Trees are ideal sources of shade; where they cannot be used, their function is taken over by tents, pergolas, and pavilions. In the context of global warming, shade-providing construction is becoming an increasingly important building task. In Part One of this book, specialists in the field present the typical forms of shade-providing construction as well as the design approach associated with each. Part Two presents easily consultable overviews of 140 plants that have proven to be effective givers of shade in temperate, subtropical, and tropical zones. Part Three presents thirty built projects by celebrated architects and landscape architects from five continents. These constructions illustrate a wide variety of functions and scales and cover various climatic zones and cultural contexts. All structures are constructionally and systematically analyzed with texts, true-to-scale drawings, and photographs from their foundations to their connections and the shadows they cast.

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1. SAANA / ARUP: Serpentine Galleries Pavillon 2009, Hyde Park, London, GB 2. ASPECT Studios: Jacaranda Square, Sydney Olympic Park, Australien 3. Alan Dempsey & Alvin Huang: [C]SPACE AA DRL10 Pavillon, London, GB 4. w+s Landschaftsarchitekten: Spreebogenpark Pavillon, Berlin, D 5. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lederer und Schweizer: Pergola am Wassergarten, Belvoirpark, Zürich, CH 6. GREENinc: EAGLE, SAEAGLE Plaza, Johannesburg, Südafrika 7. Kongjian Yu, Turenscape: Houtan Park, Pudong, Shanghai City, 2010 Expo, China 8. Ruedi Baur: Denkmal für Opfer der deutschen Militärjustiz, Köln, D 9. Garret Eckbo, ALCOA Forecast Garden, Los Angeles, USA 10. freiraumarchitektur GmbH: CSS Tribschenstadt, Luzern, CH 11. José Antonio Martínez Lapeña & Elías Torres Tur, Arquitectos: Ronda Schattendach, Palma de Mallorca, E 12. EDSA: Acapulcu Pergolas, Acapulco, Mexiko 13. Abel Bainnson Butz Landscape Architects, Sowinski Sullivan Architects: Pier 45, Hudson River Park, New York City, USA 14. Kumiko Inui: Shin-Yatsushiro Monument, Tatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan 15. 3LHD: Riva Sonnenschutz, Split, Kroatien 16. Ronaldo Hernández, Marcelo Valdes, Osvaldo Véliz, School of Architecture, Universidad de Talca: Landmarks, Drylands, Chile 17. CMAI Architects: Vogelbeobachtungsstation, Thesen Islands, Südafrika 18. AECOM: Water Flowers Pavillons, Shenzhen, China 19. Localarchitecture: 9 x Pavillons, PArc des Rives, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH 20. Peter Walker and Partners (PWP), Werner Sobek NewYork: Schattentreillage, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA 21. Plan:B Arquitectos, JPRCR Arquitectos: Orquideorama, Medellín, Kolumbien 22. TIPPET SCHROCK ARCHITECTS: Pier Schattenkonstruktion, Townsville, Australien 23. Staufer & Hasler (Architekt), Rutishauser (Landschaftsarchitekt): Pavillon, Botanischer Garten, Frauenfeld, CH 24. raderschallpartner ag: ¼ 25. raderschallpartner ag: innenhof West Park Zurich, CH 26. Office of Dan Kiley: Dan Kiley Pergolas, Salisbury, Wesport, USA 27. Obras architectes: Schattendach, Parque de la Ereta, Alicante, E ¼ EDAW (neu Design + Planning aecom): 3 Projekte in Asien/Australien/USA SL-Rasch + Bradatsch, Special and Lightweight Structures: Solar betriebener Schirm 5m x 5m, Saudi Arabien SL-Rasch + Bradatsch: Sail Island in Jeddah, Saudi Arabien SL-Rasch + Bradatsch: Versammlungszelt, Malaysia Pavillon, Reichstagsgelände Nord, Berlin, D Markus Bieri Landschaftsarchitekt: Innenhof Zentralsitz CSS Versicherung, Luzern, CH S. Gaß, Gitterschale, Sindelfingen, D S. Gaß mit J. Bradatsch: Zelt im Hof des Jugendhauses 'Mitte', Stuttgart, D