Exhibition halls / txt
Clements F. Kusch with additional contributions by Anabel Gerhaar and Volkwin Marg
- 3rd edition
- 304 p. ill. : plans: snit 28 cm. book
- Construction and Design Manual Exhibition halls .
Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: New Exhibition Centres -- Neue Messe Leipzig -- Rimini Fiera -- Norges Varemesse, Lillestrøm -- Neue Bodensee-Messe Friedrichshafen -- Bilbao Exhibition Centre -- Fiera Milano -- Fiera Roma Congressi -- Neue Messe Stuttgart -- New Exhibition Halls -- Hannover Messe, Hall 26 -- Hannover Messe, Hall 4 -- Hannover Messe, Halls 8 and 9 -- Messe Diisseldorf, Hall 6 -- Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL), Lisbon -- Messe Frankfurt am Main, Hall 11 and Portalhaus West -- Fiera di Genova, Genoa, Hall B -- Redevelopments and Expansions -- Messe Berlin -- Lingotto Fiere, Turin -- PadovaFiere -- Messe Wien, Vienna -- Feria Valencia -- Hamburg Messe -- Fira Barcelona -- Appendix -- Exhibition Centres -- Experiences of Exhibition-Centre Planning. A debate between Clemens F. Kusch and Volkwin Marg -- Ten Design Parameters for Exhibition Centres.
An exhibition centre is a central focus of a city's economic life, and in many cases a unique expression of its image. For this reason, as well as offering adequate space and infrastructure, it must make a strong, clearly recognizable architectural statement. Over the past couple of decades, new technology and globalization have transformed trade fairs: today they are not so much markets as forums for the exchange of information and contacts. This new volume in the Construction and Design Manual series spotlights twenty-two exemplary European buildings that have overcome the resulting architectural challenges. It also includes an overview of the cultural history of European trade fairs, and an interview on successful exhibition-centre design with one of the world's leading specialists in this area of architecture.