With more than 288 pages of full-colored, detailed floorplans of each project, the book shows an exhaustive selection of the most interesting public garages, parking structures and...
For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building material earth, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying increasing popularity, including in ind...
Zabytkowe materiały dają efekt ponadczasowego, niepowtarzalnego stylu. Przywrócone do stanu pierwotnego podłogi, stare terakotowe płytki, tradycyjne Burgundzkie płytki czy a...
Znaczenie szkła dla poszukiwania światła i ciepła w historii jest nie do przecenienia. Dziś szkło wciąż pozostaje jednym z najbardziej niezbędnych i wszechstronnych materiałó...
This book presents eight outstanding projects by prominent contemporary architects and designers: inspiring villas, apartments and penthouses, where design plays a key role. "Desig...
Acoustics and protection against noise do not perhaps number among the primary parameters that normally influence the design of a building. Nevertheless, at the very latest when th...
Materials inspire and arouse emotions, they surround us everywhere, we possess them and feel them. As with people, our first impression of them is provided by the visual perception...
Houses, penthouses, apartments, lofts – this book`s exellent photographs offer unique insights into more than 40 unusual and quite different examples of residential architect...
A superbly classy 2-volume set. Volume 1 covers general hospitals and health centres, presenting 53 such facilities. Volume 2 shows specialist clinics and medical departments, and ...
This book includes a fascinating selection of roofs, from the most classical to the most avant- garde, all of which lend style as well as functionality to the buildings they crown.
Today pools come in all shapes, sizes, materials and designs in part propelled by rapidly evolving wellness and fitness trends that has shaped the look and the function of these gl...
Plastic has moved from a supporting role to being a new star among construction materials. It is versatile, light-weight, flexible and moisture resistant. Plastics are easy to hand...
The choice of one type of roof over another fundamentally depends on the building's purpose, environmental considerations, climate conditions and the available means to c...
This book, in the same series as "The Great Naturalists" and "The Great Explorers", will appeal to anyone with an interest in architecture, buildings, engineering, urban planning o...
Timber as a traditional building material provides exciting possibilities in architectural design that have long been recognised and employed. Quite apart from the aesthetic value ...