James Carpenter Design Associates, Inc
Author : James Carpenter Design Associates
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Glass construction
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Author : James Carpenter Design Associates
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Glass construction
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Author : James Carpenter Design Associates
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,96 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architects
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 38,40 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architects
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Architects
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Author : Sandro Marpillero
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568986081
James Carpenter is an artist and sculptor whose work focuses on developing new glass and material technologies. His interest in architecture has evolved into a unique design practice that ranges from technical glass and materials consulting to designing curtain walls, roofing systems, bridges, and sculptures. In James Carpenter: Environmental Refractions, the artist's first monograph, author Sandro Marpillero explores the unique opportunities afforded by the transparency, reflectivity, and compressive strength of glass. With over 300 images, this book brings to light the work of an exciting designer crossing the boundaries between architecture, engineering, and fine arts. James Carpenter Design Associates, founded in 1978, has worked collaboratively with preeminent architects and engineers in the United States and abroadincluding Norman Foster, Richard Meier, SOM, and Michael Van Valkenburghcreating the artistic complement to many significant buildings. James Carpenter, in collaboration with Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, have been chosen to design and build an undulating glass dome for the new Penn Station.
Author : Sandro Marpillero
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 2006-06-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3764362499
International monograph about this outstanding New York architect, engineer and artist.
Author : Thomas Schröpfer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2012-12-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3034611668
The approach of "Informing Architecture by Materiality" opens the way to an innovative use of materials in the design professions. Taking material qualities and properties such as texture, elasticity, transparency and fluidity as a point of departure, the concept described and employed here transcends the conventional definitions of building materials. Instead, the focus is on a multitude of material operations, like folding and bending, carving and cutting, weaving and knitting, mirroring and screening. The featured design strategies and methods address established and "new" materials alike. They are applied both to the scale of the detail and the entire building. The examples comprise prototype structures as well as large building projects. Eight chapters deal with surfaces and layers, joints and juctions, weaving and texturing, nanoscale transformations, responsiveness, the integration of ephemeral factors like wind and light as well as material collections providing professional resources. Written by renowned experts in this field, the book features many examples from international contemporary architecture. The introductory part provides the conceptual background, while a final chapter describes consequences for pressing issues of today, like sustainability or life cycle assessment.
Author : Vincent James
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568985886
Among the critical adulation that follows VJAA wherever they build, you'll find words like graceful, beautiful, sublime, quiet, classic, disciplined, and lightall suggesting the kind of alchemy that makes the work of this Minnesota-based firm so highly regarded. The magic they performmarrying the simple forms of modernism with the rich materials of their sites in a thoughtful framework that encourages social interaction and environmental responsibilityis carefully illustrated and explained in this monograph, which evokes the very qualities that make their work so seductive and compelling. A former furniture maker, principal Vincent James brings the woodworker's appreciation of materials, details, joinery, and structure to the firm's work, which here includes both their award-winning houses such as the Dayton and Type/Variant houses and institutional projects, such as the Minneapolis Rowing Club, Tulane University Center, and St. John's Abbey and Monastery Guesthouse. Along with an introductory essay by Hashim Sarkis, partners Vincent James and Jennifer Yoos provide a captivating and insightful portrait of their talented young firm.
Author : Phillip Bernstein
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1616890037
There is no denying the transformational role of the computer in the evolution of contemporary architectural practice. But does this techno-determinist account tell the whole story? Are humans becoming irrelevant to the overall development of the built environment? Bulding (in) the Future confronts these important questions by examining the fundamental human relationships that characterize contemporary design and construction. Thirty-four contributors including designers, engineers, fabricators, contractors, construction managers, planners, and scholars examine how contemporary practices of production are reshaping the design/construction process
Author : S. Knapp
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Glass construction
ISBN : 9781610597241