Bøker av Owen Hopkins

Dieses innovative und einzigartige Buch ist ein visueller Führer zu den Gebäuden, die uns umgeben. Die architektonischen Merkmale sind auf den Abbildungen der Gebäude genau angegeben und beschriftet, so dass Sie, anders als bei anderen Architekturlexika, den Namen nicht kennen müssen, bevor Sie ihn nachschlagen. Klare Strichzeichnungen und umfangreiche Farbfotografien veranschaulichen jeden der wichtigsten Gebäudetypen, von Festungen über Kirchen und Herrenhäuser bis hin zu Wolkenkratzern. Anschließend werden die einzelnen Strukturelemente und Materialien erläutert, die allen Gebäuden gemeinsam sind, ob im klassischen, gotischen oder modernen Stil. Ein umfassendes Glossar rundet das Buch ab. Diese überarbeitete Ausgabe enthält einen erweiterten Abschnitt über moderne Strukturen und Materialien sowie über die neuesten Stile und Konzepte der letzten zehn Jahre.

Manifesto houses reflect new visions for how we can live. Often extreme and uncompromising, they are vehicles for innovation, new ideas and news ways of doing things. Most houses are the product of multiple layers of norms and expectations built up over time, whether methods, materials and technologies, or social, cultural, economic and political pressures. Yet, at various moments houses have been built that break with the past and do something different – houses that stand outside of these expectations and instead are conceived to embody whole new theories or agendas. We call these ‘manifesto houses’. For the first time, this compelling thread in the history of architecture is surveyed by Owen Hopkins. He brings together a collection of twenty-one such manifesto houses, exploring the visions for architecture conjured by Andrea Palladio, Eileen Gray, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harry Seidler, Lina Bo Bardi, Anupama Kundoo and Sou Fujimoto, among others. The Manifesto House: Buildings that Changed the Future of Architecture looks in detail at the ideas and ambitions embodied in each house, the contexts that shaped them and their subsequent impact and influence on the future of architecture.

Marking the 300th anniversary of Christopher Wren's death in 1723, Blue Crow Media and Owen Hopkins have collaborated on a unique and insightful guide to Wren's works across London. From Hampton Court to Greenwich, Wren's works are woven into the physical fabric of London unlike those of any other architect. A selection of Wren's churches and works are featured on this map, with captions and an introduction by Owen Hopkins and original photography by Nigel Green. Independent publisher Blue Crow Media has published a series of London maps featuring the city's architecture, design, trees and more.

An unprecedented survey of more than 250 architects who continue to define one of the most polarizing yet celebrated of styles Brutalist architecture inspires a passionate response, be it adulation or contempt. There is no disputing, however, that the style produces some of the world's most breathtaking buildings. This landmark volume documents the movement as never before, by profiling the architects behind the style. Featuring more than 250 historic and contemporary architects (organised alphabetically) along with specially selected examples of their work, this book includes international icons alongside those who are less well known or who have for too long been neglected, providing a unique record of this influential global architecture movement. The book includes 350 stunning images of more than 200 iconic Brutalist buildings, alongside fresh and surprising masterworks from 1936 to the present day, creating the ultimate companion to the Brutalist masters. Featured architects include: John Andrews; João Batista Vilanova Artigas; Lina Bo Bardi; Bogdan Bogdanovic; Marcel Breuer; Douglas Cardinal; André-Jacques Dunoyer de Segonzac; Bertrand Goldberg; Erno Goldfinger; Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak; Agustín Hernández Navarro; John M. Johansen; Louis I. Kahn; Denys Lasdun; Le Corbusier; João da Gama Filgueiras Lima; Alberto Linner Díaz; Owen Luder; Paulo Mendes da Rocha; Oscar Niemeyer; William L. Pereira; Affonso Eduardo Reidy; Paul Rudolph; Moshe Safdie; Alison Smithson; Clorindo Testa; Decio Tozzi; and John Carl Warnecke

A curated collection of Postmodern architecture in all its glorious array of vivid non-conformity

John Marx's watercolours, first published in the Architectural Review, are a captivating example of an architect's way of thinking

An in-depth exploration of the forgotten buildings of postwar Britain, charting their evolution from ambitious concepts to abandoned constructions.