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Amid the endless plains of Kazakhstan, an extraordinary architectural experiment has arisen: Astana. Formerly an outpost of the Tsarist Empire in the barren steppe, the location had developed into a typical Soviet provincial town. However, both internationally renowned and local architects are now designing spectacular and unique buildings in this dynamic city. Furthermore, Astana will host the Expo 2017 which will take place only twenty years after the city was built in the steppe alongside the old centre. The Astana Architectural Guide documents eighty diverse buildings and projects in the Kazakh metropolis, which was masterplanned by Kisho Kurokawa, and examines the contradictory nature at play within oriental traditions, western models and Soviet influences. Therefore, this publication represents a critical analysis of architecture and capital city planning in the centre of Eurasia.

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Rome has had an enormous influence on European art and art history for over 2,000 years. Indeed, the city was the birthplace of the foundations of western architecture. This architectural guide encourages visitors to go beyond the most frequently visited historical landmarks to explore the hidden architectural pearls of Rome. The focus is on unusual - yet less-known - buildings that were built from the second half of the 20th century onwards. From cultural and educational institutes, sport facilities, and residential buildings to sacred and mixed-use buildings through to transport infrastructure: this book presents 140 projects that cover a wide range of architectural styles and typologies.

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Helsinki is an architectural hub between East and West. The influence of nearby St Petersburg is just as palpable as that of European neo-classicism of the early nineteenth century. Creativity is a pervasive feature of this Nordic magnet for friends of good design and appreciation of Finnish architecture has reached an unprecedented international scale. This guide introduces more than 170 buildings and illustrates that there is far more to Finnish architecture than the works of well-known heroes such as Alvar Aalto, Heikki Sir n or Viljo Revell.

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In an era of accelerating population growth, mass urbanisation, and increasing pressure on the natural environment, the megacities of China's eastern seaboard have become a focal point of architectural and urban-design attention. The reform and opening-up era has touched China's major cities in different ways, affecting the existing fabric of dynastic capitals, trade hubs, and former European colonies and concessions; this in turn has provided the setting for a range of complex reactions by contemporary architects. The Architectural Guide China provides city by city coverage including historic maps and background information on urban form. Building on the authors years of experience leading architectural study tours, this book is the first comprehensive English language survey of recent Chinese architecture presented in the form of a travel guide.

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Bangkok is one of the world's most well-known tourist destinations. Travellers are fascinated by it's art and cultural diversity and colourful street life. The city's skyline is shaped by a wide range of architectural styles evident in it's palaces, temples, historic buildings, all the way to the modern skyscrapers. In spite of the fact that these structures represent the architecture of different eras, they co-exist harmoniously and, at the same time, add spice to a visit to Bangkok.

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Sofia is one of the oldest cities in Europe, though it still remains relatively undiscovered as a destination. It's urban fabric comprises an immense range of architectural cultures, with structures by the ancient Thracians, the Romans, the Byzantines, as well as works from the Bulgarian medieval era, the Ottoman Empire, and modern Bulgarian times, including the peculiar period of communist historicism and modernism. This book presents the city and it's capacity to produce a unique architectural experience by tracing it's specific geography and dissecting it's historical layers. Sofia is not defined by any pure styles; it re-mixes various influences into an amalgamation, typical of peripheral cultures, creating an authenticity and uniqueness. Architectural Guide Sofia catalogs not only historical monuments and conspicuous sites, overlooked by standard tourist guides, but also the most recent buildings in the city, outlining the experimental works by the contemporary generation of architects. It profiles over 200 selected buildings from different historical periods and includes several articles exploring the genesis of the local architectures as well as an essay on specific architectural details born out of clashes of various stylistic influences. Over 15 maps and 700 illustrations in colour, coupled with an extensive bibliography, will help the reader and traveler experience Sofia as part of a true architectural adventure.

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Tunisia has a long and rich history, which is evident in it's architecture, arts, and culture. This is particularly visible in the capital Tunis. From the vestiges of antiquity to contemporary architecture, the city offers an impressive collection of quarters and buildings from different periods and of various architectural styles and typologies. This comprehensive guide gathers together projects that illustrate the country's multilayered past and fascinating diversity. It features and four main chapters with well-defined tours through the city, 400 illustrations, and an informative reading list.

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Today, many loudly proclaim the need to conserve resources. Norway puts this into practice, consistently implementing the principle of environmental protection - not only through the use of innovative technologies, but also by making buildings and developed areas as friendly as possible to both humans and the natural world. Although Norwegian architects face a variety of challenges, they often share a similar approach: whether for a footbridge, a viewing platform, a large office complex, or an urban development, their focus is on our relationship to nature. This comprehensive guide showcases 150 architectural objects realised in Norway in the twenty year period from 2000 to 2020. The book covers the country's largest and most visited cities - Oslo, Stavanger, and Bergen - as well as the Norwegian Scenic Routes, one of the nation's most significant infrastructure projects which promotes it's breathtaking landscapes and it's magnificent architecture. The selection of projects presents a wide range of artistic techniques, typologies, and scales; these are not only united by their location, but also by their diversity.

