Hot to cold : an odyssey of architectural adaptation

Author

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

Koln: Taschen, 2015

Language

English

ISBN

9783836557399

Series

Subject(s)

• ARCHITECTURE AND CLIMATE
• ARCHITECTURE-ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS-EXHIBITIONS
• ARCHITECTURE--EXHIBITIONS

Notes

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Abstract

An odyssey of architectural adaptation with Bjarke Ingels

After the global success of YES IS MORE, one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group presents HOT TO COLD, An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation. The book coincides with the HOT TO COLD show at the National Building Museum in Washington DC and presents 60 case studies in harsh climate conditions in order to examine where and how we live on our planet.
As we travel from one end of the spectrum to its opposite we will see that the more harsh the climate gets, the more intense its impact on the architecture. The central challenge is tomitigate the climatic extremes for hospitable human life, while finding solutions that can be both economically and environmentally profitable.
Architecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live. Our cities and buildings aren’t givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have gotten to date. They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens, and if they have shortcomings, it is up to us to continue that effort, pick up where they left off. HOT TO COLDstays true to BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group’s grand mission to find a pragmatic utopia, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the kind of world we wish to inhabit.

The book features:
• Design from award-winning artists Sagmeister & Walsh
• Previously unpublished essays by Bjarke Ingels
• A convertible dust jacket-poster

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

711 p.

Dimension

26 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Middle Eastern Media HQ, Middle East --
Majlis, Doha, QA --
Mina Warehouse Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates --
Kuala Lumpur Landmark Tower, Kuala Lumpur, MY --
Honeycomb Albany Marina residences, Nassau, BS --
Ward Village Green Tower, Honolulu, USA --
The Grove at Grand Bay, Miami, USA --
Phoenix Observation Tower, Phoenix, USA --
Hualien Resort and residences, Hualien, TW --
Shenzhen Energy HQ, Shenzhen, CN --
St. Petersburg pier, St. Petersburg, FL, USA --
Danish 2010 Expo Pavilion, Shanghai, CN --
Museum of the Human Body, Montpellier, FR --
Villa in Mexico City, Mexico City, MX --
Smithsonian master plan, Washington D.C., USA --
Meca, Bordeaux, FR --
Rose Rock International Financial Center, Tianjin, CN --
Yongsan International Business District, Seoul, KR --
West 57th Street, New York City, USA --
NYC residential tower, New York City, USA --
Pavilion on a pier, USA --
Brooklyn Bridge Park viewing platform, New York City, USA --
The Dry Line, New York City, USA --
BIG [heart] NYC, New York City, USA --
Europa City, Paris, FR --
Malaysia Square at Battersea Powerstation, London, UK --
Transitlager Lofts, Basel, CH [Switzerland] --
Vancouver House, Vancouver, CA --
Telus Sky, Calgary, CA --
Danish Maritime Museum, Helsingør, DK --
HQ on the Harbor, Copenhagen, DK --
ST Thomas Church extension, Copenhagen, DK --
8 House, Copenhagen, DK --
Floating student housing, Copenhagen, DK --
Loop City, Copenhagen, DK --
Sydhavns Recycling Center, Copenhagen, DK --
Superkilen Park, Copenhagen, DK --
Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium, Hellerup, DK --
The Lego house, Billund, DK --
Zootopia Givskud Zoo master plan, Givskud, DK --
Blavand Bunker Museum, Blåvand, DK --
Watch Flower, Aarhus, DK --
House in Gug Aalborg, DK --
Audemars Piguet Founder's House, Le Brassus, CH [Switzerland] --
Skuru Bridge, Nacka, SE --
Torshavn Education Center, Torshavn, FO --
Kimball Art Center, Park City, [Utah], USA --
Tallinn Town Hall, Tallinn, EE --
Uppsala Power Plant, Uppsala, SE --
Museum across a river, Scandinavia --
Astana National Library, Astana, KZ --
Greenland National Gallery of Art, Nuuk, GL --
Koutalaki Ski Village, Levi, FI --
Amager Resource Center, Copenhagen, DK --
Audi Urban Future Award, Miami, FL ; Venice, IT --
The BIG maze, Washington, D.C., USA --
BIG hot cold exhibition, Washington, D.C., USA.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00545/17	720.47 Hot	Library - 7th Floor	Available