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Un peintre liégeois, amoureux des paysages ardennais, a parfaitement saisi, dès l'immédiat après-guerre, les dangers de la reconstruction, de la modernisation, de l'urbanisation des campagnes. Pourfendeur de l'individualisme petit-bourgeois, il a identifié le bâti comme source principale de pollution paysagère. Ingénieur et architecte, puis professeur d'université, il a(...)
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Un peintre liégeois, amoureux des paysages ardennais, a parfaitement saisi, dès l'immédiat après-guerre, les dangers de la reconstruction, de la modernisation, de l'urbanisation des campagnes. Pourfendeur de l'individualisme petit-bourgeois, il a identifié le bâti comme source principale de pollution paysagère. Ingénieur et architecte, puis professeur d'université, il a(...)
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Jean François : peintre et architece 1903-1977
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Un peintre liégeois, amoureux des paysages ardennais, a parfaitement saisi, dès l'immédiat après-guerre, les dangers de la reconstruction, de la modernisation, de l'urbanisation des campagnes. Pourfendeur de l'individualisme petit-bourgeois, il a identifié le bâti comme source principale de pollution paysagère. Ingénieur et architecte, puis professeur d'université, il a élaboré une esthétique pour l'intégration des constructions aux sites. Il n'a cessé d'appeler les bâtisseurs à la modestie. Ce livre se veut un hommage, et une analyse critique, de l'apport à l'architecture wallonne de cette " doctrine François ".
Jean François : peintre et architece 1903-1977
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Un peintre liégeois, amoureux des paysages ardennais, a parfaitement saisi, dès l'immédiat après-guerre, les dangers de la reconstruction, de la modernisation, de l'urbanisation des campagnes. Pourfendeur de l'individualisme petit-bourgeois, il a identifié le bâti comme source principale de pollution paysagère. Ingénieur et architecte, puis professeur d'université, il a élaboré une esthétique pour l'intégration des constructions aux sites. Il n'a cessé d'appeler les bâtisseurs à la modestie. Ce livre se veut un hommage, et une analyse critique, de l'apport à l'architecture wallonne de cette " doctrine François ".
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April 2004, Sprimont
April 2004, Sprimont
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Experimentation and innovation are essential to the work of Jacques Ferrier. Extensive projects such as the waterworks in Joinville or the redesign of the Renault grounds in Guyancourt have contributed to his reputation. He has currently been commissioned to do a large number of projects including the completion of the Air France offices and ateliers in Orly, industrial(...)
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Experimentation and innovation are essential to the work of Jacques Ferrier. Extensive projects such as the waterworks in Joinville or the redesign of the Renault grounds in Guyancourt have contributed to his reputation. He has currently been commissioned to do a large number of projects including the completion of the Air France offices and ateliers in Orly, industrial(...)
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March 2004, Basel
March 2004, Basel
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Useful - Utiles : Jacques Ferrier, architectures : the poetry of useful things - la poésie des choses utiles
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Experimentation and innovation are essential to the work of Jacques Ferrier. Extensive projects such as the waterworks in Joinville or the redesign of the Renault grounds in Guyancourt have contributed to his reputation. He has currently been commissioned to do a large number of projects including the completion of the Air France offices and ateliers in Orly, industrial buildings in Bordeaux and Valenciennes, and the College de France in Paris. Much in demand in France, he is now gaining international recognition.
Useful - Utiles : Jacques Ferrier, architectures : the poetry of useful things - la poésie des choses utiles
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Experimentation and innovation are essential to the work of Jacques Ferrier. Extensive projects such as the waterworks in Joinville or the redesign of the Renault grounds in Guyancourt have contributed to his reputation. He has currently been commissioned to do a large number of projects including the completion of the Air France offices and ateliers in Orly, industrial buildings in Bordeaux and Valenciennes, and the College de France in Paris. Much in demand in France, he is now gaining international recognition.
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March 2004, Basel
March 2004, Basel
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Written by the well-known architectural critic Kenneth Powell, this new monograph provides an illustrated overview and an ideal introduction to the works of Richard Roger’s internationally renowned office. Founded in 1977, with offices in London, Barcelona and Tokyo, RRP has a long-established reputation for high-tech and energy-efficient designs. Famous as the(...)
