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Built at around the same time as the Boa Nova Tea House and located a short distance to the south, the Leça Swimming Pools complex is one of Siza's most visited works from the 1960s. The project is situated along the coastal avenue, the mass of the building set below the road level to allow an uninterrupted view to the sea.
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March 2005, Lisbon
Alvaro Siza : swimming pool on the beach at Leça de Palmeira, 1959-1973
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Built at around the same time as the Boa Nova Tea House and located a short distance to the south, the Leça Swimming Pools complex is one of Siza's most visited works from the 1960s. The project is situated along the coastal avenue, the mass of the building set below the road level to allow an uninterrupted view to the sea.
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This book presents 27 of the more than 600 projects and creations completed by one of the leading French contemporary architects. Some of these creations are very well known, not merely among design and interior architecture specialists but by the public at large. From inflatable structures (Kléber Colombes in the 1970s) to the headquarters of major firms (Ford, Renault,(...)
Ronald Cecil Sportes : classic not plastic
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This book presents 27 of the more than 600 projects and creations completed by one of the leading French contemporary architects. Some of these creations are very well known, not merely among design and interior architecture specialists but by the public at large. From inflatable structures (Kléber Colombes in the 1970s) to the headquarters of major firms (Ford, Renault, L’Oréal, BMCE Bank, among others), Ronald Cecil Sportes has created original works representing an engagement with a sleek and strikingly modern aesthetic. Sportes has designed many furniture items (chairs, lamps, etc.), designs honored by many museums, including Cooper-Hewitt in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, who have devoted major retrospectives to the architect (beginning in 1985). Classic Not Plastic includes a documented index that enables the reader to discover the author's profound intentions as well as investigate further into Sportes' work.
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December 2004, Madrid
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Rob Krier counts among the protagonists of the post-modernist circle of architects of the second half of the 20th century, and is one of the leading thinkers in the field of the theory and practice of town planning. He has always objected strongly to the dominance of rationalism and functionalism in architecture. Of great significance in his urban planning is the(...)
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September 2005, Vienna
Rob Krier : a romantic rationalist, architect and urban planer
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Rob Krier counts among the protagonists of the post-modernist circle of architects of the second half of the 20th century, and is one of the leading thinkers in the field of the theory and practice of town planning. He has always objected strongly to the dominance of rationalism and functionalism in architecture. Of great significance in his urban planning is the relationship between emptyand built upon urban space. Krier is also one of the most exceptional architectural draftsmen; his colourful, precise and detailed drawings are more like architectural vedutas and caprices. Presented here in all its manifold aspects are over four decades of Rob Krier's work, including a complete list of works.
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The book presents the building as urban interaction but also in its capacity as an inviting "library machine", frequented daily by about 3000 people and open to an increasing number of users. Essays by the library's director Alfred Pfoser, Matthias Boeckl and Ernst Mayr, in addition to illustrations and drawings.
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January 2005, Wien, New York
The main city libray Vienna : a building by Ernst Mayr
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The book presents the building as urban interaction but also in its capacity as an inviting "library machine", frequented daily by about 3000 people and open to an increasing number of users. Essays by the library's director Alfred Pfoser, Matthias Boeckl and Ernst Mayr, in addition to illustrations and drawings.
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In addition to an interview with Kishi in which he discusses his work and his thoughts on architecture, this book profiles 23 projects, both built and unbuilt. It includes photos, plans, drawings, and computer renderings of houses, restaurants, galleries, and more. Text in Korean and English.
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May 2005, Seoul
Modern architect : Waro Kishi
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In addition to an interview with Kishi in which he discusses his work and his thoughts on architecture, this book profiles 23 projects, both built and unbuilt. It includes photos, plans, drawings, and computer renderings of houses, restaurants, galleries, and more. Text in Korean and English.
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May 2005, Seoul
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The last few years have seen some of Norman Foster's most remarkable and ambitious projects around the world. In London, the Swiss Re headquarters - the capital's first ecological tall building - has become a popular landmark, while the arch of the new Wembley Stadium is already a familiar element on the skyline. This new catalogue documents the practice's work over(...)
Catalogue : Foster and partners
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The last few years have seen some of Norman Foster's most remarkable and ambitious projects around the world. In London, the Swiss Re headquarters - the capital's first ecological tall building - has become a popular landmark, while the arch of the new Wembley Stadium is already a familiar element on the skyline. This new catalogue documents the practice's work over the last four decades. While detailed descriptions of more than eighty buildings and projects, it offers a comprehensive survey of the practice's diverse activities as urban planners, architects and industrial designers, covering a spectrum from the scale of the city masterplan to the detail of a door handle. It includes designs for airports, railway stations, brigdes, museums, schools, universities, offices, private houses, furniture and products.
