New Facades

Author: Carles Broto
Pages: 300
Format: hard cover w/jacket 24,2 x 28,4 cm
Images:full color
ISBN: 978-84-92796-83-0
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This volume presents a fascinating and exhaustive study on the treatment
of facades, from the conception of the design to the final execution of the
project. Each chapter focuses on a particular material, with the wide range of
design possibilities it offers together with the construction details. Full color
photographs, floor plans and explanatory texts accompany all the featured
projects offering the reader an authoritative guide to this area of architecture.
Ground breaking solutions combine with eye-catching aesthetics to make this
publication an indispensable reference for laymen and professionals a like.

Carles Broto, an architecture scholar and one of the founders of the IAC (institute
for alternative culture). Following a successful period at the Atrium Group
(Barcelona), he has now joined Grupo Links – Structure as the publishing director
of various contemporary architecture collections. He is currently investigating
the evolution of new American housing, as part of multi-country project.
He lives in Barcelona.