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Kin la belle, ainsi surnommait-on la capitale du Congo Belge qui devint celle du Zaïre. Aujourd’hui, Kinshasa demeure la première ville de la République Démocratique du Congo. Depuis l’indépendance, l’ex Congo Belge, ballottée dans la guerre froide a périclité en guerres intestines provoquées par les nations limitrophes. Il n’est question depuis ce temps dans les médias,(...)
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Kin la belle, ainsi surnommait-on la capitale du Congo Belge qui devint celle du Zaïre. Aujourd’hui, Kinshasa demeure la première ville de la République Démocratique du Congo. Depuis l’indépendance, l’ex Congo Belge, ballottée dans la guerre froide a périclité en guerres intestines provoquées par les nations limitrophes. Il n’est question depuis ce temps dans les médias,(...)
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Kin la belle, ainsi surnommait-on la capitale du Congo Belge qui devint celle du Zaïre. Aujourd’hui, Kinshasa demeure la première ville de la République Démocratique du Congo. Depuis l’indépendance, l’ex Congo Belge, ballottée dans la guerre froide a périclité en guerres intestines provoquées par les nations limitrophes. Il n’est question depuis ce temps dans les médias, que de dictature de Mobutu, révolution de Kabila, assassinat de ce dernier, enfants soldats, guerres, corruption. Or, il se trouve que les laisser pour compte de cette immense contrée, en l’occurrence le peuple Congolais, ont développé le génie de s’exprimer dans tous les domaines de l’art et de l’artisanat à un moment particulièrement tendu de leur Histoire. L’art congolais est un moyen d’expression et de diffusion de la mémoire, des pratiques traditionnelles, des religions.
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Kin la belle, ainsi surnommait-on la capitale du Congo Belge qui devint celle du Zaïre. Aujourd’hui, Kinshasa demeure la première ville de la République Démocratique du Congo. Depuis l’indépendance, l’ex Congo Belge, ballottée dans la guerre froide a périclité en guerres intestines provoquées par les nations limitrophes. Il n’est question depuis ce temps dans les médias, que de dictature de Mobutu, révolution de Kabila, assassinat de ce dernier, enfants soldats, guerres, corruption. Or, il se trouve que les laisser pour compte de cette immense contrée, en l’occurrence le peuple Congolais, ont développé le génie de s’exprimer dans tous les domaines de l’art et de l’artisanat à un moment particulièrement tendu de leur Histoire. L’art congolais est un moyen d’expression et de diffusion de la mémoire, des pratiques traditionnelles, des religions.
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October 2006, Paris
October 2006, Paris
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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"I trace my ancestry back to the Mayflower," writes Andrew S. Dolkart. "Not to the legendary ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, but to the more prosaic tenement on the southeast corner of East Broadway and Clinton Street named the Mayflower, where my father was born in 1914 to Russian-Jewish immigrants." For Dolkart, the experience of(...)
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"I trace my ancestry back to the Mayflower," writes Andrew S. Dolkart. "Not to the legendary ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, but to the more prosaic tenement on the southeast corner of East Broadway and Clinton Street named the Mayflower, where my father was born in 1914 to Russian-Jewish immigrants." For Dolkart, the experience of(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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June 2006, Santa fe, Staunton
June 2006, Santa fe, Staunton
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Biography of a tenement house : an architectural history of 97 Orchard Street
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"I trace my ancestry back to the Mayflower," writes Andrew S. Dolkart. "Not to the legendary ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, but to the more prosaic tenement on the southeast corner of East Broadway and Clinton Street named the Mayflower, where my father was born in 1914 to Russian-Jewish immigrants." For Dolkart, the experience of being raised in a tenement became a metaphor for the life that was afforded countless thousands of other immigrant children growing up in Lower Manhattan during the past century and more. Dolkart presents for us a precise and informative biography of a typical tenement house in New York City that became, in 1988, the site for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Dolkart documents, analyzes, and interprets the architectural and social history of this building at 97 Orchard Street, starting in the 1860s when it was erected, moving on to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when the neighborhood started to change, and concluding in the present day as the building is reincarnated as the museum. This book is a lasting tribute to the legacy of immigrants and their children, who were part of the transformation of New York City and the fabric of everyday American urban life.
