Our friends at eVolo have sent us a copy of their limited edition book, EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS, and boy, it's a festival for eyes and biceps. At 1224 pages, the book measures 9″ x 11.5″ x 2.5″ and calls for extra sturdy coffee tables.
EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS celebrates six years of the internationally acclaimed eVolo Skyscraper Competition and compiles 300 outstanding high-rise architecture projects selected from the over 4000 submissions since its inception in 2006. The contest recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations. Studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are some of the multi-layered elements of the competition. It is an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of dynamic and adaptive vertical communities.
The projects are divided into six chapters describing the current position and the future of vertical architecture and urbanism: Technological Advances, Ecological Urbanism, New Frontiers, Social Solutions, Morphotectonic Aesthetics, and Urban Theories and Strategies.
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.
To order your own limited edition copy of the book, click here.
Cover: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-9816658-4-9
Limited edition: 500 copies
2 Comments
This looks like a great book!
This book is amazing, thanks to the authors for the materials presented here in
Block this user
Are you sure you want to block this user and hide all related comments throughout the site?
Archinect
This is your first comment on Archinect. Your comment will be visible once approved.