The power of pro bono
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The Power of Pro Bono presents 40 pro bono design projects across the country. The clients include grassroots community organizations like the Homeless Prenatal Program of San Francisco, as well as national and international nonprofits, among them Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity, KIPP Schools and Planned Parenthood. These public-interest projects were designed by a range(...)
October 2010
The power of pro bono
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The Power of Pro Bono presents 40 pro bono design projects across the country. The clients include grassroots community organizations like the Homeless Prenatal Program of San Francisco, as well as national and international nonprofits, among them Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity, KIPP Schools and Planned Parenthood. These public-interest projects were designed by a range of award-winning practices, from SHoP Architects in New York and Studio Gang in Chicago, to young studios including Stephen Dalton Architects in Southern California and Hathorne Architects in Detroit, to some of the largest firms in the country, such as Gensler, HOK and Perkins + Will. This book is inspired and informed by the advocacy and design work of Public Architecture, a national nonprofit founded in 2002 by San Francisco-based architect John Peterson.
You were never in Chicago
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In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the “Second City.” From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling’s withering gaze. Among the outraged responses from Chicago residents was one that Liebling described as the apotheosis of such criticism: a postcard that read, simply, “You were never in(...)
You were never in Chicago
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In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the “Second City.” From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling’s withering gaze. Among the outraged responses from Chicago residents was one that Liebling described as the apotheosis of such criticism: a postcard that read, simply, “You were never in Chicago.” Neil Steinberg has lived in and around Chicago for more than three decades — ever since he left his hometown of Berea, Ohio, to attend Northwestern — yet he remains fascinated by the dynamics captured in Liebling’s anecdote. In You Were Never in Chicago Steinberg weaves the story of his own coming-of-age as a young outsider who made his way into the inner circles and upper levels of Chicago journalism with a nuanced portrait of the city that would surprise even lifelong residents. Steinberg takes readers through Chicago’s vanishing industrial past and explores the city from the quaint skybridge between the towers of the Wrigley Building, to the depths of the vast Deep Tunnel system below the streets. He deftly explains the city’s complex web of political favoritism and carefully profiles the characters he meets along the way, from greats of jazz and journalism to small-business owners just getting by. Throughout, Steinberg never loses the curiosity and close observation of an outsider, while thoughtfully considering how this perspective has shaped the city, and what it really means to belong.
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Architecture
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L’architecture, c’est notre cadre de vie quotidien et bien souvent, nous oublions de la regarder. Pourtant, les architectes rivalisent d’audace et de prouesses pour proposer de nouveaux lieux aussi beaux qu’utiles. L’architecte manie des données sociologiques et économiques, utilise la pointe de la technologie, pense en terme de durable et d’écologique. Un art d’imaginer(...)
November 2012
Architecture
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L’architecture, c’est notre cadre de vie quotidien et bien souvent, nous oublions de la regarder. Pourtant, les architectes rivalisent d’audace et de prouesses pour proposer de nouveaux lieux aussi beaux qu’utiles. L’architecte manie des données sociologiques et économiques, utilise la pointe de la technologie, pense en terme de durable et d’écologique. Un art d’imaginer et de bâtir qui pousse toujours plus loin les limites de l’espace. Architecture est un panorama des réalisations contemporaines, toujours impressionnantes, des plus rationnelles aux plus extravagantes !
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Alexander Eisenschmidt and Jonathan Mekinda have brought together a diverse pool of curators, artists, architects, historians, critics, and theorists to produce a multifarious portrait of the "Second City."
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February 2013
Chicagoisms: the city catalyst for architectural speculation
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Alexander Eisenschmidt and Jonathan Mekinda have brought together a diverse pool of curators, artists, architects, historians, critics, and theorists to produce a multifarious portrait of the "Second City."
History since 1900, Reference Books
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Cet ouvrage présente les trois premières sessions du concours européen gau:di, Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture : projets lauréats et prototypes. Les travaux des lauréats et les réflexions qu'ils ont suscitées témoignent de l'émergence en architecture d'une nouvelle pédagogie, participative, qui se définit et se confronte au réel par l'essai.
