30:70 : architecture as a balancing act / Sergei Tchoban and Vladimir Sedov ; foreword by Bernhard Schulz ; translation and copy-editing, Tradkas GbR.

By:

Choban, Sergeĭ, 1962-

Contributor(s):

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9783869226835

Other title:

Architecture as a balancing act

Uniform titles:

30:70. English

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Print books.

LOC classification:

NA200 .C49413 2018

Summary: "Never before have so many buildings been constructed as today, and never has architecture had so many technological and design possibilities at its disposal. And yet there is a sense of unease about contemporary architecture. In their book, Sergei Tchoban and Vladimir Sedov show how in modern times we have lost the balance between outstanding works of architecture and the background structures that surround them, with every building striving to assert itself in relation to all the others - to drown them out if it can. Yet the modern age is certainly capable of developing a harmony of contrasts - it has everything it needs at its disposal. After taking the reader on a foray through 2,500 years of architectural history, the authors arrive at the anomaly of modernism. They show what contemporary architecture must take into account if it is to achieve a satisfactory overall architectural impression that is harmonious in an entirely new way"--Back cover.

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BOOKS

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Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Alfaisal University On Shelf	Alfaisal University On Shelf	NA200 .C49413 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	AU00000000015230

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Translation of: 30:70 : arkhitektura kak balans sil.

Includes index.

"Never before have so many buildings been constructed as today, and never has architecture had so many technological and design possibilities at its disposal. And yet there is a sense of unease about contemporary architecture. In their book, Sergei Tchoban and Vladimir Sedov show how in modern times we have lost the balance between outstanding works of architecture and the background structures that surround them, with every building striving to assert itself in relation to all the others - to drown them out if it can. Yet the modern age is certainly capable of developing a harmony of contrasts - it has everything it needs at its disposal. After taking the reader on a foray through 2,500 years of architectural history, the authors arrive at the anomaly of modernism. They show what contemporary architecture must take into account if it is to achieve a satisfactory overall architectural impression that is harmonious in an entirely new way"--Back cover.