Fernand Pouillon, architecte
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Architecte majeur du XXe siècle, Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986) avait la passion de la pierre. Il a connu tour à tour la richesse et la faillite, la célébrité et la prison, les grands de ce monde et la solitude, les louanges et les injures. Avec ses quatre mariages, ses aventures multiples, son goût du luxe et de la provocation, un parfum de scandale flotte sur son mode de(...)
Fernand Pouillon, architecte
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Architecte majeur du XXe siècle, Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986) avait la passion de la pierre. Il a connu tour à tour la richesse et la faillite, la célébrité et la prison, les grands de ce monde et la solitude, les louanges et les injures. Avec ses quatre mariages, ses aventures multiples, son goût du luxe et de la provocation, un parfum de scandale flotte sur son mode de vie, mais aussi sur ses engagements politiques et ses rapports avec ses confrères qu'il avait l'habitude de dénigrer violemment. Danièle Voldman fait, à travers lui, le portrait d'une époque, ces Trente Glorieuses au cours desquelles être logé décemment devint un droit. Devant s'adapter à la construction de masse, les architectes relevèrent alors d'incroyables défis techniques. Pouillon fut sans doute le plus flamboyant d'entre eux. Ce livre montre comment le destin de cet homme rencontra l'évolution de toute une société.
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Le musée d'art contemporain du Val de Marne construit à Vitry sur Seine, est l'initiative d'une collectivité, d'un département, musée en banlieue parisienne, il est à l'origine le lieu d'exposition d'une collection engagée par le Val de Marne depuis 1980. Projeté en 1991, le musée est ouvert en 2005, presque 15 années pour réaliser des salles et des jardins, une(...)
Espaces des oeuvres : un musée noir et blanc, Jacques Ripault
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Le musée d'art contemporain du Val de Marne construit à Vitry sur Seine, est l'initiative d'une collectivité, d'un département, musée en banlieue parisienne, il est à l'origine le lieu d'exposition d'une collection engagée par le Val de Marne depuis 1980. Projeté en 1991, le musée est ouvert en 2005, presque 15 années pour réaliser des salles et des jardins, une architecture raisonnée pour la grande diversité des oeuvres et des expressions contemporaines, des artistes et des visiteurs. Accompagné d'un texte de françois Bon, ce livre documente l'architecture du musée à travers des plans, des visuels de sa conception à sa réalisation.
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April 2006, Paris
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Inventarium
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"Inventorium" est une série d'installations-laboratoires et de lieux composés imaginée par Michel Paysant. Elle rassemble dans un projet commun des chercheurs d'horizons différents: physicien, designer, physiologiste, théoricien de l'art, botaniste, etc. Espaces visuels, espaces tactiles, espaces moteurs, ces installations évolutives se présentent sous la forme(...)
Architecture Monographs
September 2006, Paris / Mulhouse
Inventarium
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"Inventorium" est une série d'installations-laboratoires et de lieux composés imaginée par Michel Paysant. Elle rassemble dans un projet commun des chercheurs d'horizons différents: physicien, designer, physiologiste, théoricien de l'art, botaniste, etc. Espaces visuels, espaces tactiles, espaces moteurs, ces installations évolutives se présentent sous la forme d'immenses tables de projets rappelant autant les architectures de mémoire que les cabinets de curiosité.
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September 2006, Paris / Mulhouse
Architecture Monographs
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The book contains an original short story of the French writer Marie Darrieussecq : "Ghost flat (a modern couple)". Including 38 3-D-color illustrations plus 3 filters to look at them (red, blue, yellow). 'In the common sense, architecture is basically a universe in three dimensions. Ghost flat is a project of living in unknown dimensions by amplifying the current(...)
Architecture Monographs
January 2005, Kitakyushu
Décosterd & Rahm : ghost flat
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The book contains an original short story of the French writer Marie Darrieussecq : "Ghost flat (a modern couple)". Including 38 3-D-color illustrations plus 3 filters to look at them (red, blue, yellow). 'In the common sense, architecture is basically a universe in three dimensions. Ghost flat is a project of living in unknown dimensions by amplifying the current spectrum of the sensible to reach new extents, dissimulated in the folds of time and space.'
Architecture Monographs
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The work of MVRDV can be considered an emblematic turning point in Dutch architecture. Early projects such as the Light Urbanism study for the Municipality of Rotterdam, the headquarters for Public Broadcasting Company VPRO and housing for elderly Wozoco's in Amsterdam brought MVRDV to the attention of a wide field of clients and gave them international acclaim. What(...)
