The long-awaited follow-up to New Hotels presents a showcase of some of the most recent and inventive projects by the greatest names in hotel design. Architecturally speaking, a hotel presents the opportunity to challenge the aesthetic uniformity that currently plagues the design of public places. The search for a misunderstood modernity has spawned a crop of dismal clones all over the planet, in no way lightening the dreary burden of endless preconceived ideas afflicting the traditional hotel industry. Hoteliers have quickly recognized that ongoing changes in taste and needs within society call for a «live or die» approach to hotel service as a priority objective. The concept of «luxury» is continually evolving; it no longer means providing ostentatious spaces, full of glitz and chandeliers. Today's visitor wants to feel different simply because of where he or she is staying, which means that nowadays luxury is a matter of finding that sought after, special difference, such as cultural centers inside the hotel, 24-hour bars, personal assistants rather than receptionists, and varied types of cuisine. According to this vision, the hotels that are visited in New Hotels 3 are the ultimate expression of this new conception of luxury. Each one has its own personality born of merging innovation with local character. Without the former there is no progress; without the latter we run the risk of fading into that great morass of inconspicuous absurdity.

The Smaller Home offers interesting new ways of thinking about the home. Innovative and efficient use of space can make living easier, more economical, and more enjoyable. The Smaller Home includes the latest ideas for layout options, flow patterns, space conversions, creative storage, and putting technology to work. It is a useful and imaginative guide for making the most out of less space without compromising comfort, convenience, or style.

The Urban Land Institute has again cooperated with Visual Reference Publication to cosponsor this fourth volume titled Urban Spaces No. 4 showcasing more than 190 outstanding urban/mixed use design projects by leading architects, landscape architects, urban designers and planners. All over the world, people dependent upon TV and computes are craving public spaces more than ever. Meanwhile, community governments and private developers are increasingly committed to building meaningful public spaces as requisites for municipal and commercial prosperity. This universal appeal of spaces where people can gather continues to inspire new parks, plazas, atriums, and mixed-used complexes, as well as entire new people-oriented neighborhoods and communities. This 320 page volume with over 750 beautifully reproduced full-color images is an invaluable reference for urban planners, public officials, building committees, and professionals who are responsible for the planning, design,…

He has overseen the design of projects in the firms impressive oeuvre in Australia, South-East Asia, China, the Middle East, South Africa and Europe. With in-depth project descriptions, drawings, plans, and spectacular colour photography, this book presents many of the firms highly awarded projects for major international sporting facilities, such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the athletes village for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as well as major arts centres and museum complexes, convention centres, education facilities, local government facilities, facilities for justice, including prisons and police stations, urban and master planning, bridges and transport projects. Описание: Including project descriptions, drawings, plans and colour photography, this book presents many of the firm, Cox Architects & Planners, projects for major international sporting facilities, as well as major arts centres and museum complexes, convention centres, education facilities, local government facilities and facilities for justice.

It has been said that god is in the details and that the life and soul of a building are expressed in its architectural detailing. Details in Design: Creative Detailing by some of the World's Leading Architects is an influential series that examines creative detailing by a selection of leading firms from around the world. Featuring the work of many of the world's most influential and dynamic architectural practices, the sixth volume in this series continues the trusted format of the earlier editions. Projects are presented with superb full-colour photography and drawings that place details within the context of the overall design. This latest edition features Foster and Partners, Renzo Piano, Claudio Silvestrin, Gregotti Associati International, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, LS3P, EEA Erick Van Egeraat, Fox & Fowle, Studio Downie and Rafael Vinoly, among other influential firms. Commercial, residential, institutional and retail projects are all included.

Описание: Founded in 1968, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects is a New York-based firm offering master planning, architectural, interior and product design services. Gwathmey Siegel has completed more than 400 projects for educational, healthcare, corporate, cultural, government and private clients throughout the United States and abroad. The 65-person firm has an international reputation for architectural excellence, confirmed by more than 100 design awards, continuing recognition in the professional and general press, and inclusion in exhibitions and histories of contemporary architecture.

With a move to smaller and more flexible living spaces, architects and designers are pushing the parameters of available space. For example, in a bed-sit the lounge might become the bedroom at night, with the kitchen taking shape only when the need arises. This book visits a number of extraordinary homes, from apartments to townhouses. It is testament to the fact that what small spaces may lack in size, they certainly make up for through creative design ideas. It features everything from lofts nestled into warehouse spaces to townhouses hidden in laneways and the localities are often as intriguing as the spaces themselves. Text by Stephen Crafti, a well-known freelance writer who has been published extensively in magazines and newspapers both locally and internationally.

Ronald Altoon describes the work of his Los Angeles-based firm as «contextual,» a single word that encapsulates the working philosophy of the firm. Contextualism, however, in the way Altoon uses the word, becomes something fairly complex. He does not use the word in the commonly understood sense, that of designing to conform with existing buildings on the site. His notion of contextualism is far more inclusive. For Altoon + Porter, context is a value. This approach puts human comfort and well-being at the top of the scale, and addresses plan making as well as building technology to that end. Context, of course, is not a single factor, which is why stylistic contextualism, by itself, is superficial. Context is many factors-culture, climate, building technology, urbanism — working together as a system. Altoon + Porter''s contextualism is sometimes quiet, sometimes loud, but always appropriate, despite many diverse locations and project types. Altoon + Porter treats context as…