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This volume comprises a complete study of the use of metal in construction,
including everything from technical details to the realization of the projects.
The examples featured have been selected from the work of renowned
international architects and that of emerging, young talent in the field.
The architects themselves take readers through these innovative solutions
for this material by way of consice and informative texts, which provide
valuable insight. A host of full-color photographs illustrate each and every
project and help to make this book a valuable source of inspiration for
students as well as for the fully-fledged architect and building professional.
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This et des volume demandes spécifiques, en is produisant bursting des champs magnétiques with de diverses fantastically dimensions innovative ideas for using concrete
et sensibilités. Ceci affecte le fonctionnement des autres appareils qui se trouvent dans un
rayon variable autour des aimants. Ces champs de forces ne doivent surtout pas être dénaturé.
Par conséquent, la capacité de radiation des aimants constitue le véritable noyau du projet en
in architecture. modifiant l’organisation du bâtiment, The les matériaux proposals qui peuvent être utilisés, la disposition demonstrate du how concrete, perhaps the most
programme et des instruments, et les possibles systèmes de réseau. Un autre principe important
dans la structuration du bâtiment est l’organisation spatiale libre de poteaux, ce qui permet
common une utilisation efficace de of ce centre construction à dimensions réduites. La combinaison materials, de ces deux princi- can create highly original buildings
pes de base a donné lieu à une des surfaces orientables, dans lesquelles les murs s’inclinent et
entrent en contact, dans une situation où toutes les extrémités sont touchées.
with beautiful finishes that integrate with their surroundings, as well as
provide aesthetically pleasing complements to our urban environments.
Full-color photographs and detailed explanatory texts allow readers to
clearly understand how each project was put together. This is a publication
that no professional in the field should do without.
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top archItects offer a wIde range of InnovatIve proposals
a wealth of possIbIlItIes for usIng metal
a comprehensIve guIde to the latest technIques
archItecture & constructIon In: metal
24,2 x 28,4 cm ( 91/2 x 11”), 300 pages, Hard cover w/jacket
419 color images, 180 B /W plans & drawings
ISBN: 978-84-15123-27-9
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excellent full-color photographs
Photographies:
Utrecht, Pays-Bas
Christian Richters
InnovatIve Ideas for usIng thIs common materIal
L’organisation du bâtiment repose dans ses surfaces. A l’intérieur, des expériences avec des
instruments de recherche de haute sensibilité émettent des radiations de gauss. Les nuages de
radiation sont des espaces intouchables, entourés par les plans du sol, du plafond et des parois.
Ces enveloppes doubles contiennent la construction, les installations et le système de réseau
du laboratoire. Ensemble, ils forment un ensemble légèrement entrelacé de plans lisses qui se
transforment successivement en sol, paroi et plafond.
Le petit laboratoire de RMN (Résonance Magnétique de Neutrons), sous forme de pavillon, est
situé dans le campus universitaire d’Utrecht, “De Uithof”.
Tant la technique de recherche particulière comme les structures moléculaires, ont significativement
influencé l’architecture du laboratoire. Ce laboratoire de deux étages contient huit
spectromètres (aimants de haute fréquence), huit consoles et autres instruments auxiliaires,
ainsi que des espaces publics et des bureaux. Tous les aimants présentent un comportement
constructIve solutIons proposed by top archItects
Future Systems
Selfridges Birmingham
Selfridges required a state-of-the-art building for its Birmingham department store on the site of the newly Photographs:
redeveloped bull ring. The strikingly original design by Future Systems hugs the site’s dramatic incline like a Soren Aagaard
shimmering wave and drops down to St Martin’s square below. Unlike most structures with curved façades, Location:
the Selfridges building curves three-dimensionally, so that there is no distinction between “walls” or “roof” Birmingham, UK
and no abrupt angles to break the organic, flowing lines.
Rising from the ground, the facade gently billows outwards before being drawn into a kind of waistline and then
curving out again and over, in one continuous movement. The exterior is enveloped in a skin made up of thousands
of aluminum discs, creating a fine, lustrous grain across the whole building. The effect, like sequins on a dress
or the scales of a snake, gives the whole building the quality of a vast, sensuous architectural structure.
The architects wanted the interior to meet the expectations created by the exterior, balancing the curiosity
created by the unique façade. The fluidity of the form of the building is matched inside with an organically
shaped atrium stretching across the floor plan. Like an urban canyon, the atrium creates shafts of natural light
that penetrate deep inside the space, allowing a clear view of the sky and giving a real sense of changing
weather conditions outside. The flood of natural light articulates the store’s dramatic inner landscape with
highlights, shadows and reflections.
Large, sinuously shaped openings carved from the form at the sides provide shop windows and views out.
These openings are frameless, but they are surrounded by an edge of yellow frits, gently defining their shape.
