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The house of stone is the kind of project that happens only rarely : a house built to the highest standards of craftsmanship with the full support of the client, who acted as a patron of architecture in almost a Renaissance sense. This publication documents in full its making. It covers the initial phase of the project, the invited competition between Meili + Peter and(...)
Marcel Meili, Marcus Peter Architects Zurich : the house of stone
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The house of stone is the kind of project that happens only rarely : a house built to the highest standards of craftsmanship with the full support of the client, who acted as a patron of architecture in almost a Renaissance sense. This publication documents in full its making. It covers the initial phase of the project, the invited competition between Meili + Peter and Peter Zumthor, and contains a detailed description of the concepts underlying the design. A particular focus is the relation between the structural and the technical aspects of the project, which is described through engineering and working drawings as well as photographs of the house under construction.
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Un an après son achèvement et dès sa publication en 1933 dans "L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui" la Maison de verre surprend, provoque, inquiète ou enthousiaste et surtout suscite réflexion. L'impact de cet objet singulier sur les visiteurs se poursuit jusqu'à nos jours. Sa notoriété contraste nettement avec la maigreur des archives publiques ou privées. La Maison de verre(...)
Pierre Chareau : la Maison de verre 1928-1933 - un objet singulier
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Un an après son achèvement et dès sa publication en 1933 dans "L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui" la Maison de verre surprend, provoque, inquiète ou enthousiaste et surtout suscite réflexion. L'impact de cet objet singulier sur les visiteurs se poursuit jusqu'à nos jours. Sa notoriété contraste nettement avec la maigreur des archives publiques ou privées. La Maison de verre constitue pour des générations d'architectes une référence absolue, elle demeure un lieu magique.
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Inauguré en 1913, le théâtre des Champs-Élysés représente un moment important dans l'histoire de l'architecture du XXè siècle. Son programme novateur, sa construction en béton armé et les multiples interactions qui se sont produites lors de l'élaboration du projet entre l'erchitecture et les différents domaines artistiques en ont fait une oeuvre exceptionnelle. La(...)
A. et G. Perret : le Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 1913 - La magie du béton armé
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Inauguré en 1913, le théâtre des Champs-Élysés représente un moment important dans l'histoire de l'architecture du XXè siècle. Son programme novateur, sa construction en béton armé et les multiples interactions qui se sont produites lors de l'élaboration du projet entre l'erchitecture et les différents domaines artistiques en ont fait une oeuvre exceptionnelle. La retauration de l'édifice, en 1987, lui a redonné l'éclat qu'il méritait.
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The rapid development of "information technology" has also effected the layout and planning of our towns. Increasingly, physical structures are being covered with a veneer of visual-virtual light architecture which makes use of the new media to alter existing buildings and quarters, enriching and enhancing them. The townscape of tomorrow will become a huge, multilayered(...)
Light architecture : the new edge city
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The rapid development of "information technology" has also effected the layout and planning of our towns. Increasingly, physical structures are being covered with a veneer of visual-virtual light architecture which makes use of the new media to alter existing buildings and quarters, enriching and enhancing them. The townscape of tomorrow will become a huge, multilayered screen, which will draw the passers-by into an interactive electronic world.
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British council Nairobi
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A new council office, designed by Squire and Partners, opened in Nairobi in November 2004. The design utilises the local climate and orientation to passively control the building’s environment and has evolved from Squire and Partners’ ethos of contextual modernism. The practice works hard with site locations, aspect and orientation to develop proposals that are both(...)
British council Nairobi
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A new council office, designed by Squire and Partners, opened in Nairobi in November 2004. The design utilises the local climate and orientation to passively control the building’s environment and has evolved from Squire and Partners’ ethos of contextual modernism. The practice works hard with site locations, aspect and orientation to develop proposals that are both appropriate and culturally of their 'place’. The design responds specifically to both the culture of the British council in East Africa and the site context of central Nairobi to create a dramatic, beautiful space. The British Council’s Visual Arts Department commissioned a site specific work for the new building from artist David Tremlett who was invited to contribute wall drawings to the front and back elevations and to the main corridors leading to the teaching areas within the building. The drawings of rubbed pigment and varnish highlight accentuate the flat planes of the building and the colours harmonise with the vibrant richness of the Kenyan soil, vegetation and sky.
