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The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson’s favorite sounds. In ''A book of noises,'' Henderson invites readers to use their ears a little better—to tune in to the world in all its surprising noisiness. Describing sounds from around(...)
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The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson’s favorite sounds. In ''A book of noises,'' Henderson invites readers to use their ears a little better—to tune in to the world in all its surprising noisiness. Describing sounds from around(...)
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A book of noises: notes on the auraculous
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The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson’s favorite sounds. In ''A book of noises,'' Henderson invites readers to use their ears a little better—to tune in to the world in all its surprising noisiness. Describing sounds from around the natural and human world, the forty-eight essays that make up A Book of Noises are a celebration of all things ''auraculous.'' Henderson calls on his characteristic curiosity to explore sounds related to humans (anthropophony), other life (biophony), the planet (geophony), and space (cosmophony). Henderson finds the beauty in everyday sounds, like the ringing of a bell, the buzz of a bee, or the ''earworm'' songs that get stuck in our heads.''A book of noises'' also explores the marvelous, miraculous sounds we may never get the chance to hear, like the deep boom of a volcano or the quiet, rustling sound of the Northern Lights. ''A book of noises'' will teach readers to really listen to the sounds of the world around them, to broaden and deepen their appreciation of the humans, animals, rocks, and trees simultaneously broadcasting across the whole spectrum of sentience.
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The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson’s favorite sounds. In ''A book of noises,'' Henderson invites readers to use their ears a little better—to tune in to the world in all its surprising noisiness. Describing sounds from around the natural and human world, the forty-eight essays that make up A Book of Noises are a celebration of all things ''auraculous.'' Henderson calls on his characteristic curiosity to explore sounds related to humans (anthropophony), other life (biophony), the planet (geophony), and space (cosmophony). Henderson finds the beauty in everyday sounds, like the ringing of a bell, the buzz of a bee, or the ''earworm'' songs that get stuck in our heads.''A book of noises'' also explores the marvelous, miraculous sounds we may never get the chance to hear, like the deep boom of a volcano or the quiet, rustling sound of the Northern Lights. ''A book of noises'' will teach readers to really listen to the sounds of the world around them, to broaden and deepen their appreciation of the humans, animals, rocks, and trees simultaneously broadcasting across the whole spectrum of sentience.
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May 2025
May 2025
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Documenting Gehry's work from 1988 to the present, this book traces his evolution from a Southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials to an international figure who has redefined modernism with his sculpturally expressionistic work.
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Documenting Gehry's work from 1988 to the present, this book traces his evolution from a Southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials to an international figure who has redefined modernism with his sculpturally expressionistic work.
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December 2002, New York
December 2002, New York
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Gehry talks : architecture + process
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Documenting Gehry's work from 1988 to the present, this book traces his evolution from a Southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials to an international figure who has redefined modernism with his sculpturally expressionistic work.
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Documenting Gehry's work from 1988 to the present, this book traces his evolution from a Southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials to an international figure who has redefined modernism with his sculpturally expressionistic work.
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December 2002, New York
December 2002, New York
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In 1856, the English photographer Francis Frith set out on the first of three tours of Egypt and the Holy Lands. Traveling up the Nile and then on to the Sinai, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, Frith systematically crafted exquisite pictures of ruins, landscapes, and legendary sites. He then published his views in England and America in a variety of formats, becoming(...)
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In 1856, the English photographer Francis Frith set out on the first of three tours of Egypt and the Holy Lands. Traveling up the Nile and then on to the Sinai, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, Frith systematically crafted exquisite pictures of ruins, landscapes, and legendary sites. He then published his views in England and America in a variety of formats, becoming(...)
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January 2004, Princeton
January 2004, Princeton
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Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine : a Victorian photographer abroad
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In 1856, the English photographer Francis Frith set out on the first of three tours of Egypt and the Holy Lands. Traveling up the Nile and then on to the Sinai, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, Frith systematically crafted exquisite pictures of ruins, landscapes, and legendary sites. He then published his views in England and America in a variety of formats, becoming something of a celebrity in photographic circles. This book, the first to place Frith's Egyptian and Levantine images in cultural context, reveals the distinct meanings these ostensibly "topographic" pictures held for the photographer and his Victorian audience. A Quaker by birth and an entrepreneur by nature, Frith brought to his photographic projects a sense of mission: to revive and confirm the stories of the Bible, while offering the region to armchair travelers as a seamless Oriental milieu of Romantic reverie. Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine narrates the political, intellectual, and social concerns that make Frith representative of England's encounter with the East in the nineteenth century. Historian of photography Douglas R. Nickel brings a sophisticated interdisciplinary approach to bear on the subject in order to expose the complexity of Frith's image-making, setting the photographs against a Victorian backdrop of religious debate, imperialist thought, Romantic philosophy, and Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics.