The building responds to the wish for a building that provides an architectural landmark for Birmingham by re-interpreting
the form and function of a department store, enabling it to become a catalyst for urban regeneration.
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RCR arquitectes
Aranda, Pigem, Vilalta
Photographs: Eugeni Pons
M-Lidia House
This house was built on a simple, straightforward metallic box was assembled in the workshop, Montagut, Girona,
site with good views. It was designed with a lim- and rests on walls that form an enclosed, partly
Spain
ited budget for a young couple without children. underground area that contains the garage.
The building consists of a metallic box struc- In section, with all the services grouped together,
ture with thin walls and glass protected by the interior space is defined by the thin or the
metallic mesh that opens the space towards thick walls. The space can be divided in three or
the exterior, creating gaps that are perfect left open, depending on the placement of the
for managing the wind.
glass walls in the gaps. These change the percep-
A concrete slab was used for the foundation, tion of space in relation to its size, relative empti-
and a steel frame for the metallic structure. The ness or fullness and its exterior-interior qualities.
Mike McKay
PERFORMA_08
This work seeks to create multi-performative material systems
Professor: Mike McKay
utilizing optimization, aggregation and effi ciency. Simple units
Design team: Chris Harris, Spencer Dohrman, Martin Franks,
and semi-fi nished materials were physically tested in order to
Eric Lahm, James Rich
extract potential performative characteristics and limits. These Fabrication team: Madelynn Ringo, Jon McAllister, Trevor Kidd,
limits were negotiated through rigorous digital and physical
Donovan Justice, Geoffrey Sorrell,
techniques in order to produce strategies of fabrication.
Margaret Barrett, Brad Ostendorf, Terry Driggs,
The formal systems have inherent structural capacities as
Laura Mattingly, Jonathan Erwin, Matt Nett,
well as an ability to adapt to changing conditions. Although
Dan Everhart, Gina Kuharevicz
the system is adaptable, the form must be self-structural
Photographs: Mike McKay unless noted.
and fabricated using material that can weather. Because of
the system pliability, variation can occur within a seemingly
208 homogenous system.
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The PERFORMA_08 system is comprised of identical aluminum
units that are aggregated by utilizing the characteristics
of the unit shape. Because of the shape characteristics, the
system can achieve a pliability that allows for a dynamic and
highly adaptive formal system.
PERFORMA is an advanced graduate seminar taught at the
University of Kentucky College of Design.
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A&C: METAL
Dimitris Kottas
A&C: CONCRETE
Dimitris Kottas
architecture & cOnstructiOn in:
cOncrete
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archItecture & constructIon In: concrete
24,2 x 28,4 cm ( 91/2 x 11”), 300 pages, Hard cover w/jacket
433 color images, 186 B /W plans & drawings
ISBN: 978-84-15123-25-5
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architecture & cOnstructiOn in:
Metal
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A&C: GLASS
Dimitris Kottas
architecture & cOnstructiOn in:
Glass
A&C: WOOD
Dimitris Kottas
fantastIc Ideas for thIs elegant constructIon materIal
detaIled explanatIons from the archItects themselves
features leadIng names In the fIeld
This fine selection of proposals shows how glass can be employed to resolve
an extensive range of constructive challenges. This publication features
awe-inspiring glazed façades as well as smaller-scale constructions, all of
which meld with their surroundings through reflections and interplays
of light. Also highlighted are the environmental advantages of using this
beautiful material. Internationally renowned architects provide detailed
texts, complemented by full-color photographs of each project to make
this volume an essential reference for all those interested in the field,
whether professionals or students.
great Ideas for usIng thIs wonderful materIal
gloss photos brIng the warmth of wood to the page
clear, detaIled texts provIded by the archItects
A superb selection of wooden constructions. The collection has been
carefully chosen to present some of the finest examples of wooden
architecture today. The latest techniques and imaginative proposals,
from prominent architects on the international scene, will offer readers
inspiration to apply to their own projects. Full-color photos and
concise explanatory texts provide the architects’ perspectives for each
construction and make this volume an essential book in the collection
of any architect or student of architecture.
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The larchwood walkway enfolds the houses, which are subtly individualized
by their color: the “Long House” is dark, coldish green; the “Tall
House” is fresh yellowish green. The smooth interior paneling pierces
through the rough outer Larchwood cladding, to frame the windows
and the door lintels.
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architecture & cOnstructiOn in:
WOOD
LINKS
archItecture & constructIon In: glass
24,2 x 28,4 cm ( 91/2 x 11”), 240 pages, Hard cover w/jacket
422 color images, 184 B /W plans & drawings
ISBN: 978-84-15123-28-6
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archItecture & constructIon In: wood
24,2 x 28,4 cm ( 91/2 x 11”), 300 pages, Hard cover w/jacket
428 color images, 183 B /W plans & drawings
ISBN: 978-84-15123-26-2
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