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100 Contemporary Brick Buildings

Door Philip Jodidio

Categorie
Algemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer
#352779-KO32
Titel
100 Contemporary Brick Buildings
Auteur
Jodidio, Philip
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Cologne : Taschen GmbH
Jaar van uitgave
2017
ISBN10
3836562359
ISBN13
9783836562355
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
2 uniform volumes with original pictorial boards in matching pictorial board slipcase, both volumes illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting
This two-volume set tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 15 years. The collection features new talents as well as established stars and showcases the use of brick across diverse buildings, from Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & De Meuron to Mass Design Group's Maternity Waiting Village in Kasungu, Malawi.

Of all building materials in the world, brick is one of the most enduring and ubiquitous. Traces of brickmaking date back to 7500 BC and fired brick first made its appearance in about 3500 BC. Since then, the trusty brick has shown amazing resilience and remains one of the mainstays of contemporary architecture. Rooted in tradition in countries as different as China and the Netherlands, it is inexpensive, flexible in use, and can al... (Lees verder)so be ecologically fabricated. This comprehensive two-volume set tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 15 years, from Argentina to New Zealand. True to all TASCHEN architecture tomes, it includes new talents like Argentina's Diego Arraigada and Vietnam's Nguyen Hai Long as well as established starchitects such as Tadao Ando and Peter Zumthor. Featured buildings showcase the variety of brick applications across cultural, domestic, infrastructure, and leisure spaces, including Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & De Meuron, Tidy Architects' Amorio Restaurant in Santiago, and Mass Design Group's Maternity Waiting Village in Kasungu, Malawi.
Pagina's
642
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 40,00

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