
Contemporary Architecture 2
Catherine Slessor(Author)
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-920744-44-1 (ISBN)
Description
Images' annual review of contemporary architecture again delivers inspirational projects from around the world. Included in this volume are recent works from high-profile architects including Gehry Partners, the 2004 Pritzker Prize laureate Zaha Hadid, Rafael Moneo, Foster and Partners, Murphy Jahn, NBBJ, and many other world-renowned firms. Projects have been selected for their innovative and prize-winning qualities, all demonstrating the latest in corporate, educational, public, institutional, residential, and retail design. Sourced from North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and South America, each project includes plans, descriptive text and full-colour photography. Architectural critic and writer Catherine Slessor's in-depth introduction is an interesting and insightful commentary on particular projects and current international architectural trends.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mulgrave, Victoria
Australia
Illustrations
colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 306 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1626 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-920744-44-1 (9781920744441)
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Content
30 St Mary Axe Swiss Re UK Headquarters, London, UK Foster and Partners Chesapeake fitness Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Elliott + Associates Architects COoP Editorial Santa Monica, California, USA Pugh + Scarpa Entory Home Ettlingen, Germany Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner L'Oreal Headquarters Brussels, Belgium ASSAR Noevir USA Irvine, California, USA space international inc. Ocala Electric Utilities Facility Ocala, Florida, USA Architects Design Group, Inc. Pharmacological Research Laboratories Biberach, Germany sauerbruch hutton architects Post Tower Bonn, Germany Murphy/Jahn, Inc. Springleaf Tower Singapore AC Martin Partners, Inc. Telenor World Headquarters Fornebu, Oslo, Norway Joint venture: NBBJ, HUS, PKA Admissions and Career Services Center, Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut, USA Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Arenberg Library, Catholic University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium Rafael Moneo Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Elementary School Los Angeles, California, USA Daly Genik Architects Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center, Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts, USA Charles Rose Architects Inc. Cranbrook Academy of Arts Addition Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA Raafael Moneo Lewis-Sigler Institute/Carl Icahn Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey USA Rafael Vinoly Architects Mediteknia, University of Kuopio Kuopio, Finland Juhani Katainen Architects Physics Institute, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Augustin und Frank Architekten School of Architecture, Florida International University Miami, Florida, USA Bernard Tschumi Architects The Australian Science and Mathematics School Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Woods Bagot The Bahen Centre for information Technology, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated ABS House Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Woods Bagot French Embassy Berlin, Germany Christian de Portzamparc architect Elizabeth de Portzamparc interior architecture and furniture Madrid Regional Documentary Centre Madrid, Spain Mansilla + Tunon Architects Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden, Germany Heikkinen-Komonen Architects Media Authority Building Hilversum, The Netherlands Koen van Velsen The Embassy of Finland Stockholm, Sweden, Gullichsen Vormala Architects Umoja House, Co-Location Embassy Building Dar es Salaam, Tanzania The Manser Practice Airport Cologne/Bonn Germany Murphy/Jahn, Inc. eBo Exhibition Pavilion Bologna, Italy MCA-Mario Cucinella Architects Federation Square Melbourne,Victoria, Australia Lab architecture studio in association with Bates Smart First Nations Gardens Pavilion, Montreal Botanical Garden Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saucier + Perrotte Architects Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library Allston, Massachusetts, USA Machado and Silvetti Associates Leon Auditorium Leon, Spain Mansilla + Tunon Architects Mediatheque Troyes, France Du Besset-Lyon architects Niccolo Paganini Auditorium Parma, Italy Renzo Piano Building Workshop Reihoku Community Hall Kumamoto, Japan Hitoshi Abe, Yasuaki Onoda, Atelier Hitoshi Abe Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Zaha Hadid Architects Stevie Eller Dance Theatre Tucson, Arizona,USA Gould Evans STUK Arts Centre Leuven, Belgium Neutelings Riedijk Architecten The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA Gehry Partners LLP Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, California, USA Gehry Partners LLP Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library Westchester, California, USA Aleks Istanbullu Architects Williamsburg Community Center Brooklyn, New York, USA Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg Architects 2.N.D. House Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia Stephen Jolson Colorado Court Santa Monica, California, USA Pugh Scarpa Kodama Harmony Garden (Jinlin-Yihe Residential Development) Shanghai, PRC Joseph Wong Design Associates (JWDA) Harvard University One Western Avenue Allston, Massachusett, USA Machado and Silvetti Associates Natural Ellipse House Tokyo, Japan EDH + MIAS; Masaki Endoh + Masahiro Ikeda Paranal Astronomers' Residence Paranal, Atacama Desert, Chile Paula Gutierrez Erlandsen- Arquitectura y Decoracion Silodam Amsterdam, The Netherlands MVRDV Apple Store SoHo, New York, USA Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Carlos Miele Flagship Store Manhatten, New York,USA Asymptote Architecture Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Los Angeles, California, USA Rafael Moneo City Center and City 2 Shopping Mall Brussels, Belgium Atelier d'Art Urbain Giorgio Armani Store London, UK Claudio Silvestrin Hotel Unique Sao Paulo, Brazil Ruy Ohtake- Arquitetura e Urbanismo The JCC in Manhattan New York, New York, USA Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated