Plans and Details for Contemporary Architects: Building with Colour

The Plan

Compiled by architects for architects, this is an indispensable resource for professionals seeking to understand how colourful buildings can animate their environs and engage their users.

Nineteen projects by the world’s most exciting practices are shown in exacting detail through specially drawn plans, sections and elevations, showing the way in which colour has been conceived, designed and constructed alongside high-quality photographs.

Projects from leading architects include Alsop Architects' The Public in West Bromwich, Jean Nouvel's Agbar Tower in Barcelona and Richard Rogers' Terminal T4 in Madrid.

Vital reading for architects and architecture students, this is a key resource for understanding how the world's most innovative buildings are designed and how to make the most of budgets, surroundings and experience.

Plans and Details for Contemporary Architects:
Building with Colour
November 2010
30.00 x 24.00 cm, 240pp
PLC (no jacket)
Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout,
with architectural plans and drawings
ISBN: 9780500342671
£32.00

For ordering please contact the Publisher
- Thames & Hudson - www.thamesandhudson.com