Die faszinierenden Geschichten hinter visionären Bauwerken, die nie verwirklicht wurden. Mit dem beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert haben sich mutige Vordenker auf den Weg gemacht, die Architekturgeschichte neu zu schreiben. Im Fokus des planerischen Interesses: die Gesellschaft von morgen, in der nichts unmöglich ist. Viele der kühnen Entwürfe sind der Realität zum Opfer gefallen. Ihrer Genialität tut das keinen Abbruch. Dieser Band erzählt die faszinierenden Geschichten hinter diesen Projekten. Als Hommage an die Kraft der Vision präsentiert der reich illustrierte Band Zukunftskonzepte von Ausnahme-Planern wie Le Corbusier, Kenzo Tange und Zaha Hadid. Die fakten- und bildreichen Fallstudien machen greifbar, wie aus Wunschdenken der Anstoß zum Um- und Andersdenken wird. Ausstattung: 100 Farbabbildungen
Christopher Beanland Knihy






Concrete Concept
- 192 stránok
- 7 hodin čítania
Concrete Concept takes architecture admirers on a tour of the world's most impressive, celebrated and controversial Brutalist buildings.
Exploring 50 of the world's greatest parks, this book goes beyond the well-known examples to highlight diverse landscapes from the Philippines to Australia and provincial Britain. It showcases a blend of historic and contemporary parks, emphasizing unique designs that harmonize nature with architecture. Readers will discover both celebrated and hidden gems, offering a fresh perspective on the beauty and innovation found in parks around the globe.
A glorious celebration of modern railway architecture in the 20th century and beyond, travelling all over the world. Many railway books are about nostalgia for the steam age, but this one is different: a global study of railway architecture from the 1950s onward and into the future. In 50 fascinating entries, renowned travel and architecture writer Christopher Beanland looks primarily at stations but also covers starkly brutalist signal boxes and depots, romantic and cosmopolitan railway hotels, and sleek and streamlined interchanges, plus international examples of great logos and design. The book explores the well-known Hauptbahnhof in Berlin, Madrid’s Atocha Station, and the brand new Penn Station Hall in New York, but it also includes less-prominent examples such as high-speed stations in Saudi Arabia, the Düsseldorf Art Tram line, and even the monorails at Walt Disney World. It contains in-depth features on repurposed urban railway infrastructure, hanging railways in Germany and Japan, and the mysterious glamour of travelling by night. There is also a selection of interviews with interesting people who regularly use these iconic buildings and railways. Stylish and contemporary, this gloriously illustrated book is a celebration of modern railway architecture at its best, an ideal purchase for rail enthusiasts and architecture aficionados alike.
Unbuilt
- 208 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
A fascinating survey of unbuilt and abandoned architectural projects from all over the world, by great architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Zaha Hadid.
Lido
- 208 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
A celebration of outdoor swimming – looking at the history, design and architecture of pools, as well as the social aspect. The 1930s architecture of the pools is often sleek and elegant, evoking speed and efficiency. And the pools themselves are great social levellers – a public space where everyone is stripped down to a bathing suit. The book begins with a history of the pools – their grand beginnings after the buttoned-up Victorian era, their falling popularity in the 20th century, and the newfound appreciation for the outdoor pool, or lido, and outdoor swimming in the 21st century. Journalist and architectural historian Christopher Beanland picks the very best of the outdoor pools around the world, including the Icebergs Pool on Bondi Beach, Australia; the 137m seawater pool in Vancouver, Canada; Siza's concrete sea pools in Porto, Portugal; the restored art deco pool in Saltdean, UK, and the pool at the Zollverein Coal Mines in Essen, Germany. The book will also feature the lost lidos and the fascinating history behind the architecture of the pools, and essays on swimming pools in art, and the importance of pools in Australia. In addition there are interviews with pool users around the globe about why it is they swim. The book is illustrated throughout with beautiful colour photography, as well as archive photography and advertising. Word count: 20,000
Donald tried to kill himself. But it didn't work out the way he planned.Grief-stricken and still alive, he reluctantly returns to his job as a scriptwriter on a regional TV station. But then a project comes up that might just save him.The Wall in the Head is a black comedy about love, loss, Berlin, bad TV, bad jokes, brutalist buildings. And Birmingham. It s about building and rebuilding, grand plans and failures, and how some emotions and ideas endure even through the worst times. But mostly, it's about endings.