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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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With increasing intensity, CAAD (Computer Aided Architectural Design) is determining the daily work of today's architectural offices. Computers allow complex designs to be visualised and altered with great speed and accuracy; three-dimensional models can be created with simulation and animation possibilities, and links to the World Wide Web provide access to a flow of(...)
Information architecture : basis and future of CAAD
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With increasing intensity, CAAD (Computer Aided Architectural Design) is determining the daily work of today's architectural offices. Computers allow complex designs to be visualised and altered with great speed and accuracy; three-dimensional models can be created with simulation and animation possibilities, and links to the World Wide Web provide access to a flow of information. The author develops his thesis that these aspects do not just enable the creative process to be optimised in a quantitative sense but also qualitatively. Alongside the spatial and time dimensions, the new electronic possibilities provide a fifth dimension in architecture.
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This palm-sized book presents two of the most innovative structures of the modern age (and two of the most important art museums)in one package. The book highlights the New York Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright's crowning achievement, and the Guggenheim(...)
Guggenheim New York / Guggenheim Bilbao
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This palm-sized book presents two of the most innovative structures of the modern age (and two of the most important art museums)in one package. The book highlights the New York Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright's crowning achievement, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, recently designed to high acclaim by Frank O. Gehry. One half of the book contains 30 duotone photographs of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. These images were taken in 1959, shortly after the building's completion, by Ezra Stoller, one of the pre-eminent architectural photographers in the world and the founder of the renowned Esto architectural photography studio. Flipping the book over reveals the other half, which consists of 34 colour images of the Bilbao Museum, taken by Jeff Goldberg, an Esto architectural photographer and winner of the 1999 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement from the American Institute of Architects.
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November 1999, New York
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Gerhard Merz : Dresden
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This volume documents the building of the artist Gerhard Merz's 1997 combined office and warehouse building in Dresden.
Gerhard Merz : Dresden
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This volume documents the building of the artist Gerhard Merz's 1997 combined office and warehouse building in Dresden.
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October 1999, Ostfildern/Ruit
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.urbanisations is a report of recent and ongoing urban research. The aim is to examine disfunctionalities of contemporary methods of urban planning and to research alternative modes of urbanisation.
.urbanisations : .O.C.E.A.N. UK
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.urbanisations is a report of recent and ongoing urban research. The aim is to examine disfunctionalities of contemporary methods of urban planning and to research alternative modes of urbanisation.
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January 1900, London
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Includes a cd-rom. Photography by Hélène Binet and Domenico Mollica.
Metaspaces : Raoul Bunschoten / Chora
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Includes a cd-rom. Photography by Hélène Binet and Domenico Mollica.
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January 1998, London
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In this book, Pinos presents projects from the nineties by means of sketches, models, and ink drawings illustrating her concern with the relationship between architecture and its surroundings.
Carme Pinos : some projects (since1991)
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In this book, Pinos presents projects from the nineties by means of sketches, models, and ink drawings illustrating her concern with the relationship between architecture and its surroundings.
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November 1998, Barcelona
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Spaces of democracy
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Text for the 1998 Raoul Walleberg Lecture given at University of Michigan, College of Architecture + Urban Planning.
Spaces of democracy
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Text for the 1998 Raoul Walleberg Lecture given at University of Michigan, College of Architecture + Urban Planning.
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January 1998, Ann Arbor
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Charles R. Mackintosh
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"Pocket Architecture" series.
Charles R. Mackintosh
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"Pocket Architecture" series.
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January 1900, Venice
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt,(...)
Four caliphates : the formation of the Islamic tradition
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt, Persia, and China. The book also explains the development of the tradition in tombs, palaces and fortifications.
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October 1998, London
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