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Written by the well-known architectural critic Kenneth Powell, this new monograph provides an illustrated overview and an ideal introduction to the works of Richard Roger’s internationally renowned office. Founded in 1977, with offices in London, Barcelona and Tokyo, RRP has a long-established reputation for high-tech and energy-efficient designs. Famous as the(...)
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July 2004, Basel, Boston, Berlin
July 2004, Basel, Boston, Berlin
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Richard Rogers : architecture of the future
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Written by the well-known architectural critic Kenneth Powell, this new monograph provides an illustrated overview and an ideal introduction to the works of Richard Roger’s internationally renowned office. Founded in 1977, with offices in London, Barcelona and Tokyo, RRP has a long-established reputation for high-tech and energy-efficient designs. Famous as the architects of the Centre Pompidou in Paris (together with Renzo Piano), and for the iconic Lloyd’s of London, the practice’s recent projects include the transformation of the Las Arenas bullring in Barcelona, the new Library of Birmingham, Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 and Madrid’s Barajas Airport expansion. This comprehensive survey also covers RRP’s substantial masterplanning projects, such as the Lu Jia Zui district in Shanghai and the masterplan for the Greenwich Peninsula in London.
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Written by the well-known architectural critic Kenneth Powell, this new monograph provides an illustrated overview and an ideal introduction to the works of Richard Roger’s internationally renowned office. Founded in 1977, with offices in London, Barcelona and Tokyo, RRP has a long-established reputation for high-tech and energy-efficient designs. Famous as the architects of the Centre Pompidou in Paris (together with Renzo Piano), and for the iconic Lloyd’s of London, the practice’s recent projects include the transformation of the Las Arenas bullring in Barcelona, the new Library of Birmingham, Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 and Madrid’s Barajas Airport expansion. This comprehensive survey also covers RRP’s substantial masterplanning projects, such as the Lu Jia Zui district in Shanghai and the masterplan for the Greenwich Peninsula in London.
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July 2004, Basel, Boston, Berlin
July 2004, Basel, Boston, Berlin
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Planned in 1930/31 in extremely difficult circumstances, it is a minor miracle that the Cité Internationale Universitaire Swiss halls of residence, when built, so closely resembled Le Corbusier's original innovative design. The Pavillon Suisse has accommodated Swiss students in Paris since it was opened in July 1933. This monograph is the result of years of dedicated(...)
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Planned in 1930/31 in extremely difficult circumstances, it is a minor miracle that the Cité Internationale Universitaire Swiss halls of residence, when built, so closely resembled Le Corbusier's original innovative design. The Pavillon Suisse has accommodated Swiss students in Paris since it was opened in July 1933. This monograph is the result of years of dedicated(...)
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Le Corbusier : Pavillon Suisse
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Planned in 1930/31 in extremely difficult circumstances, it is a minor miracle that the Cité Internationale Universitaire Swiss halls of residence, when built, so closely resembled Le Corbusier's original innovative design. The Pavillon Suisse has accommodated Swiss students in Paris since it was opened in July 1933. This monograph is the result of years of dedicated research into every aspect of the building -- socio-political premises, planning, design and construction, the aesthetic and functional achievements it represents, and Le Corbusier's own renovations in 1948, 1953, and 1957.
Le Corbusier : Pavillon Suisse
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Planned in 1930/31 in extremely difficult circumstances, it is a minor miracle that the Cité Internationale Universitaire Swiss halls of residence, when built, so closely resembled Le Corbusier's original innovative design. The Pavillon Suisse has accommodated Swiss students in Paris since it was opened in July 1933. This monograph is the result of years of dedicated research into every aspect of the building -- socio-political premises, planning, design and construction, the aesthetic and functional achievements it represents, and Le Corbusier's own renovations in 1948, 1953, and 1957.
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July 2004, Basel
July 2004, Basel
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A pioneer of modernist architecture, Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943) produced some of Italy's most significant 20th century buildings. Celebrating the centenary of Terragni's birth, “The Terragni Atlas” presents a visual record of this influential architect whose work is experiencing renewed international interest. In a short and intense career, Terragni created a small(...)
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A pioneer of modernist architecture, Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943) produced some of Italy's most significant 20th century buildings. Celebrating the centenary of Terragni's birth, “The Terragni Atlas” presents a visual record of this influential architect whose work is experiencing renewed international interest. In a short and intense career, Terragni created a small(...)
