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"The edifice complex" explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in(...)
The edifice complex : how the rich and powerful shape the world
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"The edifice complex" explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end. This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us.
Architectural Theory
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John Pawson was born in 1949 in Halifax, in the north of England. Far removed from the preoccupations of mainstream 1980s architecture, here was work whose roots seemed to extend back through successive expressions of simplicity which have formed a consistent component of both Eastern and Western traditions - from Japanese concepts of Zen to Cistercian monastic(...)
El Croquis
January 2006, Madrid
El croquis 127 : John Pawson 1995 - 2005
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John Pawson was born in 1949 in Halifax, in the north of England. Far removed from the preoccupations of mainstream 1980s architecture, here was work whose roots seemed to extend back through successive expressions of simplicity which have formed a consistent component of both Eastern and Western traditions - from Japanese concepts of Zen to Cistercian monastic architecture and the serenely empty churches of the painter Saenredam.
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The language of things
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We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? The Language of Things, Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship - both innocent and knowing - with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk, or the technical brilliance of a laptop computer, to the subtle refinement of a desk lamp, he shows how we can be manipulated and(...)
The language of things
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We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? The Language of Things, Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship - both innocent and knowing - with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk, or the technical brilliance of a laptop computer, to the subtle refinement of a desk lamp, he shows how we can be manipulated and seduced by our possessions.
Design Theory
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A detailed profile of the designer whose oeuvre includes the Rover chair and Bookworm installation, as well as groundbreaking work for the Tel Aviv opera house and other prestigious commissions.
The Lowry : a landmark
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Funding from the Lottery has ushered in a British renaissance in building. Many are renovations or conversions, but Michael Wildford's Lowry is an entirely new. Its practicality and popularity is celebrated in this pocket book through the words of design critic Deyan Sudjic and the photographs of Richard Bryant. This book contains eight removable postcards.
Commercial interiors, Building types
January 1900, Salford
The Lowry : a landmark
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Funding from the Lottery has ushered in a British renaissance in building. Many are renovations or conversions, but Michael Wildford's Lowry is an entirely new. Its practicality and popularity is celebrated in this pocket book through the words of design critic Deyan Sudjic and the photographs of Richard Bryant. This book contains eight removable postcards.
Commercial interiors, Building types
John Pawson : oeuvres
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John Pawson est l'un des représentants du minimalisme en design et en architecture. Cet ouvrage explique les processus conceptuels de Pawson, ses méthodes de travail et son approche philosophique, tout en soulignant le contenu émotionnel et artistique de son oeuvre. En passant en revue dix projets différents, Deyan Sudjic relate les vicissitudes des rapports entre(...)
John Pawson : oeuvres
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John Pawson est l'un des représentants du minimalisme en design et en architecture. Cet ouvrage explique les processus conceptuels de Pawson, ses méthodes de travail et son approche philosophique, tout en soulignant le contenu émotionnel et artistique de son oeuvre. En passant en revue dix projets différents, Deyan Sudjic relate les vicissitudes des rapports entre l'architecte et ses clients, examine l'influence des processus de construction sur le design, et dégage la signification et la nature même du projet achevé.
Architecture Monographs
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''Daddy wouldn't buy me a Bauhaus'' collects the writings of legendary British wordsmith Janet Abrams for the first time. From pivotal figures in international modernism to the pioneers of digital medium, Abrams explored the ideas, theories, and emotions that fueled their work. The book's twenty-six profiles, written in Abrams's signature, personal, often hilarious style,(...)
Daddy wouldn't buy me a Bauhaus: profiles in architecture and design
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''Daddy wouldn't buy me a Bauhaus'' collects the writings of legendary British wordsmith Janet Abrams for the first time. From pivotal figures in international modernism to the pioneers of digital medium, Abrams explored the ideas, theories, and emotions that fueled their work. The book's twenty-six profiles, written in Abrams's signature, personal, often hilarious style, include Reyner Banham, Berthold Lubetkin, Philip Johnson, Paul Rand, Phyllis Lambert, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Muriel Cooper, April Greiman, and Michael Bloomberg. Many of the profiles are back in print for the first time, having originally appeared in Blueprint, I.D. magazine, the Independent, and in books and catalogs from the 1980s through the early 2000s. A foreword by Blueprint's founding editor, Deyan Sudjic, and new reflections by Abrams set the stage.
Design Theory
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In conversation with Kristin Feireiss, Sergei Tchoban reveals what inspires him and what drives his work as an architect, artist, curator, collector und museum founder.
Architecture Monographs
March 2021
Sergei Tchoban: Lines and volumes.
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In conversation with Kristin Feireiss, Sergei Tchoban reveals what inspires him and what drives his work as an architect, artist, curator, collector und museum founder.
Architecture Monographs
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This is the first major publication on the remarkable life and career of Boris Iofan (1891–1976), state architect to Joseph Stalin. Iofan's story is an insight into the troubled relationship of all successful architects with power. A gifted designer and a committed Communist, Iofan became the Soviet Union's most celebrated architect after Alexei Rykov, Lenin's successor,(...)
Stalin's architect: power and survival in Moscow
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This is the first major publication on the remarkable life and career of Boris Iofan (1891–1976), state architect to Joseph Stalin. Iofan's story is an insight into the troubled relationship of all successful architects with power. A gifted designer and a committed Communist, Iofan became the Soviet Union's most celebrated architect after Alexei Rykov, Lenin's successor, persuaded him to return to Moscow from Rome with his aristocratic wife, Olga Sasso-Ruffo. Iofan was at the heart of political life in the Soviet Union and his work is key to understanding its official culture. This book is an exploration of architecture as an instrument of statecraft. It is an insight into the key moments of 20th-century politics and culture from a unique perspective, and the personal story of a remarkable individual who witnessed many of the most dramatic turning points of modern history.
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