Dezeen have teamed up with Berlin architects J. MAYER H. to give away five copies of their new monograph, published by Hatje Cantz.

The hardback, 238-page book documents the entire body of work of J. MAYER H. Architects.

Each project is presented through research, design development and photographs of the completed building.

This competition has now closed.

The five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published on this page and in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter.

Photographs © Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark.

The following information is from J. MAYER H.:

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Edited by Henry Urbach and Cristina Steingräber, this is the first book to present the entire oeuvre of J. MAYER H., starting with research and moving through design to project development, and culminating in the actual building itself. A number of renowned authors, such as Rolf Fehlbaum, Andres Lepik, John Paul Ricco, Ilka und Andreas Ruby, Felicity D. Scott, Henry Urbach, und Philip Ursprung take a variety of approaches toward positioning the office’s work in today’s international architecture scene.

J. MAYER H.
Ed. Henry Urbach, Cristina Steingräber, texts by Stephen Hartman, Andres Lepik, John Paul Ricco, Ilka und Andreas Ruby, Felicity D. Scott, Henry Urbach, Philip Ursprung, interview with the architect by Rolf Fehlbaum.

J. MAYER H. Edited by Henry Urbach and Cristina Steingräber
Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 2009.
Essays by Stephen Hartman, John Paul Ricco, Ilka & Andreas Ruby, Felicity D. Scott, Henry Urbach and Philip Ursprung.
Selected texts by Andres Lepik.
Interview by Rolf Fehlbaum with J. MAYER H.
240 pages, 258 coloured illustrations, 133 technical drawings.
ISBN 978-3-7757-2222-3 (German)
ISBN 978-3-7757-2223-0 (English)

Congratulations to the winners! Sam Hodgkinson in Australia, Luciano Morina in Italy, Ado Urban Valdez in Mexico, and Mengyi Li and Julian Ramirez Rentero in the UK all won copies.

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J Mayer H architects have completed an extension to the Danfoss Universe science park in Nordburg, Denmark.

The extension consists of two new buildings: a Curiosity Center (top two images) and a cafe (below, foreground).

Below are an explanation, credits and data from the architects:

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The new buildings rise up from the ground and provide spaces which articulate the fusion of outdoor landscape and indoor exhibition. This active ground modulates according to program and location in the park.

The endpoints of the buildings blur the line between building and park by offering inside-out spaces as display areas and projection surfaces related to the temporary exhibitions inside.

Silhouettes, as groups of land formations, define the unique newly programmed horizon line of Danfoss Universe.

Danfoss Universe is a science park in Denmark, embedded in the agricultural landscape of Nordborg next to the founder’s home and the Danfoss HQ.

It opened in May 2005 and is already enlarging due to its considerable success. The masterplan for Danfoss Universe Phase 2 includes an exhibition building (Curiosity.Center) and a restaurant (Food.Factory) which extends the summer based outdoor park into the winter months by enclosing spaces for exhibitions and scientific experiments.

Credits and Data

Name of the project: Danfoss Universe

Location: Nordborg, Denmark
Client: Danfoss Universe, Nordborg, Denmark
J. MAYER H. Architects
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Marcus Blum, Thorsten Blatter, Andre Santer, Alessandra Raponi

Architect on Site: Hallen & Nordby
Technical consultants: Carl Bro

Function: Extension of Danfoss Universe Science Park,
Additional buildings: Curiosity Center and Cafeteria

Building area: Cafeteria. 500 qm, Curiosity Center: 1200 qm
Number of floors: Cafeteria: 1, Curiosity Center: 2

Size of the buildings (Length/Heights/Width): Cafeteria 46/10/11m, Curiosity Center 72/17,5/16m
Structure: Steel construciton covered with corrugated sheetmatel
Principal Exterior: Alucobond, colours: Champagne metallic and bronze metallic
Principal interior material: Dry Walls, Curiosity Center: Ceiling: black painted corrugated sheetmatel, Cafeteria: Ceiling: Silver painted corrugated sheetmatel
Roof: Corrugated sheetmatel coverd with tar-bitumen roof sheeting
Exhibition: „Bitland“, Science Exhibition for kids

Designing period: 2005-2006
Construction period: 2006-2007
Completion: May 2007
Photographer: J. MAYER H.
Cost: 3 Mio Euro

Model: Werk5, Berlin

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Book Description: Illustrated with hundreds of illuminating line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building’s function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies–and why some buildings do this so much better than others. Drawing on things he’s learned from the many buildings he himself designed (and in some cases built with his own hands), Edward Allen explains complex phenomena such as the role of the sun in heating buildings and the range of structural devices that are used for support, from trusses and bearing walls to post-tensioned concrete beams and corbeled vaults. He stresses the importance of intelligent design in dealing with such problems as overheating and overcooling, excessive energy use, leaky roofs and windows, fire safety, and noisy interiors. He serves up some surprises: thermal insulation is generally a better investment than solar collectors; board fences are not effective noise barriers; there’s one type of window that can be left open during a rainstorm. The new edition emphasizes “green” architecture and eco-conscious design and construction. It features a prologue on sustainable construction, and includes new information on topics such as the collapse of the World Trade Center, sick building syndrome, and EIFS failures and how they could have been prevented. Allen also highlights the array of amazing new building materials now available, such as self-cleaning glass, photovoltaics, transparent ceramics, cloud gel, and super-high-strength concrete and structural fibers. Edward Allen makes it easy for everyone–from armchair architects and sidewalk superintendents to students of architecture and construction–to understand the mysteries and complexities of even the largest building, from how it recycles waste and controls the movement of air, to how it is kept alive and growing.

How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture By * Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA * Number Of Pages: 288 *
Publication Date: 2005-07-13 * ISBN / ASIN: 019516198X

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