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May 2004, Geneva
May 2004, Geneva
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The Terragni atlas : built architecture
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A pioneer of modernist architecture, Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943) produced some of Italy's most significant 20th century buildings. Celebrating the centenary of Terragni's birth, “The Terragni Atlas” presents a visual record of this influential architect whose work is experiencing renewed international interest. In a short and intense career, Terragni created a small but remarkable group of designs that form the nucleus of the Italian Rationalist school of architecture. “The Terragni Atlas” presents the architecture of Terragni through a juxtaposition of archival images and contemporary photographs by Paolo Rosselli.
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A pioneer of modernist architecture, Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943) produced some of Italy's most significant 20th century buildings. Celebrating the centenary of Terragni's birth, “The Terragni Atlas” presents a visual record of this influential architect whose work is experiencing renewed international interest. In a short and intense career, Terragni created a small but remarkable group of designs that form the nucleus of the Italian Rationalist school of architecture. “The Terragni Atlas” presents the architecture of Terragni through a juxtaposition of archival images and contemporary photographs by Paolo Rosselli.
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May 2004, Geneva
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With nearly 1,000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, McKim, Mead & White was the architectural firm of choice for the most prestigious projects of the beaux-arts era. Among its residential clients were many of the most powerful figures of the Gilded Age: the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, the Pulitzers. In this condensed edition of the acclaimed Rizzoli original of(...)
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With nearly 1,000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, McKim, Mead & White was the architectural firm of choice for the most prestigious projects of the beaux-arts era. Among its residential clients were many of the most powerful figures of the Gilded Age: the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, the Pulitzers. In this condensed edition of the acclaimed Rizzoli original of(...)
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The houses of McKim, Mead & White
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With nearly 1,000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, McKim, Mead & White was the architectural firm of choice for the most prestigious projects of the beaux-arts era. Among its residential clients were many of the most powerful figures of the Gilded Age: the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, the Pulitzers. In this condensed edition of the acclaimed Rizzoli original of 1998 the reader will find more than thirty houses presented.
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With nearly 1,000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, McKim, Mead & White was the architectural firm of choice for the most prestigious projects of the beaux-arts era. Among its residential clients were many of the most powerful figures of the Gilded Age: the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, the Pulitzers. In this condensed edition of the acclaimed Rizzoli original of 1998 the reader will find more than thirty houses presented.
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July 2004, New York
July 2004, New York
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"The architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company is a monograph on the urban design and architecture firm started by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk in 1980 and is now known simply as DPZ. Credited with popularizing small towns and villages as welcome alternatives to the bleak monotony of the suburbs, DPZ champions vernacular architecture (traditional(...)
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"The architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company is a monograph on the urban design and architecture firm started by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk in 1980 and is now known simply as DPZ. Credited with popularizing small towns and villages as welcome alternatives to the bleak monotony of the suburbs, DPZ champions vernacular architecture (traditional(...)
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August 2004, New York
August 2004, New York
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The architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company
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"The architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company is a monograph on the urban design and architecture firm started by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk in 1980 and is now known simply as DPZ. Credited with popularizing small towns and villages as welcome alternatives to the bleak monotony of the suburbs, DPZ champions vernacular architecture (traditional buildings with ties to local culture) in neighborhoods that share the same common features that made small-town living so livable. This book illustrates representative buildings, mainly houses, that make up some of these communities in such places as Seaside, Florida, Kentlands, Maryland, and Markham, Ontario. In addition, the book showcases individual buildings that demonstrate DPZ’s reinvigoration of a simple vernacular architecture, including the Hibiscus House in Coconut Grove, Florida, and the Carambola Villas in St. Croix.
The architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company
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"The architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company is a monograph on the urban design and architecture firm started by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk in 1980 and is now known simply as DPZ. Credited with popularizing small towns and villages as welcome alternatives to the bleak monotony of the suburbs, DPZ champions vernacular architecture (traditional buildings with ties to local culture) in neighborhoods that share the same common features that made small-town living so livable. This book illustrates representative buildings, mainly houses, that make up some of these communities in such places as Seaside, Florida, Kentlands, Maryland, and Markham, Ontario. In addition, the book showcases individual buildings that demonstrate DPZ’s reinvigoration of a simple vernacular architecture, including the Hibiscus House in Coconut Grove, Florida, and the Carambola Villas in St. Croix.
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August 2004, New York
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Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica
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This monograph covers Arquitectonica's work of the past 20 years, documenting recent work with project descriptions, colour photographs, and representative architectural plans. Beth Dunlop's introductory essay traces the firm's work from early pivotal condominium towers that brought Arquitectonica to prominence in the 1970's to projects currently being built.
