100 Contemporary Brick Buildings (Multilingual Edition)
Description
Of all building materials in the world, brick is one of the most enduring and ubiquitous. Traces of brickmaking date back to 7500 BC and fired brick first made its appearance in about 3500 BC. Since then, the trusty brick has shown amazing resilience and remains one of the mainstays of contemporary architecture. Rooted in tradition in countries as different as China and the Netherlands, it is inexpensive, flexible in use, and can also be ecologically fabricated. This comprehensive two-volume set tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 15 years, from Argentina to New Zealand. True to all TASCHEN architecture tomes, it includes new talents like Argentina’s Diego Arraigada and Vietnam’s Nguyen Hai Long as well as established starchitects such as Tadao Ando and Peter Zumthor. Featured buildings showcase the variety of brick applications across cultural, domestic, infrastructure, and leisure spaces, including Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & De Meuron, Tidy Architects’ Amorio Restaurant in Santiago, and Mass Design Group’s Maternity Waiting Village in Kasungu, Malawi.
Specifications
| Dimensions | 9.45 x 11.81 x 0.39 inches |
| Edition | Multilingual |
| Isbn 10 | 3836562359 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-3836562355 |
| Item Weight | 11 pounds |
| Language | Multilingual |
| Print Length | 642 pages |
| Publication Date | July 3, 2017 |
| Publisher | TASCHEN |
Reviews
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it was his favorite gift I come from a long line of bricklayers ...
Gave this to my Dad for Christmas, it was his favorite gift I come from a long line of bricklayers with new generations as well. My Grandfather called himself a "Burnt Clay Artist" This book is solid proof that "Burnt Clay Artist" do exist!
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Dense Beauty Distilled
This book is lush. Two volumes in a solid Taschen slipcase. It arrived flawless - no small trick for books this large. It opens with a nice history (brick has been with us forever) before zeroing in on architects whose work literally stands the test of time.
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A must for architects & designers
One of the best purchases I’ve made in Amazon so far. As a designer, I highly recommend this two-volume set of brick buildings. Beautiful books.
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Beautiful and well thought out
This is an awesome book. Designed to be enjoyed over long periods of time. Great coffee table books. Every page brings that "awwwwww" moment before reading the who, what and where.Enjoy!!
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wonderful
really great artist's works!
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Five Stars
Great.
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Brick for ever!
Backstein, das älteste Baumaterial der Menschheit neben Holz ist immer noch so modern und reizvoll wie am ersten Tag! Dieses Material altert gut und ist fast unverwüstlich.
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Five Stars
Great Book.
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La calidad del libro
Me ha encantado. Es un tamaño grande. Me pensaba que era un libro de bolsillo. Es alucinante sus páginas. Sin duda alguna se lo recomiendo a todo el mundo.
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O livro é impecável
Aproveito este espaço apenas para dizer 2 coisas:- o livro é exactamente o que estava à espera, quer em termos do conteúdo, quer da qualidade da impressão;- retiro uma estrela à avaliação apenas para ficar registado na Amazon que o acondicionamento e a entrega não foram os melhores: a caixa de papelão exterior não tinha enchimento suficiente para impedir o livro de se deslocar no interior, o que causou pequenas esmurradelas nos cantos do livro; e o estafeta resolveu deixar a encomenda no exterior da casa sem sequer bater à porta; vi a caixa quando fui à rua por acaso... Enfim, ao menos cumpriram o prazo de entrega.
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The perfect coffee table books!
A great collection of work, as a designer I would have preferred if the book came with a CD-ROM dwg collection of the drawings just like the inDETAIL series.
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