Hot to cold : an odyssey of architectural adaptation / [BIG Bjarke Ingels Group].
Contributor(s): Ingels, Bjarke | BIG Bjarke Ingels Group | National Building Museum (U.S.) | Taschen (Firm) [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Köln : Taschen, ©2015Description: 711 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783836557399; 3836557398.Subject(s): BIG Bjarke Ingels Group | Architectural practice, International -- Denmark | Architecture, Modern -- 21st century | Architectural firms -- Denmark | Architecture and climate | Architecture and climate -- Cold regions | Architecture -- Arid regionsDDC classification: 720.47 Summary: 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 come 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. Bjarke Ingels Group's (BIG) grand mission is to find a pragmatic utopia, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the kind of world we wish to inhabit. This book examines BIG's odyssey of architectural adaptation.
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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 come 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. Bjarke Ingels Group's (BIG) grand mission is to find a pragmatic utopia, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the kind of world we wish to inhabit. This book examines BIG's odyssey of architectural adaptation.
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