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Painting in stone: Architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the englightenment
Painting in stone: Architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the englightenment
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Spanning almost five millennia, this volume tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia(...)
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Spanning almost five millennia, this volume tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia(...)
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Painting in stone: Architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the englightenment
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Spanning almost five millennia, this volume tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this “lithic imagination”: marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural—or divine—painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.
Painting in stone: Architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the englightenment
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Spanning almost five millennia, this volume tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this “lithic imagination”: marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural—or divine—painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.
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February 2022
February 2022
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Materials and Lighting
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The use of wood in architecture appears to be the order of the day, and Switzerland’s leading role in wood processing and building aesthetics is demonstrated in an international context. Authors from various disciplines create the content framework in which wood can be experienced sensually and its possibilities and limitations can be discussed. This volume is aimed at an(...)
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The use of wood in architecture appears to be the order of the day, and Switzerland’s leading role in wood processing and building aesthetics is demonstrated in an international context. Authors from various disciplines create the content framework in which wood can be experienced sensually and its possibilities and limitations can be discussed. This volume is aimed at an(...)
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Touch wood: Material, architecture, future
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The use of wood in architecture appears to be the order of the day, and Switzerland’s leading role in wood processing and building aesthetics is demonstrated in an international context. Authors from various disciplines create the content framework in which wood can be experienced sensually and its possibilities and limitations can be discussed. This volume is aimed at an engaged audience of experts and laypersons who want to enrich their experiences with knowledge and thus become actors in the promotion of wood in architecture. In addition to documenting exemplary buildings in accessible texts and with numerous illustrations, the publication also illuminates the many relationships that connect people with wood as a material.
Touch wood: Material, architecture, future
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The use of wood in architecture appears to be the order of the day, and Switzerland’s leading role in wood processing and building aesthetics is demonstrated in an international context. Authors from various disciplines create the content framework in which wood can be experienced sensually and its possibilities and limitations can be discussed. This volume is aimed at an engaged audience of experts and laypersons who want to enrich their experiences with knowledge and thus become actors in the promotion of wood in architecture. In addition to documenting exemplary buildings in accessible texts and with numerous illustrations, the publication also illuminates the many relationships that connect people with wood as a material.
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December 2022
December 2022
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Since 2004, Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest manufacturer of bricks and other clay building materials, has biannually presented the international Brick Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in brick architecture. The tenth edition of this masterclass in 2022 saw 789 submissions from fifty-three countries, which were reviewed by an international jury of(...)
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Since 2004, Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest manufacturer of bricks and other clay building materials, has biannually presented the international Brick Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in brick architecture. The tenth edition of this masterclass in 2022 saw 789 submissions from fifty-three countries, which were reviewed by an international jury of(...)
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Brick 22: Outstanding international brick architecture
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Since 2004, Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest manufacturer of bricks and other clay building materials, has biannually presented the international Brick Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in brick architecture. The tenth edition of this masterclass in 2022 saw 789 submissions from fifty-three countries, which were reviewed by an international jury of experts. This book features the shortlist of fifty nominees and the winning designs in five categories. All of them are presented through concise texts, atmospheric images, as well as site and floorplans, views, elevations, and sections. Topical essays by architect Matevz Celik, architecture historian Anna Cymer, publicist Wojciech Czaja, professor of architecture Isabella Leber, and architect Henrietta Palmer round out this survey of contemporary brick architecture.
Brick 22: Outstanding international brick architecture
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Since 2004, Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest manufacturer of bricks and other clay building materials, has biannually presented the international Brick Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in brick architecture. The tenth edition of this masterclass in 2022 saw 789 submissions from fifty-three countries, which were reviewed by an international jury of experts. This book features the shortlist of fifty nominees and the winning designs in five categories. All of them are presented through concise texts, atmospheric images, as well as site and floorplans, views, elevations, and sections. Topical essays by architect Matevz Celik, architecture historian Anna Cymer, publicist Wojciech Czaja, professor of architecture Isabella Leber, and architect Henrietta Palmer round out this survey of contemporary brick architecture.
