Book news from the Eurostav publishing house

The book Conversations about Architecture offers interviews with 14 leading Slovak architects, with the leitmotif of all the conversations being the search for answers to the questions: "What is good and quality architecture, what are the prerequisites for its emergence, what is the level and quality of Slovak architecture compared to the architecture of surrounding countries, etc." In the second part of the interviews, the architects provide examples of quality architecture from abroad and from Slovakia. The book provides an opportunity through the interviews to look behind the scenes of the emergence and realization of architectural works in Slovakia. It is illustrated with examples of works by Slovak and foreign architects that the architects mentioned in the interviews as examples of quality architecture.

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The publication Digital Architecture will introduce readers to the broad and dynamic field of digital architecture. It explores the dialogue between architecture and culture and tracks changes in the direction of culture and architectural thinking. It explains the emergence of the digital form of architecture, defines the main theoretical interfaces (geometric, computational, and perceptual) that delineate the concept of digital architecture. It seeks the boundaries of architecture in its current form and its future forms, which are diverse and push architectural thinking in various directions - from new geometries to simulations of living organisms to connections of smooth surfaces and images into architectural elements.
The text of the book is engaging with numerous facts and references about the methods of many contemporary architects or studios, documenting individual advances in this field.

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The publication Transport Concrete presents a comprehensive view of the issues surrounding modern technology of concrete production and transportation. It brings the latest insights from this area, suitably transforming them into practical applications during the production, transportation, and processing of concrete. It provides summarized information for professionals in a comprehensible and exhaustive form.
The authors address all areas of transport concrete in its entire complex understanding in individual chapters. Each chapter is dedicated to the components of concrete, the properties of fresh and hardened concrete, concrete production and manufacturing equipment, transportation systems and equipment for processing concrete, as well as the proper procedures for its compaction and curing. Significant space is devoted to selected types of special concretes. The publication also informs about currently important aspects of the production and use of transport concrete, including ecological and economic issues, as well as comprehensive quality control and trade relations between the transport concrete producer and its customer.
The publication is conceived in broad practical contexts that build on the theoretical principles of materials engineering and concrete technology, which predisposes it for a wide range of interested parties from the construction industry, as well as for students of secondary and higher education institutions.