edge and innovative architecture and design studies have created buildings by drawing on the stylistic conflicts and dynamism that reverberate across the Pacific. Presented thematically, each studio is profiled in depth, with texts, photographs, line drawings, sketches and extended captions. In counterpoint to the book's thematic structure, three essays by internationally recognized architecture and design writers Aaron Betsky, Davina Jackson and Akira Suzuki consider the regional characteristics of western America, Oceania and Asia. Subjects; Architecture, Modern 20th century Pacific Area. Architecture. Modern Architecture. 20th Century. Architecture Pacific Area History 20th century. Architecture Pacific Area 20th century. Pacific Ocean. ARCHITECTURE / History / General. ARCHITECTURE / Criticism. HOUSE & HOME / Decorating. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

1st Ed. 224 PP with 496 illustrations (b/w photos, plans, sketches and 216 colour photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.8 x 25.8. A survey of the region's contemporary architecture, presented thematically rather than geographically to demonstrate the cross culture architecture.