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Despite its deceptive title, the fact that this book is a guide about Iowa is accurate. Daniel Naegele qualifies “good” being not absolute but contingent and personal, and therefore a very questionable qualifier. By “architecture”, however, Naegele means “good building”, regardless of whether or not the built object was designed by an architect, is a habitable structure,(...)
Naegele's guide to the only good architecture in Iowa
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Despite its deceptive title, the fact that this book is a guide about Iowa is accurate. Daniel Naegele qualifies “good” being not absolute but contingent and personal, and therefore a very questionable qualifier. By “architecture”, however, Naegele means “good building”, regardless of whether or not the built object was designed by an architect, is a habitable structure, or is even a building at all. Most entries in this guide are concerned either with vernacular works that are habitable tools (barns, corncribs, silos) or with built works that are not buildings at all (billboards, bridges, wind turbines, water towers). Mildly contentious by nature, Naegele’s guide is nevertheless utterly practical.
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Apparu dans les années 1950, le brutalisme s'inspire notamment des réalisations de Le Corbusier, en particulier de la Cité radieuse de Marseille. L'intitulé même du style désigne une de ses caractéristiques les plus voyantes : l'utilisation du béton « brut de décoffrage », sans ornements ni fioritures. Mais d'autres matériaux, comme le métal, la pierre ou le verre, ont pu(...)
Architectures brutalistes : Paris et environs
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Apparu dans les années 1950, le brutalisme s'inspire notamment des réalisations de Le Corbusier, en particulier de la Cité radieuse de Marseille. L'intitulé même du style désigne une de ses caractéristiques les plus voyantes : l'utilisation du béton « brut de décoffrage », sans ornements ni fioritures. Mais d'autres matériaux, comme le métal, la pierre ou le verre, ont pu être intégrés à des constructions se réclamant du même mouvement. Prospérant à Paris et dans sa périphérie jusqu'à la fin des années 1970, le brutalisme architectural suscite un regain d'intérêt aujourd'hui. En voici 100 exemples majeurs- immeubles de logements, bâtiments publics, équipements sportifs... - offrant le contrepoint de leurs silhouettes massives et anguleuses dans le paysage urbain.
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The first Auroville community was based on a particular spirit, following a design appropriate to Sri Aurobindo’s integral yoga. Pondicherry is a seaside town where the French influence can still be seen in its architecture, street names, and local language. Yet Tamil architectural styles can also be found there. This guidebook includes four Auroville itineraries(...)
AVPNY: Auroville and Pondicherry
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The first Auroville community was based on a particular spirit, following a design appropriate to Sri Aurobindo’s integral yoga. Pondicherry is a seaside town where the French influence can still be seen in its architecture, street names, and local language. Yet Tamil architectural styles can also be found there. This guidebook includes four Auroville itineraries structured around the experimental township’s master plan, which is divided into four zones. A fifth itinerary is located in Auromodele, which is outside the main part of the city. Likewise, three Pondicherry itineraries correspond with the city’s three main geographical zones: French Quarter, Tamil Quarter, and suburban areas.
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encapsulates the architectural history of Manhattan with fourteen walks that guide readers along New York's most famous street. Walking Broadway This publication offers readers an architectural tour of the entire length of Broadway from Bowling Green to the Harlem River. Through fourteen structured walks the book not only presents the history of New York's most famous(...)
Walking Broadway: thirteen miles of architecture and history
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encapsulates the architectural history of Manhattan with fourteen walks that guide readers along New York's most famous street. Walking Broadway This publication offers readers an architectural tour of the entire length of Broadway from Bowling Green to the Harlem River. Through fourteen structured walks the book not only presents the history of New York's most famous avenue, but also explores its architecture in depth, block by block, building by building. This is a book about what can be seen and experienced on Broadway today. Buildings are chosen for discussion first and foremost because they are interesting to look at. In a relaxed and engaging style, the author presents the building's story, explores the reasons why it is there, and explains why it looks the way it does. Along the way, the reader not only has the chance to discover fascinating and unusual buildings, but also gains a comprehensive understanding of the historic, social, economic, and political forces which shaped Broadway's growth and character.
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'Le guide d'architecture Paris 1900-2008' réunit 1203 bâtiments qui racontent l'histoire du Paris contemporain pour découvrir et comprendre les grands chefs d'oeuvres, mais aussi les bâtiments plus confidentiels ou oubliés. Chacun d'eux est présenté par un texte, une photo contemporaine de la date de sa construction et, pour la plus grande partie, d'un plan. Le regard(...)
