The Atrium Comes of Age

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The atrium, in its modern enclosed form, dates back 200 years. It re-emerged as a favoured design concept in North America in the late 1960s, in the form of large-scale glazed volumes for both public and private use. However, it was not until the 1980s that atrium building gained worldwide popularity, with the initiative and innovation in design and technology passing to Europe and Japan. Today, building design professionals have an abundance of examples and advances in technology to consider when planning a new development.
The Atrium Comes of Age by Richard Saxon provides a highly detailed guide to athunn building design during the 1980s. Logically organized, it illustrates the key building types: hotels; shopping and leisure developnnents; office buildings; public buildings and nnultiple-use structures, in terms of the major design aspects of planning, environment, structure, vertical transport and economics. The vital issue of fire safety in atrium buildings is highlighted,... Tovább

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The atrium, in its modern enclosed form, dates back 200 years. It re-emerged as a favoured design concept in North America in the late 1960s, in the form of large-scale glazed volumes for both public and private use. However, it was not until the 1980s that atrium building gained worldwide popularity, with the initiative and innovation in design and technology passing to Europe and Japan. Today, building design professionals have an abundance of examples and advances in technology to consider when planning a new development.
The Atrium Comes of Age by Richard Saxon provides a highly detailed guide to athunn building design during the 1980s. Logically organized, it illustrates the key building types: hotels; shopping and leisure developnnents; office buildings; public buildings and nnultiple-use structures, in terms of the major design aspects of planning, environment, structure, vertical transport and economics. The vital issue of fire safety in atrium buildings is highlighted, discussing the latest research from the United States, United Kingdom and japan.
The Atnum Comes of Age is beautifully produced using colour, black and white photographs, sections and plans throughout. With over 200 international examples, this book represents the most comprehensive study of atrium building currently available.
Architects, engineers, developers and tov^n planners v^ill find this book invaluable and a companion and supplement to Richard Saxon's earlier book, Atrium Buildings.
Cover: The atrium roof vault at the Benlalls Cenln Kingston, London by Building Design Pailnership. 1992. The space-frame has perforated melal coffers, both to shade the interior from sun and to reflect light at night, Fibre-optic 'stars' provid sparkle at each roof node, Photo - Dennis Gilbert.
Richard Saxon is an architect partner m Building Design Partnership, the multi-discipline practice which has created many of the United Kingdom's atrium buildings. Since the 1970s he has made a continuing study of the atrium concept and set down its principles in what is now the standard work Atrium Buildings, published by Architectural Press in 1983; second editiQn®l'986. He lectures across the ; UJi, 'Europe and Japan and has. written widely-' ¦ on the subjecC recently contributing to the new UK Code of Practice on fire safety design for atriufjn buildings. Vissza