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In no other place have changing ideologies and urban designs inscribed themselves on the city structure in such a way as in Berlin. This rich collection representing the most diverse urban areas and architectural styles will enable the reader to make a journey through history, from medieval Alt-Berlin to the present day. Four walks lead to the prominent architectural highlights of the city.

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Monumental, decorative mosaics were created in public spaces of Tbilisi during the Soviet era in the 1970s and 1980s. Yet architectural critics have largely ignored them until now, dismissing them as little more than propagandistic tools that were used to display "advertisements" on building exteriors. The authors of this guide set out to restore the image of Georgian mosaics, arguing that they were architectural artworks in their own right. Colorful mosaics indicate a building's function, give a structure to it's facade, and can even blend in with it to form an artistic whole. Unfortunately, many of them are under threat of demolition, and they have never been systematically studied until now. Hence, the purpose of this publication is also to document them, to analyze their artistic value, and to argue for their preservation. To this end, Nini Palavandishvili and Lena Prents present photographs, maps, and short histories, taking the reader on a journey through the world of Georgian mosaics.

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The exotic and ultra-modern architecture of Japan's capital city fascinates architecture aficionados all around the world. This new Tokyo Architectural Guide is an indispensable companion for anyone seeking to explore the architecture of one of the world's largest and most complex cities. Two hundred of Tokyo's most interesting buildings from the post-1945 era are introduced in pictures and informative texts. Historical photographs, plans and several indices complete this practical and user-friendly guide, with maps making the buildings easy to locate. Includes a foreword by the renowned expert on contemporary architecture in Japan, Botond Bognar.

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Uber viele Generationen galten der Kreml, der Rote Platz und das Kaufhaus GUM als Zentrum Moskaus. Geografisch betrachtet hat sich diese stadtebauliche Troika in das Kollektivgedachtnis der Moskowiter eingebrannt. Doch in den vergangenen 20 Jahren hat sich die russische Hauptstadt stark verandert. ­Moskau hat heute viele Zentren. Pragender Akteur all dieser Veranderungen ist Wladimir Putin, der als Langzeitprasident unter Ausnutzung parlamentarischer ­Schachzuge seine inzwischen vierte Amtszeit dazu nutzt, den Umbau von Europas gro?ter Stadt mithilfe des Moskauer Burgermeisters Sergei Sobjanin voranzutreiben. Dieser Architekturfuhrer Moskau beschreibt uber 550 Bauten und stellt sie in einen baukulturellen Kontext. Denn jede Phase der russischen und sowjetischen Geschichte lasst sich im Stadtbild ablesen. Im offentlichen Raum vollziehen sich derzeit die gravierendsten Anderungen. Die neuen Platze und Parks setzen zwar gestalterische Ma?stabe, gehoren aber auch zu den Orten mit der hochsten Dichte an Uberwachungskameras. Doch das ist der Preis, den die Burger in der von Putin gelenkten Demokratie zu bezahlen haben.

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Ambitiously designed community buildings, faceless mass housing developments, and a monumental emptiness are the defining features of Pyongyang - a city of three million inhabitants rising from rubble after the Korean War of the 1950s. This guide offers unprecedented insights into the capital of what is probably the most isolated country in the world, ruled in the third generation by a "first family" stubbornly upholding it's own brand of stone-age communism.

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From the 1920s onwards, Milan has become a laboratory of architecture due to architects such as Giuseppe Terragni, Gio Ponti and Giuseppe Pagano. Magazines such as Domus and Casabella were founded in the 1920s which influenced international debate throughout the 20th century. A new trend arose following the reconstruction of the city due to damages incurred during World War II: the city is now able to combine modernity with it's existing context through the works of BBPR, Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Ignazio Gardella and Franco Albini. These architects introduced the renowned design which is nowadays identified with Milan. In the last decade, an outstanding urban development took place owing to areas which feature the work of internationally renowned architects, including David Chipperfi eld, Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind, as well as Italian architects such as Cino Zucchi and Stefano Boeri. Owing to it's ambitious projects, Milan has transformed from an industrial city to a global capital of culture, fashion and leisure. This guide proposes thematic itineraries for discovering one of the most architecturally exciting European cities.

