An exhibition centre is a central focus of a city's economic life, and in many cases a unique expression of its image. For this reason, as well as offering adequate space and infrastructure, it must make a strong, clearly recognizable architectural statement. Over the past couple of decades, new technology and globalization have transformed trade fairs: today they are not so much markets as forums for the exchange of information and contacts. This new volume in the Construction and Design Manual series spotlights twenty-two exemplary European buildings that have overcome the resulting architectural challenges. It also includes an overview of the cultural history of European trade fairs, and an interview on successful exhibition-centre design with one of the world's leading specialists in this area of architecture.
- | Author: Clemens F. Kusch
- | Publisher: Dom Publishers
- | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2013
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 3869221844
- | ISBN-13: 9783869221847