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This monograph covers Arquitectonica's work of the past 20 years, documenting recent work with project descriptions, colour photographs, and representative architectural plans. Beth Dunlop's introductory essay traces the firm's work from early pivotal condominium towers that brought Arquitectonica to prominence in the 1970's to projects currently being built.
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This monograph covers Arquitectonica's work of the past 20 years, documenting recent work with project descriptions, colour photographs, and representative architectural plans. Beth Dunlop's introductory essay traces the firm's work from early pivotal condominium towers that brought Arquitectonica to prominence in the 1970's to projects currently being built.
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This monograph covers Arquitectonica's work of the past 20 years, documenting recent work with project descriptions, colour photographs, and representative architectural plans. Beth Dunlop's introductory essay traces the firm's work from early pivotal condominium towers that brought Arquitectonica to prominence in the 1970's to projects currently being built.
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July 2004, New York
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En 1949, André Ravéreau étudiant en architecture se rend à Ghardaïa où il découvre l’architecture mozabite du M’Zab. Conscient de l’apport de cette architecture de tradition dans la définition de la modernité architecturale, il se décide à retourner au M’Zab avec d’autres étudiants. Les relevés des principaux monuments et édifices civils le conduisent à engager la(...)
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En 1949, André Ravéreau étudiant en architecture se rend à Ghardaïa où il découvre l’architecture mozabite du M’Zab. Conscient de l’apport de cette architecture de tradition dans la définition de la modernité architecturale, il se décide à retourner au M’Zab avec d’autres étudiants. Les relevés des principaux monuments et édifices civils le conduisent à engager la(...)
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February 2004, Marseille
February 2004, Marseille
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André Ravéreau : l'atelier du désert
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En 1949, André Ravéreau étudiant en architecture se rend à Ghardaïa où il découvre l’architecture mozabite du M’Zab. Conscient de l’apport de cette architecture de tradition dans la définition de la modernité architecturale, il se décide à retourner au M’Zab avec d’autres étudiants. Les relevés des principaux monuments et édifices civils le conduisent à engager la création d’ateliers régionaux d’architecture où les étudiants conviés ont pu s’imprégner trois mois durant des lieux avant même d’engager leur travail de projetation. En 1965, André Ravéreau est nommé architecte en chef des monuments historiques en Algérie, s’efforçant alors d’obtenir le classement de la vallée du M’Zab en 1970 avant de créer à Ghardaïa le premier atelier du ministère. En quelques années, la réputation de l’atelier dépasse les frontières et des étudiants de toutes origines viennent s’affronter à la leçon du désert, comme en écho des leçons du célèbre Construire avec le peuple d’Hassan Fathy. L’expérience de l’atelier du M’Zab constitue désormais une référence incontournable pour tous ceux qui essaient de concevoir une gestion du territoire plus respectueuse tout à la fois du contexte naturel et des cultures locales. C’est dans la discussion quotidienne avec les mozabites qu’André Ravéreau forge la dynamique de son projet. Mode de vie, comme mode de construction font l’objet d’observations et de descriptions attentives que les étudiants sont invités à transcrire dans le dessin et à pratiquer sur les chantiers. C’est à la découverte de cette expérience inaugurale qu’invite ce livre en resituant l’histoire de ce lieu de rencontre entre tradition et modernité où l’architecture est vécue, non plus comme acte artistique monopole du seul créateur, mais comme fait de société. Une large part est faite aux témoignages des élèves et des compagnons de route qui participèrent à cette aventure pour révéler, tout autant que les œuvres elles-mêmes, cette écriture patiente et cultivée du projet qui restitue au constructeur et à l’usager la propriété de son geste et l’authenticité de sa parole.