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In 1856, the English photographer Francis Frith set out on the first of three tours of Egypt and the Holy Lands. Traveling up the Nile and then on to the Sinai, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, Frith systematically crafted exquisite pictures of ruins, landscapes, and legendary sites. He then published his views in England and America in a variety of formats, becoming something of a celebrity in photographic circles. This book, the first to place Frith's Egyptian and Levantine images in cultural context, reveals the distinct meanings these ostensibly "topographic" pictures held for the photographer and his Victorian audience. A Quaker by birth and an entrepreneur by nature, Frith brought to his photographic projects a sense of mission: to revive and confirm the stories of the Bible, while offering the region to armchair travelers as a seamless Oriental milieu of Romantic reverie. Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine narrates the political, intellectual, and social concerns that make Frith representative of England's encounter with the East in the nineteenth century. Historian of photography Douglas R. Nickel brings a sophisticated interdisciplinary approach to bear on the subject in order to expose the complexity of Frith's image-making, setting the photographs against a Victorian backdrop of religious debate, imperialist thought, Romantic philosophy, and Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics.
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January 2004, Princeton
January 2004, Princeton
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Alvaro Siza : O'Neil Ford monograph 1 : Bouça Residents Association Housing, Porto 1972-77, 2005-06
Alvaro Siza : O'Neil Ford monograph 1 : Bouça Residents Association Housing, Porto 1972-77, 2005-06
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From start to finish, it took the Modernist Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, winner of the 1992 Pritzker Prize and designer of The Serpentine Gallery's 2005 Summer Pavilion, 33 years to construct the Bouça Residents' Association Housing in the northern city of Porto--which he realized in association with architect António Madureira. During those years, Siza completed(...)
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From start to finish, it took the Modernist Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, winner of the 1992 Pritzker Prize and designer of The Serpentine Gallery's 2005 Summer Pavilion, 33 years to construct the Bouça Residents' Association Housing in the northern city of Porto--which he realized in association with architect António Madureira. During those years, Siza completed(...)
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March 2008, Tübingen, Berlin, New York
March 2008, Tübingen, Berlin, New York
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Alvaro Siza : O'Neil Ford monograph 1 : Bouça Residents Association Housing, Porto 1972-77, 2005-06
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From start to finish, it took the Modernist Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, winner of the 1992 Pritzker Prize and designer of The Serpentine Gallery's 2005 Summer Pavilion, 33 years to construct the Bouça Residents' Association Housing in the northern city of Porto--which he realized in association with architect António Madureira. During those years, Siza completed numerous important commissions, including the architecture faculty building at the University of Porto in 1985 and the Fundação Serralves museum of contemporary art in that same city in 1999. In 1988 he restored the Chiado district of Lisbon, Portugal, after a devastating fire; and his Portuguese Pavilion for Lisbon's EXPO 98 was internationally recognized. While Siza was busy with all of these buildings and plans, the first phase of the Bouça project was falling ever deeper into disrepair, hampered by municipal neglect. It has since been brought up to Siza's standards, and this publication appraises the project, now happily completed. Siza's sketches, many of which are published here for the first time, reveal the tenacity of his search for the right solution.
Alvaro Siza : O'Neil Ford monograph 1 : Bouça Residents Association Housing, Porto 1972-77, 2005-06
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From start to finish, it took the Modernist Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, winner of the 1992 Pritzker Prize and designer of The Serpentine Gallery's 2005 Summer Pavilion, 33 years to construct the Bouça Residents' Association Housing in the northern city of Porto--which he realized in association with architect António Madureira. During those years, Siza completed numerous important commissions, including the architecture faculty building at the University of Porto in 1985 and the Fundação Serralves museum of contemporary art in that same city in 1999. In 1988 he restored the Chiado district of Lisbon, Portugal, after a devastating fire; and his Portuguese Pavilion for Lisbon's EXPO 98 was internationally recognized. While Siza was busy with all of these buildings and plans, the first phase of the Bouça project was falling ever deeper into disrepair, hampered by municipal neglect. It has since been brought up to Siza's standards, and this publication appraises the project, now happily completed. Siza's sketches, many of which are published here for the first time, reveal the tenacity of his search for the right solution.
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March 2008, Tübingen, Berlin, New York
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Lights out for the territory
Lights out for the territory
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Walking the streets of London Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and divining hidden patterns, Sinclair creates a fluid snapshot of the city. In "Lights Out for the Territory" he gives us a daring, provocative, enlightening, disturbing and(...)
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Walking the streets of London Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and divining hidden patterns, Sinclair creates a fluid snapshot of the city. In "Lights Out for the Territory" he gives us a daring, provocative, enlightening, disturbing and(...)
