Bøger af Chris van Uffelen

In 2009, plans by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to transform part of Broadway including Times Square into a pedestrian area caused a sensation, not just in the city but internationally. Based on a careful selection of projects, this volume presents the functional and design variety of these popular urban spaces.

Because bridges are very often particularly prominent and symbolic ventures, architects and engineers have to find the best balance possible between statics and design. This volume presents works that represent contemporary engineering as well as the aesthetic highlights of recent years.

During many eras of architectural history, builders and architects aimed to construct buildings with pure shapes and clear geometry, while foregoing decorative elements. This book examines the question of how compelling esthetic impressions and expressions can be achieved with reduced shapes.

Shopping Paradises of Today

Spiritual Spaces

Creating layered living spaces in apartment buildings houses one of the most important and multifaceted tasks for contemporary architects worldwide.

Protection has always been the most genuine function of architecture. In the context of global warming one of the most needed type of protection is from and against the sun. This necessity has led to an impressive creative outburst of amazing technology.

Product packaging is much more than just a kind of container made of glass, wood oder plastic protecting its contents: it is also the face of the product. Like the facade of a building, the package gives an impression of what lies behind it.

The demands placed on office spaces and office buildings have intensified considerably in the 21st century through the digital revolution and the new realities of the internet age.

Although convention and conference centers are in high demand, the competition is tough, so fresh concepts are constantly being developed. They come in a range of forms, shapes, sizes and contexts. They can form part of a hotel, an airport, a skyscraper, a mountain-chalet or stand completely on their own. This title deals with this topic.

Buildings for the police, fire brigades and ambulance stations have lost their often purely functional and shed-like appearance and have begun to strive for recognition as an equitable architectural typology since Zaha Hadids trailblazing Vitra fire station in Weil am Rhein. This title shows the diversity of emergency architecture.

Green areas of all kinds have gained significance for contemporary urban planning. This title presents a spectrum of green areas in cities like urban parks, public roof gardens greened facades, and city squares.

Citizens in retirement age are becoming an ever greater but also more active part of society. In contrast to the general idea of retirement home the residences of today are superbly designed and furnished service domiciles. In this title, the selected buildings are tailored to the special, very individual needs of today's senior citizens.

Light is the prerequisite for spatial perception which is why it is an integral component of architecture. Light design in architecture has become lively and also colorful over the years. This title includes projects that show how good design can be considerably improved with the right light.

Pharmacies constitute a special form of commercial architecture. This title features examples that show the design sophistication with which pharmacies, from a functional as well as atmospheric standpoint, set themselves apart from the historical chemists shelves and the competitors.

Parking garages and gas stations as species of architecture and showrooms whose exhibition spaces and display windows are markedly different from the usual businesses have decisively changed the cities. This book is dedicated to this type of architecture, showing esthetic and technical solutions of the past few years.