How do architects use color? Do they adopt a different strategy or starting point for every project? Do they gradually cultivate individual color palettes, which develop alongside their body of built work? Do they utilize, or are they aware of, the body of theoretical work that underpins the use of color in the past, and forms the basis of most of the color systems commercially available today? Informed by the author’s thirty years in architectural practice and academia, this book investigates, documents and analyzes the work of a number of contemporary architects in order to respond to these questions and provide a clear reference of contemporary color use. The book suggests a holistic approach to the integration of color in architecture; through a series of thematic essays, the text explores and reveals underlying principles in color design and application. Case studies include: AHMM Caruso St John Erich Wiesner and Otto Steidle Gigon/Guyer O’Donnell + Tuomey Sauerbruch Hutton Steven Holl UN Studio. The book provides clear insights into how particular contemporary architects use color confidently and intelligently as an integral part of their design philosophy, in conjunction with their choices of materials and finishes. Offering a stimulating view of the history of color theory, and pragmatic advice to practicing architects, this book will be inspiring to both design professionals and students.

In 1989 architects Matthias Sauerbruch and Lisa Hutton won the competition for an office building in Berlin, on a site located near Checkpoint Charlie. The recently completed final structure reacts with sensitivity to the historic structures located nearby, and has become a landmark in itself. It is also eco-friendly, using natural ventilation instead of air conditioning. This volume is an extensive collection of documents from all phases of the project.

"How have innovations in architecture and engineering come about? Who tested new approaches and when were important discoveries and experiments accepted? This book illuminates the history and development of building, in all its constructive, technical and cultural aspects, from the Industrial Revolution to the present and into the future. One hundred case scenarios articulate how new ideas, their context and ideology, became integral parts of the build environment. It also discusses which technical and creative mediums the pioneers and protagonists of the various trends and schools of thought used to articulate their ideas. The insightful texts and numerous images make this volume an essential handbook of architectural and structural history for students and professionals."--BOOK JACKET.

"Architecture -- consequently a book on architecture as well -- can be contradictory: it should ask questions and explain processes rather than offer solutions". The first monograph on Burgin Nissen Wentzlaff owes its unusual concept to this statement by the three architects. Whereas the buildings and projects of the past twelve years are precisely documented on the right-hand pages in the book, the texts, illustrations, pictures, and questions on the left-hand pages demonstrate the tasks and challenges characteristic for the work of the office. The central themes include "side issues", "disintegration of archetypes", "interaction of form and interpretation", "comprehensive seeing", and "senses and scales". The frictions and contradictions between these two sides of the practice are not oppressed or censored but are consciously juxtaposed. The resulting book oscillates between idea and building, reality and concept, offering a stimulating insight into the work of this unique architectural office.

Die Architektur der Dortmunder Architekten Hansen + Petersen verweigert sich stilistischen Zuordnungen. Programmatisch begann ihre Arbeit in den Randzonen der Stddte, den sonst oft gemiedenen Gewerbegebieten. Dabei verfolgen Hansen + Petersen eine Richtung, die sich radikal auf den funktionalen Kern einer Bauaufgabe zur]ckbesinnt, um ]ber Minimierung und Optimierung von Konstruktion und Raumprogramm zu sinnfdlligen, zeitgemd_en Gebduden zu gelangen. Jenseits romantisierender Vkoarchitekturen oder kostenintensiven High-Tech-Stylings zeigen ihre Gebdude f]r avancierte Dienstleister ein klares Bekenntnis zu industrieller Fertigung und Montage, zu einer technisch-konstruktiven Dsthetik.Zu ihren ausgef]hrten Bauten gehvren Unternehmenssitze der High-Tech-Medizin, der gldserne Infopavillon der Emscher-Genossenschaft im Rahmen der IBA Emscher Park, vkologisch wie konstruktiv herausfordernde Supermdrkt sowie solare Wohnhduser u. a. m.