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Residential Skin & Details provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern residential architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architect from around the world, this book presents 32 of the most recently completed designs for residential architecture. Each project is presented with colour photographs, plans, sections and elevations, as well as numerous construction details. There is also a descriptive text, detailed captions and in-depth information for each project. Residential Skin & Details is an excellent reference work for practising architects as well as architecture and design students.

'100 Restaurant Design Principles' explores various aspects of restaurant design, from management concept, establishment of brand image to connection between different functional areas. It proves that the secret of a restaurant's success lies in the unique dining experience. Selected projects include colour photographs, detail plans as well as comprehensive information about background, design concept, duration and construction methods.

Different from ordinary residential or office buildings, hotels and clubs are the second, even the third living space for human. Therefore, the architecture of hotels and clubs should meet the specific groups, or general groups' specific needs. With exquisite and unique forms and styles, and culture and stories behind architecture, the architects are presenting their thoughts in 23 projects. In the book, the architects move away from 'mass construction' for a while and create architecture for its own sake. Thus from a certain point of view, they add more original and experimental elements. Featuring project include Xun by ZHU Xiaodi, chief architect of Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD); Hongluo Clubhouse by MA Yansong, founder of MAD Architects; Placid River Club by Yung Ho Chang from Atelier FCJZ and representative work by other Chinese architects.

Highlighting 47 sport buildings designed by the best architects from around the world. High quality images and detailed drawings throughout make it an informative reference to anyone interested in the latest architectural designs in sport architecture.

This book combines the essence of architecture and art, and explores how designers find new ways in which to balance the various contradictions and conflicts and to perfectly express their understanding of space and the owners initial ideas and requirements. At the same time, each new project always contains many uncertain factors that refer to the furnishings or even space composition. Each of these factors seem to tell a never ending story and records people s feeling of excitement, confusion, recalling and longing. In order to illustrate the essence of interior design in a more accurate way, this book has systematically deconstructed every aspect of interior design that refers to space, structure, interface, decoration as well as special areas. Each aspect is highly detailed and illustrated from the point of functional area, besides, descriptive text and the corresponding plan vividly recur the transformation from plane to space, from the abstract to the intuition. Readers will not only find inspiration from the projects showcased in this book, but will also experience the peculiarity of interior design and enjoy the tactile sensation of the textured space.

Hospital design is one of the most complex, yet also the most interesting architectural projects, as it is a unity of technology and construction. This book present a series of case studies of selected hospital buildings, from the last five years, which both illustrate the functional importance of such purpose-built edifices but, furthermore, gives consideration to the aesthetic criteria of the architecture. Through these highly illustrated case studies, this book explains the essence of hospital design.

People's everchanging lifestyles bring about more and more requirements for the overall qualities of houses, and the demands for residences have marched towards the psychological dimension and cultural sphere. Consequently, there arise new design trends and new requirements for environment, material selection and design concept. The design projects in this book lead readers to perceive the comfort and cosiness of the natural space. The designers of these projects have created more natural, and convenient living spaces in the most natural and purest design languages, giving them a comprehensive and vivid explanation of the architecture design concept that buildings are created for people.

What we show in this book is endless live performance. Architecture is connected with music, opera and people, and then art is extended. Theatres, concert halls and opera houses belong to the main building tasks of our times. New-built, renovated and innovative soundscaping, all architects are exploring and aiming to establish a new relationship between art, people and buildings for contemporary life. In this book, we select different performance architectures from the world; some of them are set up first, and others reborn with stories and bright future. All of them are cityscapes in their cities.

Contemporary architecture presents itself with various aesthetic standards. Besides the rational function of architectural design, architects now pay close attention to continuity between the interior and exterior of their work. This book collects a number of masterpieces that reflect the trend of modern architectural surface design. The book has been divided into six chapters according to the composition of the building material. The case studies included are accompanied by photographs and details of the modes, which objectively express the ideas and concepts of the architects.

This book International Competition contains 100 projects from the world, which are put into six categories: Commercial & Office, Complex, Culture & Sports, Planning, Public Facilities, and Residence. The book shows the special ideas and thoughts of the architects to the readers and will be a valuable resource for architects.

HOPSCA (hotel, office, parking, shopping mall, convention, and apartment) is a rising concept for architecture design. With the fast pace of urbanization, we search for an efficient self-sufficient urban model. The projects here make a breakthrough from traditional single-function projects such as commercial places, offices, residences, entertaining places, transportation projects, and so on, to the establishment of organic relationships among them. Here you would find the popular understanding and practice of the burgeoning concept of HOPSCA.

The book presents 50 remarkable awarded masterpieces all over the word which have been categorised into seven sections: commerce, office, culture, religion, sport, scientific research and industry. Each work is shown by means of highquality photos, detailed plans as well as texts. The book has completely presented the current condition of modern architectural design from various aspects, and discussed the implementation possibilities of the architectural design in different areas and various cultures. We believe that the book will provide the readers with an amazing visual experience and design inspiration.

With the help of plans and 3-D models, the latest packaging structures are clearly exemplified in this book. The examples, including 1000 detailed plans and 1000 distinct 3-D models, cover almost every field of package design, from daily necessity packaging to cosmetic packaging, and they will surely serve as practical resources for designers and other readers alike. The unique concepts and methods in this book provide guidance and give designers inspiration and ideas.

At its best the contribution urban furniture can make to daily life in a city is hugely enriching. Apart from the many functions it performs urban furniture make streets and public spaces more aesthetically interesting and pleasing. This book shows how this can be achieved and the ways in which innovative designs and their contexts form a synergy. Seating, lighting, communication, sanitation, walls, floors, spaces for play, meeting and relaxation are just a few of the topic areas and landscape elements addressed in this informative and exquisitely illustrated volume.

Whether in private homes or hotels, restaurants or airports, wall paintings as decor add a rich, individualised dimension. Here, the work of illustrators, interior designers and graphic designers from different countries is presented to show the inspirational qualities they contain and release when integrated into interiors. This book shows the transformations, effects and possibilies they offer.