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A Coffee a Day - Contemporary Cafe Design by Chris van Uffelen
60.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
Exchange and interaction, an escape from everyday life, letting the imagination flow, writing, reading, or simply doing nothing: Drinking a coffee in a nice café, spontaneously or on a date, alone or with friends, is undoubtedly one of the things we miss the most during the 2020/21 pandemic - even if we ...Show more
Bricks Now and Then - The Oldest Man-Made Building Material by Chris van Uffelen
59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
Bricks are the only non-natural building material that can look back at several thousand years of history. And as Mies van der Rhohe stated: "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins". Buildings made of this fabric from very different epochs and cultures all over t ...Show more
Company Gardens - Green Spaces for Retreat and Inspiration by Chris van Uffelen
65.00 AUD
Category: Gardening Landscape Plants
The design of open spaces around or within the premises of companies is an increasingly important focus area of landscape architecture. Their conceptual design depends on whether the company garden is open to the public or rather dedicated to employees only. On the one hand, these projects are represent ...Show more
Green, Greener, Greenest: Facades, Roof, Indoors by Chris van Uffelen
60.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
With the advent of increased environmental awareness in all areas of life, and the associated implementation strategies, the concept of sustainability has become a driving force of architecture and landscape architecture, both in terms of urban planning and construction. The diverse positive effects of ...Show more
Living in Wood: Architecture & Interior Design by Chris van Uffelen
70.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
An important material for many centuries and used in countless diverse ways before being almost despised for a long time in the modern era, wood has now become a source of fascination and inspiration in contemporary architecture. The sustainable and locally available building material is easy to process ...Show more
Makeover : Conversions and Extensions of Homes and Residential Spaces by Chris Van Uffelen
115.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
In the world of architecture and construction there is a general consensus that many existing residential buildings will have to be substantially renovated within the next few years - not only because they are technically outdated but also because their functionality and esthetics are no lon - ger in li ...Show more
Massive Expressive Sculptural - Brutalism now and then by Chris van Uffelen
75.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good
Buildings designated brutalist in style were largely built in the 1960s and 1970s, exuding an aura of daring, uncom promising design today. It is the French term "brut", meaning raw or unrefined, that lent its name to this particular architectural phenomenon. Vilified for decades as the step-child of m ...Show more
Nordic Style (Scandinavian) - Warm and Welcoming Interiors by Chris van Uffelen
59.99 AUD
Category: Interior Design
In almost no other European region the connection between nature and design is as pronounced and at the same time as varied as in the Scandinavian countries. The rugged wilderness and dark days require comfortable interiors with warm colors; while lovely landscape scenarios and long mid-summer nights ar ...Show more
Pallets 3.0. Remodeled, Reused, Recycled: Architecture + Design by Chris van Uffelen
60.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
If not used for shipping they are anything but boring Pallets are a universal symbol of the globalized world. The properties of this transport platform - standardization, stability, simplicity and internationality - are carried over into the work of architects and designers who use pallets as the materi ...Show more
Rough Past meets New Design by Chris van Uffelen
80.00 AUD
Category: Interior Design
Buildings and spaces bearing traces of the past that are integrated into new functional and artistic concepts are galvanizing the architecture and design scene. As a result of the increased awareness of sustainability issues and growing appreciation for existing building structures more and more often t ...Show more
Small but Smart - Design Solutions for Mini Homes by Chris van Uffelen
59.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
The aim to live in a mini house can have various reasons: For many it stands for a better, more livable existence on the basis of what is necessary, possible and desired, making one's life easier, more economical and more sustainable. The limitation of the floor space promotes concentration on the esse ...Show more
When a Factory Becomes a Home by Chris van Uffelen
75.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
The Beauty of a New BeginningHousing shortages and building dereliction are fundamental challenges, concerning also the current architectural landscape. That these problems can be overcome by addressing them together has been proven by the increasingly successful reactivation and conversion of existing ...Show more
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