Showcases 45 recent buildings designed for challenging environments, giving valuable insights into the extremes of architectural thinking. Futhermore, in an increasingly unstable world, some of the lessons they teach about self-sufficiency may yet become more generally applicable.

Brain Bend features 25 wild, vibrant, architecturally themed mazes, along with black-and-white versions of the same artwork for coloring in. Includes maze solutions at the back of the book.

Los arquitectos se enfrentan a tareas difíciles cuando se les encarga el diseño de edificios y viviendas en situaciones extremas. La falta de espacio para construir en un mundo cada vez más globalizado y el relativamente nuevo interés en la sostenibilidad hacen que cada vez sea más difícil encontrar espacios para poder edificar. Terrenos en pendiente, suelos de formación mineral, suaves como la arena, en parcelas estrechas, o en ambientes con temperaturas extremas. Son propuestas y originales diseños según el terreno disponible.

Considers buildings at the edge of possibility. This book presents over forty projects with plans, drawings and photographs. It includes a reference section that gives architect and project information.

Sarah Herman has brought together some of the world's most ambitious builders in a fact-filled showcase of truly mind-blowing models for this exciting illustrated book that will delight all AFOLs (adult fans of LEGO).

What can you do with a degree in architecture? Where might it take you? What kind of challenges could you address? Architects After Architecture reframes architecture as a uniquely versatile way of acting on the world, far beyond that of designing buildings. In this volume, we meet forty practitioners through profiles, case studies, and interviews, who have used their architectural training in new and resourceful ways to tackle the climate crisis, work with refugees, advocate for diversity, start tech companies, become leading museum curators, tackle homelessness, draft public policy, become developers, design videogames, shape public discourse, and much more. Together, they describe a future of architecture that is diverse and engaged, expanding the limits of the discipline, and offering new paths forward in times of crisis. Whether you are an architecture student or a practicing architect considering a change, you’ll find this an encouraging and inspiring read. Please visit the Architects After Architecture website for more information, including future book launches and events: architectsafterarchitecture.com

"Pure shapes, simple lines, clear geometry -- minimalism focuses on the necessities. It places emphasis on a plain and obvious message rather than on superfluous details. A steel wave suggests movement and rapidity, plain glass introduces transparency, large openings are sources of space and light -- refinement has become the new means of expression. Each single detail becomes significant and a key element of the project. Shape, material and consistency exclusively at the service of function -- the result can be admired in these extremely innovative and honest contemporary buildings, which reveal minimalism as an attitude aiming at abstraction, functionalism and purification"--Provided by publisher.