Общественные здания и пространства

Architecture reflects the evolution of our dynamic cities, as well as responding to the demanding needs of our ever-changing society. Comfort, pleasure, convenience, cultural connotation, recognition and curiosity are essential design concerns for architectural design. This stunning collection has been carefully chosen through a rigorous selection process. In spite of differences in type, location, culture, style, historical connotation, each project has been designed to meet its purpose of showing meaning and practical applicability. "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I. M. Pei, from his acceptance speech for the 1983 Pritzker Architecture Award. This book properly gives expression to practical applicability. In addition, it not only presents the facade of buildings, but also the functional zones inside. With stunning full colour interior and exterior images, detailed drawings of plans and description, the book has wide appeal to general readers, also would-be architects.

Contents:

Commercial Space

008 New Visitor Centre of the Pannonhalma Arch-Abbey in Hungary
018 EEA (Education Executive Agency) & Tax Offices
028 Bouygues Telecom Office Headquarters
066 Taikoo Hui Mixed-Use Development
102 Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse Miami, FL
040 Helix Hotel
074 City Municipality Ljubljana
108 SHOPPING PILLOW TERRACES
046 Snæfellsstofa Visitor Center
082 ZONNEHEEM, EEKLO
114 Colorado Convention Center
056 Bogotá Chamber of Commerce – Chapinero
088 San Joaquin County Administration building
060 Masdar City centre, UAE
096 Futuredome Dubai, Istanbul, Berlin and Singapore

CULTURAL SPACE

126 National Museum of the Marine Corps
134 Museum of the Moving Image
142 Mecenat Art Museum
152 ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, extension
158 The Bronx Museum of the Arts
164 National Gallery ofDenmark – extension
172 National Glass Museum Netherlands
178 Utah State University, the Manon Caine Russell and Kathryn
Caine Wanlass Performance Hall
186 Kunsthistorisches Museum – Vienna, Hall for Temporary Exhibitions
190 Kazakhstan CentralConcert Hall
200 Mariehøj Culture Center
208 KALMAR MUSEUM OF ART

EDUCATIONAL & LEARNING SPACE

Dendermonde Library 216
Arts Centre, Nogales School 222
Omega Block – Anglo Colombiano School 228
Julio Mario Santodomingo Building - Los Andes University 232
"León de Greiff" Public Library Park 238
Actur Library and Elderly Centre 246
Nursery in the Park 252
Drexel University Recreation Centre 258
Fordham University Campbell,Salice & Conley Residence Halls 268
Sacred Heart University Chapel of the Holy Spirit 274
Tellus Nursery school 282
Community College, Lingnan University, Hong Kong 290
Renovation and extension of the Centre for Education and Rehabilitation of Physically Handicapped Children and Adolescents (ZUIM) in Kamnik 302

OTHER

Lleida-Alguaire Airport 310
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport Terminal B 316
The Docks of Paris 324
Torico Square 328
Swedbank Stadium 334
Auditorium and Conference Center 342
The Orange Cube 348
Courthouse and Public Square Sankt Poelten, Austria 356
Nursing Home Hainburg, Austria 364
Squares in Puigcerdà 370
Hospic, Ljubljana 376
Children's Department and Work Therapy at the Institute for Rehabilitation of Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana 380
SNAKE SQUARES 388
Charlotte Light Rail Transit System 396
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook 402

Research building is a very comprehensive architectural structure, and it must meet requirements on aspects of functional area, technical equipment, economic cost and law. They represent innovative means of production - that is why the design of research building is always changing.

According to the changes in the field of scientific research, the challenges faced by research architecture are how to make the high-tech equipments merged into the environment with better communication and how to integrate the institution itself into the atmosphere of communication and interaction through design. The former strictly functional organization is bound to be replaced by the beneficial communication cycle.

This book presents us that technical improvements are not necessarily the key to the design of great research buildings. The best research buildings position the researchers as the most creative agents in the process of scientific experiments. The building is not a machine which the scientists manipulate but a tooth at the macroscopic level. Meanwhile it is also a cultural construction with collaborative cohesion and creating imaginative.

At the end of the 20th century, the longevity of modern man and the lack of time of the younger population to take care of elderly people led to a profound analysis of the new environments and the search for a suitable habitat for the elderly. The new architectures and building technologies offer a wide range of specific solutions that help to improve the living conditions of the elderly. This book presents several models of architecture for the elderly, with details of schemes for geriatric homes, reception centres and special residential projects by architects from different countries as Toyo Ito, Mahler, Gunster & Füchs, MVRDU, Wiel Arets, Vicens and Ramos, Architecture Studio.

