Move! Best of Gym Design

Markus S. Braun

ISBN 10: 3037680466 / ISBN 13: 9783037680469

Published by Braun Publishing Mär 2010, 2010

About this Item

Neuware - Je mehr das Gesundheitsbewusstsein zunimmt, desto wichtiger wird auch der Faktor Fitness. Weltweit werben Studios mit den unterschiedlichsten Konzepten um sportive Kundschaft. Neben den neusten Geräten, einem umfangreichen Kursangebot und einladenden Wellnessbereichen wird auch immer mehr Wert auf das Ambiente gelegt. Dieses ist maßgeblich durch die Raumgestaltung geprägt und bietet somit Architekten und Designern ein neues Betätigungsfeld. Die Spannweite reicht von Fitness-Studios im klassischen Sinn über Wellnesszentren, großflächigen Sport- und Freizeitanlagen, zu Fitnessbereichen, die für exklusive Hotels entworfen werden. Dieser Band präsentiert kreative und innovative Beispiele von Fitness-Design aus aller Welt. Aus dem Inhalt: \* Holmes Place Lifestyle Club in Hamburg, Deutschland (SEHW Architekten) \* ELSE-Club in Moskau, Russland (Architektenbüro 4A) \* Equinox Fitness in San Francisco, USA (STUDIOS Architecture) \* Bodies in Tokyo, Japan (Emmanuelle Moureaux) \* Club Sportive in Haarlem, Niederlande (Concrete Architectural Associates).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Move! Best of Gym Design
• Publisher: Braun Publishing Mär 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037680466
• ISBN 13: 9783037680469
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 185W x 125H x 32D millimeters 185 millimeters width by 125 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 778 grams

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Synopsis

With health-consciousness on the rise, fitness is a factor that plays an increasingly important role in peoples’ lives. In consequence, the demand for up-to-date and sophisticated fitness facilities is growing. The best gyms provide their customers with modern exercise equipment as well as relaxation and wellness areas, whilst also offering a welcoming and refined ambience. Combining gym functionality with a cutting-edge, distinctive and contemporary design is an exciting and challenging task that architects increasingly endeavor to perfect. "Move! Best of Gym Design" presents 40 notable projects from around the globe and shows the broad scope of creative, unusual and innovative gym architecture and design, ranging everything from spa and wellness centers, high-tech professional sports and leisure complexes to gyms that are stylish compartments of exclusive hotels.

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With health-consciousness on the rise, fitness is a factor that plays an increasingly important role. In consequence, the demand for up-to-date and sophisticated fitness facilities is growing. Around the world, studios with widely contrasting concepts compete for sports-minded clients. The best gyms provide their customers with modern exercise equipment as well as relaxation and wellness areas, whilst also offering a welcoming and refined ambience. Combining gym functionality with a cutting-edge, distinctive and contemporary design is an exciting and challenging task that architects increasingly endeavor to perfect.

Move ! Best of Gym Design presents 40 notable projects from around the globe and shows the broad scope of creative, unusual and innovative gym architecture and design, ranging from spa-and wellness centers, high-tech professional sports and leisure complexes to gyms that are stylish compartments of exclusive hotels.