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September 2022
September 2022
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Materials and Lighting
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This volume showcases the best examples of modern brick applications, with a focus on residential buildings and interiors. These forward-looking projects from around the globe push the boundaries of brick architecture and design. The book reveals how traditional forms are revitalized and made contemporary, and how this LEGO block of human civilization can help build our future.
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This volume showcases the best examples of modern brick applications, with a focus on residential buildings and interiors. These forward-looking projects from around the globe push the boundaries of brick architecture and design. The book reveals how traditional forms are revitalized and made contemporary, and how this LEGO block of human civilization can help build our future.
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Brick by brick: Architecture and interiors built with bricks
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This volume showcases the best examples of modern brick applications, with a focus on residential buildings and interiors. These forward-looking projects from around the globe push the boundaries of brick architecture and design. The book reveals how traditional forms are revitalized and made contemporary, and how this LEGO block of human civilization can help build our future.
Brick by brick: Architecture and interiors built with bricks
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This volume showcases the best examples of modern brick applications, with a focus on residential buildings and interiors. These forward-looking projects from around the globe push the boundaries of brick architecture and design. The book reveals how traditional forms are revitalized and made contemporary, and how this LEGO block of human civilization can help build our future.
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May 2022
May 2022
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This volume explores the quintessentially modernist material that is steel—not for the heroic structural innovations it facilitated but for a deeper understanding of the role it played in the steady change of the earth. Focusing on the formative years of the architectural steel economy and on the corporate history of German steel titans Krupp and Thyssen, the author(...)
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This volume explores the quintessentially modernist material that is steel—not for the heroic structural innovations it facilitated but for a deeper understanding of the role it played in the steady change of the earth. Focusing on the formative years of the architectural steel economy and on the corporate history of German steel titans Krupp and Thyssen, the author(...)
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Precious metal: German steel, modernity, and ecology
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This volume explores the quintessentially modernist material that is steel—not for the heroic structural innovations it facilitated but for a deeper understanding of the role it played in the steady change of the earth. Focusing on the formative years of the architectural steel economy and on the corporate history of German steel titans Krupp and Thyssen, the author investigates the ecological interrelationship of artificial and natural habitats, mediated by steel. He traces steel through six distinct phases: birth, formation, display, dispersal, construction, and return. By following the life of steel from the collection of raw minerals to the distribution and disposal of finished products, Christensen challenges the traditional narrative that steel was simply the primary material responsible for architectural modernism.
Precious metal: German steel, modernity, and ecology
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This volume explores the quintessentially modernist material that is steel—not for the heroic structural innovations it facilitated but for a deeper understanding of the role it played in the steady change of the earth. Focusing on the formative years of the architectural steel economy and on the corporate history of German steel titans Krupp and Thyssen, the author investigates the ecological interrelationship of artificial and natural habitats, mediated by steel. He traces steel through six distinct phases: birth, formation, display, dispersal, construction, and return. By following the life of steel from the collection of raw minerals to the distribution and disposal of finished products, Christensen challenges the traditional narrative that steel was simply the primary material responsible for architectural modernism.
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September 2022
September 2022
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Venant combler un manque de références en la matière, cet ouvrage offre une approche globale, transversale, et multi-située du chanvre, rendant compte d’un enchevêtrement de problématiques. Un objet de recherche que se partagent aujourd’hui les designers, les ingénieurs, les agronomes, les sociologues, les historiens mais également les étudiants, les enseignants, les(...)
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Venant combler un manque de références en la matière, cet ouvrage offre une approche globale, transversale, et multi-située du chanvre, rendant compte d’un enchevêtrement de problématiques. Un objet de recherche que se partagent aujourd’hui les designers, les ingénieurs, les agronomes, les sociologues, les historiens mais également les étudiants, les enseignants, les(...)