MVRDV : works and projects, 1991 - 2006
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The work of MVRDV can be considered an emblematic turning point in Dutch architecture. Early projects such as the Light Urbanism study for the Municipality of Rotterdam, the headquarters for Public Broadcasting Company VPRO and housing for elderly Wozoco's in Amsterdam brought MVRDV to the attention of a wide field of clients and gave them international acclaim. What stands out as the characteristic feature of MVRDV is an adherence to reality and the need to strip the eye of preconceived ideas. The operational methodology that stems from this is centered around the application of the "technique" of the datascape, based on extensive and generalized research that tends to assemble an enormous quantity of information so as to proceed to the project phase in a rational, objective manner. This book examines the distinctive features of MVRDV's work and shows the full range of their achievements.
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Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was a Viennese architect known for his radical building facades. Author Ralf Bock reveals the sensuality of Loos's interior designs, demonstrating that Loos was not an architect of the "white modern movement," but rather, he fought against it. A careful analysis of Loos's ideology and oeuvre, this book features 30 existing projects in 160(...)
Adolf Loos : Works and Projects
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Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was a Viennese architect known for his radical building facades. Author Ralf Bock reveals the sensuality of Loos's interior designs, demonstrating that Loos was not an architect of the "white modern movement," but rather, he fought against it. A careful analysis of Loos's ideology and oeuvre, this book features 30 existing projects in 160 extraordinary full-color images by the celebrated French photographer Philippe Ruault, who has completely rephotographed Loos's works. These new images offer different interpretations of Loos' interiors and bring him back to the center of contemporary architectural debate. The color photographs are supplemented by archival photos from the Loos Archive of the Albertina, Vienna, and a completely new set of project drawings.
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October 2006
Architecture Monographs
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"What I was looking for with this house was probably a return to the main principles of modernism. I was trying to look for the very basics of architecture: a simple structure, simple construction methods, and straightforward spatial conditions that would satisfy the needs of our family. The house was a laboratory where I was looking back to where the tradition of(...)
Enrique Norten : a house in the city
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"What I was looking for with this house was probably a return to the main principles of modernism. I was trying to look for the very basics of architecture: a simple structure, simple construction methods, and straightforward spatial conditions that would satisfy the needs of our family. The house was a laboratory where I was looking back to where the tradition of modernity started, and I tried to recapture that." -Enrique Norten
Architecture Monographs
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From an essay by Carlos Jimenez: "Since 1983, when work on my house and studio began, the project has undergone a variety of transformations, expansions, assimilations -simply put, it has followed a path of growth and discovery. My proximity to this path's every turn puts me much too close for objective appraisal, yet this position offers an auspicious vantage point from(...)
Carlos Jiménez : house and studio
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From an essay by Carlos Jimenez: "Since 1983, when work on my house and studio began, the project has undergone a variety of transformations, expansions, assimilations -simply put, it has followed a path of growth and discovery. My proximity to this path's every turn puts me much too close for objective appraisal, yet this position offers an auspicious vantage point from which to reflect on the implications of architecture in one's life. I now gather some observations, memories, and moments, all of which emerge through one biographical detail or another--an inevitable outcome when writing on such a personal work, a work that by its evolving nature is both my first and my most recent project."
Architecture Monographs
Tadao Ando
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Spanning a broad period from Ando's early signature work the ‘Church of the Light' to recently completed projects such as the ‘Langen Foundation' in Germany and the ‘Chichu Art Museum' in Japan, this Chinese edition provides an exhaustive introduction to Ando's work. Includes: full page colour photographs and black and white plans, special introductory comments for each(...)
Tadao Ando
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Spanning a broad period from Ando's early signature work the ‘Church of the Light' to recently completed projects such as the ‘Langen Foundation' in Germany and the ‘Chichu Art Museum' in Japan, this Chinese edition provides an exhaustive introduction to Ando's work. Includes: full page colour photographs and black and white plans, special introductory comments for each project written by Ando himself, models and a complete list of works and competition entries. English / Japanese / Chinese texts.
Architecture Monographs
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Architecte, dessinateur et théoricien américain, Wright s'appliqua à repenser l'architecture en tenant compte des possibilités offertes par les nouveaux matériaux, mais aussi en fonction du mode de vie contemporain. Il chercha notamment à reconsidérer les rapports de l'individu, de l'édifice et de la nature environnante. Il s'impose comme l'une des personnalités les(...)
Architecture Monographs
August 2006, Hong Kong, Köln, London, Paris, Tokyo
Wright
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Architecte, dessinateur et théoricien américain, Wright s'appliqua à repenser l'architecture en tenant compte des possibilités offertes par les nouveaux matériaux, mais aussi en fonction du mode de vie contemporain. Il chercha notamment à reconsidérer les rapports de l'individu, de l'édifice et de la nature environnante. Il s'impose comme l'une des personnalités les plus fortes de l'architecture moderne américaine.
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