Overview
Established in 2006, the eVolo Skyscraper Competition has become the world's most prestigious award for high-rise architecture. Over the last six years, an international panel of renowned architects, engineers, and city planners have reviewed more than 4,000 projects submitted from 168 countries around the world. This book is the compilation of 300 outstanding projects selected for their innovative concepts that challenge the way we understand architecture and their relationship with the natural and built environments. The projects have been organized in six chapters: The first chapter, ""Technological Advances,"" is an investigation on the use of digital tools and computing fabrication. ""Ecological Urbanism"" explores sustainable systems. Projects that analyze the reconfiguration of existing cities and the colonization of new environments, such as underwater cities and floating habitats, are part of ""New Frontiers."" The improvement of our way of living is the topic of the fourth chapter, ""Social Solutions."" A more experimental approach to architectural design is exposed in ""Morphotectonic Aesthetics,"" with proposals that use fields of data and self-regulating systems to respond to internal and external stimuli--the results are fascinating explorations of function and form. Finally, ""Urban Theories and Strategies"" is a group of projects that establish new methods to alleviate the major problems of the contemporary city.
Full Product Details
Author: Carlo Aiello
Publisher: Evolo
Imprint: Evolo
Edition: English
Dimensions:
Width: 22.80cm
, Height: 5.80cm
, Length: 29.20cm
Weight: 4.241kg
ISBN: 9780981665849
ISBN 10: 0981665845
Pages: 1224
Publication Date: 01 July 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
What will the skyscrapers of the future look like? Will they be covered in gardens, shaped like rocket ships, submerged in the ocean? EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS compiles 300 forward-looking projects, like buildings that incorporate robotics or are capable of flying...the next generation of big buildings. --Wall Street Journal . . . a great stroll through the ideas and imagery that are occupying students and young architects today. --A Daily Dose of Architecture EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS provides futuristic concepts and architectural eye candyfor hours on end and allows a fascinating glimpse into the (possible) futureof high-rise architecture, urbanism, and the city as we know it. --Archinect
."" . . a great stroll through the ideas and imagery that are occupying students and young architects today."" --A Daily Dose of Architecture ""What will the skyscrapers of the future look like? Will they be covered in gardens, shaped like rocket ships, submerged in the ocean? EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS compiles 300 forward-looking projects, like buildings that incorporate robotics or are capable of flying...the next generation of big buildings."" --Wall Street Journal ""EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS provides futuristic concepts and architectural eye candy for hours on end and allows a fascinating glimpse into the (possible) future of high-rise architecture, urbanism, and the city as we know it."" --Archinect
. . . a great stroll through the ideas and imagery that are occupying students and young architects today. --A Daily Dose of Architecture
Author Information
Carlo Aiello graduated from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University in New York City. After collaborating with Asymptote Architecture and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill he established eVolo Magazine in 2006 as an editor-in-chief and creative director. He is also professor of Architectural Design at the University of Southern California since 2010.
