Category: architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright: Natural Design, Organic Architecture: Lessons for Building Green from an American Original

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An unsung prophet of today’s green movement in architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright was an innovator of eco-sensitive design generations ahead of his time. An architect and designer of far-reaching vision, it is not surprising that Frank Lloyd Wright anticipated many of the hallmarks of today’s green movement. Across his work—which stands upon a philosophy Wright termed “organic”—widespread evidence is seen of a refined sensitivity to environment, to social organization as impacted by buildings, and to sustainable and sensible use of space. The desire to work and live with nature to create livable homes and cities is an ongoing theme of American architecture and planning. This book explores Wright’s lessons on how climate, sustainability, sunlight, modern technology, local materials, and passive environmental controls can become the inspiration for excellent design, and highlights a selection of Wright’s buildings to show how he dealt with these issues. The book is organized by the green concepts Wright used—including passive solar design and the use of thermal massing, passive berm insulation, environmentally sensitive landscaping, passive ventilation systems, passive natural light, and intelligent and artful adaptation of technology—with examples from different houses. It shows how Wright evolved certain ideas that continue to spur discussions of green architecture design today.

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Architecture of the Cocktail: Constructing the Perfect Cocktail from the Bottom Up

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Is it better for a martini to be shaken, not stirred? Does it matter which order you add the liquors to create a Long Island Iced Tea? How many ice cubes can you add to a margarita without compromising the flavor?The perfect home begins with a blueprint and a dream, and your perfect cocktail should start the same way! The Architecture of the Cocktail will reveal the answers to all your burning cocktail queries and more. Focusing on the precise measurements to help you craft the perfect cocktail as well as the recommended garnish and embellishments, you’ll no longer have to guess what the perfect cocktail should taste like.Laying out the exact measurements from the bottom of your glass to the top, you’ll discover the order which you should layer your liquors, the precise measurements needed, and even recommended brands. Not sure which stemware is appropriate? Consult the mini guide on identifying the correct stemware in the back of the book.          Featuring 75 different cocktails and recipes in a unique blueprint-inspired design (including specifications, notes, and embellishments), this is the perfect gift for the cocktail lover in your life. Don’t waste another minute on watered-down cocktails – become a cocktail master with this beautifully illustrated guide.Amy Zavatto writes about wine, spirits, and food for Imbibe, Foxnews.com, Details, Edible Manhattan, Wynn, and Every Day with Rachael Ray. She is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bartending, The Hedonist Guide to Eat NY, and co-author of The Renaissance Guide to Wine & Food Pairing with Tony DiDio.

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Architecture in the 20th Century (25)

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A century of great buildings and their creators This is the be-all-end-all reference work for architecture in the 20th century. From Frank Lloyd Wright to Antoni Gaudí to Frank O. Gehry to Shigeru Ban and all the best stuff in between, it’s all here. The chronologically organized chapters put it all into perspective, illustrated by hundreds of large-format photos as well as a plenitude of drawings and floor plans. The biographical appendix covers all of the century’s greatest architects, including today’s new talents. An indispensable reference work and an absolute must for all lovers of architecture!

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Apartment 1211: Designer Micro Home Makes Incredible Use of Little Space in São Paulo

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Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211
Apt 1211, Alan Chu Arquitectos, micro apartment, São Paulo, Brazil, tiny apartment, tiny home, apartment 1211

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BOOK REVIEW: EVolo Skyscrapers – A Reference Manual on the Future of Architecture?

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EVolo Magazine has made a name for itself with its annual skyscraper competition, which started in 2006. Since then there have been over 4,000 submissions arriving from across the planet, seemingly covering just about every imaginable design parameter when it comes to vertical construction. Their book, EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS, is a selection of 300 of the best projects spanning six chapters and a hefty 1,223 pages. If you’re an aficionado of futurism in building design, then this is the decisive book on one of the largest scale human interfaces with the environment — the skyscraper.

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2014 Architecture Wall Calendar

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Architects have been described as artists using building lots as their canvas and the stunning examples of their work found in the 2014 Architecture calendar show this to be true. Twelve glorious photos of iconic architectural projects including the Sydney Opera house in Australia provide a visual treat for the eyes while giving a new appreciation for what the designer of a large scale project is visualizing them stand in front of a blank open space.

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Vertical Cemetery Could Provide Norway With More Space to Bury the Dead

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As time goes on, graveyard space is becoming more limited – and Norwegian designer Martin McSherry just proposed plans for a skyscraper cemetery to house the dead. The Royal Danish School of Architecture student created the vertical graveyard to provide a solution to the growing demand for burial space in Norway. The tower is encased within a metal exoskeleton and it has graveyards on every floor that provide space for eternal rest in the sprawling urban sky.

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Resilient Design: Is Resilience the New Sustainability?

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Ever since Hurricane Sandy wrought havoc on the East Coast, ‘resilient design’ has been a hot topic of conversation — and not just amongst architects and designers, but politicians, engineers and city planners as well. In November 2012, ‘Resilient Design’ was a trending search term in Google, moving from near obscurity in the months before the devastating super storm to a popular catchphrase post-Sandy. Natural disasters like this, and more recently the typhoon that hit the Philippines in early November, serve to remind those of us in the green design community that while building with pure “save-the-earth” ecological motivation is certainly important, low-VOC-paints and LEED points don’t matter much if a building becomes uninhabitable due to flooding, earthquake, power outages or some other natural or manmade disaster. That’s where resilient design comes into play. According to the Resilient Design Institute, resilient design is defined as “the intentional design of buildings, landscapes, communities, and regions in response to vulnerabilities to disaster and disruption of normal life”.

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World's Largest Shake Table Tests Wooden 7 Story House, Earthquake testing, seismic testing
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New York Magazine's Famous Iwan Ban Photograph of a Blacked-Out NYC
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Fire resistant design strategies
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