Saving space： Big ideas for small buildingsOver the years， talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with thechallenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today， with reduced budgets， many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be diminutive in their dimensions， but are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese cities， where large sites are hard to come by， or at the frontier between art and architecture，small buildings present many advantages， and push their designers to do more with less.A dollhouse for Calvin Klein in New York， a playhouse for children in Trondheim， pop-up stores for fashion stars， vacation cabins， and housing for victims of natural disasters are all part of the new rush to develop the great small architecture of the moment. The 2013 Pritzker Prize winner Toyo Ito is here， but so are emergent architects from Portugal， Chile， England， and New Zealand.Alvaro Siza and Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) display their eye for tiny detail alongside artistsDoug Aitken and Olafur Eliasson. From world-famous names to the freshest new talent，come discover architectural inven...Saving space： Big ideas for small buildingsOver the years， talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with thechallenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today， with reduced budgets， many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be diminutive in their dimensions， but are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese cities， where large sites are hard to come by， or at the frontier between art and architecture，small buildings present many advantages， and push their designers to do more with less.A dollhouse for Calvin Klein in New York， a playhouse for children in Trondheim， pop-up stores for fashion stars， vacation cabins， and housing for victims of natural disasters are all part of the new rush to develop the great small architecture of the moment. The 2013 Pritzker Prize winner Toyo Ito is here， but so are emergent architects from Portugal， Chile， England， and New Zealand.Alvaro Siza and Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) display their eye for tiny detail alongside artistsDoug Aitken and Olafur Eliasson. From world-famous names to the freshest new talent，come discover architectural invention on a whole new， small scale.About the series：Bibliotheca Universalis? Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable， democratic price!Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980， the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible， open-minded publishing.Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art， anthropology， and aphrodisia.Bookworm?s delight ? never bore， always excite!(展開(kāi))
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