High-Tech architecture

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A mode of architecture in which the building services are not only revealed, but are emphasized. For example, ducts and pipes may be painted in bright colors to indicate their respective functions. An outstanding example is the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

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No references found			I particularly liked the way it was designed with the sandstone walls contrasting with the latest high-tech architecture, soaring glass and steel. Letter: Lovely surprise by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The exorbitant price of the Maison Tropicale reflects the fact that it is one of only three built by Prouvé, and a key work in the evolution of prefab and high-tech architecture. House hunting by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The surprising success of high-tech architecture in our eclectic and revisionist age can be understood through its capacity to determine its own criteria of quality and goals within its self-defined realm through replacing the issues of representation by the inner logic of technological rationality. Six themes for the next millenium by Pallasmaa, Juhani / The Architectural Review			high-silicon bronze high-silicon iron pipe high-solvency naphtha high-speed carry high-speed cement High-Speed Cinematography high-speed data acquisition system high-speed excitation system High-Speed Lens Motion-Picture Photography high-speed machine High-speed Net Connect high-speed oscilloscope high-speed photography high-speed printer high-speed reader high-speed relay High-Speed Steel high-speed storage High-Standing Forestry high-strength alloy high-strength bolt high-strength concrete high-strength low-alloy steel high-strength steel high-style architecture High-Tech architecture high-technology robot high-temperature alloy high-temperature brazed joint high-temperature cement high-temperature chemistry high-temperature coke high-temperature fuel cell high-temperature gas-cooled reactor high-temperature material High-temperature materials high-temperature phenomena High-Temperature Reactor High-Temperature Shops high-temperature superconductor high-temperature water boiler high-temperature-water heating system high-tensile alloy high-tensile bolt high-tensile reinforcement high-tensile steel high-tension high-tension bolt high-tension detonator high-tension separation high-test chain			High-Strain Dynamic Pile Testing High-Strain Dynamic Testing High-Strain, High-Strain Rate High-street High-street High-Street Bank High-Street Banks high-strength alloy high-strength bolt high-strength brass High-Strength Concrete High-Strength Concrete High-Strength Fiber-Reinforced Concrete High-Strength Low-Alloy High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel high-strength steel high-strung high-strung high-strung high-style high-style architecture high-sudsing High-swelling high-tail high-tailing high-tech high-tech high-tech High-Tech and New Media High-Tech architecture High-Tech Cooperation Group High-Tech Crime Network High-tech design High-Tech Hose Systems High-Tech Management School High-Tech Medicine High-Tech Offensive High-Tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND High-Tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND High-Tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND High-tech stock High-Tech Stocks High-Tech Venture Center High-Tech Working Group high-technology high-technology high-technology high-technology High-technology industry High-technology industry high-technology robot high-technology stock high-technology stock high-technology stock High-Technology Stocks High-Temperature Adult Plant high-temperature alloy high-temperature brazed joint high-temperature cement high-temperature chemistry

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