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Architect C. Anjalendran, aided by an army of assistants and students, has been recording Sri Lanka's architectural heritage for almost 30 years. The result is a collection of exquisite measured drawings, all made with ink and pencil on tracing paper—documenting many interesting and often neglected buildings in Sri Lanka. This book features these, along with photographs(...)
The architectural heritage of Sri Lanka
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Architect C. Anjalendran, aided by an army of assistants and students, has been recording Sri Lanka's architectural heritage for almost 30 years. The result is a collection of exquisite measured drawings, all made with ink and pencil on tracing paper—documenting many interesting and often neglected buildings in Sri Lanka. This book features these, along with photographs and insightful text, to highlight a broad cross-section of buildings in many different types and from many periods—from the ancient classical era of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, from medieval times, from the colonial period and from the years after Sri Lanka regained its independence in 1948.
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This publication accompanies the National Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates at la Biennale Di Venezia 2014.
Lest We Forget: structures of Memory in the UAE, National Pavilion United Arab Emirates, la Biennale Di Venezia 2014
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This publication accompanies the National Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates at la Biennale Di Venezia 2014.
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Beyond the dense urbanism of Mumbai (Bombay) or the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad lies the Ganges River basin--today home to over one-quarter of India's billion-plus population--a space historically defined by a mythological constellation of terrestrial sites imbued with celestial significance. Not only is it one of the most densely populated river basins in the(...)
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Ganges water machine:designing New India's ancient river
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Beyond the dense urbanism of Mumbai (Bombay) or the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad lies the Ganges River basin--today home to over one-quarter of India's billion-plus population--a space historically defined by a mythological constellation of terrestrial sites imbued with celestial significance. Not only is it one of the most densely populated river basins in the world, but it also undergoes dramatic physical changes with the onslaught of the wet monsoon, where over one-meter of rainfall occurs in the span of three months. This book focuses on the intersection of these two observations. It is an atlas of built and unbuilt projects designed to transform the river into a giant water machine.
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A line in the Andes
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A Line in the Andes a one year investigation developed at the Harvard Graduate school of design examines the transformative role of the first underground metro line currently being implemented in the city of Quito (Ecuador). Through archival material, original drawings, and text, this publication frames the metro project within the city's historic and current urban form,(...)
A line in the Andes
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A Line in the Andes a one year investigation developed at the Harvard Graduate school of design examines the transformative role of the first underground metro line currently being implemented in the city of Quito (Ecuador). Through archival material, original drawings, and text, this publication frames the metro project within the city's historic and current urban form, visualizing the urban potential of this contemporary valley-city. In doing so, the material documented in this book sets the stage for well-informed design deliberations regarding an urban future Quito deserves.
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Ce livre est avant tout un recueil d’images et d’impressions sur l’architecture et l’urbanisme de trois villes (Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Sao Paulo), mis en parallèle avec la réalité de la métropole lilloise. Trois auteurs principaux livreront leur ressenti : Aurélien MASUREL, architecte, Didier PARIS, professeur en aménagement et urbanisme à l’Université de Lille 1 et(...)
Brésil : expériences sensibles
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Ce livre est avant tout un recueil d’images et d’impressions sur l’architecture et l’urbanisme de trois villes (Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Sao Paulo), mis en parallèle avec la réalité de la métropole lilloise. Trois auteurs principaux livreront leur ressenti : Aurélien MASUREL, architecte, Didier PARIS, professeur en aménagement et urbanisme à l’Université de Lille 1 et Luc SAISON, architecte-urbaniste.
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Storm in Chandigarh
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‘India, once a uniform piece of territory to administer, was now a welter of separate, sensitive identities, resurrected after independence.’ As the quarrel over boundaries, water and electric power between Punjab and the newly created Haryana intensifies, Gyan Singh, the chief minister of Punjab, threatens to launch a crippling strike that will affect both states. With(...)
Storm in Chandigarh
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‘India, once a uniform piece of territory to administer, was now a welter of separate, sensitive identities, resurrected after independence.’ As the quarrel over boundaries, water and electric power between Punjab and the newly created Haryana intensifies, Gyan Singh, the chief minister of Punjab, threatens to launch a crippling strike that will affect both states. With the chief minister of Haryana, Harpal Singh, refusing to concede any advantages, the stage is set for a confrontation.
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Mughal India showcases the British Library’s extensive collection of illustrated manuscripts and paintings commissioned by Mughal emperors and other officials. Depicting the splendor and vibrant color of Mughal life, the exquisitely decorated works span four centuries, from the foundation of the Mughal dynasty by Babur in the sixteenth century, through the heights of the(...)
Mughal India : art, culture and empire
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Mughal India showcases the British Library’s extensive collection of illustrated manuscripts and paintings commissioned by Mughal emperors and other officials. Depicting the splendor and vibrant color of Mughal life, the exquisitely decorated works span four centuries, from the foundation of the Mughal dynasty by Babur in the sixteenth century, through the heights of the empire and the “Great” Mughal emperors of the seventeenth century, into the decline and eventual collapse in the nineteenth century.
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In The Durable Slum, Liza Weinstein draws on a decade of work, including more than a year of firsthand research in Dharavi, to explain how, despite innumerable threats, the slum has persisted for so long, achieving a precarious stability. She describes how economic globalization and rapid urban development are pressuring Indian authorities to eradicate and redevelop(...)
The durable slum: Dharavi and the right to stay put in globalizing Mumbai
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In The Durable Slum, Liza Weinstein draws on a decade of work, including more than a year of firsthand research in Dharavi, to explain how, despite innumerable threats, the slum has persisted for so long, achieving a precarious stability. She describes how economic globalization and rapid urban development are pressuring Indian authorities to eradicate and redevelop Dharavi—and how political conflict, bureaucratic fragmentation, and community resistance have kept the bulldozers at bay. Today the latest ambitious plan for Dharavi’s transformation has been stalled, yet the threat of eviction remains, and most residents and observers are simply waiting for the project to be revived or replaced by an even grander scheme.
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The 'Modernism in India' Series documents the extensive heritage of modernism and modern architecture in India.
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The architecture of Shivdatt Sharma
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The 'Modernism in India' Series documents the extensive heritage of modernism and modern architecture in India.
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Beyond the Super-Square: Art and Architecture in Latin America After Modernism, which developed from a symposium presented by The Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2011, showcases original essays by distinguished Latin American architects, historians, and curators, whose research examines architecture and urban design practices in the region during a significant period of the(...)
Beyond the supersquare: art and architecture in Latin America after Modernisme
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Beyond the Super-Square: Art and Architecture in Latin America After Modernism, which developed from a symposium presented by The Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2011, showcases original essays by distinguished Latin American architects, historians, and curators, whose research examines architecture and urban design practices in the region during a significant period of the twentieth century. Drawing from the exuberant architectural projects of the 1940s to the 1960s, as well as from socially engaged artistic practices of the present day, the essays in this collection reveal how the heroic visions and utopian ideals popular in architectural discourse during the modernist era bore complicated legacies for Latin America - the consequences of which are evident in such vastly uneven economic conditions and socially disparate societies found throughout the region today.
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