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October 2003, London, New York
October 2003, London, New York
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Lights out for the territory
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Walking the streets of London Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and divining hidden patterns, Sinclair creates a fluid snapshot of the city. In "Lights Out for the Territory" he gives us a daring, provocative, enlightening, disturbing and utterly unique picture of modern urban life. And in the process he reveals the dark underbelly of a London many of us did not know existed.
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Walking the streets of London Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and divining hidden patterns, Sinclair creates a fluid snapshot of the city. In "Lights Out for the Territory" he gives us a daring, provocative, enlightening, disturbing and utterly unique picture of modern urban life. And in the process he reveals the dark underbelly of a London many of us did not know existed.
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October 2003, London, New York
October 2003, London, New York
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Great kid's spaces
Great kid's spaces
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This clear and concise compendium of guidelines, expert advice and proven solutions for designing play spaces includes all the phases in the design process: from the preliminary layouts to the smallest details of each element. The varying demands or preferences inherent in designing for a wide range of users have been broken down by age, with additional focus on children(...)
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This clear and concise compendium of guidelines, expert advice and proven solutions for designing play spaces includes all the phases in the design process: from the preliminary layouts to the smallest details of each element. The varying demands or preferences inherent in designing for a wide range of users have been broken down by age, with additional focus on children(...)
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Great kid's spaces
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This clear and concise compendium of guidelines, expert advice and proven solutions for designing play spaces includes all the phases in the design process: from the preliminary layouts to the smallest details of each element. The varying demands or preferences inherent in designing for a wide range of users have been broken down by age, with additional focus on children with reduced mobility or special needs. Explanatory texts are further clarified by simple and precise illustrations; and the measurements, materials and functions of each piece of play equipment are explained in detail, with particular emphasis given to safety issues and accessibility.
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This clear and concise compendium of guidelines, expert advice and proven solutions for designing play spaces includes all the phases in the design process: from the preliminary layouts to the smallest details of each element. The varying demands or preferences inherent in designing for a wide range of users have been broken down by age, with additional focus on children with reduced mobility or special needs. Explanatory texts are further clarified by simple and precise illustrations; and the measurements, materials and functions of each piece of play equipment are explained in detail, with particular emphasis given to safety issues and accessibility.
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October 2006, Barcelone
October 2006, Barcelone
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La vie après le pétrole
La vie après le pétrole
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Alors que les quantités mondiales de pétrole consommées sont de plus en plus importantes, celles qui sont découvertes le sont de moins en moins: actuellement, nous découvrons chaque année deux à trois fois moins de pétrole que nous en consommons. Cette tendance ne peut se prolonger indéfiniment... Et si le pétrole a déjà connu plusieurs crises, il semble que celle qui(...)
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Alors que les quantités mondiales de pétrole consommées sont de plus en plus importantes, celles qui sont découvertes le sont de moins en moins: actuellement, nous découvrons chaque année deux à trois fois moins de pétrole que nous en consommons. Cette tendance ne peut se prolonger indéfiniment... Et si le pétrole a déjà connu plusieurs crises, il semble que celle qui(...)
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La vie après le pétrole
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Alors que les quantités mondiales de pétrole consommées sont de plus en plus importantes, celles qui sont découvertes le sont de moins en moins: actuellement, nous découvrons chaque année deux à trois fois moins de pétrole que nous en consommons. Cette tendance ne peut se prolonger indéfiniment... Et si le pétrole a déjà connu plusieurs crises, il semble que celle qui nous attend soit d'une ampleur inédite et arrive bien plus tôt que nous ne l'imaginons généralement... Comment la situation peut-elle évoluer? Quand risquons-nous d'être confrontés à une pénurie? Qu'est-ce que le pic de production du pétrole? Et surtout, comment et avec quelles énergies alternatives appréhender, anticiper et vivre cet "après-pétrole"? Voici les questions auxquelles La vie après le pétrole tente de répondre de manière didactique et accessible grâce notamment à des graphiques, des tableaux commentés et des encadrés.
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Alors que les quantités mondiales de pétrole consommées sont de plus en plus importantes, celles qui sont découvertes le sont de moins en moins: actuellement, nous découvrons chaque année deux à trois fois moins de pétrole que nous en consommons. Cette tendance ne peut se prolonger indéfiniment... Et si le pétrole a déjà connu plusieurs crises, il semble que celle qui nous attend soit d'une ampleur inédite et arrive bien plus tôt que nous ne l'imaginons généralement... Comment la situation peut-elle évoluer? Quand risquons-nous d'être confrontés à une pénurie? Qu'est-ce que le pic de production du pétrole? Et surtout, comment et avec quelles énergies alternatives appréhender, anticiper et vivre cet "après-pétrole"? Voici les questions auxquelles La vie après le pétrole tente de répondre de manière didactique et accessible grâce notamment à des graphiques, des tableaux commentés et des encadrés.
