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Exploring the dynamic world of contemporary interior design, this compendium showcases an array of materials, textures, colors, and styles that reflect both global trends and local traditions. It features a carefully curated selection of private and public design projects, emphasizing authenticity and attention to detail. The book highlights innovative techniques and visions that inspire creativity and spontaneity in transforming spaces, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the evolving landscape of design.

This book explores stunning homes in mountainous regions, from the Alps to the Rocky Mountains, highlighting architecture's role in shaping human-environment relationships. It emphasizes the unique challenges and opportunities of hillside locations, showcasing how aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, and topographical adaptation can harmoniously coexist.

This compendium explores landscape architecture's role in creating and shaping spaces for people, balancing nature and built environments. It emphasizes sustainability and resource preservation amid climate change, showcasing global projects that foster ecological and social habitats. It reflects on a decade of advancements since the "Atlas of World Landscape Architecture."

Multifamily houses today symbolize modern living, redefining social interaction and urban space. They offer sustainable housing solutions with higher density and shared areas. This book showcases global projects that blend innovation, aesthetics, and quality of life, emphasizing flexibility and individuality for a vibrant urban future.

A journey to the world's most beautiful houses at the shore This volume is a survey to rediscover and redefine life by the sea. The selected projects show the planning and construction possibilities in dealing with the special conditions of such locations. It presents creative designs and spatial concepts from all over the world of dreamlike, relaxed, and enjoyable living between water, air and earth. Living by the sea, surrounded by dunes, cliffs or wide beaches is a life in sync with nature, immersed in nature. Naturally, this preferred location near the water also leaves its imprint on the buildings there. Beach houses have to offer protection against the wind and waves, but above all, as the supreme manifestation of longing turned into architecture, they must give room for experiencing nature.

This book presents international projects with a focus on the amazing versatility of this eco-hero in architecture and interior design An inspirational collection: More flexible than wood and stronger than steel, and extremly light, architecture involving and consisting of bamboo has developed into one of the most fascinating areas of global building culture. It is a material with many faces and one of the most important raw materials in the world. In addition to its individual and natural appearance, above all, it is the the unique material properties that significantly promote this trend. Architects, engineers and material scientists are constantly optimizing the combination methods of bamboo with other building materials, thus expanding the range of its possible applications. What is more, the giant grass is found on all continents (with the exception of Europe) and, as the fastest-growing plant species, is in basically infinite supply.

Elaborating the diversity of wood architecture today for private homes More and more architects and builders are exploring the possibilities of a material for the construction of houses that offers unparalleled major advantages regarding design, function and ecology. Wood is a renewable building resource that impresses with its natural qualities as well as its astonishing versatility, especially given a number of new techniques, processing options, and innovations. Moreover, wooden architecture represents a promising opportunity to work towards a more CO2-neutral future. Frank Lloyd Wright said about the world's oldest building material that it is "universally beautiful" and "the most human of all materials", facts that are highlighted in this volume focusing on residences. The presented projects demonstrate the sheer endless possibilities of timber for architecture and interior design. From an esthetic point of view, they also show completely new ways for, but not limited to, the design of individual homes.

Functionally and esthetically compelling solutions for library building and spaces today that work for all users. Librariesare spaces for learning, discovery, and also for interaction. Theirarchitecture is currently the subject of much discussion, as the demands onthese cornerstones of modern civilization have changed enormously since theyhave had to meet the requirements of the new multimedia and digital age. Thelibrary as an institution underwent a real image change from an introvertedknowledge repository to a globally networked information provider andcommunicationmediator. The architectural expression of this expanded and constantly evolving profileof requirements makes library construction extremely multi-layered and complex.But this is also precisely the source of enormous potential for bold designsand ingenious aesthetic concepts. Whether involving new buildings, conversionsor extensions, this volume shows the diversity of this building task with itsinterplay of state-of-the-art technology and cultural demands.

„Visions on Paper“ ist ein Plädoyer für die handgefertigte Architekturzeichnung. Diese individuelle Ausdrucksform kann alles sein: schnelle Skizze zur Ideenfing und -artikulation, exakte Detailpräsentation oder kunstvolle Darstellung von geradezu malerischer Qualität. Auch wenn heute hyperrealistische Simulationen oder virtuelle Spaziergänge durch den Bauentwurf ein gängiges Werkzeug der Architekturdarstellung sind, ist Handgezeichnetes nicht wegzudenken, weil es das Wesen eines Bauprojekts so unnachahmlich und unmittelbar zum Ausdruck bringt. Das Buch zeigt wie Architekten heute weiterhin bzw. wieder Zeichnungen und Skizzen einsetzen. Es ermöglicht einen Blick in die faszinierende Welt dieses wunderbaren Darstellungsmediums. Den sorgfältig ausgewählten zwei- und dreidimensionalen Entwurfsmaterialien in ganz unterschiedlichen Techniken werden Fotos der Ausführung gegenübergestellt, um den Zusammenhang zwischen Planung und Realisierung anschaulich nachvollziehbar zu machen.

Focusing on contemporary architecture, this compendium showcases a diverse array of global trends and local traditions. It explores the interplay between functional requirements, innovative technologies, economic contexts, and personal styles, offering a comprehensive view of modern building culture.