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In ''Making Dystopia,'' architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive(...)
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In ''Making Dystopia,'' architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive(...)
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Making dystopia: the strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism
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In ''Making Dystopia,'' architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice.
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In ''Making Dystopia,'' architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice.
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November 2018
November 2018
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Bruno Zevi, Massimiliano Fuksas, Herzog & De Meuron, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito, Jan Kaplicky, Hans Kollhoff, Rem Koolhaas, Lucien Kroll, Daniel Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, Gustav Peichl, Dominique Perrault, Alvaro Siza et Otto Steidle.
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Bruno Zevi, Massimiliano Fuksas, Herzog & De Meuron, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito, Jan Kaplicky, Hans Kollhoff, Rem Koolhaas, Lucien Kroll, Daniel Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, Gustav Peichl, Dominique Perrault, Alvaro Siza et Otto Steidle.
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L'architecture en questions : 15 entretiens avec des architectes
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Bruno Zevi, Massimiliano Fuksas, Herzog & De Meuron, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito, Jan Kaplicky, Hans Kollhoff, Rem Koolhaas, Lucien Kroll, Daniel Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, Gustav Peichl, Dominique Perrault, Alvaro Siza et Otto Steidle.
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Bruno Zevi, Massimiliano Fuksas, Herzog & De Meuron, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito, Jan Kaplicky, Hans Kollhoff, Rem Koolhaas, Lucien Kroll, Daniel Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, Gustav Peichl, Dominique Perrault, Alvaro Siza et Otto Steidle.
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January 1900, Paris
January 1900, Paris
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The age of information, media, and virtuality is transforming every aspect of human experience. Questions that have long haunted the philosophical imagination are becoming urgent practical concerns: Where does the natural end and the artificial begin? Is there a difference between the material and the immaterial? In his new work, Mark C. Taylor extends his ongoing(...)
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The age of information, media, and virtuality is transforming every aspect of human experience. Questions that have long haunted the philosophical imagination are becoming urgent practical concerns: Where does the natural end and the artificial begin? Is there a difference between the material and the immaterial? In his new work, Mark C. Taylor extends his ongoing(...)
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The age of information, media, and virtuality is transforming every aspect of human experience. Questions that have long haunted the philosophical imagination are becoming urgent practical concerns: Where does the natural end and the artificial begin? Is there a difference between the material and the immaterial? In his new work, Mark C. Taylor extends his ongoing investigation of postmodern worlds by critically examining a wide range of contemporary cultural practices. Nothing defines postmodernism so well as its refusal of depth, its emphasis on appearance and spectacle, its tendency to collapse a three-dimensional world in which image and reality are distinct into a two-dimensional world in which they merge. The postmodern world, Taylor argues, is a world of surfaces, and the postmodern condition is one of profound superficiality. For many cultural commentators, postmodernism's inescapable play of surfaces is cause for despair. Taylor, on the other hand, shows that the disappearance of depth in postmodern culture is actually a liberation repleat with creative possibilities. Taylor introduces readers to a popular culture in which detectives--the postmodern heroes of Paul Auster and Dennis Potter--lift surfaces only to find more surfaces, and in which fashion advertising plays transparency against hiding. Taylor looks at the contemporary preoccupation with body piercing and tattooing, and asks whether these practices actually reveal or conceal. Phrenology and skin diseases, the "religious" architecture of Las Vegas, the limitless spread of computer networks--all are brought within the scope of Taylor's brilliant analysis. Postmodernism, he shows, has given us a new sense of the superficial, one in which the issue is not the absence of meaning but its uncontrollable, ecstatic proliferation. Embodying the very tendencies it analyzes, Hiding is unique. Conceived and developed with well-known designers Michael Rock and Susan Sellars, this work transgresses the boundary that customarily separates graphic design from the story within a text. The product of nearly three decades of reflection and writing, Hiding opens a window on contemporary culture. To follow the remarkable course Taylor charts is to see both our present and past differently and to encounter a future as disorienting as it is alluring. Conceived and developed with designers Michael Rock and Susan Sellers.