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January 2007, Paris
January 2007, Paris
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On photography
On photography
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"On Photography" first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as "a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs." It begins with the famous "In Plato’s Cave" essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching "Brief Anthology of Quotations."
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"On Photography" first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as "a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs." It begins with the famous "In Plato’s Cave" essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching "Brief Anthology of Quotations."
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January 2001, New York
January 2001, New York
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On photography
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"On Photography" first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as "a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs." It begins with the famous "In Plato’s Cave" essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching "Brief Anthology of Quotations."
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"On Photography" first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as "a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs." It begins with the famous "In Plato’s Cave" essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching "Brief Anthology of Quotations."
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January 2001, New York
January 2001, New York
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In 1935, well into the era of Soviet communism, Russian satirical writers Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov came to the U.S as special correspondents for the Russian newspaper Pravda. They drove crosscountry and back on a ten-week trip, recording images of American life through humerous texts and the lens of a Leica camera. When they returned home, they published their work in(...)
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In 1935, well into the era of Soviet communism, Russian satirical writers Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov came to the U.S as special correspondents for the Russian newspaper Pravda. They drove crosscountry and back on a ten-week trip, recording images of American life through humerous texts and the lens of a Leica camera. When they returned home, they published their work in(...)
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October 2006, New York
October 2006, New York
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Ilf and Petrov's American road trip : the 1935 travelogue of two soviet writers
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In 1935, well into the era of Soviet communism, Russian satirical writers Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov came to the U.S as special correspondents for the Russian newspaper Pravda. They drove crosscountry and back on a ten-week trip, recording images of American life through humerous texts and the lens of a Leica camera. When they returned home, they published their work in Ogonek, the Soviet equivalent of Time magazine, and later in the book Odnoetazhnaia Amerika (Single-Storied America). This wonderful lost work—filled with wry observations, biting opinions, and telling photographs—is now collected in "Ilf and Petrov's American road trip", the first English translation.
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In 1935, well into the era of Soviet communism, Russian satirical writers Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov came to the U.S as special correspondents for the Russian newspaper Pravda. They drove crosscountry and back on a ten-week trip, recording images of American life through humerous texts and the lens of a Leica camera. When they returned home, they published their work in Ogonek, the Soviet equivalent of Time magazine, and later in the book Odnoetazhnaia Amerika (Single-Storied America). This wonderful lost work—filled with wry observations, biting opinions, and telling photographs—is now collected in "Ilf and Petrov's American road trip", the first English translation.
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October 2006, New York
October 2006, New York
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Baudrillard has become incredibly popular in architecture in recent years and this is the first time that the work of one of the world’s greatest philosophers has been pulled together to present a complete assessment and understanding of it. In Baudrillard's terms, architecture could be seen as the supreme medium of contemporary visual culture, especially in its(...)
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Baudrillard has become incredibly popular in architecture in recent years and this is the first time that the work of one of the world’s greatest philosophers has been pulled together to present a complete assessment and understanding of it. In Baudrillard's terms, architecture could be seen as the supreme medium of contemporary visual culture, especially in its(...)
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December 2005, Chichester
December 2005, Chichester
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Mass identity architecture : architectural writings of Jean Beaudrillard
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Baudrillard has become incredibly popular in architecture in recent years and this is the first time that the work of one of the world’s greatest philosophers has been pulled together to present a complete assessment and understanding of it. In Baudrillard's terms, architecture could be seen as the supreme medium of contemporary visual culture, especially in its potential to influence the individual's perception of reality as a component of the massmedia system. This type of cultural analysis of the built environment is a relatively new idea in architectural criticism and this book provides the first invaluable directory for the reader. Proto uses extracts from Baudrillard's very own work, including previously unpublished material. Proto's style makes Baudrillard's work easy to read and easily accessible to readers in cultural studies, geography and art, as well as sociology and social theory.
Mass identity architecture : architectural writings of Jean Beaudrillard
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Baudrillard has become incredibly popular in architecture in recent years and this is the first time that the work of one of the world’s greatest philosophers has been pulled together to present a complete assessment and understanding of it. In Baudrillard's terms, architecture could be seen as the supreme medium of contemporary visual culture, especially in its potential to influence the individual's perception of reality as a component of the massmedia system. This type of cultural analysis of the built environment is a relatively new idea in architectural criticism and this book provides the first invaluable directory for the reader. Proto uses extracts from Baudrillard's very own work, including previously unpublished material. Proto's style makes Baudrillard's work easy to read and easily accessible to readers in cultural studies, geography and art, as well as sociology and social theory.
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December 2005, Chichester
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