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Spectacular buildings = Edifices spectaculaires = Spektakuläre gebäude / [editor, Simone Schleifer ; English translation, Matthew Clarke ; French translation, Marion westerhoff ; German translation, Sysanne Engler]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German, French Publisher: Köln ; London : Evergreen : imprint of Taschen GmbH, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 378, [5] pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783822842171 (pbk.)
  • 3822842176 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Edifices spectaculaires
  • Spektakuläre gebäude
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 725.09051 22 S
Summary: Rather than merely fulfilling an aesthetic purpose, today's new buildings have cultural, political, and social importance, and only those that succeed in reflecting these values, in combination with a novel approach to the practice of architecture, can be considered as spectacular. Challenged by an increasingly complex urban context, the buildings must carefully integrate their designs into the existing urban fabric through a skillful and sensitive interpretation of the buildings' purpose and relationship with the public. Bearing in mind these issues and criteria, this book gathers a selection of contemporary projects completed within the last few years that exemplify the latest trends in the creation of prominent institutional, corporate, retail, cultural and educational facilities around the world.
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Rather than merely fulfilling an aesthetic purpose, today's new buildings have cultural, political, and social importance, and only those that succeed in reflecting these values, in combination with a novel approach to the practice of architecture, can be considered as spectacular. Challenged by an increasingly complex urban context, the buildings must carefully integrate their designs into the existing urban fabric through a skillful and sensitive interpretation of the buildings' purpose and relationship with the public. Bearing in mind these issues and criteria, this book gathers a selection of contemporary projects completed within the last few years that exemplify the latest trends in the creation of prominent institutional, corporate, retail, cultural and educational facilities around the world.

Text in English, German and French.

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