Alvar Aalto: what & when
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Alvar Aalto – What & When? is a reference book on both Aalto’s implemented and unimplemented designs, compiled in chronological order according to year and alphabetical order according to locality. Each year starts with an introduction which describes Aalto’s trips, the people he met and significant events in his work and private life. The texts are enlivened by quotes(...)
Alvar Aalto: what & when
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Alvar Aalto – What & When? is a reference book on both Aalto’s implemented and unimplemented designs, compiled in chronological order according to year and alphabetical order according to locality. Each year starts with an introduction which describes Aalto’s trips, the people he met and significant events in his work and private life. The texts are enlivened by quotes from Aalto’s writings and speeches as well as colourful writings by his contemporaries, which bring the human side of the architect Aalto closer to the reader. An abundance of versatile illustrations – approximately 70 drawings and photographs over a time span of 70 years – complements the detailed information package. In addition to the chronological material, Aalto’s complete CV, his membership of both Finnish and international societies, his titles, awards and competition prizes, as well as a list of his competition pseudonyms.
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Hungarian-born French architect Yona Friedman is one of the most fascinating architectural theorists of our time. Gaining early recognition for his Manifesto de l’Architecture Mobile, he is best-known for his sketches of the Ville Spatiale, or Spatial City, which applied the core concepts of the manifesto to create mutable “superstructures” over existing cities. The(...)
Yona Friedman: the dilution of architecture
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Hungarian-born French architect Yona Friedman is one of the most fascinating architectural theorists of our time. Gaining early recognition for his Manifesto de l’Architecture Mobile, he is best-known for his sketches of the Ville Spatiale, or Spatial City, which applied the core concepts of the manifesto to create mutable “superstructures” over existing cities. The Spatial City represents an important thread running throughout Friedman’s work: He has always sought to provide people with the structures within which to construct and reconstruct their own environment, be it within the slums of the Third World or modern Western cities.
Architecture Monographs
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The Spanish architect Rafael Moneo has won numerous awards (including the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize), yet this publication is the first to offer a critical study of his career as a whole—not only his many built works and projects but also his contributions to teaching and his writings. The book begins with a comprehensive biography, covering Moneo’s(...)
Architecture Monographs
June 2015
Rafael Moneo: building, teaching, writing
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The Spanish architect Rafael Moneo has won numerous awards (including the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize), yet this publication is the first to offer a critical study of his career as a whole—not only his many built works and projects but also his contributions to teaching and his writings. The book begins with a comprehensive biography, covering Moneo’s education, teaching appointments, and encounters with historians and architects in Europe and the United States, such as Peter Eisenman, Jørn Utzon, and Bruno Zevi. Also included is a discussion of some of the buildings that he has designed, notably the Prado Museum extension and Atocha Station in Madrid. The following section examines in more detail seven key buildings chosen to illustrate crucial developments in Moneo’s thinking, from the Bankinter, Madrid, to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles. The last a section considers his architectural philosophy: his design approach, his idea of the canon, his theory of composition, his notion of form, and his confrontation with reality—in construction and context.
Architecture Monographs
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Single family houses have been among Luca Selva’s chief interests in his work from the beginning as means for research on questions of space, typology, design, and architectural phenomenology in general. Specific topics and problems are investigated for the first time with this type of building, and solutions found are picked-up again and developed further in other(...)
Luca Selva Architekten : eight houses and a pavilion
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Single family houses have been among Luca Selva’s chief interests in his work from the beginning as means for research on questions of space, typology, design, and architectural phenomenology in general. Specific topics and problems are investigated for the first time with this type of building, and solutions found are picked-up again and developed further in other projects of varied kind and dimension.
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Silent form : E2A
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For years, American artist Jon Naiman has been photographing the work of E2A Architects Zürich, established in 2001 by the brothers Piet Eckert and Wim Eckert, producing a striking series of black-and-white photographs of the firm’s architectural models that capture the full range of its work across public buildings and housing, exhibition design, and industrial(...)
Silent form : E2A
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For years, American artist Jon Naiman has been photographing the work of E2A Architects Zürich, established in 2001 by the brothers Piet Eckert and Wim Eckert, producing a striking series of black-and-white photographs of the firm’s architectural models that capture the full range of its work across public buildings and housing, exhibition design, and industrial architecture. Silent Form: E2A collects Naiman’s previously unpublished photographs. Alternating between abstract and perfectly focused depictions of these highly detailed forms, Naiman’s photographs portray urban space rather than mere miniatures, prompting reflection on how perception of space is constituted in an image.
