Ecological Reflections in Architecture
Author: Claus Bech-Danielsen
The Danish Architectural Press
ISBN 87-7407-340-0
Almost half of the energy consumed in the western world flows into the construction and operation of buildings. For good reason ‘sustainability’ and ‘energy efficiency’ have therefore become two of the most frequently used keywords in the architectural debate. In his book, in essence based on his doctoral thesis at the Danish Building Institute and the Technische Universität Berlin, Claus Bech-Danielsen examines the sociocultural and philosophical aspects of our attitude towards the environment.
He pleads for a turning away from understanding ecology and good design, two reluctant factors in architecture, in favour of combining both as a harmonious whole.
Techtonic Visions – in Architecture
Author: Anne Beim
The Danish Architectural Press
ISBN: 87-8713 6-59-7
“Tectonics and the ethics of construction” is the subtitle of this book.
Tectonics deals with the design of shaping elements and their combination as a large entity. According to the thesis by Anne Beim, it also has an effect on the ethical dimension of our architectural environment. At the very end of her book the author explains how both factors are correlated. Prior to this she describes the reciprocity of idea, form, construction technology and structure with reference to the masterpieces of relevant classics ranging from Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Charles and Ray Eames to Louis Kahn and the Smithsons.
Great European Gardens
Authors: Margrethe Floryan, Sven-
Ivar Andersson
The Danish Architectural Press
ISBN: 87-7407-33 9-7
In this book, the word “great” has a double meaning. With her large-format (35 x 35 cm) work, Margrethe Floryan and Sven-Ivar Andersson have realised an idea that the great Danish landscape architect C.Th. Sørensen put into words 50 years ago: the documentation of the greatest European landscape gardens, with their historic original plans, in an omnibus volume.
With the many sketches and drawings, the reader can follow the history of European horticulture from the renowned St. Gallen cloister plan to Moorish horticulture, French parks of the baroque era and English landscape gardens up to the present day. This opulent book provides at least as much information on the development of architecture and landscape illustrations through the ages as on gardens themselves.
P.V. Jensen-Klint
Author: Thomas Bo Jensen
The Danish Architectural Press
ISBN: 87-8713 6-69-4
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1853– 1930) is one of the prominent multitalented people in architecture and art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His lifework comprises furniture and commercial art, ceramic objects and paintings as well as ecclesiastical architecture.
In the latter category, his foremost work is Grundtvigskirken in Copenhagen, an expressive and elegant brick building, which, together with the surrounding residential blocks dating from the 1920s, forms a unique ensemble in the Danish capital. In his book, Thomas Bo Jensen gives a sensitive portrait of the remarkable Jensen-Klint, who has been almost forgotten for a considerable time and is still virtually unknown outside Denmark.