Horizontal Skyscraper

Author : Bjørn B. Erring
Publisher : Tapir Academic Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8251917638

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The Horizontal Skyscraper by Bjørn B. Erring Pdf

Chinese cities are undergoing profound changes. Urban development has transformed the townscape; low-rise structures based on courtyard type housing, horizontal in character, have been replaced by vertical constructions. In the 1980s and 1990s Chinese cities were featured by the conflicting wishes for rapid modernization and cultural continuity. The articles of this book refer to experiences drawn from this particular period of time, and are selected among case studies and related theoretical considerations. The case studies are concentrated on four cities: Beijing, Xi'an, Quanzhou and Shanghai. The authors have all been active in different fields of urban transformation in historic Chinese cities. They are politicians, historians, planners, anthropologists, architects and scholars. The articles describe the substantial transformation of the cities and the implications of this change. The contributing authors represent three countries; China, France and Norway. They all participated in two conferences in 1995 and 1996, dealing with urban renewal in housing areas of traditional Chinese cities. The outcome of these conferences constitute the raw material for this book.

Author : Steven Holl Architects,Steven Holl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architects
ISBN : 0981966721

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Horizontal Skyscraper by Steven Holl Architects,Steven Holl Pdf

Editing by Steven Holl, Janine Buinno, Jennifer Sime, William Stout.

Author : Carlo Aiello
Publisher : eVolo Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780981665801

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Skyscraper for the XXI Century by Carlo Aiello Pdf

This book presents the best 60 projects of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Skyscraper Competition. An investigation by architects, students, and designers on the future of the skyscraper. What is the skyscraper in the beginning of the XXI Century? What is the historical and social context of these mega-structures? What is their response towards the urban fabric? Is the modern skyscraper a city in and of itself? Is the human scale lost? Talented architects have entered these competitions to explore, re-think, and speculate on this fascinating architectural genre. Each project includes a full description by the author as well as several illustrations and drawings. In addition, reknown architects were invited to present their thoughts on this fascinating architectural genre.

Author : Nerma Cridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317654308

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Drawing the Unbuildable by Nerma Cridge Pdf

Architecture is conventionally seen as being synonymous with building. In contrast, this book introduces and defines a new category - the unbuildable. The unbuildable involves projects that are not just unbuilt, but cannot be built. This distinct form of architectural project has an important and often surprising role in architectural discourse, working not in opposition to the buildable, but frequently complementing it. Using well-known examples of early Soviet architecture – Tatlin’s Tower in particular – Nerma Cridge demonstrates the relevance of the unbuildable, how it relates to current notions of seriality, copying and reproduction, and its implications for contemporary practice and discourse in the computational age. At the same time it offers a fresh view of our preconceptions and expectations of early Soviet architecture and the Constructivist Movement.

Author : Steven Holl
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568986793

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Urbanisms by Steven Holl Pdf

Foreword -- Urbanisms : working with doubt -- Geo-spatial -- Experiential phenomena -- Spatiality of night -- Urban porosity -- Sectional cities -- Enmeshed experience : partial views -- Psychological space -- Flux and the ephemeral -- Banalization versus qualitative power -- Negative capability -- Fusion : landscape/urbranism/architecture -- Coda : dilated time -- The megaform and the helix / by Kenneth Frampton -- Project credits -- Image credits -- Acknowledgments.

Author : Carlo Aiello
Publisher : eVolo Press
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781938740145

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eVolo Skyscrapers 2 by Carlo Aiello Pdf

This publication is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed book eVolo Skyscrapers. 150 new skyscrapers submitted to the eVolo Skyscraper Competition are categorized and examined. These super-tall structures take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and the establishment of new urban and architectural methods to solve economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city; including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned urban sprawl.

Author : Giaime Botti
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789819915521

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Designing Emerging Markets by Giaime Botti Pdf

This book offers a unique glance into the process of globalisation of the architectural practice during the last three decades through the lenses of innovative methodologies in architectural history based on quantitative data. Focusing on the golden age of globalisation (1990-2019), it investigates the transnational work of more than one thousand architectural firms of different business models from Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific in a broad sample of emerging markets: Mainland China, South-East Asia, India, the Persian Gulf, Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and Kazakhstan, and Latin America. In the book, different thematic geographies are presented to explore the global scope of the contemporary profession, examine significant projects and the structural conditions behind them, and reveal the debates that such works generated. Understanding the global agency of design firms in emerging markets also becomes a way to study different market conditions, modes of production, and architectural trends comparatively and to highlight the shifts that occurred in the profession over the last few decades. The use of quantitative methodologies produces a novel and updated narrative on contemporary architecture in emerging markets grounded in quantitative data rather than in preassumptions and purely qualitative interpretations. Richly illustrated, this book is further enhanced by an ample set of maps, graphs, and tables to visualise data better.