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En 1949, André Ravéreau étudiant en architecture se rend à Ghardaïa où il découvre l’architecture mozabite du M’Zab. Conscient de l’apport de cette architecture de tradition dans la définition de la modernité architecturale, il se décide à retourner au M’Zab avec d’autres étudiants. Les relevés des principaux monuments et édifices civils le conduisent à engager la création d’ateliers régionaux d’architecture où les étudiants conviés ont pu s’imprégner trois mois durant des lieux avant même d’engager leur travail de projetation. En 1965, André Ravéreau est nommé architecte en chef des monuments historiques en Algérie, s’efforçant alors d’obtenir le classement de la vallée du M’Zab en 1970 avant de créer à Ghardaïa le premier atelier du ministère. En quelques années, la réputation de l’atelier dépasse les frontières et des étudiants de toutes origines viennent s’affronter à la leçon du désert, comme en écho des leçons du célèbre Construire avec le peuple d’Hassan Fathy. L’expérience de l’atelier du M’Zab constitue désormais une référence incontournable pour tous ceux qui essaient de concevoir une gestion du territoire plus respectueuse tout à la fois du contexte naturel et des cultures locales. C’est dans la discussion quotidienne avec les mozabites qu’André Ravéreau forge la dynamique de son projet. Mode de vie, comme mode de construction font l’objet d’observations et de descriptions attentives que les étudiants sont invités à transcrire dans le dessin et à pratiquer sur les chantiers. C’est à la découverte de cette expérience inaugurale qu’invite ce livre en resituant l’histoire de ce lieu de rencontre entre tradition et modernité où l’architecture est vécue, non plus comme acte artistique monopole du seul créateur, mais comme fait de société. Une large part est faite aux témoignages des élèves et des compagnons de route qui participèrent à cette aventure pour révéler, tout autant que les œuvres elles-mêmes, cette écriture patiente et cultivée du projet qui restitue au constructeur et à l’usager la propriété de son geste et l’authenticité de sa parole.
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February 2004, Marseille
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This book chronicles the planning and construction process of the Frank Gehry-designed Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT. Taking us from the historical background and architectural context at MIT through the interaction of the clients' needs and the architect's vision to the choice of building materials and construction methods, "Building Stata" offers a detailed look at(...)
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This book chronicles the planning and construction process of the Frank Gehry-designed Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT. Taking us from the historical background and architectural context at MIT through the interaction of the clients' needs and the architect's vision to the choice of building materials and construction methods, "Building Stata" offers a detailed look at(...)
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May 2004, Cambridge, Mass.
May 2004, Cambridge, Mass.
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Building Stata : the design and construction of Frank O. Gehry's Stata Center at MIT
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This book chronicles the planning and construction process of the Frank Gehry-designed Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT. Taking us from the historical background and architectural context at MIT through the interaction of the clients' needs and the architect's vision to the choice of building materials and construction methods, "Building Stata" offers a detailed look at the evolution of a major work by a master architect. The purpose of the Stata Center is to bring the "intelligence sciences" - computer science, artificial intelligence, information and decision systems, linguistics, and philosophy - together into a space that emphasizes research-focused collaboration. Frank Gehry's design integrates flexible and interconnected workspaces and incorporates a series of steps from public to private space, with places for social and intellectual interaction on lower levels giving way to space for study and contemplation on the upper floors; thus a two-level warehouse-like space is topped by two towers. The Center is wrapped around a series of outdoor terraces visible from a central court in both towers. The characteristic Gehry curves are clad in metal, the more block-like elements in brick. The architectural drawings and photographs in "Building Stata" document the making of the Stata Center from concept to concrete reality. The photographs by Richard Sobol portray a work in progress, evoking the beauty of its architectural form and capturing the telling detail - the building's sculptured shape against a clear blue sky, or construction workers perched on a massive curve of metal.
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This book chronicles the planning and construction process of the Frank Gehry-designed Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT. Taking us from the historical background and architectural context at MIT through the interaction of the clients' needs and the architect's vision to the choice of building materials and construction methods, "Building Stata" offers a detailed look at the evolution of a major work by a master architect. The purpose of the Stata Center is to bring the "intelligence sciences" - computer science, artificial intelligence, information and decision systems, linguistics, and philosophy - together into a space that emphasizes research-focused collaboration. Frank Gehry's design integrates flexible and interconnected workspaces and incorporates a series of steps from public to private space, with places for social and intellectual interaction on lower levels giving way to space for study and contemplation on the upper floors; thus a two-level warehouse-like space is topped by two towers. The Center is wrapped around a series of outdoor terraces visible from a central court in both towers. The characteristic Gehry curves are clad in metal, the more block-like elements in brick. The architectural drawings and photographs in "Building Stata" document the making of the Stata Center from concept to concrete reality. The photographs by Richard Sobol portray a work in progress, evoking the beauty of its architectural form and capturing the telling detail - the building's sculptured shape against a clear blue sky, or construction workers perched on a massive curve of metal.
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