The Luxor is a significant milestone in the Suvre of Bolles + Wilson. As a major public building it pursues themes first tested in the 1993 new city library in Münster: a characteristic plan form, an intervention that redefines its context, and a synthesis of the abstract with a spatial warmth, an ambience that communicates directly and subliminally to a wide audience base. The architecture of this German/Australian duo does not fit easily into conventional architectural genres. Smallness, intimacy, and precise details characterise their work, just like an increasing number of urban interventions that have made a major impact on cities like Hengelo, The Hague or Magdeburg. The design of the Luxor Theatre, the process of its realisation, Bolles + Wilson's surrounding urban fields and, most importantly, the internal life in the building engendered by the architecture are fully presented in this book.

This fully illustrated guide to the planning and design of pre-school facilities for children is supported by a broad range of case studies, drawn from around the world. Both new buildings and adapted premises are covered. Essays on social development and childcare put the projects in context. Based on extensive research, Kindergarten Architecture offers the designer a unique survey of the best designs in kindergarten architecture. Two new kindergarten buildings are added to the case study section and the author provides guidance on the practical implications of recent changes to pre-school education. Contains two new case studies, 1. Corning Child Development Centre, New York and 2. Bornehaven De Fire Arstider, Copenhagen.

Part of a series of technically informative monographs embracing a broadpectrum of internationally renowned buildings, this work deals with Munsterity Library, and includes a comprehensive set of technical drawings andorking details.;Peter Wilson's new Munster library is a complex andntricate building. It collects a variety of separate spatial conditions,ach of which is conceived as an event in itself (for example, the newspapereading salon is focused on a welcoming fireplace) and synthesises them into complex and evocative whole. It responds equally sympathetically to itsity-centre sites, dividing into two wings above ground level to create andontain a new urban space. Wilson's building is thus both an intimate placef information, of quiet and education as well as a new formal focus for theity of Munster as a whole.;Peter Wilson is a graduate of the Architecturalssociation, London, and one of a small group of young architects who haveade their name by living and building abroad. Based in Germany, his Munsterity Library is the largest of his built-works to date. The new building was

The collection of Inspiration And Process In Architecture is a new series of illustrated monographs dedicated to key figures in contemporary architecture. This new collection features Zaha Hadid, Giancarlo De Carlo, Bolles+Wilson and Alberto Kalach whose stories are told through notes and drawings never before seen.The series introduces a new clothbound format, with a hard, paper cover and colored spine matching the elastic band. The drawings inside are printed on glossy coated paper.

"The initial stages of this book were developed together with Tihamer Salij"--Colophon.

Catherine Slessor, Managing Editor of The Architectural Review, one of the world's leading architectural magazines, is the coordinating editor of this volume. Being at the forefront of design professionals worldwide, her selection of projects has ensured