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Nearly a decade after the first Aedes exhibition devoted to the works of Titus Bernhard, the design and conceptual accomplishments of this Augsburg architect are being showcased in a new presentation.
11 x 11 (un)built ambivalences : Titus Bernhard Architekten
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Nearly a decade after the first Aedes exhibition devoted to the works of Titus Bernhard, the design and conceptual accomplishments of this Augsburg architect are being showcased in a new presentation.
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November 2013
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Carpe Diem est une opération de démolition/reconstruction. En lieu et place d'un immeuble obsolète qui fermait toutes vues, toutes communications, Carpe Diem s'est définie dès la phase de conception comme un projet d'ouverture. Ce choix valorisant et utile à l'environnement immédiat a permis de requalifier l'espace public en pied de tour, de créer des percées visuelles et(...)
Carpe diem : La tour Carpe diem par A.M. Stern architects
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Carpe Diem est une opération de démolition/reconstruction. En lieu et place d'un immeuble obsolète qui fermait toutes vues, toutes communications, Carpe Diem s'est définie dès la phase de conception comme un projet d'ouverture. Ce choix valorisant et utile à l'environnement immédiat a permis de requalifier l'espace public en pied de tour, de créer des percées visuelles et d'installer des cheminements entre l'esplanade de La Défense et la ville de Courbevoie.
Contemporary Architecture
F.R. David : Spring 2014
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The eleventh issue of F.R.DAVID, "All distinctions are mind, by mind, of mind" is comparative, through dividing and splitting, in order to read the design of rhetoric in how we tell stories about our fictional and professional selves. With: Abra Ancliffe, Robert Ashley, Ricardo Basbaum, Michael Gazzaniga, Ken Jacobs, Shane Krepakevich, John Latham, Ezra Pound, Kendra(...)
F.R. David : Spring 2014
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The eleventh issue of F.R.DAVID, "All distinctions are mind, by mind, of mind" is comparative, through dividing and splitting, in order to read the design of rhetoric in how we tell stories about our fictional and professional selves. With: Abra Ancliffe, Robert Ashley, Ricardo Basbaum, Michael Gazzaniga, Ken Jacobs, Shane Krepakevich, John Latham, Ezra Pound, Kendra Sullivan, Sergei Tret'iakov, Marina Vishmidt, Rebecca Wilcox & Sarah Rose and many more.
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Based on the findings of an interdisciplinary research project, Transcultural Modernisms maps out the network of encounters, transnational influences, and local appropriations of an architectural modernity manifested in various ways in housing projects in India, Israel, Morocco, and China.
Transcultural modernisms: model house research group (Ed.)
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Based on the findings of an interdisciplinary research project, Transcultural Modernisms maps out the network of encounters, transnational influences, and local appropriations of an architectural modernity manifested in various ways in housing projects in India, Israel, Morocco, and China.
Modernism
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Painter, engraver and printer, designer, collector, stylist, refined craftsman, art gallery manager and exhibition promoter, Piero Fornasetti was an extremely rich and complex personality. He designed and made approximately 13,000 objects and decorations. His world is animated by the rigour of project, of art and craftsmanship, but also by unbridled fantasy, surrealist(...)
Piero Fornasetti: one hundred years of practical madness
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Painter, engraver and printer, designer, collector, stylist, refined craftsman, art gallery manager and exhibition promoter, Piero Fornasetti was an extremely rich and complex personality. He designed and made approximately 13,000 objects and decorations. His world is animated by the rigour of project, of art and craftsmanship, but also by unbridled fantasy, surrealist invention and poetry. This book accompanies the exhibition of the Triennale Design Museum, curated by Barnaba Fornasetti, the first grand and unprecedented exhibition in Italy of the artist’s work.
Design Monographs
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, two avant-garde movements emerged that sought to change the world: Expressionism and Constructivism. Utopia 1900-1940 documents the two schools and the work they produced. The leaders of these movements--Franz Marc, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, El Lissitzky, Vladimir Tatlin, Theo van Doesburg and others--believed they were standing at(...)
Utopia 1900-1940: visions on a new world
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, two avant-garde movements emerged that sought to change the world: Expressionism and Constructivism. Utopia 1900-1940 documents the two schools and the work they produced. The leaders of these movements--Franz Marc, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, El Lissitzky, Vladimir Tatlin, Theo van Doesburg and others--believed they were standing at the threshold of a new era, and they sought to shape its reality in a radical way.
Urban Theory
Toyo Ito : 1971-2001
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For Toyo Ito, architecture is not so much a work of art but a mirror reflecting the times. From modest beginnings with a small atelier in 1971, he has grown to become one of the foremost practitioners of conceptual architecture, and was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2013. Covering topics like architecture for a consumption-oriented society, the pursuit of abstract beauty,(...)
Toyo Ito : 1971-2001
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For Toyo Ito, architecture is not so much a work of art but a mirror reflecting the times. From modest beginnings with a small atelier in 1971, he has grown to become one of the foremost practitioners of conceptual architecture, and was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2013. Covering topics like architecture for a consumption-oriented society, the pursuit of abstract beauty, public buildings and Ito’s “white period”, this monograph of collected works allows an unparalleled view into his development and work through the years. Besides an extensive and insightful conversation with Terunobu Fujimori, the book contains five interviews with Ito focusing on specific projects and periods.
Architecture Monographs
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This edition focuses on work completed between 2002-2013, featuring eighteen exemplary projects, from residences and schools to museums and public buildings. Besides an interview with the architect, an essay by Juan Antonio Cortés explains how territory and landscape play a role in his oeuvre. Notable works include the Lisbon Cruise Terminal, Candeias House, Belém Palace(...)
El croquis 170: Joao Luis Carrilho Da Graca
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This edition focuses on work completed between 2002-2013, featuring eighteen exemplary projects, from residences and schools to museums and public buildings. Besides an interview with the architect, an essay by Juan Antonio Cortés explains how territory and landscape play a role in his oeuvre. Notable works include the Lisbon Cruise Terminal, Candeias House, Belém Palace Archive, Carpinteira Pedestrian Bridge and more.
El Croquis
L'idée du lieu
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Les articles rassemblés ici proposent une lecture inédite de différents sites, tout en proposant une méthode d’analyse originale. Ils montrent comment le lieu est susceptible de révéler les valeurs et les contradictions de ceux qui le pensent, l’érigent, l’habitent, le pratiquent ou l’évoquent.
L'idée du lieu
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Les articles rassemblés ici proposent une lecture inédite de différents sites, tout en proposant une méthode d’analyse originale. Ils montrent comment le lieu est susceptible de révéler les valeurs et les contradictions de ceux qui le pensent, l’érigent, l’habitent, le pratiquent ou l’évoquent.
Critical Theory
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The abandoned files of Julius Shulman show us another side of Modernism that has stayed quiet for so many years. Bringing together nearly 250 forgotten masterpieces, Modernism Rediscovered pays tribute to these lesser known yet outstanding contributions to the modern architectural movement. It’s like sneaking into a private history, into homes that have rarely been seen(...)
Julius Shulman : modernism rediscovered / La redécouverte d'un modernisme
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The abandoned files of Julius Shulman show us another side of Modernism that has stayed quiet for so many years. Bringing together nearly 250 forgotten masterpieces, Modernism Rediscovered pays tribute to these lesser known yet outstanding contributions to the modern architectural movement. It’s like sneaking into a private history, into homes that have rarely been seen and hardly appreciated as of yet.
Photography monographs