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Dessau may be a mere speck on the map, but to this day the city of Bauhaus still occupies the most important place in the development of the New Building - otherwise known as the Neues Bauen - movement. Alongside the Modernist architecture, there is another World Cultural Heritage site which draws in visitors from all over the world to the region, namely the Garden Kingdom of Dessau Worlitz (Gartenreich Dessau-Worlitz). In the shape of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation (Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau) and the Dessau-Worlitz Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung Dessau Worlitz), two institutions have come together to publish the first comprehensive architectural guide on Dessau-Rosslau and Worlitz, areas most closely linked to the UNESCO World Heritage sites domiciled there. The eighteenth century Garden Kingdom of Dessau Worlitz and the twentieth century Bauhaus School of Design (Bauhaus Hochschule fur Gestaltung) have not only bequeathed the city and it's surrounds inestimable architectural urban and rural properties and spaces, but also an associated intellectual heritage which has made a lasting impact on the world and, last but not least, accounts for the attraction the area holds for tourists. These and other notable historic and contemporary buildings alike are presented in this architectural guide which also raises issues about the nuanced handling of this architectural and cultural legacy and of future planning.

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Surrounded by forests and a fjord, Oslo facilitates a unique combination of urban life and immersion in nature. For a long time, the harbor areas were cut off from the rest of the city by a motorway. But these formerly isolated areas were recently rediscovered, which has led to an extensive transformation of the Norwegian capital. An increasing number of new architectural landmarks and important cultural buildings have appeared in the city's industrial and harbor areas, which also offer much needed space for residential and office buildings. Today Oslo is an appealing destination for young architects as well as design and architecture enthusiasts. The authors of this guide present over 150 important buildings in Scandinavia's smallest capital, sorted geographically into seven chapters.

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Home to over 4,000 constructions built in a modernist style influenced by the Bauhaus, Tel Aviv's White City is a world renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site. This guide, written by the renowned conservation architect Sharon Golan Yaronm the co-founder and program director of the White City Center, offers the key to exploring the most important architectural sites in Tel Aviv. The buildings in the White City are characterized by a site-specific architectural language that adapts Euro-pean modernism to local climatic and cultural conditions. By exposing 100 such structures in four routes of 25 buildings, the book is a homage to the Bauhaus centennial celebrated in 2019. Furthermore, the guide illustrates the uniqueness of Tel Aviv's contemporary conservation approach, which maintains historic values while promoting the growth of the city through allowing additions on top of historical buildings.

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Monterrey means mountain king, a name befitting it's location surrounded by the Sierra Madre in north-eastern Mexico. It was founded in 1596 near the natural springs of Santa Lucia, a luscious oasis in an otherwise arid landscape. It's colonial beginnings are still visible in the architecture of the Barrio Antiguo district in the city centre. In the late 19th century, industrial development transformed the modest town into a flourishing, modern city. It's foundries and breweries reflect it's industry, while it's skyscrapers, universities, churches, and monuments designed by celebrated Mexican modernist architects like Mario Pani, Enrique de la Mora, Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, and Luis Barragan reflect it's modernity. Today, Monterrey is an important cultural, educational, medical, and business metropolis with buildings by Ricardo Legorreta, Nicholas Grimshaw, and Tadao Ando. It's fast growing residential, corporate, and commercial developments feature designs by Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, Zaha Hadid, and Alejandro Aravena. This book presents the role of architecture in the continuous transformation of this city.

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Affordable housing is an enduring political challenge. Cities have endeavored to set international standards for this important field of architecture since the 1920s. Planners must work within a socially motivated tradition to find exemplary solutions both at the political and architectural level. This building catalogue documents over 130 residential buildings dedicated to affordable housing. It presents floor plans, large photos, key data, and clear diagrams, providing a comprehensive overview of the solutions being tested today. The publication is rounded off with ten affordable housing concepts that were designed as part of the Housing for All competition, organized by the Frankfurt Department of Planning and Housing, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, and ABG Frankfurt Holding. Renowned architecture practices based in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and France were invited to submit design concepts for building sites in the Hilgenfeld area of Frankfurt. These concepts will reignite the contemporary discourse on affordable housing - in Frankfurt and beyond.

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Founded in the fifteenth century, planned and rebuilt by the French, and then modernized and expanded in the era after independence, the city of Phnom Penh displays a diverse mix of styles. Here, early religious and vernacular buildings, the glittering structures of the Royal Palace, and colonial buildings of the French Protectorate (1863-1953) coexist with the gems of the "New Khmer Architecture" of the 1960s. After the destructive period under the Khmer Rouge, the city went through a rebirth. It has seen rapid modernization and economic development in recent years, and it's urban landscape is transforming at a breathtaking pace. This guide offers a comprehensive overview of Phnom Penh's built heritage, highlighting it's history and architectural layers. In addition to covering better-known masterpieces, it also takes readers through the city's "everyday architecture", revealing places off the beaten track. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and historical images, the book presents more than 140 works that illuminate the four major phases of development in the city's ever-changing urban history. It thus makes an important contribution to current debates on heritage preservation in the booming metropolis. Interviews with local experts present their individual perspectives on the city and place the buildings in a broader context.