Richard Dattner & Partners Architects has created architecture in balance - realising its clients' highest aspirations while respecting shared social responsibilities and building within available resources. This architecture balances order and openness, building and context, permanence and flexibility, monumentality and human scale. Each building is considered to be in a conversation with its users and surroundings, responding to their needs in a dialogue of sensitivity and respect. The civil architecture of Richard Dattner aims to house, protect, nurture and ennoble this discourse of civilisation. Some of the projects included in this book are the New York Botanical Garden Discovery Center, Columbia University School of Social Work, Goodwill Games Swimming and Diving Complex, and the Estee Lauder Corporate Headquarters.

Since streets become increasingly crowded, living on the top of a building promises privacy and distance. Rooftops have become the symbol of a new lifestyle - an extension and exclusive enjoyment of an area traditionally unused: the architectural crown of a building has been transformed into a new area for work or living. Architects, designers and town planners have seen in this final section of a building their last chance to let their fantasies run free and to dramatically shape the cities' skylines with extensions, attics and unique tops. This volume delivers a very close insight in the divers possibilities of the roof design of residential, corporative and other buildings. About 200 projects present the different types of roofs: Pitched roofs, flat roofs with planting vegetation, roof garden as a pool area or further floor space. An index with the contact dates of the designers is enclosed.

The building of religious structures represents a rare opportunity for the architect to concentrate on the creation of volume, space, and form. Sacred architecture is far less determined than other building tasks by functional requirements, norms, and standards. As a rule, it is free to unfold as pure architecture.

Thus in design terms this building task offers enormous freedoms to the architect. At the same time, however, the special atmospherics of sacred spaces call, on the part of the architect, for a highly sensitive treatment of religion and the relevant cultural and architectural traditions.

In a systematic section, this volume introduces the design, technical, and planning fundamentals of building churches, synagogues, and mosques. In its project section, it also presents about seventy realized structures from the last three decades. Drawing upon his in-depth knowledge of the subject and his many years of publishing experience, the author offers a valuable analysis of the conceptual and formal aspects that combine to create the religious impact of spaces (e.g., the ground plan, the shapes of the spaces, the incidence of light, and materiality).

Malalysian-born Soo Chan (Chan Soo Khian) is among the new breed of Southeast Asian architects whose architecture is not only modern and refreshing, but also reflects the spirit of Asia. Having studied and trained in the US, Soo Chan returned to Asia in the 1990s to establish his own multi-disciplinary architectural practice, Soo Chan Design Associates (SCDA) in Singapore. Since then, his reputation and office have grown and he now undertakes commissions worldwide. Soo Chan is blessed with the ability to conceive masterful architecture with apparent ease. His work often combines references to traditional Asian architecture, while simultaneously striving to refine a modern architectural style of its own. This book brings to light many of his latest, exciting projects with captivating photographs, and authoritative text by well-known writer and critic Robert Powell.

In the recent ten years in China, with the nationwide strategy of 'invigorating the country through science, technology and education', the implementation of compulsory education, and the rapid development of economy, educational architecture including universities, colleges, middle schools and primary schools has been growing at an unprecedented pace.

Projects included in 'School Buildings' are accompanied with colour photographs, plans, sections and elevations, as well as numerous construction details. There is also a descriptive text and in-depth information for each project.

Selection of 29 architectural projects that contain an auditorium.that have been finished from the year 2000 until the present, that is to say, within the first decade of the XXI century and located in Europe, (Spain, France, Luxembourg, England,...), and also North America, South America, Asia and Australia. The buildings are introduced with a brief general description, with high quality floor plans and photographs, concentrating on providing details about the auditoriums, their interiors and furnishings. The book starts off with a brief illustrated overview on the evolution of theatres and auditoriums throughout the history of architecture, from ancient times to the present day. There are also some brief interviews with various creators who explain their own design process. There are projects belonging to outstanding architects such as Jean Nouvel, Norman Foster, Ricardo Bofill, Rafel de La-Hoz, Estudio Cano Laso, COX, MBM, Oscar Tusquets, Navarro Baldeweg, and Cesar Pelli amongst others.

Kim Young-Sub + Kunchook-Moonhwa Architect Associates has been involved in the construction of some of the most significant religious centres in Korea. The firm's work is deeply rooted in a fundamental spirituality, which is also found in Korean culture. Traditional Korean design is about subtle curves rather than straight lines, roofs that reach to the sky rather than remaining flat, and finishes of thick curved pine. These influences are clear in Kim Young-Sub's buildings as is his remarkable attitude towards space, from which he creates churches with large areas, voids, which are about symbolism and landscape. In addition to his religious buildings, a selection of Kim Young-Sub's residential, educational, welfare and commercial buildings is also featured in this superbly illustrated publication.

The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle needed transforming as it was overshadowed by large buildings that surrounded it. The award-winning Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, known for its restoration to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, was commissioned to intervene. The firm was able to integrate site, circulation, building and context that beautifully reconciles the site with the rest of the campus. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects is based in New York City.