Atkins: Architecture & Urban Design - Selected & Current Works 2011

Atkins (Firm)

ISBN 10: 1864704519 / ISBN 13: 9781864704518

Published by The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia, 2011

About this Item

310 x 230mm. pp. 461. English text. First hardback edition of 'Atkins: Architecture & Urban Design - Selected & Current Works 2011'. Lavish colour illustrations. Bound in original lime green boards. No dust jacket. Moderate bumping and marking to boards and edges, and binding lightly cocked, otherwise generally clean. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. See images. Heavy book at 2.6kg. Extra postage.

Seller Inventory # 043148

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Atkins: Architecture & Urban Design - Selected & Current Works 2011
• Publisher: The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1864704519
• ISBN 13: 9781864704518
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Hardback Edition.
• Condition: Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

A monograph on the work of this UK-based architecture firm Global, multidisciplinary, environmentally aware, sustainable - these are words that many architectural firms would like to have used to describe them. Atkins can lay honest claim to them all. Atkins has 60 offices in 25 countries the world, from Aberdeen to Abu Dhabi, Stockholm to Sydney. They have worked in over 175 countries, and in doing so have established a reputation for consistently delivering professional, practical and innovative building, planning and design solutions. Many firms claim to be multidisciplinary - Atkins truly is, combining engineering, design and architecture disciplines in a seamlessly functioning whole, to provide their clients with all the services, information and knowledge needed to complete any project. Along with their many other achievements, Atkins have developed the trademark and standard of Carbon Critical Design, and in doing so have become world leaders in sustainable design. Sustainable and environmentally aware design is a core consideration in every project they undertake. Features over 150 spectacular projects, lavishly illustrated in full colour. Includes such iconic, world-first buildings as the Burj Al Arab, the Bahrain World Trade Center and the Anara Tower. Many different building typologies are featured, including hotels, residential, offices and commercial, mixed-use, sport and leisure, education, transportation, masterplanning and urban design, and healthcare, science and technology.

Product Description

A monograph on the work of this UK-based architecture firm. Atkins has 60 offices in 25 countries the world, from Aberdeen to Abu Dhabi, Stockholm to Sydney. They have worked in over 175 countries, and in doing so have established a reputation for consistently delivering professional, practical and innovative building, planning and design solutions. The book features over 150 spectacular projects, lavishly illustrated in full colour. Includes such iconic, world-first buildings as the Burj Al Arab, the Bahrain World Trade Center and the Anara Tower. Many different building typologies are featured, including hotels, residential, offices and commercial, mixed-use, sport and leisure, education, transportation, masterplanning and urban design, and healthcare, science and technology.