Biography of a tenement house : an architectural history of 97 Orchard Street
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"I trace my ancestry back to the Mayflower," writes Andrew S. Dolkart. "Not to the legendary ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, but to the more prosaic tenement on the southeast corner of East Broadway and Clinton Street named the Mayflower, where my father was born in 1914 to Russian-Jewish immigrants." For Dolkart, the experience of being raised in a tenement became a metaphor for the life that was afforded countless thousands of other immigrant children growing up in Lower Manhattan during the past century and more. Dolkart presents for us a precise and informative biography of a typical tenement house in New York City that became, in 1988, the site for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Dolkart documents, analyzes, and interprets the architectural and social history of this building at 97 Orchard Street, starting in the 1860s when it was erected, moving on to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when the neighborhood started to change, and concluding in the present day as the building is reincarnated as the museum. This book is a lasting tribute to the legacy of immigrants and their children, who were part of the transformation of New York City and the fabric of everyday American urban life.
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June 2006, Santa fe, Staunton
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Bare facts
Bare facts
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The AM NAI Prize aims to highlight the unique position and quality of young architects in the Netherlands. The nominated projects for 2006 are documented in detail in the Bare Facts publication, which also explores the context in which the buildings were created. With contributions by various critics and members of the jury, including Aaron Betsky, Mariet Schoenmakers and(...)
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The AM NAI Prize aims to highlight the unique position and quality of young architects in the Netherlands. The nominated projects for 2006 are documented in detail in the Bare Facts publication, which also explores the context in which the buildings were created. With contributions by various critics and members of the jury, including Aaron Betsky, Mariet Schoenmakers and(...)
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The AM NAI Prize aims to highlight the unique position and quality of young architects in the Netherlands. The nominated projects for 2006 are documented in detail in the Bare Facts publication, which also explores the context in which the buildings were created. With contributions by various critics and members of the jury, including Aaron Betsky, Mariet Schoenmakers and Lara Schrijver, this book - like the first and second editions - provides a snapshot of the youngest generation of architects and a barometer for Dutch architecture of the future.
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The AM NAI Prize aims to highlight the unique position and quality of young architects in the Netherlands. The nominated projects for 2006 are documented in detail in the Bare Facts publication, which also explores the context in which the buildings were created. With contributions by various critics and members of the jury, including Aaron Betsky, Mariet Schoenmakers and Lara Schrijver, this book - like the first and second editions - provides a snapshot of the youngest generation of architects and a barometer for Dutch architecture of the future.
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November 2006, Rotterdam
November 2006, Rotterdam
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This two-volume catalogue of the "10th International Architecture Exhibition" presents an anthology of ideas centered around this year's theme: the meta-city. The changes in the physical and social structure of today's city have resulted in a new kind of civilian agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form, concept, and boundaries of the city, causing profound(...)
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This two-volume catalogue of the "10th International Architecture Exhibition" presents an anthology of ideas centered around this year's theme: the meta-city. The changes in the physical and social structure of today's city have resulted in a new kind of civilian agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form, concept, and boundaries of the city, causing profound(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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November 2006, New York
November 2006, New York
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Cities, architecture and society
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This two-volume catalogue of the "10th International Architecture Exhibition" presents an anthology of ideas centered around this year's theme: the meta-city. The changes in the physical and social structure of today's city have resulted in a new kind of civilian agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form, concept, and boundaries of the city, causing profound transformations in the composition of its population and working habits. The International Exhibition, curated by Richard Burdett, will focus on the transformations of cities around the world, featuring New York, London, Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Mexico City, São Paulo Beirut, Istanbul, Johannesburg, and Lagos. Additionally, the biennale will propound a manifesto for rational development of cities in the 21st century. This book will be the definitive catalogue of what is perhaps the most important architecture exhibition in the world.
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This two-volume catalogue of the "10th International Architecture Exhibition" presents an anthology of ideas centered around this year's theme: the meta-city. The changes in the physical and social structure of today's city have resulted in a new kind of civilian agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form, concept, and boundaries of the city, causing profound transformations in the composition of its population and working habits. The International Exhibition, curated by Richard Burdett, will focus on the transformations of cities around the world, featuring New York, London, Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Mexico City, São Paulo Beirut, Istanbul, Johannesburg, and Lagos. Additionally, the biennale will propound a manifesto for rational development of cities in the 21st century. This book will be the definitive catalogue of what is perhaps the most important architecture exhibition in the world.
