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Art & Architecture
Hardcover. The prize-winning design, of which all can be seen from the outside is a glass cube making an impact over a distance and defining the urban situation, solved the enormous space problem of a collection of contemporary art, including 15000 works. Here, the text is in both English and German. Editor(s): Geipel, Kaye. Num Pages: 92 pages, 60 colour photos. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 306 x 287 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681062
- ISBN
- 9783936681062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.89
€ 43.99
€ 30.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 123 colour photos. BIC Classification: AJ; KC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Edition Reuss Germany
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783934020795
- ISBN
- 9783934020795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.55€ 47.27
€ 66.55
€ 47.27
Hardcover. In 1940, manufacturer Robert Bosch (1861-1942) opened the first hospital to bear his name. He was interested in promoting public welfare as well as his highly successful business activities. Since 1964, 92 per cent of Robert Bosch GmbH has belonged to the Robert Bosch Foundation. Num Pages: 120 pages, 130 colour & b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 287 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565687
- ISBN
- 9783932565687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.95
€ 51.99
€ 36.95
Hardcover. Shortly after the navy had given up its Flensburg Fjord base, a group of developers acquired the site which comprises 7 hectares of land and 5.5 hectares of water. This work tells how the group developed an urban quarter here and called it 'Sonwik', from the north Frisian words 'Son' (sun) and 'Wik' (bay). Num Pages: 70 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 287 x 11. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 70
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565618
- ISBN
- 9783932565618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Hardcover. The building for the Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung is near the city centre by the commercial harbour. What is striking is the unusual facade: a pattern is made with glazed tiles in white, grey and black, seeming more regular than it actually is. Here, the text is both in English and German. Num Pages: 60 pages, 50 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 289 x 12. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565601
- ISBN
- 9783932565601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Hardcover. Otto Ernst Schweizer (1890-1965), architect, philosopher and teacher, had a crucial effect on the path of Modern architecture. When the central dairy in Nuremberg was finished in 1931 it was the largest complex of its kind in Europe and was seen by critics as a work that deserved the rank of prototype. Here, the text is both in English and German. Num Pages: 60 pages, 30 duotone photos, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 289 x 11. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565595
- ISBN
- 9783932565595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Hardcover. Talks about Mouans-Sartoux, a small community near Cannes, that has become a Mecca for concrete art. Since 1990, two collectors from Switzerland, Sybil Albers and Gottfried Honegger, have been working to establish the Espace de l'Art Concret (EAC). This institution is located in the Chateau de Mouans and in two buildings in its large park. Illustrator(s): Brasille, Jean; Demailly, Serge; Morin, Andre; Mediterranee, M.R.W. Num Pages: 60 pages, 65 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 312 x 289 x 12. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565588
- ISBN
- 9783932565588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.95
€ 32.99
€ 23.95
Hardcover. Despite their usually very large volumes, works by Eckhard Gerber's Dortmund practice are structurally light and transparent, precise in their detail, and make an unmistakable impact on the urban space. Presenting the exhibition centre in Karlsruhe, this volume features text in English and German. Num Pages: 60 pages, 65 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 290 x 14. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565571
- ISBN
- 9783932565571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Hardcover. In Cologne's narrowest building, which is also one of the best known examples of modern architecture in the city, special installations have been staged during the International Furniture Fair for several years. Well-known designers are invited to implement a design on a particular topic in this unusual environment. Num Pages: 110 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 212 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565403
- ISBN
- 9783932565403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. The distinguished architect and Pritzker laureate Richard Meier has attracted public attention mainly with his museum and cultural buildings. Featuring text in English and German, this book accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt. Num Pages: 128 pages, 170 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 250 x 14. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565328
- ISBN
- 9783932565328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.08
€ 50.99
€ 36.08
Hardcover. As in 2001, during the 2002 Cologne International Furniture Fair, three internationally known designers squeezed themselves into the town's best known building between buildings. There they presented their ideas on the subject of 'expanding the gap'. From Tokyo came the idea of expanding the exhibition space with an installation to make it snow. Editor(s): Rendel, Martin; Spitz, Rene. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565281
- ISBN
- 9783932565281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. A yawning gap between two 1960s buildings. Not at all unusual in Cologne. A gap between two buildings, 2,56 m wide and 33 m long. Scarcely wide enough to park a few bicycles. This gap has been used as an office by an advertising agency since early 1999. This book records the whole project and provided an interpretation of the work. Editor(s): Rendel, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565229
- ISBN
- 9783932565229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.56
€ 16.99
€ 13.56
