Revolving Architecture
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Revolving Architecture
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Author : Chad Randl
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2008-05-15
Revolving Architecture written by Chad Randl and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-15 with Architecture categories.
Alternately lauded as the future of architecture or dismissed as pure folly, revolving buildings are a fascinating missing chapter in architectural history with surprising relevance to issues in contemporary architectural design. Rotating structures have been employed to solve problems and create effects that stationary buildings can't achieve. Rotating buildings offeredever-changing vistas and made interior spaces more flexible and adaptable. They were used to impress visitors, treatpatients, and improve the green qualities of a structure by keeping particular rooms in or out of the sun. The follow-up to his critically acclaimed book A-frame, Chad Randl's Revolving Architecture: A History of Buildings that Rotate, Swivel, and Pivot explores the history of this unique building type, investigating the cultural forces that have driven people to design and inhabit them. Revolving Architecture is packed with a variety of fantastic revolving structures such as a jail that kept inmates under a wardens constant surveillance, glamorous revolving restaurants, tuberculosis treatment wards, houses, theaters, and even a contemporary residential building whose full-floor apartments circle independently of each other. International examples from the late 1800s though the present demonstrate the variety and innovation of these dynamic structures.
The Revolving Door Since 1881
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Author : Alan Beardmore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Revolving Door Since 1881 written by Alan Beardmore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Doors categories.
A Frame
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Author : Chad Randl
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2020-06-16
A Frame written by Chad Randl and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-16 with Architecture categories.
The heyday of the national A-frame craze saw tens of thousands of these easy and affordable structures built as vacation homes, roadside restaurants, churches, and even pet stores. A-frame chronicles America's love affair with the A-frame, from postwar getaway to its recent revival among designers and DIYers. In a fascinating look at this architectural phenomenon, Chad Randl tells the story of the triangle house, from prehistoric Japan to its lifestyle-changing prime in the 1960s as a symbol of play, leisure, and outdoor living. Part architectural history and part cultural exploration, the book documents every aspect of A-frame living with cartoons, ads, high-style and do-it-yourself examples, family snapshots, and an appendix with a complete set of blueprints in case you want to build your own.
Dynamic Architecture
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Author : Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy
language : en
Publisher: BookRix
Release Date : 2020-10-12
Dynamic Architecture written by Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy and has been published by BookRix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-12 with Architecture categories.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centurieswere periods characterized by the fascination of motion, which is the result of the machine age as well as an expression of modernism. Many architects questioned the notion that buildings should be static and suggested that technology is the alternative to make a change in the city. They introduced new ideas to construct revolving structures that would reshape the new architecture. The introduction of computers helped architects to create daring architectural forms that need a highly progressed building technology. The revolution of information technology and virtual reality in the 21stCentury has also affected and changed the perception of buildings from a static object to a dynamic and movable one. However, this book gives an overview of the different types of motion in the architectural works and assesses the role progressive technology plays in creating motions in architecture.
Reciprocal Frame Architecture
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Author : Olga Popovic Larsen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008
Reciprocal Frame Architecture written by Olga Popovic Larsen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Architecture categories.
Simple and beautifully illustrated introduction to the use of reciprocal frame structures in architecture.
Villa Girasole The Revolving House
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Author : Aurelio Galfetti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Villa Girasole The Revolving House written by Aurelio Galfetti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Architecture categories.
Pamphlet Architecture 21 Situation Normal
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Author : Paul Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 1998-12
Pamphlet Architecture 21 Situation Normal written by Paul Lewis and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12 with Architecture categories.
In this volume, the latest addition to the award-winning Pamphlet Architecture series, the authors examine common architectural forms (chairs, doors, and walls) and programs (a cinema, a health club, a skyscraper) in order to dissect and reconfigure them. In the process they create ten new projects that draw their power from an oscillation between the recognizable and the surreal. Cleverly undermining the conventions and norms of contemporary architectural design, the authors pose a direct challenge to the seemingly endless search for new styles, arguing instead that the greatest potential for architecture in the twenty-first century rests on an imaginative examination of what we take for granted. Designed by authors, Situation Normal... weaves together text, photographs, and drawings. An introductory essay establishes the theoretical and historical position of the book.
Architecture In Motion
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Author : Robert Kronenburg
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-08-15
Architecture In Motion written by Robert Kronenburg and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-15 with Architecture categories.
The idea that architecture can be portable is one that grabs the imagination of both designers and the people who use it, perhaps because it so often forecasts a dynamic and creative solution to the complex problems of our contemporary mobile society, while at the same time dealing with issues of practicality, economy and sustainability. Architecture in Motion examines the development of portable, transportable, demountable and temporary architecture from prehistory to the present day. From familiar vernacular models such as the tent, mobile home and houseboat, to ambitious developments in military and construction engineering, all aspects of portable building are considered. Building on his earlier works Portable Architecture and Houses in Motion, Robert Kronenburg compares traditional forms of building, current commercial products and the work of innovative designers, and examines key contemporary portable buildings to reveal surprising, exciting and imaginative examples. He explores the philosophical and technological issues raised by these experimental and futuristic prototypes. By understanding the nature of transitory architecture, a new ecologically aware design strategy can be developed to prioritise buildings that 'tread lightly on the earth' and still convey the sense of identity and community necessary for an established responsible society. This book provides a unique insight into this pivotal field of design.
Revolving House
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Author : Aurelio Galfetti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Revolving House written by Aurelio Galfetti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
Why We Build
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Author : Rowan Moore
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2013-08-20
Why We Build written by Rowan Moore and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with Architecture categories.
In an era of brash, expensive, provocative new buildings, a prominent critic argues that emotions—such as hope, power, sex, and our changing relationship to the idea of home—are the most powerful force behind architecture, yesterday and (especially) today. We are living in the most dramatic period in architectural history in more than half a century: a time when cityscapes are being redrawn on a yearly basis, architects are testing the very idea of what a building is, and whole cities are being invented overnight in exotic locales or here in the United States. Now, in a bold and wide-ranging new work, Rowan Moore—former director of the Architecture Foundation, now the architecture critic for The Observer—explores the reasons behind these changes in our built environment, and how they in turn are changing the way we live in the world. Taking as his starting point dramatic examples such as the High Line in New York City and the outrageous island experiment of Dubai, Moore then reaches far and wide: back in time to explore the Covent Garden brothels of eighteenth-century London and the fetishistic minimalism of Adolf Loos; across the world to assess a software magnate’s grandiose mansion in Atlanta and Daniel Libeskind’s failed design for the World Trade Center site; and finally to the deeply naturalistic work of Lina Bo Bardi, whom he celebrates as the most underrated architect of the modern era.