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November 2006, New York
November 2006, New York
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«Architecture du monde contemporain» propose une étude d'ensemble de l'architecture internationale à l'aube du XXIe siècle. A partir des types de bâtiments contemporains et des enjeux qui leur ont donné forme, elle offre une analyse critique de plus de six cents réalisations d'architectes significatifs dans le monde entier. A travers treize catégories de projets,(...)
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«Architecture du monde contemporain» propose une étude d'ensemble de l'architecture internationale à l'aube du XXIe siècle. A partir des types de bâtiments contemporains et des enjeux qui leur ont donné forme, elle offre une analyse critique de plus de six cents réalisations d'architectes significatifs dans le monde entier. A travers treize catégories de projets,(...)
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«Architecture du monde contemporain» propose une étude d'ensemble de l'architecture internationale à l'aube du XXIe siècle. A partir des types de bâtiments contemporains et des enjeux qui leur ont donné forme, elle offre une analyse critique de plus de six cents réalisations d'architectes significatifs dans le monde entier. A travers treize catégories de projets, l'ouvrage retrace les voies pluralistes de la pensée architecturale des années 1970 au début du troisième millénaire. L'histoire en perpétuelle évolution de ces formes nouvelles dominées par la recherche fondamentale d'un consensus esthétique est racontée par Hugh Pearman.
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«Architecture du monde contemporain» propose une étude d'ensemble de l'architecture internationale à l'aube du XXIe siècle. A partir des types de bâtiments contemporains et des enjeux qui leur ont donné forme, elle offre une analyse critique de plus de six cents réalisations d'architectes significatifs dans le monde entier. A travers treize catégories de projets, l'ouvrage retrace les voies pluralistes de la pensée architecturale des années 1970 au début du troisième millénaire. L'histoire en perpétuelle évolution de ces formes nouvelles dominées par la recherche fondamentale d'un consensus esthétique est racontée par Hugh Pearman.
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September 2006, Paris
September 2006, Paris
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Pour le quatrième titre de la collection «Emergence», consacrée à la jeune création, les éditions Pyramyd ont souhaité aborder l'univers de l'architecture. Un jury de professionnels, présidé par Claude Parent et composé de Gilles de Bure, Matali Crasset et Francis Rambert, a été invité à sélectionner 26 jeunes architectes européens issus des agences les plus dynamiques du(...)
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Pour le quatrième titre de la collection «Emergence», consacrée à la jeune création, les éditions Pyramyd ont souhaité aborder l'univers de l'architecture. Un jury de professionnels, présidé par Claude Parent et composé de Gilles de Bure, Matali Crasset et Francis Rambert, a été invité à sélectionner 26 jeunes architectes européens issus des agences les plus dynamiques du(...)
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October 2006, Paris
October 2006, Paris
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émergences 4 : transmutations - architecture eurpéennes
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Pour le quatrième titre de la collection «Emergence», consacrée à la jeune création, les éditions Pyramyd ont souhaité aborder l'univers de l'architecture. Un jury de professionnels, présidé par Claude Parent et composé de Gilles de Bure, Matali Crasset et Francis Rambert, a été invité à sélectionner 26 jeunes architectes européens issus des agences les plus dynamiques du moment. Destiné aussi bien aux professionnels qu'aux néophytes, le livre est conçu comme une immersion dans la création architecturale. Chaque projet fait l'objet d'un descriptif qui explique les principales contraintes à l'origine de l'étude et donne ainsi les clés pour apprécier la démarche des architectes.
émergences 4 : transmutations - architecture eurpéennes
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Pour le quatrième titre de la collection «Emergence», consacrée à la jeune création, les éditions Pyramyd ont souhaité aborder l'univers de l'architecture. Un jury de professionnels, présidé par Claude Parent et composé de Gilles de Bure, Matali Crasset et Francis Rambert, a été invité à sélectionner 26 jeunes architectes européens issus des agences les plus dynamiques du moment. Destiné aussi bien aux professionnels qu'aux néophytes, le livre est conçu comme une immersion dans la création architecturale. Chaque projet fait l'objet d'un descriptif qui explique les principales contraintes à l'origine de l'étude et donne ainsi les clés pour apprécier la démarche des architectes.
