内容简介

This book explores recent trends in the planning of industrial buildings,represented
by a carefully selected series of projects illustrated by working drawings, plans, pho-tographs and other constructive details that display the key aspects of the design. Itshows how far contemporary industrial environments have moved away from those laconic edifications that colonized our urban outskirts with bland hulks of masonry and concrete. At the present time, this type of construction is thought of as some- thing more than the depositary of progress and of dated industrial endeavors. Weare witnessing the development of more amiable spaces, conceived for the well-being of their occupants, better related to the environment, more aware of the eco-logical repercussions their presence entails, yet maintaining aesthetic links with thefactories and industrial buildings of former times.
The works that feature in this book embody the latest in productive workspaces, therealization of which has become one of the most exciting creative challenges for
architects and designers.