Facades

Cantidad

Autor: Riera Ojeda Oscar

This fascinating sourcebook presents the most remarkable, beautiful, and innovative building façades in contemporary architecture. A building’s façade sets the aesthetic tone for its entire design while serving a variety of functions, from regulating light and protecting against the elements to providing insulation for temperature and sound. This absorbing book details hundreds of examples of interesting and progressive façades from around the world. Presented in colorful double-page spreads, each façade is photographed from different angles and includes engaging texts that describe their significance. Readers cánido learn how traditional mashrabiyas in Abu Dhabi are being engineered to respond to light and to regulate heat, how a centro de salud in México City has been constructed with “smog-eating” tiles, and how a “bio-adaptive” façade in Germany emplees algae to generate energy and provide shade. Informative and accessible, this compendium is a highly useful resource for architects, engineers, and designers.