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Dutch photographer Jeroen Lok went to Coliumo, Chile, to visit Casa Poli, designed by the firm Pezo von Ellrichshausen. In this book, Jeroen Lok documents the weathering of the house during almost a decade of existence, and places it in its context, which underwent big changes after an earthquake in 2010.
Casa Poli: Pezo von Ellrichshausen
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Dutch photographer Jeroen Lok went to Coliumo, Chile, to visit Casa Poli, designed by the firm Pezo von Ellrichshausen. In this book, Jeroen Lok documents the weathering of the house during almost a decade of existence, and places it in its context, which underwent big changes after an earthquake in 2010.
Pure hardcore Icons
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Pure Hardcore Icons is the first manifesto on pure form in architecture.WAI Architecture Think Tank, directed by authors Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcia, have created a vade mecum with provocative collages, essays and an interview that promise to bring form--a persistent taboo in the theoretical discourse--to the forefront of the architectural discussion. Through a(...)
Pure hardcore Icons
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Pure Hardcore Icons is the first manifesto on pure form in architecture.WAI Architecture Think Tank, directed by authors Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcia, have created a vade mecum with provocative collages, essays and an interview that promise to bring form--a persistent taboo in the theoretical discourse--to the forefront of the architectural discussion. Through a mixture of perspicacity, conviction and humour, Pure Hardcore Icons aims to raise awareness about the dialectic of pure form and architecture, hoping that its potential and limitations could be fully grasped either in practice, academia, or as a cultural and intellectual exercise.
Architectural Theory
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This publication is an examination of the inherent intrumentalization of architecture as a political weapon; research informs the development of a project which, rather than defusing these characteristics, attemps to integrate them with the scene of a political struggle.
Weaponized architecture : the impossibility of innocence
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This publication is an examination of the inherent intrumentalization of architecture as a political weapon; research informs the development of a project which, rather than defusing these characteristics, attemps to integrate them with the scene of a political struggle.
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Architecture and capitalism
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Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt with diverse but surprisingly familiar economic issues. Told through case(...)
Architecture and capitalism
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Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt with diverse but surprisingly familiar economic issues. Told through case studies, the narrative begins in the mid-nineteenth century and ends with 2011, with introductions by Editor Peggy Deamer to pull the main themes together so that you can see how other architects in different times and in different countries have dealt with similar economic conditions.
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The rationalist reader: architecture and rationalism in Western Europe, 1920-1940 / 1960-11990
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The Rationalist Reader incorporates the first documentary collection of writing on rationalism in twentieth century architecture, providing an accessible introduction to the subject, direct insight into the thinking of individual architects and their critics, and a current re-evaluation of the context from which they emerged. German architectural historian Thilo Hilpert(...)
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The rationalist reader: architecture and rationalism in Western Europe, 1920-1940 / 1960-11990
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The Rationalist Reader incorporates the first documentary collection of writing on rationalism in twentieth century architecture, providing an accessible introduction to the subject, direct insight into the thinking of individual architects and their critics, and a current re-evaluation of the context from which they emerged. German architectural historian Thilo Hilpert and Dutch architect and critic Henk Engel, provide introductions to the two periods, while Cambridge historian Nicholas Bullock contributes a linking piece focused on French experience post-war. A postscript samples retrospective views.
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Examining the complex social and material relationships between architecture and ecology which constitute modern cultures, this collection responds to the need to extend architectural thinking about ecology beyond current design literatures. This book shows how the "habitats", "natural milieus", "places" or "shelters" that construct architectural ecologies are composed of(...)
Relational architectural ecologies : architecture, nature and subjectivity
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Examining the complex social and material relationships between architecture and ecology which constitute modern cultures, this collection responds to the need to extend architectural thinking about ecology beyond current design literatures. This book shows how the "habitats", "natural milieus", "places" or "shelters" that construct architectural ecologies are composed of complex and dynamic material, spatial, social, political, economic and ecological concerns.
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Horror in architecture
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Horror in Architecture may be read as a history, as an alternative to the classic canon of good and proper architectures, or as a sly manifesto for a new approach to the design of the built environment—one that encourages a playful subversion of conventions.
Horror in architecture
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Horror in Architecture may be read as a history, as an alternative to the classic canon of good and proper architectures, or as a sly manifesto for a new approach to the design of the built environment—one that encourages a playful subversion of conventions.
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Home : century of change
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This book depicts the evolution of domestic space and the meaning of home during the twentieth century. The chapters initially discuss topics that include modernization, design, housing policy, utopias, and future forms of living that affected domestic life.
Home : century of change
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This book depicts the evolution of domestic space and the meaning of home during the twentieth century. The chapters initially discuss topics that include modernization, design, housing policy, utopias, and future forms of living that affected domestic life.
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Tracing the development of the political burial places since the Bronze Age tumuli, Tombs of the Great Leaders explores what attracts pilgrimages to these sites, how politics play out in these locations, how they convey meaning and safeguard a person’s immortality, and how history is commemorated through these structures.
Tombs of the great leaders : a contemporary guide
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Tracing the development of the political burial places since the Bronze Age tumuli, Tombs of the Great Leaders explores what attracts pilgrimages to these sites, how politics play out in these locations, how they convey meaning and safeguard a person’s immortality, and how history is commemorated through these structures.
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Architecture since 1400
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Architecture since 1400 is unprecedented in its range, approach, and insight. From Tenochtitlan’s Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown’s suburban tract housing and the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, its coverage includes the world’s most celebrated structures and spaces along with many examples of more humble vernacular buildings. With more(...)
Architecture since 1400
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Architecture since 1400 is unprecedented in its range, approach, and insight. From Tenochtitlan’s Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown’s suburban tract housing and the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, its coverage includes the world’s most celebrated structures and spaces along with many examples of more humble vernacular buildings. With more than 300 photographs, plans, and interiors, this book presents key moments and innovations in architectural modernity around the globe.
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