Architecture en 30 secondes
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Ce livre vous aidera à connaître les 50 plus grands principes et styles architecturaux grâce à son approche pratique : chaque innovation est développée en une double page, 300 mots et une image, pour une compréhension claire et rapide.
mai 2013
Architecture en 30 secondes
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Ce livre vous aidera à connaître les 50 plus grands principes et styles architecturaux grâce à son approche pratique : chaque innovation est développée en une double page, 300 mots et une image, pour une compréhension claire et rapide.
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''About architecture'' is an introduction to architecture, exploring the ways in which we construct our built environment, and why. Hugh Pearman guides us through the architecture that shapes our lives—from how our towns and cities are organized, to where we live, learn and work, and how we get around, interact with others, and relax. Organized by type—from civic spaces,(...)
About architecture: an essential guide in 55 buildings
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''About architecture'' is an introduction to architecture, exploring the ways in which we construct our built environment, and why. Hugh Pearman guides us through the architecture that shapes our lives—from how our towns and cities are organized, to where we live, learn and work, and how we get around, interact with others, and relax. Organized by type—from civic spaces, to homes, offices, and museums—the clear and straightforward structure demystifies the many styles and functions of architecture. Pearman explores how architecture responds to our changing lifestyles and how some buildings evolve or find new uses. He demonstrates that while there is endless variety within each building type, the essence of architecture—the way buildings serve their users—remains surprisingly constant.
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From double-curvature shapes to geometrically demanding structures, twenty projects by the world's most exciting practices are shown in exacting detail through specially drawn plans, sections and elevations.
New Forms: plans and details for contemporary architects
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From double-curvature shapes to geometrically demanding structures, twenty projects by the world's most exciting practices are shown in exacting detail through specially drawn plans, sections and elevations.
Cairo : histories of a city
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In this publication, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and(...)
mai 2011
Cairo : histories of a city
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In this publication, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of its architecture and urban form. In twelve vignettes, accompanied by drawings, photographs, and maps, AlSayyad details the shifts in Cairo’s built environment through stories of important figures who marked the cityscape with their personal ambitions and their political ideologies. The city is visually reconstructed and brought to life not only as a physical fabric but also as a social and political order—a city built within, upon, and over, resulting in a present-day richly layered urban environment. Each chapter attempts to capture a defining moment in the life trajectory of a city loved for all of its evocations and contradictions. Throughout, AlSayyad illuminates not only the spaces that make up Cairo but also the figures that shaped them, including its chroniclers, from Herodotus to Mahfouz, who recorded the deeds of great and ordinary Cairenes alike. He pays particular attention to how the imperatives of Egypt's various rulers and regimes—from the pharaohs to Sadat and beyond—have inscribed themselves in the city that residents navigate today.
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Jean-Louis Cohen, one of the world's leading architectural historians, serves up a compelling account of the developments that have shaped the world in which we live today. This highly accessible book begins with the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889, tracing architecture's evolution to the early twenty-first century's globalized architectural culture. Illustrated with(...)
octobre 2016
The future of architecture since 1889
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Jean-Louis Cohen, one of the world's leading architectural historians, serves up a compelling account of the developments that have shaped the world in which we live today. This highly accessible book begins with the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889, tracing architecture's evolution to the early twenty-first century's globalized architectural culture. Illustrated with hundreds of drawings and photographs as well as portraits, publications, diagrams, film stills, and more, this survey places radical developments in architecture in a larger context, among those of art, technology, urbanism, and critical theory.
Icons of world architecture
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Drawing on photographs from his archive, which he accompanies with explanatory texts, Werner Blaser demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception. He describes the relation between the Finnish landscape and the works of Aalto; shows how Calatravas uses natural principles in his architecture; reveals how Piano works with light. He also considers(...)
avril 2012
Icons of world architecture
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Drawing on photographs from his archive, which he accompanies with explanatory texts, Werner Blaser demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception. He describes the relation between the Finnish landscape and the works of Aalto; shows how Calatravas uses natural principles in his architecture; reveals how Piano works with light. He also considers traditional Chinese and Indian architecture, and the relation between archetype and image and the element of silence.