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February 2013
Architecture à l'essai / Architecture in the making
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Cet ouvrage présente les trois premières sessions du concours européen gau:di, Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture : projets lauréats et prototypes. Les travaux des lauréats et les réflexions qu'ils ont suscitées témoignent de l'émergence en architecture d'une nouvelle pédagogie, participative, qui se définit et se confronte au réel par l'essai.
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Paru à Paris en 1918, l'ouvrage est une tentative pour marier les vertus visionnaires du socialisme utopique avec les nécessités pratiques du socialisme de gouvernement, une réflexion de fond sur l'urbanisme avec les contraintes administratives et techniques de l'époque. Il dessine ce qui pourrait être la source d'un plan général pour une reconstruction concertée, à la(...)
Villes et villages français après la Grande Guerre: aménagement, restauration, embellissement, extension
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Paru à Paris en 1918, l'ouvrage est une tentative pour marier les vertus visionnaires du socialisme utopique avec les nécessités pratiques du socialisme de gouvernement, une réflexion de fond sur l'urbanisme avec les contraintes administratives et techniques de l'époque. Il dessine ce qui pourrait être la source d'un plan général pour une reconstruction concertée, à la fois respectueuse du passé, consciente des enjeux actuels et ouverte aussi bien aux considérations esthétiques qu'au développement économique espéré.
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Cet ouvrage propose deux éclairages de la région grenobloise : celui des engagements et des coups de coeur de ses habitants et celui des images et des symboles qui cristallisent ces élans sur des valeurs partagées. Ces regards croisés sont alimentés par des experts qui donnent la parole à des sportifs, à des montagnards, à des acteurs de la vie économique, sociale et culturelle.
Réinventer la ville : regards croisés sur Grenoble
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Cet ouvrage propose deux éclairages de la région grenobloise : celui des engagements et des coups de coeur de ses habitants et celui des images et des symboles qui cristallisent ces élans sur des valeurs partagées. Ces regards croisés sont alimentés par des experts qui donnent la parole à des sportifs, à des montagnards, à des acteurs de la vie économique, sociale et culturelle.
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"Many norths: spatial practice in a polar territory" charts the unique spatial realities of Canada’s Arctic region, an immense territory populated with small, dispersed communities. The region has undergone dramatic transformations in the name of sovereignty, aboriginal affairs management, resources, and trade, among others. For most of the Arctic’s modern history,(...)
June 2017
Many norths: spatial practice in a polar territory
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"Many norths: spatial practice in a polar territory" charts the unique spatial realities of Canada’s Arctic region, an immense territory populated with small, dispersed communities. The region has undergone dramatic transformations in the name of sovereignty, aboriginal affairs management, resources, and trade, among others. For most of the Arctic’s modern history, architecture, infrastructure, and settlements have been the tools of colonialism. Today, tradition and modernity are intertwined. Northerners have demonstrated remarkable adaptation and resilience as powerful climatic, social, and economic pressures collide. This unprecedented book documents—through the themes of urbanism, architecture, mobility, monitoring, and resources—the multiplicity of norths that appear and the spatial practices employed to negotiate it. Using innovative drawings, maps, timelines, as well as essays and interviews, Many Norths reveals a distinct northern vernacular.
Small architecture now !
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Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be in diminutive in their dimensions, but which are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese(...)
Small architecture now !
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Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be in diminutive in their dimensions, but which are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese cities, where large sites are hard to come by, or at the frontier between art and architecture, small buildings present many advantages, and push their designers to do more with less.
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De la pyramide de Kheops au Chrysler Building, Patrick Weber, historien d'art et journaliste, vous propose une mise à jour ludique et pédagogique de vos connaissances architecturales. Ce livre offre un panorama des différents courants architecturaux, mêlant définitions techniques et repères historiques.
HIstoire de l'architecture: de l'antiquité à nos jours
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De la pyramide de Kheops au Chrysler Building, Patrick Weber, historien d'art et journaliste, vous propose une mise à jour ludique et pédagogique de vos connaissances architecturales. Ce livre offre un panorama des différents courants architecturaux, mêlant définitions techniques et repères historiques.
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History since 1900, Reference Books