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Tadao Ando 4: new endeavors
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The fourth collection of works by architect Tadao Ando in a series that has introduced the architect’s diverse body of work on residential, domestic, and overseas projects. Breaking the series mould, this volume presents works from small domestic residences to large overseas projects, including projects in Asia that have attracted interest in recent years. Each of the(...)
Tadao Ando 4: new endeavors
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The fourth collection of works by architect Tadao Ando in a series that has introduced the architect’s diverse body of work on residential, domestic, and overseas projects. Breaking the series mould, this volume presents works from small domestic residences to large overseas projects, including projects in Asia that have attracted interest in recent years. Each of the nineteen featured works is accompanied by visual material. An overview of Ando's urban projects, which he has continued alongside his years of urban greening work, are extensively presented with texts and photographs. In addition, this edition offers a glimpse of the newer challenges Ando has undertaken.
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WindowScape 2
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In this second volume, Atelier Bow-Wow shifts from studying the behavioural characteristics of the window typology to investigating their origins, history, and relationships. How humans experience encounters with each other and the spaces inside and outside buildings is key to deciphering how combinations of context and environmental factors lead to various functions and(...)
WindowScape 2
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In this second volume, Atelier Bow-Wow shifts from studying the behavioural characteristics of the window typology to investigating their origins, history, and relationships. How humans experience encounters with each other and the spaces inside and outside buildings is key to deciphering how combinations of context and environmental factors lead to various functions and typologies in different regions. From Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain, to Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, and Japan, the quest spans a variety of buildings and streetscapes, encompassing both the contemporary and historic. The result is a remarkable collection of photographs and analyses.
Architecture Monographs
WindowScape
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Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow tours the world in his quest to seek out and analyse the behaviour of windows. Featuring gorgeous photographs of hundreds of these objects and their associated interior and exterior spaces – from the mundane to the beautiful and enigmatic – the book explores how windows can create uniquely cultural, urban, and social spaces, as well(...)
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Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow tours the world in his quest to seek out and analyse the behaviour of windows. Featuring gorgeous photographs of hundreds of these objects and their associated interior and exterior spaces – from the mundane to the beautiful and enigmatic – the book explores how windows can create uniquely cultural, urban, and social spaces, as well as stimulate activities like rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation. By focusing on this architectural typology, Tsukamoto offers commentary on the allure and fascination of windows, and how they help to generate positive spaces within buildings, which in turns leads to an energising and refreshing sense of living.
Architecture Monographs
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Manuscrit inédit, La Ferme radieuse et le centre coopératif décrit le projet d'aménagement des campagnes, imaginé, dans les années 1930, par Le Corbusier et Norbert Bézard.
La ferme radieuse et le centre coopératif
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Manuscrit inédit, La Ferme radieuse et le centre coopératif décrit le projet d'aménagement des campagnes, imaginé, dans les années 1930, par Le Corbusier et Norbert Bézard.
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Les fleurs américaines
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Réalisée avec le Museum of American Art (MoAA), Berlin et le Salon de Fleurus, New York, l'exposition Les fleurs américaines présentée au Frac Île-de-France / Le Plateau racontait, par le biais de copies anonymes, les origines de l'écriture du récit connu sous le nom d'histoire de l'art moderne, pour questionner les critères d'authenticité, d'originalité et d'unicité des(...)
March 2015
Les fleurs américaines
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Réalisée avec le Museum of American Art (MoAA), Berlin et le Salon de Fleurus, New York, l'exposition Les fleurs américaines présentée au Frac Île-de-France / Le Plateau racontait, par le biais de copies anonymes, les origines de l'écriture du récit connu sous le nom d'histoire de l'art moderne, pour questionner les critères d'authenticité, d'originalité et d'unicité des œuvres et des artistes qui régissent toujours le monde de l'art aujourd'hui. Premier ouvrage en français consacré aux activités du MoAA et du Salon de Fleurus, ce catalogue revient sur les différentes parties de l'exposition présentée au Plateau et en prolonge les enjeux à travers un ensemble de sources iconographiques variées et de textes empruntant différents registres.
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March 2015