Author : Carlo Aiello
Publisher : eVolo Press
Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781938740152

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eVolo Skyscrapers by Carlo Aiello Pdf

What will the skyscrapers of the future look like? Will they be covered in gardens, shaped like rocket ships, submerged in the ocean? eVolo Skyscrapers compiles 300 forward-looking projects, like buildings that incorporate robotics or are capable of flying...the next generation of big buildings. Established in 2006, the eVolo Skyscraper Competition has become the world’s most prestigious award for high-rise architecture. The contest recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations. Studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are some of the multi-layered elements of the competition. It is an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of dynamic and adaptive vertical communities. Over the last years, an international panel of renowned architects, engineers, and city planners have reviewed more than 4,000 projects submitted from 168 countries around the world. Participants include professional architects and designers, as well as students and artists. This book is the compilation of 300 outstanding projects selected for their innovative concepts that challenge the way we understand architecture and their relationship with the natural and built environments. The projects have been organized in six chapters that describe the current position and the future of vertical architecture and urbanism. The first chapter, Technological Advances, is an investigation on the use of digital tools and computing fabrication. Ecological Urbanism explores sustainable systems, including new materials and clean energy generation processes to achieve zero-net-energy buildings. Projects that analyze the reconfiguration of existing cities and the colonization of new environments, such as underwater cities and floating habitats, are part ofNew Frontiers. The improvement of our way of living is the topic of the fourth chapter, Social Solutions, which is a collection of ideas that respond to social, cultural, and economic problems. A more experimental approach to architectural design is exposed in Morphotectonic Aesthetics, with proposals that use fields of data and self-regulating systems to respond to internal and external stimuli -the results are fascinating explorations of function and form. Finally, Urban Theories and Strategies is a group of projects that establish new methods to alleviate the major problems of the contemporary city, including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure, and the exponential increase of inhabitants.

Author : Murray Hiebert
Publisher : Center for Strategic & International Studies
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442281400

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Under Beijing's Shadow by Murray Hiebert Pdf

China’s rise and stepped-up involvement in Southeast Asia have prompted a blend of anticipation and unease among its smaller neighbors. The stunning growth of China has yanked up the region’s economies, but its militarization of the South China Sea and dam building on the Mekong River has nations wary about Beijing’s outsized ambitions. Southeast Asians long felt relatively secure, relying on the United States as a security hedge, but that confidence began to slip after the Trump administration launched a trade war with China and questioned the usefulness of traditional alliances. This compelling book provides a snapshot of ten countries in Southeast Asia by exploring their diverse experiences with China and how this impacts their perceptions of Beijing’s actions and its long-term political, economic, military, and “soft power” goals in the region.

Author : Oksana Zaporozhchenko
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387077441

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Environmental Principles of Formation of Architecture Public Buildings by Oksana Zaporozhchenko Pdf

Author : Carlo Aiello
Publisher : eVolo Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781938740183

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Skyscrapers of the Future by Carlo Aiello Pdf

No other architectural genre captures our imagination and reflects our cultural and technological achievements like these towers that pierce the sky. We start off with the history and evolution of building high, from the Egyptian pyramids, Gothic cathedrals, and first American skyscrapers to the contemporary reality in Asia and the Middle East. We present two fascinating interviews, the first one with Carol Willis, the founder and director of the Skyscraper Museum in New York City, who explains the true genetics and economics behind the birth and future of the skyscraper. The second one with Italian artist, Giacomo Costa, who shares his vision about the relationship between the natural environment, human activity, and supernatural reality with provocative images of an apocalyptic urban future. Javier Quintana exposes the time gap between new architectural concepts and their built reality like Arne Hosek’s City of the Future designed in 1928 and materialized in 1998 by Cesar Pelli as the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur or Sergei Lopatin’s 1925 idea for the Veshenka Tower in Moscow, later observed as the Willis Tower (former Sears Tower) in Chicago in 1974. Another group of essays explore the global influence of Manhattan as a contemporary Babylon to be replicated across the world, or the role of the Italian Futurists, Japanese Metabolists, and Archigram, who influenced generations of architects and designers to push forward the concept of vertical living. In the Opinion section you will find critiques on some of the latest ideas for skyscraper design by some of the most forward-looking architects like the concept of pixilated tectonics in Le Project Triangle in Paris by Herzog & de Meuron and the Sky Village by MVRDV. On the other hand, Jean Nouvel redefined the Italian loggia towers of the seventeenth century with the Tour Signal in La Defense, Paris; while Morphosis Architects explores new programs for vertical density with The Phare Tower. Lastly, Studio SHIFT masterfully integrates their Miyi Tower in Sichuan, China, with the existing landscape. Central to this book are thirty projects from eVolo’s 2009 Skyscraper Competition which look into the future of the skyscraper with the use of new technologies, programs, and aesthetic expression. Sustainability, globalization, flexibility, and adaptability are just some of the multi-layered elements explored by some the entries. You will find examples of cities in the sky, horizontal skyscrapers that link various cities, or emergency architecture for disaster zones.

Author : Michael Bell,Craig Buckley
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568988958

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Solid States by Michael Bell,Craig Buckley Pdf

DVD features highlights from the conference held at Columbia University.

Author : Massimo De Conti,The Images Publishing Group
Publisher : Images Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781864704402

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Design Talks by Massimo De Conti,The Images Publishing Group Pdf

Presents insightful interviews with world-renowned architects, with conversations ranging from inspiring to irreverent about architecture, creativity and style. Grants readers an insight into the brilliant minds of the world's contemporary creatives.

Author : Stacy Monsman,Christina Hill
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781480758742

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Engineering Marvels: Stand-Out Skyscrapers: Area by Stacy Monsman,Christina Hill Pdf

Have you ever seen a skyscraper that is shaped like an elephant? How about one that looks like waves? Students will learn how to measure area while engaged in reading about the world's coolest skyscrapers! This high-interest reader uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!

Author : Stacy Monsman
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684525584

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Engineering Marvels: Stand-Out Skyscrapers: Area by Stacy Monsman Pdf

Have you ever seen a skyscraper that is shaped like an elephant? How about one that looks like waves? Students will learn how to measure area while engaged in reading about the world's coolest skyscrapers! This high-interest reader uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!