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Atelier Kempe Thill: villa urbaine

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Rotterdam-based architectural firm Atelier Kempe Thill builds urban villas in cities such as Paris, Antwerp, Zwolle and Bremen. This volume features their varied projects, each nationally and even regionally specific, providing a panoramic view of the development of collective housing in Europe today.

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Architecture de l'avant-garde : dessins de la collection Sergeï Tchoban

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En Russie, pendant la période soviétique, on voit naître « un étonnant théâtre d'inventions urbaines et architecturales » . La collection de Serguéï Tchoban nous les fait découvrir en plus de cinquante dessins expérimentaux réalisés par dix-sept architectes : Afanassiev, Bourov, Chtchoussev, Igor et Ivan Fomine, Golossov, Grinberg, Guinzbourg, Iofan, Joltovski, Kamenski, Kisselev, Korjev, Krassilnikov, Slavina, Tchernikhov, Trotski.

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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.

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Architecture du XXe siècle en France: modernité et continuité

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Interpréter l'architecture conçue et réalisée en France, entre la tour Eiffel et la Galerie des machines de l'Exposition de 1889 et les oeuvres foisonnantes d'aujourd'hui, suppose de la penser dans l'ensemble de la production mondiale. L'ouvrage de Jean-Louis Cohen présente ainsi les réalisations précoces et les développements récents dans un cadre élargi, mettant en évidence les continuités, tout autant que les ruptures introduites par les idées nouvelles et leurs applications dans la production courante.

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le Corbusier le Grand

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Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The self-named Le Corbusier was not only the creator of some of the most important and impressive buildings of the last century--Villa Savoye at Poissy, the Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp, the capitol complex in Chandigarh, India--he was also an accomplished painter, sculptor, furniture designer, urbanist, and author. His work and social theories continue to be a dominant force in the world of architecture and design, while his elegant bearing, bow tie, and round black eyeglasses are still today a signature look for architects around the world. Le Corbusier Le Grand’s oversized format and luxurious binding reflect the legendary status of this “giant” of twentieth-century architecture and design. The book includes an insightful introductory essay by France’s most authoritative architectural historian and critic, Jean-Louis Cohen, and incisive chapter introductions by highly regarded Le Corbusier scholar Tim Benton. A separate booklet includes translations of documents, many of which have never been translated into English before.

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Above Paris : the aerial survey of Roger Henrard

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Between the years 1950 and 1972, when Paris was in the twilight of its classical period, pilot and photographer Roger Henrard preserved the city he knew and loved from the seat of a single-engine American army surplus Piper Cub. Henrard used a high-speed plate camera to systematically document the city from its outskirts to its centre. His photographs show not only Paris's stations, museums, department stores, and housing projects but also its urban fabric and interconnections - the tightly knit medieval districts as well as the rectilinear geometry of the Haussmanian boulevards. "Above Paris" is Henrard's study of the urban landscape of Paris and its best-known monuments. Images, grouped by themes such as the course of the Seine, the main roads, the stations, and the neighborhoods of Paris give a clear overview of the city's layout. Maps at the beginning of each chapter orient the reader.

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Casablanca : colonial myths and architectural ventures

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Celebrated by colonial writers, filmed by Hollywood, magnet for Europeans and Moroccans, Casablanca is above all an exceptional collection of urban spaces, houses, and gardens. While it is true that Casablanca developed as a port city well before the introduction of the French in 1907, it unquestionably ranks among the most significant urban creations of the twentieth century, attracting remarkable teams of architects and planners. Their commissions came from clients who were interested in innovation and modernization, thereby fostering the emergence of Casablanca as a laboratory for legislative, technological, and visual experimentation. Having studied the city for ten years, Jean-Louis Cohen and Monique Eleb trace, from the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s, the rebirth of a once-forgotten port and its metamorphosis into a teeming metropolis that is an amalgam of Mediterranean culture from Tunisia, Algeria, Spain, and Italy. The extensive presentation of the significant buildings of this hybrid city -- where, alongside the French, Muslim and Jewish Moroccan patrons commissioned provocative buildings -- is drawn from French and Moroccan archives, including hundreds of previously unpublished photographs.

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Encyclopédie Perret

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Auguste Perret est sans conteste l’une des grandes figures de l’architecture du XXe siècle. Cet ouvrage très complet adopte la forme d’une encyclopédie thématique pour présenter les principaux projets de ce précurseur, les notions qu’il a utilisées, ainsi que le tissu de ses relations sociales et professionnelles.

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Mies van der Rohe

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This book records the stages of the architect's distinguished career from the Bauhaus to Chicago, from Detroit to Montreal, and finally to New York and the famous Seagram Building.

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Années 30 : l'architecture et les arts de l'espace entre industrie et nostalgie

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Parallèlement à l'exposition présentée au musée des Monuments français à Paris, cet ouvrage, sous la direction de Jean-Louis Cohen, rassemble les contributions originales de chercheurs européens et américains. Grâce à une très riche iconographie en partie inédite, il renouvelle le regard sur cette période foisonnante et méconnue.