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Winner of the 2019 Vespucci Children's Book Award

French design master hand-drawn illustration of modern classic architecture

Appreciate the beauty of modern architecture and understand the world we live in

◎ Editor's Choice

☆ Award-winning picture book, appreciate the beauty of architecture, improve aesthetics, creativity and space conception ability

--Architecture is a comprehensive subject, physics, materials, mathematics, art, sociology... are all compulsory courses for architects. Why can't the tower be blown down by the wind? How can the bridge be built stronger? What is the relationship between the garden design of various countries and their culture? All these answers can be found in the book. A set of professional architectural picture books is an ideal book for cultivating children's imagination, aesthetic ability, creativity and spatial conception ability.

--The series contains 5 most important architectural styles in contemporary human society: houses, bridges, gardens, high-rise buildings and cities. It has been widely acclaimed since its publication, and has successively won the "Special Recommendation Award" in the non-fiction category of the Bologna International Children's Book Fair, Montreux Yitong Book Fair Gold Award, Vespucci Children's Book Award, Children's Architecture Book Award and many other international heavy awards.

--Didier Cornier, a master of contemporary architecture who studied under Roger Tallon, the father of industrial design, writes about the miraculous buildings in modern history with elegant brushstrokes, like a wonderful private tour, teaching you how to use architecture Appreciate architecture from a different perspective and understand architecture with the language of architecture. The series of books has been specially reviewed by the expert team of Shanghai Construction Engineering Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd.

☆ Focus on modern classic buildings, and see social changes and cultural features over the past two hundred years

--The series brings together famous classic buildings from the 19th to the 21st century. Simple geometric shape, use of new materials, more humanized functional design...every building and bridge in the book is more closely related to our modern life. illustration!

--From France to Brazil, from the United States to the Netherlands, these famous and novel buildings span many countries and regions. How to build tall buildings that are warm in winter and cool in summer in Southeast Asia? What kind of material can a house be quickly rebuilt after the earthquake in Japan? What is the relationship between Central Park and urban modernization? Architectural trends across different eras and regions reflect changes in social systems, cultural trends, technological innovations, and changes in the relationship between humans and nature. Approaching modern architecture is to understand the modern history of mankind.

☆ Through the "people-oriented" architectural concept, the building will also tell stories

--Buildings carry people's dreams and hopes. Every building starts with a desire: from the need for shelter from wind and rain to a warm and comfortable home, from the desire to climb mountains and rivers to a majestic bridge. The architect's creative concept, the difficulties and anecdotes during the construction process, the turbulent legends of the great era, and the touching family anecdotes... Architecture will also tell stories full of warmth.

--Besides I.M. Pei, how many famous architects can you name? The series gathers 43 brilliant stars in the field of modern architecture, and the title page of each architectural unit is accompanied by a small file and hand-painted illustrations of the corresponding architect. Witness the tenacity and innovative spirit of architects; learn the way architects observe the world and collect inspiration; understand the logic of architects and get architectural thinking.

◎Hundreds of hand-painted architectural illustrations by masters, both artistic and scientific, fresh and playful

Cornier, who has profound architectural and industrial design skills, personally drew hundreds of art-level illustrations for 36 classic buildings and 27 cityscapes. Bright and refreshing color schemes and fine colored pencil strokes present complex spaces to readers in a more concise and clearer way: architectural section drawings drawn in equal proportions, detailed top views of buildings, charming and colorful city and garden scenery, and There are many childlike characters with different poses, to accompany you on the journey of architecture!

☆ The Chinese version has upgraded the binding to create an exquisite version worth collecting for a lifetime

--Five different architectural forms, five characteristic formats and sizes, with unique temperament—the slender and long "High Building", the family photo album-style "House", and the rare "horizontal flip" "Bridge"... from the form experience A "sense of architecture"!

--The Chinese version has an upgraded binding, sincerely dedicated to the readers, and the whole set adopts the art binding of the collection level. The outer cover is made of high-grade translucent sulfuric acid paper, with exquisite bronzing, and the miniature architectural elements of the inner and outer covers reflect each other, forming an interesting three-dimensional effect.

--Select 120g offset paper for the inner text, which is delicate and thick, with a bright picture, good hand feeling, and not hurting the eyes.

◎ Introduction

Cities are the condensation of human past experience, current needs, and future ideals. Through innovations, we solve the problems of life, expand the living space, and enrich the poems of life. Milan rebuilding forests on tall buildings, Medellin using high-altitude cable cars as transportation, Amsterdam full of children's play squares... This book brings together nearly 20 cities with extraordinary creativity in the past 300 years.

This book won the 2019 Vespucci Children's Book Award.

◎ Media recommendation

Cornier said: Reading is a spatial experience, the reader's understanding of the shape of the book precedes the content of the book. His quirky format design is itself a wonderful experiment on the concept of "architecture". —— "City of Tomorrow"

He creatively combines the seemingly disparate concepts of architecture and children, science and art. ——"Today's Book Review"

◎ Reader's comments

It is better to talk about architecture with children as early as possible. Children are naturally close to houses and tall buildings, and Cornier's beautiful pictures and friendly and clear narration will make children fall in love with the charming art of architecture. —Amazon Reader

◎ Awards record

2019 Vespucci Children's Book Award