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Materials and Lighting
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September 2022
September 2022
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Le Chanvre, matière à transitions
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Venant combler un manque de références en la matière, cet ouvrage offre une approche globale, transversale, et multi-située du chanvre, rendant compte d’un enchevêtrement de problématiques. Un objet de recherche que se partagent aujourd’hui les designers, les ingénieurs, les agronomes, les sociologues, les historiens mais également les étudiants, les enseignants, les collectivités locales, ou encore les agriculteurs, les coopératives, les professionnels de la construction, du textile, de l’agro-alimentaire, etc. Cet ouvrage, riche dans ses contenus et ses formats, écoute les acteurs qui manipulent cette plante ou matiére au quotidien ou ceux qui travaillent à sa valorisation et questionne ainsi ses représentations. Il donne à voir la manière dont des étudiants en design s’emparent de la matière pour la faire devenir objet, en y présentant notamment les outils et supports développés par des étudiants de l’ÉSAD de Reims. Il contribue, in fine, à comprendre l’insertion du chanvre au monde tant d’un point de vue économique, politique, social qu’environnemental.
Le Chanvre, matière à transitions
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Venant combler un manque de références en la matière, cet ouvrage offre une approche globale, transversale, et multi-située du chanvre, rendant compte d’un enchevêtrement de problématiques. Un objet de recherche que se partagent aujourd’hui les designers, les ingénieurs, les agronomes, les sociologues, les historiens mais également les étudiants, les enseignants, les collectivités locales, ou encore les agriculteurs, les coopératives, les professionnels de la construction, du textile, de l’agro-alimentaire, etc. Cet ouvrage, riche dans ses contenus et ses formats, écoute les acteurs qui manipulent cette plante ou matiére au quotidien ou ceux qui travaillent à sa valorisation et questionne ainsi ses représentations. Il donne à voir la manière dont des étudiants en design s’emparent de la matière pour la faire devenir objet, en y présentant notamment les outils et supports développés par des étudiants de l’ÉSAD de Reims. Il contribue, in fine, à comprendre l’insertion du chanvre au monde tant d’un point de vue économique, politique, social qu’environnemental.
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September 2022
September 2022
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Bricks have been in constant use for a long time. Brick is inexpensive and flexible in its use and, today, the appreciation for its versatile application, constructive qualities and eco-efficiency remains intact. This book presents selected designs through detailed descriptions accompanied by beautiful images, site and floor plans, elevations and sections. Focusing on(...)
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Bricks have been in constant use for a long time. Brick is inexpensive and flexible in its use and, today, the appreciation for its versatile application, constructive qualities and eco-efficiency remains intact. This book presents selected designs through detailed descriptions accompanied by beautiful images, site and floor plans, elevations and sections. Focusing on(...)
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Brick architecture: Layer by layer
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Bricks have been in constant use for a long time. Brick is inexpensive and flexible in its use and, today, the appreciation for its versatile application, constructive qualities and eco-efficiency remains intact. This book presents selected designs through detailed descriptions accompanied by beautiful images, site and floor plans, elevations and sections. Focusing on residential and interior architecture, this volume is a celebration of contemporary Brick Architecture, a great exploration of the most surprising, fascinating and inspiring recent projects.
Brick architecture: Layer by layer
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Bricks have been in constant use for a long time. Brick is inexpensive and flexible in its use and, today, the appreciation for its versatile application, constructive qualities and eco-efficiency remains intact. This book presents selected designs through detailed descriptions accompanied by beautiful images, site and floor plans, elevations and sections. Focusing on residential and interior architecture, this volume is a celebration of contemporary Brick Architecture, a great exploration of the most surprising, fascinating and inspiring recent projects.
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November 2022
November 2022
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The book is a record of a creative quest sought by Japanese architects that researched the forgotten masterpieces of timber architecture in the early modern period of Germany. It introduces the buildings with architectural drawings and pictures taken during the research trip and vividly depicts the excitement of the trip with cartoons. Essays and discussions of the(...)
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The book is a record of a creative quest sought by Japanese architects that researched the forgotten masterpieces of timber architecture in the early modern period of Germany. It introduces the buildings with architectural drawings and pictures taken during the research trip and vividly depicts the excitement of the trip with cartoons. Essays and discussions of the(...)
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September 2020
September 2020
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Holz Bau: Timber architecture
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The book is a record of a creative quest sought by Japanese architects that researched the forgotten masterpieces of timber architecture in the early modern period of Germany. It introduces the buildings with architectural drawings and pictures taken during the research trip and vividly depicts the excitement of the trip with cartoons. Essays and discussions of the meaning of architects to research are also included. The first copies were sold out immediately after release, and this expanded edition includes a new discussion with Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow.