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The age of information, media, and virtuality is transforming every aspect of human experience. Questions that have long haunted the philosophical imagination are becoming urgent practical concerns: Where does the natural end and the artificial begin? Is there a difference between the material and the immaterial? In his new work, Mark C. Taylor extends his ongoing investigation of postmodern worlds by critically examining a wide range of contemporary cultural practices. Nothing defines postmodernism so well as its refusal of depth, its emphasis on appearance and spectacle, its tendency to collapse a three-dimensional world in which image and reality are distinct into a two-dimensional world in which they merge. The postmodern world, Taylor argues, is a world of surfaces, and the postmodern condition is one of profound superficiality. For many cultural commentators, postmodernism's inescapable play of surfaces is cause for despair. Taylor, on the other hand, shows that the disappearance of depth in postmodern culture is actually a liberation repleat with creative possibilities. Taylor introduces readers to a popular culture in which detectives--the postmodern heroes of Paul Auster and Dennis Potter--lift surfaces only to find more surfaces, and in which fashion advertising plays transparency against hiding. Taylor looks at the contemporary preoccupation with body piercing and tattooing, and asks whether these practices actually reveal or conceal. Phrenology and skin diseases, the "religious" architecture of Las Vegas, the limitless spread of computer networks--all are brought within the scope of Taylor's brilliant analysis. Postmodernism, he shows, has given us a new sense of the superficial, one in which the issue is not the absence of meaning but its uncontrollable, ecstatic proliferation. Embodying the very tendencies it analyzes, Hiding is unique. Conceived and developed with well-known designers Michael Rock and Susan Sellars, this work transgresses the boundary that customarily separates graphic design from the story within a text. The product of nearly three decades of reflection and writing, Hiding opens a window on contemporary culture. To follow the remarkable course Taylor charts is to see both our present and past differently and to encounter a future as disorienting as it is alluring. Conceived and developed with designers Michael Rock and Susan Sellers.
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October 1997, Chicago
October 1997, Chicago
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"The Architect" was the first book in fifty years to survey the role of the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the present. Without claiming to cover every period in every country, it is nonetheless the most complete synthesis available of what is known about one of(...)
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"The Architect" was the first book in fifty years to survey the role of the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the present. Without claiming to cover every period in every country, it is nonetheless the most complete synthesis available of what is known about one of(...)
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The architect : chapters in the history of the profession
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"The Architect" was the first book in fifty years to survey the role of the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the present. Without claiming to cover every period in every country, it is nonetheless the most complete synthesis available of what is known about one of the oldest professions in the world. In a new foreword and epilogue, Dana Cuff considers the continuing relevance of the book and evaluates changes in architectural practice and the profession since 1965, most particularly digital technology, globalization, and environmental concerns. Contributors include Bernard Michael Boyle, Joan Draper, Joseph Esherick, Leopold Ettlinger, Spiro Kostof, William L. MacDonald, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, Catherine Wilkinson, John Wilton-Ely, and Gwendolyn Wright
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"The Architect" was the first book in fifty years to survey the role of the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the present. Without claiming to cover every period in every country, it is nonetheless the most complete synthesis available of what is known about one of the oldest professions in the world. In a new foreword and epilogue, Dana Cuff considers the continuing relevance of the book and evaluates changes in architectural practice and the profession since 1965, most particularly digital technology, globalization, and environmental concerns. Contributors include Bernard Michael Boyle, Joan Draper, Joseph Esherick, Leopold Ettlinger, Spiro Kostof, William L. MacDonald, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, Catherine Wilkinson, John Wilton-Ely, and Gwendolyn Wright
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October 2000, Berkeley
October 2000, Berkeley
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In "The Emerald City", Dan Willis takes us on a flight of imagination that paradoxically never strays far from the most tangible, even intimate subjects. His essays range from the Tower of Babel to the Wizard of Oz, from Christo to Christmas trees, from the "lightness of(...)
