RAUL A. BARRENECHE

A survey of the world's most innovative retail architecture and design. Raul A Barreneche A survey of 24 of the world's most innovative new retail stores from around the world by renowned architects such as Frank Gehry, Herzog + de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas and Renzo Piano Documents a wide variety of projects, from flagship stores for luxury brands to eclectic boutiques, department stores, shopping centres and supermarkets Each project is presented in depth with superior colour photographs of exteriors and interiors, plans and drawings, and descriptive text by a widely published architecture critic Includes projects in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Prague, So Paulo, Austria, Germany and The Netherlands In the decades since the advent of the shopping mall, shopping has become synonymous with entertainment and the retail store a key player in establishing brand identity. In a growing trend, high-profile architects are designing provocative storefronts and interiors that create an aura of exclusivity to draw in customers and attract media attention. New Retail examines this phenomenon with an overview of twenty-four of the most innovative retail spaces built around the world in recent years, designed by high-profile international architects as well as smaller cutting-edge firms. Projects in the book include the Carlos Miele store in New York (Asymptote), three stores for Louis Vuitton in New York and Tokyo (Jun Aoki), Selfridges in Birmingham (Future Systems), two clothing boutiques in So Paulo (Isay Weinfeld), the Mandarina Duck store in Paris (NL Architects), and the Mpries Supermarket in Austria (Dominique Perrault). More than 250 color photographs as well as floor plans and site plans showcase the architectural and interior design, lighting, and intriguingly experimental materials that create these ultimate retail spaces. For the Selfridges department store, for example, Future Systems clad the building with 15,000 aluminum disks attached to a sprayed concrete surface. In New York, the interior of the Carlos Miele store by Asymptote features a sensual, sculptural white ceiling of molded high-gloss PVC-based material. Each project is accompanied by a 500-to-700-word description that explains the design concept, site, program, and signifi

Un estudio de 24 de las tiendas más innovadoras a nivel de diseño de interiores de todo el mundo, por renombrados arquitectos como Frank Gehry, Herzog+Meuron, Rem Kolhaas y Renzo Piano. Documenta una gran variedad de proyectos, desde tiendas dedicadas a marcas de lujo, boutiques eclecticas, grandes almacen, centros comerciales y supermercados. Cada proyecto es presentado en detalle, con fotografia en color de los exteriores e interiores, planos, dibujos, y un texto descriptivo escrito por un reputado critico de Arquitectura como Barreneche. Incluye proyectos en Londres, Paris, Nueva York, Los Angeles, Tokio etc.

Modern House 3 is an overview of the most innovative houses built around the world in recent years, following the highly successful publication of Phaidons Modern House (1993) and Modern House 2 (2000). This book presents 33 houses in 15 countries, by both distinguished architects and up-and-coming young designers, including David Adjaye (London), Tadao Ando (Japan), Shigeru Ban (Japan), Carlos Ferrater (Spain), Sean Godsell (Australia), Kengo Kuma (China), Richard Meier (United States), and Julie Snow (Canada), among others.

New Museums A survey of contemporary museum design worldwide by internationally prominent architects.Raul A Barreneche A survey of 27 innovative new museums around the world by internationally prominent architects such as Herzog + de Meuron, Steven Holl, Renzo Piano and Yoshio Taniguchi, among others Documents a wide range of museums serving many functions and includes research centres, memorials, contemporary galleries and small museums devoted to single collectors High-profile projects, including the Great Court at the British Museum, London, by Foster + Partners; the Rosenthal Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Zaha Hadid; and the Jewish Museum, Berlin, by Daniel Libeskind Each project is presented in depth with superior colour photographs of exteriors and interiors, plans, drawings, and descriptive text by a widely published architecture critic Includes projects in Western Europe, the United States, Israel and JapanThe lead article in the October 2004 issue of Architectural Record, devoted to contemporary museums, noted that 'museums continue to proliferate across the international landscape, leading to the conclusion that, post-Bilbao, every municipality seems to want a smash.' Certainly, following the opening of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, museums gained a newfound cache among architects and clients. The mission and purpose of the museum is rapidly evolving: museums today are frequently more than repositories for historical art, as they can be research centres, memorials, contemporary galleries, or site-specific artworks in themselves. Often, they are all of these things at once. New Museums documents the best of new museum design and features 27 projects in 13 countries in Europe, the United States, Israel and Japan. The architects represented are among the most renowned practitioners in the world today. In addition to Gehry, they include van Berkel + Bos, Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma and Alvaro Siza, as well as lesser-known yet uniquely talented designers such as Zvi Hecker in Israel and Diener & Diener in Switzerland. An illustrated general introduction discusses well-known historical precedents, as well as current themes that are relevant to museum design: the museum as a neutral co