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

Contributor(s):

Schleifer, Simone

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library B10	Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Architectural)	725.09051 S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00008284

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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