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Hailed as “one of the greatest minds of our times,” Richard Buckminster Fuller is known as an American visionary, designer, architect, engineer, inventor and philosopher and was undeniably one of the key innovators of the 20th century. This book provides a visually rich and complete overview of Fuller’s design and architectural production, situating Fuller’s projects in(...)
Buckminster Fuller : designing for mobility
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Hailed as “one of the greatest minds of our times,” Richard Buckminster Fuller is known as an American visionary, designer, architect, engineer, inventor and philosopher and was undeniably one of the key innovators of the 20th century. This book provides a visually rich and complete overview of Fuller’s design and architectural production, situating Fuller’s projects in their historical context. The book features never before published material from the Fuller archives which were recently donated to Stanford University. Michael John Gorman’s essay offers an in-depth analysis of Fuller’s work - focusing more attention on his innovative architectural projects than on other aspects of Fuller’s “design science” - as well as an interesting perspective on post-war American society and architectural culture. Chapters include concepts of Fuller’s philosophy, his manifesto for mass-produced housing, the role of mobile shelter in transforming behaviour, geodesic domes, and Fuller’s early experiments. Fuller’s achievements, astonishing design and production are fully documented using original and often unknown archival materials.
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A collection of architect Shigenori Uoya's works. Uoya conducts surveys and research on the transformation and current status of the structures of streets and city blocks in historical cities in Japan and abroad, focusing on Kyoto. He approaches architecture based on a temporal axis that extends from the past to the future, including the renovation of machiya and the(...)
Shigenori Uoya Architecture works: layering time in the city
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A collection of architect Shigenori Uoya's works. Uoya conducts surveys and research on the transformation and current status of the structures of streets and city blocks in historical cities in Japan and abroad, focusing on Kyoto. He approaches architecture based on a temporal axis that extends from the past to the future, including the renovation of machiya and the reconstruction of cities. The book introduces Uoya's numerous works, including the Kakkyoyama Common Center for Gion Festival, which won the AIJ Prize in 2023, through photographs, drawings, essays, and diagrams, offering insights into the essence of his architecture.
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In this book, renowned architectural historian Dietrich Neumann presents a new, critical look at Mies and complicates the established narrative about him. Diverging from the reverential posture of many existing accounts, Neumann insists on the importance of the contemporary contex t—social, political, and architectural— for understanding the architect’s life and work. The(...)
Mies van der Rohe: An architect in his time
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In this book, renowned architectural historian Dietrich Neumann presents a new, critical look at Mies and complicates the established narrative about him. Diverging from the reverential posture of many existing accounts, Neumann insists on the importance of the contemporary contex t—social, political, and architectural— for understanding the architect’s life and work. The book draws on many overlooked archival and primary sources to demonstrate how and why Mies’s designs were shaped and received, foregrounding contemporary critics’ responses and the work of Mies’s collaborators and peers. It presents several previously unknown buildings, projects, and furniture designs and challenges long-established interpretations of key works. Comprehensively illustrated and covering the entirety of Mies’s career, this ambitious book is the most substantial account to date of the life and work of one of the most important architects of the twentieth century.
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Architect Paul Rudolph (1918–1997) was known for his iconic modern houses and exemplary Brutalist buildings in exposed concrete. Rudolph’s popularity peaked during the 1950s and 1960s, when he served as the chair of Yale University’s Department of Architecture, but his work fell from favor with the advent of postmodernism in the 1970s. This compact volume provides an(...)
Materialized space: The architecture of Paul Rudolph
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Architect Paul Rudolph (1918–1997) was known for his iconic modern houses and exemplary Brutalist buildings in exposed concrete. Rudolph’s popularity peaked during the 1950s and 1960s, when he served as the chair of Yale University’s Department of Architecture, but his work fell from favor with the advent of postmodernism in the 1970s. This compact volume provides an introduction to and long-overdue reassessment of the architect’s trailblazing career, from his modernist Florida houses to his public and institutional buildings, unrealized megastructures, experimental interiors, and later mixed use developments in Asia. Abraham Thomas examines how Rudolph explored concepts such as functionalism, urbanism, and modular construction across decades and continents. Richly illustrated with photographs of the structures and Rudolph’s own drawings as well as models, furniture, and period press clippings, this book sheds light on the architect’s process and takes up themes as important in his time as in our own, such as civic design, housing development, and experimental materials and methods.
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