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"Armed surfaces" presents DRD Lab's investigations into contemporary reality and a new typology for living. An analysis of transitional moments in daily life instigates a re-examination of Modern Functionalism as an ideology of standardisation and normalcy. The DRD Lab uses theory, spatial and cultural analysis, dynamic measurement, temporal positioning and their(...)
Dagmar Richter / DR_D : armed surfaces (serial books architecture & urbanism 5)
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"Armed surfaces" presents DRD Lab's investigations into contemporary reality and a new typology for living. An analysis of transitional moments in daily life instigates a re-examination of Modern Functionalism as an ideology of standardisation and normalcy. The DRD Lab uses theory, spatial and cultural analysis, dynamic measurement, temporal positioning and their collected data to develop a non-standard diagram which exposes the new role of architectural surfaces as 'performing surfaces'. This concept is explored through a series of research-oriented projects which include 'custom mass produced' contemporary housing, a performance induced landscape and an urban frontage. In the diverse projects which she undertakes, Richter seeks to radically reinvent urban design through a game of 'retracing' and 'restitution', founded in the notion that information is what qualifies space. The book explores new solutions to architecture and planning exposing an alternative view of architecture.
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Depuis la porte de la Chapelle jusqu'à la porte de la Villette, 200 hectares des XVIIIe et XIXe arrondissements sont observés et projetés par les architectes urbanistes Dusapin & Leclerq et les paysagistes de l'Agence TER. L'ouvrage présente leur projet, lauréat du concours de l'étude de définition pour le réaménagement du secteur Paris Nord-Est en janvier 2003. Du(...)
Paris nord-est
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Depuis la porte de la Chapelle jusqu'à la porte de la Villette, 200 hectares des XVIIIe et XIXe arrondissements sont observés et projetés par les architectes urbanistes Dusapin & Leclerq et les paysagistes de l'Agence TER. L'ouvrage présente leur projet, lauréat du concours de l'étude de définition pour le réaménagement du secteur Paris Nord-Est en janvier 2003. Du premier schéma d'intentions aux nouvelles perspectives imaginées pour le piéton qui circulera entre Paris et la banlieue, cet espace urbain se dessine comme une nouvelle centralité, en relation avec les communes de Saint-Denis, Aubervilliers et Pantin.
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January 1900, Paris
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cube. It's one of nature's purest, most basic forms. We see cubes every day, usually made of elemental materials like sugar and ice. But what if the cube is something altogether more complicated? What happens when cubes are constructed of plywood and bamboo, foam and hay, chopped up telephone books and strands of chicken wire? Cube is a speculative investigation of this(...)
Cube
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cube. It's one of nature's purest, most basic forms. We see cubes every day, usually made of elemental materials like sugar and ice. But what if the cube is something altogether more complicated? What happens when cubes are constructed of plywood and bamboo, foam and hay, chopped up telephone books and strands of chicken wire? Cube is a speculative investigation of this primal shape, a tactile exploration of the imagination in which unexpected materials create surprisingly beautiful and intriguing objects. Imagine you're asked to create something interesting out of this simplest of forms using whatever materials you can find at hand. That's the design exercise architect David Morrow Guthrie gives his students each year at Rice University, and the results, over 50 of which are presented in this handy little block of a book, will inspire any designer who is looking for ideas and inspiration, whether from elemental forms or innovative ways of using materials.
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March 2005, New York
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The architectural awareness and experience of space, and its creative use can profit greatly from certain aspects of “games” and the related technology. Here the author investigates a fascinating contribution of avant-garde art to the construction of space in the field of electronic games and arcades, beginning with "New Babylon", moving through the radical suggestions of(...)
Game zone : playgrounds between virtual scenarios and reality
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The architectural awareness and experience of space, and its creative use can profit greatly from certain aspects of “games” and the related technology. Here the author investigates a fascinating contribution of avant-garde art to the construction of space in the field of electronic games and arcades, beginning with "New Babylon", moving through the radical suggestions of the 1960's and 1970's to the commercial and experimental examples of contemporary amusement arcades. Also considered are the virtual worlds of video games which are growing increasingly complex. The book reveals in a critical way how important the element of “play” has become in today’s digital architectonic designs.
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Plan 01 est un collectif de quatre agences de jeunes architects qui se sont mis en concurrence pour réaliser les plans d'une maison particulière: Petit concours entre amis.
Plan 01 : petit concours entre amis
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Plan 01 est un collectif de quatre agences de jeunes architects qui se sont mis en concurrence pour réaliser les plans d'une maison particulière: Petit concours entre amis.
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January 2001, Paris
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