1000x European Architecture
All significant topics of our times have been considered from a European
perspective –the time has come to do the same for architecture.
During the past ten years, creative minds have produced noteworthy
construction projects throughout Europe. 1000 x European Architecture presents
for the first time this extensive range of European contemporary architecture.
It introduces a total of 1,000 projects by 1,000 different architects across
1,000 pages. The enor-mous variety of the field is not only expressed in terms
of quantity, this book is also distinguished by the well-balanced ratio of
famous names to smaller architecture firms whose wealth of ideas are also worthy
of attention.
The book features trend setting projects, for example the Urban Energy
(Transform) of Oslo, as well as renovations and reconstruction projects such as
those by José Rafael Moneo who has given the General and Royal Archive of
Navarra in Pamplona a new shine. In addition to private buildings such as the
Bogenallee Apartments in Hamburg (Blauraum Architekten), the book includes a
variety of public buildings, including the Faculty of Arts Library of the
Masaryk University in Brno (Kuba & Pilar architects).
As an architectural compass, the illustrated book takes readers through the
nations of Europe in five color-coded chapters – Northern Europe, Western
Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe. Orientation is
facilitated further by a navigation bar on every page that presents the most
important data of each project like its architect, client/owner, completion date
or location. The conceptual, technical and architectural qualities of the
introduced projects are explained in concise texts.
When Spanish architects build residential homes in the Czech Republic or
German architects design office buildings in Finland, regional and national
characteristics interact with each other. This leads to the question whether
this interaction of different elements results in a genuinely European style of
contemporary architecture, or could the impressive variety of styles be the
actual distinguishing feature of European construction? On its architectural
journey through Europe, this book provides the opportunity to discover answers
to all these questions.
1000x European Architecture
English
Laminated hardcover in carrier box
24 x 32 cm
1,026 pages, 5,000 colored illustrations
ISBN 978-3-938780-10-7
98.00 € (D) / 59.95 £ (GB) / 129.00 $ (US)
For ordering please contact the Publisher
- Verlagshaus Braun - www.verlagshaus-braun.de
german version 