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October 2006, Paris
October 2006, Paris
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Le musée du quai Branly
Le musée du quai Branly
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L’ouverture du musée du quai Branly est l’aboutissement d’un rêve déjà ancien : celui de Claude Lévi-Strauss d’abord, d’André Malraux ensuite et enfin celui né de la rencontre entre Jacques Chirac, passionné depuis toujours par les arts du bout du monde, et Jacques Kerchache, auteur du manifeste «Les chefs-d’œuvre du monde entier naissent libres et égaux en droit». De(...)
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L’ouverture du musée du quai Branly est l’aboutissement d’un rêve déjà ancien : celui de Claude Lévi-Strauss d’abord, d’André Malraux ensuite et enfin celui né de la rencontre entre Jacques Chirac, passionné depuis toujours par les arts du bout du monde, et Jacques Kerchache, auteur du manifeste «Les chefs-d’œuvre du monde entier naissent libres et égaux en droit». De(...)
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October 2006, Paris
October 2006, Paris
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Le musée du quai Branly
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L’ouverture du musée du quai Branly est l’aboutissement d’un rêve déjà ancien : celui de Claude Lévi-Strauss d’abord, d’André Malraux ensuite et enfin celui né de la rencontre entre Jacques Chirac, passionné depuis toujours par les arts du bout du monde, et Jacques Kerchache, auteur du manifeste «Les chefs-d’œuvre du monde entier naissent libres et égaux en droit». De cette ferveur commune pour les arts non occidentaux est née l’idée de créer un lieu qui rende aux cultures minoritaires leur juste place dans les institutions muséales de la France. Dès 1995, le président de la République m’a demandé de conduire un groupe de réflexion sur ce futur musée. Le projet ne s’est pas fait en un jour, il a suscité des débats, traversé des tempêtes, rencontré des détracteurs, nourri des passions. L’accueil enthousiaste que le public réserve au musée du quai Branly depuis son ouverture est bien plus qu’une récompense, c’est la démonstration qu’une telle institution répond à une attente réelle et légitime et que ceux qui l’ont voulue avaient compris cette nécessité culturelle. Le projet architectural du musée du quai Branly est atypique. Il témoigne de la maturité du travail de Jean Nouvel. Répondant à des exigences spécifiques en matière d’image, d’identité, d’accessibilité et d’insertion urbaine, bénéficiant d’un site exceptionnel, à l’ombre de la tour Eiffel, il joue sur l’émotion, le dépaysement, la joie de la découverte. Le bâtiment, par son architecture novatrice, incarne parfaitement les ambitions qui étaient au cœur de ce grand projet : la tolérance, la reconnaissance et le respect des différences. Affirmation du refus d’une conception étriquée des savoirs et d’une hiérarchie des arts établie au détriment des productions artistiques des autres continents, il illustre l’engagement de la France voulu par Jacques Chirac en faveur de la diversité culturelle. C’est au contact des artistes, chercheurs et muséologues étrangers que se tisseront maintenant des liens durables avec la communauté scientifique et culturelle internationale. C’est aussi au contact des peuples autochtones que se forgera une appréhension plus juste de la manière de présenter et de faire vivre leurs patrimoines. Souhaitons que l’échange de ces regards et de ces questionnements nourrisse et enrichisse cette jeune et belle institution. Jacques Friedmann, Président d’honneur
Le musée du quai Branly
