Bricks now & then : the oldest man-made building material / txt
Bricks now and then txt
Chris van Uffelen.
- 1st edition.
- 223 p. : ill.; photo.; plans.; col. ; 28 cm. book
Include Index.
Preface -- (N) Sala Ayutthaya Hotel -- (T) Ziggurat Chogha Zanbil -- (N) Sol 25 -- (T) Ishtar Gate -- (N) Crystal Houses -- (T) Trajan's Market -- (N) Site Apostolinnen -- (T) Stupa Jetavanaramaya -- (N) Habitat for Orphan Girls -- (T) San Vitale -- (N) On the Killesberghöhe -- (T) Samanid Mausoleum -- (N) Crossing Bricks -- (T) Ancient Temples of Bagan -- (N) Terra Cotta Studio -- (T) Malbork Castle -- (N) Brick Curtain House -- (T) Minster of Bad Doberan -- (N) Jas & Elisa -- (T) Dome of Soltaniyeh (Öljeitü Mausoleum) -- (N) 4*12 Atelier -- (T) St Anne's Church Vilnius -- (N) Termitary House -- (T) Old Church in Amsterdam -- (N) Sports and Convention Center -- (T) Saint Basil's Cathedral -- (N) La Geode -- (T) Vleeshal -- (N) Rock Creek House -- (T) Place des Vosges -- (N) Le Jardinier -- (T) Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque -- (N) Aban House -- (T) Monticello Estate -- (N) Living - Garden House in Katowice -- (T) Heilandskirche at the Port of Sarrow -- (N) Élancourt Music School -- (T) Royal Albert Dock -- (N) Tongxian Gatehouse -- (T) Red House -- (N) Wohnhaus SchloBstraBe -- (T) French Market Halls -- (N) Inverness -- (T) Wainwright Building -- (N) Oskar Residence -- Beurs van Berlage -- (N) Front Buildings Quarter of Nations -- (T) Frederick C. Robie House (N) Day Care in Zsámbék -- (T) Fagus Factory -- (N) BiK-F Research Center -- (T) Great Dixter -- (N) Letovo School Campus -- (T) Het Schip -- (N) Basaren -- (T) American Radiator Building -- (N) 23 Semi-Collective Dwellings -- (T) Chile House -- (N) The Curving House -- (T) Technical Administration Building of Hoechst AG -- (N) House Landen -- (T) Hilversum Town Hall -- (N) Farsh Film Studio -- (T) Grundtvig's Church -- (N) Patio House -- (T) Muuratsalo Experimental House -- (N) Community Center Westvleteren -- (T) Alte Pinakothek -- (N) Kärcher Visitor Center -- (T) Church of the Resurrection of Christ -- (N) Women's Opportunity Center -- (T) Indian Institute of Management of Ahmedabad -- (N) LT House -- (T) Walden 7 -- (N) Remisenpavillon -- (T) Wexner Center for the Arts -- (N) Auditorium AZ Groeninge Kortrijk -- (T) Extension IRCAM -- (N) Fritz-HenBler-Technical College -- (T) Cathédrale de la Résurrection -- (N) CKK Jordanki Congress & Concert Hall -- Index.
In this volume, historical and contemporary brick edifices are featured showing the wide range of possible applications and design possibilities. The use and popularity of this building material has not feigned one bit over the millennia, and is even gaining even popularity today. Bricks are the only non-natural building material that can look back at several thousand years of history. And as Mies van der Rhohe stated: "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins". Buildings made of this fabric from very different epochs and cultures all over the world are always astonishing, and the world's best architects have explored the qualities of brickwork. A key characteristic for its success has always been easy planning through the standardisation of production and the resulting harmonised construction process. Amazing constructive qualities, inexpensive and at the same time environmentally friendly production as well as its longevity are among the qualities that are particularly valued today. In this volume, historical and contemporary brick edifices are featured showing the wide range of possible applications and design possibilities.