Переплет: твердый, суперобложка, 220 х 290 мм
Количество страниц: 416, иллюстраций: 786
Год издания: 2010
Язык: английский Competitions are among the most exciting occurrences
in the field of architecture. It provides designers unique opportunities
to pitch their work across the globe. This title features entries of
different typologies for various individual competitions as well as
today’s main contemporary architectural competitions. For these, like
the planning for the grounds of the World Trade Center in New York, the
most significant contributions are presented.
Competition entries are the original architectural concepts, which
usually on the way to becoming completed buildings are subject to many
changes and compromises – and sometimes are not built at all. They dive
into the heart of unrestricted creativity and offer astounding insights
into the inner world of architectural creativity. It is from
competitions that new ideas and tendencies are emerging. The exciting
possibilities which architecture of today has to offer are presented
here by means of texts, renderings and planning material.