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Facades: A Visual Compendium of Modern Architectural Styles
Facades: A Visual Compendium of Modern Architectural Styles
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This fascinating sourcebook showcases the most remarkable, beautiful, and innovative building facades in contemporary architecture. It features hundreds of examples from around the world, photographed from different angles and accompanied by engaging texts that describe their significance. Readers can learn how traditional mashrabiyas in Abu Dhabi are being engineered to respond to light and regulate heat, how a hospital in Mexico City has been constructed with smog-eating tiles, and how a bio-adaptive facade in Germany uses algae to generate energy and provide shade.
Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 01 May 2019
Publisher: Prestel
This captivating sourcebook showcases the most remarkable, breathtaking, and innovative building facades in contemporary architecture. A building's facade sets the aesthetic tone for its entire design while serving a multitude of functions, ranging from regulating light and protecting against the elements to providing insulation for temperature and sound. This engrossing book delves into hundreds of captivating and progressive facade designs from across the globe, presented in vibrant double-page spreads. Each facade is meticulously photographed from various angles, accompanied by engaging texts that elucidate their significance. Readers can explore how traditional mashrabiyas in Abu Dhabi are being engineered to respond to light and regulate heat, how a hospital in Mexico City has been constructed with smog-eating tiles, and how a bio-adaptive facade in Germany employs algae to generate energy and provide shade. Informative and accessible, this comprehensive compendium serves as a valuable resource for architects, engineers, and designers.
Weight: 1712g
Dimension: 239 x 189 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783791385174
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