Hardcover. Aims to present and cast light on the essential features of the city as a Gesamtkunstwerk and to identify important criteria for future urban-development decisions. This book provides readers interested in urban development with a set of facts and strategies. It follows the narrative approach taken by Anglo-Saxon historians. Num Pages: 492 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 240 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565205
- ISBN
- 9783932565205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.94€ 57.27
€ 68.94
€ 57.27
Hardcover. Artist-architect Johannes Peter Holzinger, in co-operation with artists Eberhard Fiebig, Ottmar Horl/Formalhaut, Leonardo Mosso, Norbert Muller-Everling, Ansgar Nierhoff and Andreas Sobeck, has succeeded in creating 'an avant-garde landmark that shows in the interplay of the arts that the avant-garde can also work positively in a team'. Num Pages: 72 pages, 120ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 337 x 247 x 12. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565090
- ISBN
- 9783932565090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.95
€ 32.99
€ 23.95
Hardcover. Featuring text in English and German, this book illustrates that a positive sense of space is more dependent on light and sun, air and warmth than on a defined minimum number of square feet. Num Pages: 160 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMKD; WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565014
- ISBN
- 9783932565014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.08
€ 50.99
€ 36.08
Hardcover. Includes articles prepared in the context of a Japanese-German co-operative programme in architectural and urban conservation in 1996-98. This book attempts to portray the Japanese practice of repair - hozon - of historic structures. It features detailed photographic documentations, demonstrating the beauty of timber structures. Editor(s): Gutschow, Niels. Num Pages: 208 pages, 260ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 294 x 243 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698981
- ISBN
- 9783930698981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.81€ 48.21
€ 61.81
€ 48.21
Hardcover. Presents the use of photothermic and photoelectric solar technologies, along with use of the potential for drawing energy from the soil. This book features examples of realised objects which show the interplay of use of nature resources and building technology. Editor(s): Daniels, Klaus; Hindrichs, Dirk U. Num Pages: 458 pages, 1100 colour illus. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 239 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698837
- ISBN
- 9783930698837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.27€ 47.05
€ 55.27
€ 47.05
Hardcover. Expresses that the authors are not inclined to give into the hope that is especially raised in modernism of being able to invent something really new, but that instead they consciously take their bearings from constantly recurring forms of architecture and urbanism. Num Pages: 244 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 302 x 253 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698776
- ISBN
- 9783930698776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.81€ 48.20
€ 61.81
€ 48.20
Hardcover. Hans Dieter Schaal is already something of a cultural institution in Germany. Trained as an architect, he always operates outside the "mainstream", designing and realizing stage sets, sculptures, cemeteries, parks, squares, spatial installations or book projects, which are often trendsetters in their own field. Num Pages: 160 pages, 300ill. BIC Classification: AGB; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 307 x 252 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698714
- ISBN
- 9783930698714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.81€ 48.21
€ 61.81
€ 48.21
Hardcover. An urban quarter with an identity of its own has come into being by the Bavariapark in Munich. It is based on an urban-development design by Steidle and Partner and involved various architects. Num Pages: 60 pages, 70 illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 287 x 12. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698561
- ISBN
- 9783930698561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.95
€ 32.99
€ 23.95
Hardcover. In the summer 1978, the cover of the magazine "Bauwelt" showed a photograph of an unusual building. It was tersely introduced to readers as a 'private house with office in Bad Nauheim', but it was immediately obvious that this was a built manifesto. This book provides information about this building. Num Pages: 60 pages, 85 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMB; AMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 292 x 12. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698530
- ISBN
- 9783930698530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.95
€ 32.99
€ 23.95
Hardcover. The new Leipzig/Halle airport has not just one, but two predecessors. One was Leipzig-Mockau airport, opened in 1923 and the other was Leipzig/Halle airport which opened in 1927. A master plan was worked out for a second runway, intended for 3.5 million passengers per year. This book provides information about the design of the buildings. Num Pages: 72 pages, 70 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 286 x 14. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698523
- ISBN
- 9783930698523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Hardcover. Otto Steidle has devoted himself to the subject of housing for over 30 years. For the Freischutzstrasse residential quarter in Munich Steidle first combined the "classical" linear block with a sequence of tower-like slender buildings - finding a response in this way to the challenge of combining living in green surroundings with urban structures. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations(some col.). BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 306 x 293 x 11. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698493
- ISBN
- 9783930698493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.95
€ 32.99
€ 23.95
Hardcover. Munich needs nothing more than attractive building land. In 1997, an architectural competition was looking for ideas for an "inner-city, dense mixture of use for culture, as a central, for housing and commerce". The prize-winning suggestion by Steidle + Partner became the basis for planning. Num Pages: 60 pages, Illustrations(some col.). BIC Classification: 1DFG; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 306 x 288 x 11. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698486
- ISBN
- 9783930698486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.95
€ 32.99
€ 23.95