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L’ouverture du musée du quai Branly est l’aboutissement d’un rêve déjà ancien : celui de Claude Lévi-Strauss d’abord, d’André Malraux ensuite et enfin celui né de la rencontre entre Jacques Chirac, passionné depuis toujours par les arts du bout du monde, et Jacques Kerchache, auteur du manifeste «Les chefs-d’œuvre du monde entier naissent libres et égaux en droit». De cette ferveur commune pour les arts non occidentaux est née l’idée de créer un lieu qui rende aux cultures minoritaires leur juste place dans les institutions muséales de la France. Dès 1995, le président de la République m’a demandé de conduire un groupe de réflexion sur ce futur musée. Le projet ne s’est pas fait en un jour, il a suscité des débats, traversé des tempêtes, rencontré des détracteurs, nourri des passions. L’accueil enthousiaste que le public réserve au musée du quai Branly depuis son ouverture est bien plus qu’une récompense, c’est la démonstration qu’une telle institution répond à une attente réelle et légitime et que ceux qui l’ont voulue avaient compris cette nécessité culturelle. Le projet architectural du musée du quai Branly est atypique. Il témoigne de la maturité du travail de Jean Nouvel. Répondant à des exigences spécifiques en matière d’image, d’identité, d’accessibilité et d’insertion urbaine, bénéficiant d’un site exceptionnel, à l’ombre de la tour Eiffel, il joue sur l’émotion, le dépaysement, la joie de la découverte. Le bâtiment, par son architecture novatrice, incarne parfaitement les ambitions qui étaient au cœur de ce grand projet : la tolérance, la reconnaissance et le respect des différences. Affirmation du refus d’une conception étriquée des savoirs et d’une hiérarchie des arts établie au détriment des productions artistiques des autres continents, il illustre l’engagement de la France voulu par Jacques Chirac en faveur de la diversité culturelle. C’est au contact des artistes, chercheurs et muséologues étrangers que se tisseront maintenant des liens durables avec la communauté scientifique et culturelle internationale. C’est aussi au contact des peuples autochtones que se forgera une appréhension plus juste de la manière de présenter et de faire vivre leurs patrimoines. Souhaitons que l’échange de ces regards et de ces questionnements nourrisse et enrichisse cette jeune et belle institution. Jacques Friedmann, Président d’honneur
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October 2006, Paris
October 2006, Paris
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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The book documents a unique accumulation of superlatives. Light is shed on two business strategies attempting to realise mankind’s pri- mordial dreams. The scene is the world’s largest self-supporting hall in a small village close to Berlin. At the end of the 1990s, the firm CargoLifter AG attracted international attention with its vision of(...)
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The book documents a unique accumulation of superlatives. Light is shed on two business strategies attempting to realise mankind’s pri- mordial dreams. The scene is the world’s largest self-supporting hall in a small village close to Berlin. At the end of the 1990s, the firm CargoLifter AG attracted international attention with its vision of(...)
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July 2006, Amsterdam
July 2006, Amsterdam
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Making the impossible possible : the dream flying the dream of paradise
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The book documents a unique accumulation of superlatives. Light is shed on two business strategies attempting to realise mankind’s pri- mordial dreams. The scene is the world’s largest self-supporting hall in a small village close to Berlin. At the end of the 1990s, the firm CargoLifter AG attracted international attention with its vision of con- structing the world’s largest heavy-lift airship. By building an architecturally outstanding hangar, the company demonstrated pioneering spirit and gave rise to huge media response. After the enterprise failed, the hall was sold to a consortium of Asian firms that then presented the next superlative. The former hangar was converted into the Tropical Islands Dome, Europe’s largest indoor tropical paradise. The authors Gerlinde Schuller (Information Design Studio, Amsterdam) and Claudia Weber (artist, Berlin) compare these two visions on their paths to implementation, while simultaneously putting them in the context of current international events. The documentation is supplemented with text contributions by: Sam Jacob (FAT Ltd., London), Dingeman Kuilman (Premsela Design Foundation, Amsterdam), Jochen Becker (critic and curator, Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Bernd Kriegesmann (Institute for Applied Innovation Research, Bochum).
