SAND TO SPECTACLE<br> <strong>THE DUBAI MALL</strong>The Dubai Mall, completed in 2008, is currently the worlds largest mall and one of the largest structures in the world. Sand to Spectacle The Dubai Mall DP Architects documents the design process of Singapore based DP Architects as it realized a building the size of a city in just over four years from sketch to construction. The authors perform an in depth analysis of the historical, architectural, cultural, and physical forces at play in the

this is an essential volume for anyone interested in contemporary European architecture

and shophouses & conversions

Ineffable documents a timely and invaluable debate surrounding the use of computational tools in architecture and their effect on the nature of human expression

25 in / 184

Texts by LJ-Group

// The methodical research and surveys he carries out before each trip have led him to the conclusion that the majority of these buildings have two key aspects in common: the first is their very prominence

knitted together with a perpendicular exterior walkway buttressed with an intermittent full-height site wall

intellectually rich

The book highlights fIfty projects and spans three continents: North America

the creation of sophisticated

its place at that intricate and inde finable nexus of architecture and its theory in which architecture schools are hothouses for the incubation of ideas in architecture and design

Edition/ISBN: Clamshell box (978-1-946226-75-4)