Holz Bau: Timber architecture
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The book is a record of a creative quest sought by Japanese architects that researched the forgotten masterpieces of timber architecture in the early modern period of Germany. It introduces the buildings with architectural drawings and pictures taken during the research trip and vividly depicts the excitement of the trip with cartoons. Essays and discussions of the meaning of architects to research are also included. The first copies were sold out immediately after release, and this expanded edition includes a new discussion with Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow.
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September 2020
September 2020
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Traditionally a building material of the warmer climate zones, bamboo is becoming increasingly popular amongst architects in the northern hemisphere; bamboo has several advantages – it is very stable, of low weight, and highly elastic, in addition to being readily available as well as renewable. The applications of bamboo in architecture have diversified considerably, so(...)
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Traditionally a building material of the warmer climate zones, bamboo is becoming increasingly popular amongst architects in the northern hemisphere; bamboo has several advantages – it is very stable, of low weight, and highly elastic, in addition to being readily available as well as renewable. The applications of bamboo in architecture have diversified considerably, so(...)
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Building with bamboo: Design and technology of a sustainable architecture. 3rd edition
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Traditionally a building material of the warmer climate zones, bamboo is becoming increasingly popular amongst architects in the northern hemisphere; bamboo has several advantages – it is very stable, of low weight, and highly elastic, in addition to being readily available as well as renewable. The applications of bamboo in architecture have diversified considerably, so that today, even structures with large spans – such as bridges – are built with this material. Renowned universities such as the ETH Zurich or the SUTD in Singapore have conducted research on engineered bamboo which will further expand its use. The third edition of this manual provides a systematic overview of the applications and processing methods of this renewable material. Recent inspiring bamboo buildings have been added.
Building with bamboo: Design and technology of a sustainable architecture. 3rd edition
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Traditionally a building material of the warmer climate zones, bamboo is becoming increasingly popular amongst architects in the northern hemisphere; bamboo has several advantages – it is very stable, of low weight, and highly elastic, in addition to being readily available as well as renewable. The applications of bamboo in architecture have diversified considerably, so that today, even structures with large spans – such as bridges – are built with this material. Renowned universities such as the ETH Zurich or the SUTD in Singapore have conducted research on engineered bamboo which will further expand its use. The third edition of this manual provides a systematic overview of the applications and processing methods of this renewable material. Recent inspiring bamboo buildings have been added.
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January 2023
January 2023
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Materials and Lighting
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Materials and the myriad technologies that have been developed to manipulate them are of essential relevance to product designers, architects, artists and stylists, as they represent the starting point for every product and every architectural work. The book is an encyclopaedic compendium of around 1,000 terms in this field, from aerogel to marble to zirconium. It(...)
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Materials and the myriad technologies that have been developed to manipulate them are of essential relevance to product designers, architects, artists and stylists, as they represent the starting point for every product and every architectural work. The book is an encyclopaedic compendium of around 1,000 terms in this field, from aerogel to marble to zirconium. It(...)
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Materials encyclopedia for creatives
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Materials and the myriad technologies that have been developed to manipulate them are of essential relevance to product designers, architects, artists and stylists, as they represent the starting point for every product and every architectural work. The book is an encyclopaedic compendium of around 1,000 terms in this field, from aerogel to marble to zirconium. It features traditional and frequently used materials, as well as new and obscure materials. Their respective advantages and disadvantages are precisely described. In addition, terms related to production processes, such as upcycling or tanning, that describe the properties of materials or are closely related to the topic have also been included.
Materials encyclopedia for creatives
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Materials and the myriad technologies that have been developed to manipulate them are of essential relevance to product designers, architects, artists and stylists, as they represent the starting point for every product and every architectural work. The book is an encyclopaedic compendium of around 1,000 terms in this field, from aerogel to marble to zirconium. It features traditional and frequently used materials, as well as new and obscure materials. Their respective advantages and disadvantages are precisely described. In addition, terms related to production processes, such as upcycling or tanning, that describe the properties of materials or are closely related to the topic have also been included.
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December 2022
December 2022
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Materials and Lighting
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