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The book documents a unique accumulation of superlatives. Light is shed on two business strategies attempting to realise mankind’s pri- mordial dreams. The scene is the world’s largest self-supporting hall in a small village close to Berlin. At the end of the 1990s, the firm CargoLifter AG attracted international attention with its vision of con- structing the world’s largest heavy-lift airship. By building an architecturally outstanding hangar, the company demonstrated pioneering spirit and gave rise to huge media response. After the enterprise failed, the hall was sold to a consortium of Asian firms that then presented the next superlative. The former hangar was converted into the Tropical Islands Dome, Europe’s largest indoor tropical paradise. The authors Gerlinde Schuller (Information Design Studio, Amsterdam) and Claudia Weber (artist, Berlin) compare these two visions on their paths to implementation, while simultaneously putting them in the context of current international events. The documentation is supplemented with text contributions by: Sam Jacob (FAT Ltd., London), Dingeman Kuilman (Premsela Design Foundation, Amsterdam), Jochen Becker (critic and curator, Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Bernd Kriegesmann (Institute for Applied Innovation Research, Bochum).
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July 2006, Amsterdam
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up(...)
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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September 2006, Stuttgart
September 2006, Stuttgart
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Luminous buildings : architecture of the night
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up their ever-taller works in all the major cities of the world. Both European and American architects wanted to distance their buildings from the garish electric signage that had come to dominate the street-level cityscape, so they worked with more delicately colored floodlights. Contemporary architects use many of the same techniques today, aided by technological advances that allow them to be implemented in particularly dramatic ways. "Luminous Buildings: Architecture of the NIght" opens a dialogue on the often overlooked but exciting connections between architecture, technology and light, offering points of reference in historical buildings and utopias, more recent designs, paintings and photographs of nighttime facades, and scholarly texts.
Luminous buildings : architecture of the night
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up their ever-taller works in all the major cities of the world. Both European and American architects wanted to distance their buildings from the garish electric signage that had come to dominate the street-level cityscape, so they worked with more delicately colored floodlights. Contemporary architects use many of the same techniques today, aided by technological advances that allow them to be implemented in particularly dramatic ways. "Luminous Buildings: Architecture of the NIght" opens a dialogue on the often overlooked but exciting connections between architecture, technology and light, offering points of reference in historical buildings and utopias, more recent designs, paintings and photographs of nighttime facades, and scholarly texts.
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September 2006, Stuttgart
September 2006, Stuttgart
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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The city of Barcelona has been known since the early twentieth century as the home of Art Nouveau. Now it has also become a centre for contemporary international architecture. This follow-up to "In Detail: Barcelona Art Nouveau" looks at the most notable buildings of the last 10 years, with detailed photographic reports on Josep Lluís Mateo’s Barcelona Convention Center,(...)
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The city of Barcelona has been known since the early twentieth century as the home of Art Nouveau. Now it has also become a centre for contemporary international architecture. This follow-up to "In Detail: Barcelona Art Nouveau" looks at the most notable buildings of the last 10 years, with detailed photographic reports on Josep Lluís Mateo’s Barcelona Convention Center,(...)
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In detail : Barcelona contemporary architecture
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The city of Barcelona has been known since the early twentieth century as the home of Art Nouveau. Now it has also become a centre for contemporary international architecture. This follow-up to "In Detail: Barcelona Art Nouveau" looks at the most notable buildings of the last 10 years, with detailed photographic reports on Josep Lluís Mateo’s Barcelona Convention Center, Richard Meier’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Carles Ferrater’s Botanical Gardens and Institute, Rafael Moneo’s Barcelona Auditorium concert hall, Herzog & de Meuron’s Forum Building, Josep Llinàs’s block of buildings in the Fort Pienc neighborhood, EMBT’s Santa Caterina Market, Clotet & Paricio’s Forum-area retirement home and Jean Nouvel’s Agbar Tower.
In detail : Barcelona contemporary architecture
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The city of Barcelona has been known since the early twentieth century as the home of Art Nouveau. Now it has also become a centre for contemporary international architecture. This follow-up to "In Detail: Barcelona Art Nouveau" looks at the most notable buildings of the last 10 years, with detailed photographic reports on Josep Lluís Mateo’s Barcelona Convention Center, Richard Meier’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Carles Ferrater’s Botanical Gardens and Institute, Rafael Moneo’s Barcelona Auditorium concert hall, Herzog & de Meuron’s Forum Building, Josep Llinàs’s block of buildings in the Fort Pienc neighborhood, EMBT’s Santa Caterina Market, Clotet & Paricio’s Forum-area retirement home and Jean Nouvel’s Agbar Tower.
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August 2006, Barcelona
August 2006, Barcelona
Subject:
Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