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Destiné aux néophytes comme aux amateurs éclairés, ce manuel dévoile l'évolution des principales fortresses, citadelles, résidence royales ou logis seigneuriaux, construits entre les Xe et XVIe siècles. Vous y trouverez l'art et la manière de bâtir ces édifices énormes, combinant fonctions défensive et résidentielle; la description des différents éléments constitutifs,(...)
novembre 2023
Comprendre les châteaux forts : Décoder l'architecture des forteresses médiévales
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Destiné aux néophytes comme aux amateurs éclairés, ce manuel dévoile l'évolution des principales fortresses, citadelles, résidence royales ou logis seigneuriaux, construits entre les Xe et XVIe siècles. Vous y trouverez l'art et la manière de bâtir ces édifices énormes, combinant fonctions défensive et résidentielle; la description des différents éléments constitutifs, des mâchicoulis aux douves en passant par les donjons et les pont-levis; les moyens d'interpréter et de replacer chaque château fort dans son contexte. Quel était son rôle ? Comment a-t-il été construit ? Comment fonctionnait-il ? Plus que 1 000 illustrations anciennes décrivent 180 hauts lieux du Moyen-Âge en Europe, Moyen-Orient, Russie, et le Japon.
Les pharaons bâtisseurs
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Dès 2800 avant J.-C., et ce pendant trois millénaires, la vallée du Nil, du delta jusqu'à la Nubie, fut un immense chantier sous la conduite de pharaons rivalisant d'ambition les uns avec les autres. Pyramides, temples, tombeaux, chapelles, cités grandioses, palais, forteresses, toutes ces constructions participent d'un même esprit qui leur confère un caractère(...)
avril 2009, Paris
Les pharaons bâtisseurs
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Dès 2800 avant J.-C., et ce pendant trois millénaires, la vallée du Nil, du delta jusqu'à la Nubie, fut un immense chantier sous la conduite de pharaons rivalisant d'ambition les uns avec les autres. Pyramides, temples, tombeaux, chapelles, cités grandioses, palais, forteresses, toutes ces constructions participent d'un même esprit qui leur confère un caractère unique. Cet ouvrage propose une synthèse claire et accessible de l'architecture pharaonique. L'auteur s'appuye sur des données historiques et archéologiques afin de nous révéler la signification spirituelle de cette architecture aussi bien que les techniques de construction et les mystères qui demeurent. Il nous permet de comprendre pourquoi et surtout comment l'art égyptien, qui n'a cessé de fleurir et de renaître pendant trois mille ans, a produit certains des plus grands chefs-d'œuvre de l'humanité. Les sites de Guizeh, Saqqarah, Karnak, Louxor, la Vallée des Rois, Abou Simbel, Edfou, Dendéra, Philae se livrent à nous par l'image et le texte pour notre plus grand plaisir.
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An illustrated exploration of our limitless fascination with doors, gates, and bridges. The word 'portal' comes from the Latin for 'gate', but it refers to any place of ingress and egress. According to architectural historian Philippa Lewis, a portal 'is generally an optimistic thing, both literally and metaphorically... The word encapsulates the idea of passing through,(...)
février 2018
Portals: gates, stiles, windows, bridges and other crossings
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An illustrated exploration of our limitless fascination with doors, gates, and bridges. The word 'portal' comes from the Latin for 'gate', but it refers to any place of ingress and egress. According to architectural historian Philippa Lewis, a portal 'is generally an optimistic thing, both literally and metaphorically... The word encapsulates the idea of passing through, to a new opportunity, to making progress or moving forward, to entering fresh new worlds.'
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Combining a fascinating, thought-provoking and – above all – readable text with over 800 photographs, plans and sections, this exciting new reading of modern architecture is a must for students and architecture enthusiasts alike. Organised largely as a chronology, chapters necessarily overlap to allow for the discrete examination of key themes including typologies,(...)
A new history of modern architecture
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Combining a fascinating, thought-provoking and – above all – readable text with over 800 photographs, plans and sections, this exciting new reading of modern architecture is a must for students and architecture enthusiasts alike. Organised largely as a chronology, chapters necessarily overlap to allow for the discrete examination of key themes including typologies, movements and biographical studies, as well as the impact of evolving technology and country-specific influences.