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In "The Emerald City", Dan Willis takes us on a flight of imagination that paradoxically never strays far from the most tangible, even intimate subjects. His essays range from the Tower of Babel to the Wizard of Oz, from Christo to Christmas trees, from the "lightness of(...)
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June 1999, New York
June 1999, New York
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The emerald city and other essays on the architectural imagination
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In "The Emerald City", Dan Willis takes us on a flight of imagination that paradoxically never strays far from the most tangible, even intimate subjects. His essays range from the Tower of Babel to the Wizard of Oz, from Christo to Christmas trees, from the "lightness of being" to the "weight of architecture." This ultimately optimistic book suggests that architecture is as vital as ever. The texts draw equally from literary sources, architectural practice, philosophical analyses, pop culture, and everyday experiences. Willis's perspective as a writer, architect, artist, and teacher informs his work; his texts are at once reflective and proactive, as they challenge readers to rethink their participation in the built environment.
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In "The Emerald City", Dan Willis takes us on a flight of imagination that paradoxically never strays far from the most tangible, even intimate subjects. His essays range from the Tower of Babel to the Wizard of Oz, from Christo to Christmas trees, from the "lightness of being" to the "weight of architecture." This ultimately optimistic book suggests that architecture is as vital as ever. The texts draw equally from literary sources, architectural practice, philosophical analyses, pop culture, and everyday experiences. Willis's perspective as a writer, architect, artist, and teacher informs his work; his texts are at once reflective and proactive, as they challenge readers to rethink their participation in the built environment.
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June 1999, New York
June 1999, New York
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Au seuil du XXIe siècle, les disciplines de l'architecture et de l'aménagement des villes et des campagnes sont en crise. On assiste à la perte du sens du lieu, à la faillite des significations des grandes formes et figures de l'habiter, enfin à un oubli des fondements mêmes de la tradition et de la modernité. En réponse à ce désarroi de l'homme moderne face(...)
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Au seuil du XXIe siècle, les disciplines de l'architecture et de l'aménagement des villes et des campagnes sont en crise. On assiste à la perte du sens du lieu, à la faillite des significations des grandes formes et figures de l'habiter, enfin à un oubli des fondements mêmes de la tradition et de la modernité. En réponse à ce désarroi de l'homme moderne face(...)
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L'art du lieu : architecture et paysage, permanence et mutations
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Au seuil du XXIe siècle, les disciplines de l'architecture et de l'aménagement des villes et des campagnes sont en crise. On assiste à la perte du sens du lieu, à la faillite des significations des grandes formes et figures de l'habiter, enfin à un oubli des fondements mêmes de la tradition et de la modernité. En réponse à ce désarroi de l'homme moderne face à un monde technique où il a perdu ses repères, Christian Norberg-Schulz s'est toujours attaché à retrouver, à travers toutes les époques et les cultures, les racines profondément humaines de l'habiter.
L'art du lieu : architecture et paysage, permanence et mutations
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Au seuil du XXIe siècle, les disciplines de l'architecture et de l'aménagement des villes et des campagnes sont en crise. On assiste à la perte du sens du lieu, à la faillite des significations des grandes formes et figures de l'habiter, enfin à un oubli des fondements mêmes de la tradition et de la modernité. En réponse à ce désarroi de l'homme moderne face à un monde technique où il a perdu ses repères, Christian Norberg-Schulz s'est toujours attaché à retrouver, à travers toutes les époques et les cultures, les racines profondément humaines de l'habiter.
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July 1997, Paris
July 1997, Paris
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ABC of architecture
ABC of architecture
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This book is an accessible, non-technical text on the first steps to understanding architectural structure, history, and criticism.
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This book is an accessible, non-technical text on the first steps to understanding architectural structure, history, and criticism.
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ABC of architecture
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This book is an accessible, non-technical text on the first steps to understanding architectural structure, history, and criticism.
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This book is an accessible, non-technical text on the first steps to understanding architectural structure, history, and criticism.
