Kenneth Powell Bücher

Immer wieder beeindrucken uns aufregende Bauwerke in aller Welt. Die Kuppel des Domes von Florenz, der die Stadt weithin überragt, der Eiffelturm in Paris, Istanbuls prächtige Süleymaniye-Moschee, das Taj Mahal im indischen Agra oder Australiens Sydney Opera – sie alle wurden zum Wahrzeichen ihrer Stadt. Auch Kirchenbauten wie die Sagrada Familia in Barcelona und die St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Museumsbauten wie das Getty Museum in Bilbao oder die Berliner Museumsinsel imponieren Jahr für Jahr Millionen Besuchern. Doch wer weiß schon, wer all diese beeindruckenden Gebäude schuf? Leicht war es nicht sie zu verwirklichen, denn sie gingen mit technischen Innovationen einher, die die meisten Zeitgenossen für unvorstellbar hielten. Herausragende Persönlichkeiten mit unkonventionellen Ideen waren gefragt, die sich durch an Aberwitz grenzenden Mut und häufig auch langem Durchhaltevermögen auszeichneten.

Designed by the internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano and developed by Irvine Sellar, The Shard is one of the worlds most striking new skyscrapers and is now, at 310m, the tallest building in Western Europe. Almost twice the height of any other viewing gallery in London, the View on floors 68, 69 and 72 offers visitors a 360-degree, 40-mile view over one of the worlds most historic and exciting cities. Organized spread by spread, easy to navigate and as elegantly designed as the building itself, the official guidebook sets The Shard in the context of Southwark, before outlining the design principles and construction story of the building. Also included are Q&As with both the architect and the developer and fascinating facts and stats relating to this extraordinary building. Central to the books purpose as the official guidebook is a series of twelve double-page panoramic photographs of the view from The Shard, all of them new to this edition. An informative souvenir for visitors to The Shard, the book will also be available in the trade, making it available to all Londoners and visitors to the capital.

The work of British architects ABK is characterised by the founding partners' belief that buildings should address far more than purely functional needs. Energy and the environment, historical context and user participation are central to their work. Peter Ahrends, Richard Burton and Paul Koralek are particularly interested in the integration of art, architecture and landscape, an approach which has resulted in a series of collaborative partnerships over the course of their careers. This book traces ABK's development, from early landmark projects like the Berkeley Library at Trinity College, Dublin to the highly acclaimed British Embassy in Moscow, which opened in 2000. It also tells the full story, for the first time, behind the most notorious British architectural episode of the 1980s - how ABK won the commission to design an extension to the National Gallery in London, only to have it taken away from them when Prince Charles described the scheme as a 'monstrous carbuncle'.

This book features Nicholas Grimshaw's work from the late 1980s to the late 1990s, which includes some of Europe's most prestigious in Berlin he was planning a new Stock Exchange, while in London he built on the success of his Financial Times printing plant with his stunning new international railway terminal at Waterloo, which was completed to wide acclaim.

Organized spread by spread, easy to navigate and as elegantly designed as the building itself, this guidebook sets The Shard in the context of Southwark, one of the capitals most historic boroughs, before outlining the design principles and construction story of the building.