CELEBRATING THE CITY Urban Facilities

Description

Urban Facilities in this edition include, ephemeral structures, viewing points and park equipment, but also extend to include bus and tram stations along with market and airport buildings. A total of nineteen urban facilities are surveyed here with the help of extensive colour photography, plans and elevations. Projects featured include: Kengo Kuma’s Chokkura Plaza and Shelter; Durbach Block Architects’, Brick Pit Ring; Wilkinson Eyre Architects’, Alpine House in the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens; Subarquitectura’s Tram Stop, Alicante; and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Madrid Barajas Airport.

CONTENTS

• Chokkura Plaza & Shelter / Kengo Kuma
• 9 Pavilions / Localarchitecture
• Halftecture OJ / OO / OR / Shuhei Endo
• Brich Pit Ring / Durbach Block Architects
• Aurland Lookout Point / Todd Saunders+Tommie Wilhelmsen
• Restoration of the Pont Trencat / Xavier Font
• Sohlbergplassen Viewpoint / Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk
• Kastrup Sea Bath / White arkitekter A/S
• Eco-Boulevard / [ecosistema urbano] architects ltd.
• Bridge House / B A R
• Windshape / nARCHITECTS
• Singing Ringing Tree / Tokin Liu
• Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Alpine House / Wilkinson Eyre Architects
• Santa Caterina Market / Miralles Tagliabue EMBT
• Tram Stop / SUBARQUITECTURA
• Casar de Cáceres Subregional Bus Station / Justo García Rubio
• Bus Station at Écija / ELAP Arquitectos s.l.
• Madrid Barajas Airport / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
• Farnborough Airport / 3D REID

296 pages, ills colour & b/w / 23 x 29 cm / English, Korean