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December 1997, Philadelphia
December 1997, Philadelphia
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International and interdisciplinary, " Ex-cavating Modernism " is a publication dealing with issues in art, architecture and their respective theories.The first volume confronts issues relative to the interdisciplinary engagements of Art and Architecture through their separate and overlapping histories, covering subjects as diverse as Marcel Duchamp, Clement Grennberg,(...)
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International and interdisciplinary, " Ex-cavating Modernism " is a publication dealing with issues in art, architecture and their respective theories.The first volume confronts issues relative to the interdisciplinary engagements of Art and Architecture through their separate and overlapping histories, covering subjects as diverse as Marcel Duchamp, Clement Grennberg,(...)
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de-, dis-, ex-. volume 1 - ex-cavating modernism
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International and interdisciplinary, " Ex-cavating Modernism " is a publication dealing with issues in art, architecture and their respective theories.The first volume confronts issues relative to the interdisciplinary engagements of Art and Architecture through their separate and overlapping histories, covering subjects as diverse as Marcel Duchamp, Clement Grennberg, Robert Venturi and Dan Graham.
de-, dis-, ex-. volume 1 - ex-cavating modernism
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International and interdisciplinary, " Ex-cavating Modernism " is a publication dealing with issues in art, architecture and their respective theories.The first volume confronts issues relative to the interdisciplinary engagements of Art and Architecture through their separate and overlapping histories, covering subjects as diverse as Marcel Duchamp, Clement Grennberg, Robert Venturi and Dan Graham.
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October 1996, London
October 1996, London
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This book describes for the first time how American federal agencies such as the Commerce Department and the U.S. Information Agency teamed up with corportations like IBM, Walt Disney Company, and General Mills during the 1950s to ensure that American displays at foreign trade shows presented compelling images of material abundance.
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This book describes for the first time how American federal agencies such as the Commerce Department and the U.S. Information Agency teamed up with corportations like IBM, Walt Disney Company, and General Mills during the 1950s to ensure that American displays at foreign trade shows presented compelling images of material abundance.
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Pavillions of plenty : exhibiting American culture abroad in the 1950s
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This book describes for the first time how American federal agencies such as the Commerce Department and the U.S. Information Agency teamed up with corportations like IBM, Walt Disney Company, and General Mills during the 1950s to ensure that American displays at foreign trade shows presented compelling images of material abundance.
Pavillions of plenty : exhibiting American culture abroad in the 1950s
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This book describes for the first time how American federal agencies such as the Commerce Department and the U.S. Information Agency teamed up with corportations like IBM, Walt Disney Company, and General Mills during the 1950s to ensure that American displays at foreign trade shows presented compelling images of material abundance.
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May 1997, Washington, D.C.
May 1997, Washington, D.C.
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This book engages in a series of explorations of Vitruvius's myth of architectural beginnings. Throughout, Dripps' intensive meditations on Vitruvius are supplemented by extensive notes that establish points of contact with a wide array of modern writers on myth, language, political theory, and the arts.
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This book engages in a series of explorations of Vitruvius's myth of architectural beginnings. Throughout, Dripps' intensive meditations on Vitruvius are supplemented by extensive notes that establish points of contact with a wide array of modern writers on myth, language, political theory, and the arts.
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The first house : myth, paradigm, and the task of architecture
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This book engages in a series of explorations of Vitruvius's myth of architectural beginnings. Throughout, Dripps' intensive meditations on Vitruvius are supplemented by extensive notes that establish points of contact with a wide array of modern writers on myth, language, political theory, and the arts.
The first house : myth, paradigm, and the task of architecture
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This book engages in a series of explorations of Vitruvius's myth of architectural beginnings. Throughout, Dripps' intensive meditations on Vitruvius are supplemented by extensive notes that establish points of contact with a wide array of modern writers on myth, language, political theory, and the arts.
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March 1999, Cambridge, Mass.
March 1999, Cambridge, Mass.
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