Guide d'architecture Paris 1900-2008
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'Le guide d'architecture Paris 1900-2008' réunit 1203 bâtiments qui racontent l'histoire du Paris contemporain pour découvrir et comprendre les grands chefs d'oeuvres, mais aussi les bâtiments plus confidentiels ou oubliés. Chacun d'eux est présenté par un texte, une photo contemporaine de la date de sa construction et, pour la plus grande partie, d'un plan. Le regard d'Eric Lapierre, qui est à la fois praticien et théoricien, resitue ces différentes réalisations dans le flux de l'évolution des conceptions architecturales au long du siècle, et décrit leurs aspects constructifs et techniques. Deux index, respectivement par noms de rues et par architectes, adossé à un jeu de cartes détaillées, permettent au promeneur de se repérer aisément, tant dans le livre lui-même que sur le terrain. Présentant presque un bâtiment par mois sur la durée de la période, cet ouvrage véritable guide et ouvrage de référence incontournable, invite à redécouvrir un Paris toujours renouvelé.
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Over the last decade, the look of the Estonian capital has been radically transformed. Part of this change is due to the emergence of new urban areas and a complete shift in perspective on historic neighbourhoods. Rather than focusing only on new buildings or competitively rating their aesthetic worth, this architecture guide selects works based on sustainability and(...)
Tallinn architecture 1900-2020 architecture guide
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Over the last decade, the look of the Estonian capital has been radically transformed. Part of this change is due to the emergence of new urban areas and a complete shift in perspective on historic neighbourhoods. Rather than focusing only on new buildings or competitively rating their aesthetic worth, this architecture guide selects works based on sustainability and technological modernism. Attention is paid to new buildings that adapt to the historical and environmental context, while typical and representative buildings are also pointed out in a broad cross-section of Estonian architectural culture. For this reason, examples of Stalinist and later Soviet architecture also appear.
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This guide is aimed at providing a useful instrument for understanding the architectural history of London as well as a means for analysing the new construction trends that are characteristic of the city. The itineraries include about eighty architectural works, both historical and contemporary, which are fully illustrated with images, drawings and descriptions, and are(...)
London: On the road architectural guides
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This guide is aimed at providing a useful instrument for understanding the architectural history of London as well as a means for analysing the new construction trends that are characteristic of the city. The itineraries include about eighty architectural works, both historical and contemporary, which are fully illustrated with images, drawings and descriptions, and are marked on the front of the map with a reference number corresponding to the section in the book and the icon on the back of the map. The guide also provides information about museums, libraries, institutions, movie theatres, restaurants and gathering places.
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The sites and stories of this publication shift our perception of what defines New York, placing the passion, determination, defeats, and victories of its people at the core. Delving into the histories of New York's five boroughs, you will encounter enslaved Africans in revolt, women marching for equality, workers on strike, musicians and performers claiming streets for(...)
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A people's guide to New York City
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The sites and stories of this publication shift our perception of what defines New York, placing the passion, determination, defeats, and victories of its people at the core. Delving into the histories of New York's five boroughs, you will encounter enslaved Africans in revolt, women marching for equality, workers on strike, musicians and performers claiming streets for their art, and neighbors organizing against landfills and industrial toxins and in support of affordable housing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where to look to find them. This book expands the scope and scale of traditional guidebooks, providing an equitable exploration of the diverse communities throughout the city. Through the stories of over 150 sites across the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island as well as thematic tours and contemporary and archival photographs, a people’s New York emerges, one in which collective struggles for justice and freedom have shaped the very landscape of the city.
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This book looks at Chicago through the prism of Post-Modernism — under the premise that this style did not cease to exist sometime in the 1990s, but is, in fact, still with us today. Starting with the 1978 Illinois Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, curator and critic Vladimir Belogolovsky presents 100 structures, most of which were created after(...)
Chicago: Architectural guide
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This book looks at Chicago through the prism of Post-Modernism — under the premise that this style did not cease to exist sometime in the 1990s, but is, in fact, still with us today. Starting with the 1978 Illinois Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, curator and critic Vladimir Belogolovsky presents 100 structures, most of which were created after the turn of the millennium. These illustrated building descriptions are supplemented by introductory essays and interviews with Chicago architects, including Stanley Tigerman, Helmut Jahn and Jeanne Gang.
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''Modern Venice map'' is edited by Marco Mulazzani and Elisa Pegorin with original photography by Alessandra Chemollo. The map's introduction and texts are in English and Italian. Discover remarkable architecture built in Venice from the 1930s to today, including the pavilions of the Venice Biennale, the Vatican chapels, examples of public housing, museums and more.(...)
Modern Venice map
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''Modern Venice map'' is edited by Marco Mulazzani and Elisa Pegorin with original photography by Alessandra Chemollo. The map's introduction and texts are in English and Italian. Discover remarkable architecture built in Venice from the 1930s to today, including the pavilions of the Venice Biennale, the Vatican chapels, examples of public housing, museums and more. This guide map features works by an array of international masters, including Carlo Scarpa, Santiago Calatrava, Aldo Rossi, David Chipperfield, MAP studio, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Rem Koolhas, Norman Foster, Alvar Aalto, James Stirling and others.
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