In recent years building with stone has gained new significance, not only because of its impressive appearance, but also in the debate that has arisen in architecture between the monumental and the transparent. Principally used in faAades, but also for interior design, natural stone - and even man-made stone such as concrete and bricks - is now being appreciated for its high-qu...(展开全部)

In recent years building with stone has gained new significance, not only because of its impressive appearance, but also in the debate that has arisen in architecture between the monumental and the transparent. Principally used in faAades, but also for interior design, natural stone - and even man-made stone such as concrete and bricks - is now being appreciated for its high-qu...(展开全部)

Die Verwendung neuartiger Materialien stellt einen wichtigen Trend in der Landschaftsarchitektur dar. Dazu gehoren z.B. biologisch abbaubare Geotextilien, superabsorbierende Polymere und Pflanzen, die sensitiv auf sich wandelnde Bodenbedingungen reagieren. Die verfugbaren Materialien und Technologien werden in ihrer teils experimentellen, teils ausgereiften Anwendung dargestell...(展开全部)

Die Verwendung neuartiger Materialien stellt einen wichtigen Trend in der Landschaftsarchitektur dar. Dazu gehoren z.B. biologisch abbaubare Geotextilien, superabsorbierende Polymere und Pflanzen, die sensitiv auf sich wandelnde Bodenbedingungen reagieren. Die verfugbaren Materialien und Technologien werden in ihrer teils experimentellen, teils ausgereiften Anwendung dargestell...(展开全部)

The conditions in which present-day architecture is produced are partly local and singular and partly global and universal. Understanding contemporary architecture means understanding all of these aspects. What are the pivotal themes? Gert WingA rdh and Rasmus WA]rn, Swedena (TM)s most active architect and its best-known architecture critic, asked themselves this question and m...(展开全部)

The second half of the 20th Century witnessed an outburst of theories and manifestoes that explored the possibilities of architecture: it's language, evolution and social relevance. The many 'crises in architecture' and emerging urban and ecological problems questioned the current orthodoxy: Modernism was criticised, questioned and overthrown, only to be extended, subverted and...(展开全部)

The second half of the 20th Century witnessed an outburst of theories and manifestoes that explored the possibilities of architecture: it's language, evolution and social relevance. The many 'crises in architecture' and emerging urban and ecological problems questioned the current orthodoxy: Modernism was criticised, questioned and overthrown, only to be extended, subverted and...(展开全部)

This survey of architecture in Spain in the years 19491970 features essays by Anton Capitel and editor Sola-Morales that focus on the conflicting trends and schools of thought among Spanish architects. Capitel maintains that the influences of the International Style as well as organic and vernacular fashions were experienced simultaneously in Spain. Sola-Morales concentrates on...(展开全部)

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New Yo...(展开全部)

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New Yo...(展开全部)