2G #91: adamo-faiden
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Founded in 2005, adamo-faiden reformulated their role as architects in the new Argentinian social context upon their return to Argentina after the crisis. Among their first projects were residential and office buildings, others were added to this tried-and-true typology that have consolidated adamo-faiden as one of the reference studios in the Southern Cone. This issue(...)
2G #91: adamo-faiden
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Founded in 2005, adamo-faiden reformulated their role as architects in the new Argentinian social context upon their return to Argentina after the crisis. Among their first projects were residential and office buildings, others were added to this tried-and-true typology that have consolidated adamo-faiden as one of the reference studios in the Southern Cone. This issue includes their recent work, from single family houses to commercial buildings.
Architecture Monographs
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''Condor'' is a tribute to the memory of the victims of Operation Condor a secret military plan implemented in 1975 by six Latin American countries ruled by right wing military dictatorships to eliminate their political opponents. This plan resulted in “extrajudicial executions” of at least 60.000 people. For almost a decade João Pina, has traveled extensively trough(...)
Condor : le plan secret des dictatures sud-américaines
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''Condor'' is a tribute to the memory of the victims of Operation Condor a secret military plan implemented in 1975 by six Latin American countries ruled by right wing military dictatorships to eliminate their political opponents. This plan resulted in “extrajudicial executions” of at least 60.000 people. For almost a decade João Pina, has traveled extensively trough Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to document what is left of the Condor years.
Vernacular Architecture
Collage and architecture
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Author Jennifer Shields uses the artworks and built projects of leading artists and architects, such as Le Corbusier, Daniel Libeskind, and Teddy Cruz to illustrate the diversity of collage techniques. The six case study projects from Mexico, Argentina, Sweden, Norway, the United States, and Spain give you a global perspective of architecture as collage. Collage is an(...)
Collage and architecture
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Author Jennifer Shields uses the artworks and built projects of leading artists and architects, such as Le Corbusier, Daniel Libeskind, and Teddy Cruz to illustrate the diversity of collage techniques. The six case study projects from Mexico, Argentina, Sweden, Norway, the United States, and Spain give you a global perspective of architecture as collage. Collage is an important instrument for analysis and design, and Shields’s presentation of this versatile medium draws on decades of relevance in art and architecture.
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190 pages : illustrations en couleur, cartes en couleur ; 24 cm.
Genève : MētisPresses, [2021]
Villes intermédiaires au sud du monde : espoirs et aléas de la planification urbaine / Jean-Claude Bolay.
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Genève : MētisPresses, [2021]
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ROSSMARKT3 is a multi annual sculpture project for Frankfurt’s Roßmarkt. It is based on the idea of new participation: city inhabitants themselves decide on the art for their public area. In 2010 a citizens’ jury came together, consisting of 25 sixth form students from Frankfurt, in order to research the Roßmarkt in a study together with experts from various(...)
Tomàs Saraceno: cloud cities/ air-port-city
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ROSSMARKT3 is a multi annual sculpture project for Frankfurt’s Roßmarkt. It is based on the idea of new participation: city inhabitants themselves decide on the art for their public area. In 2010 a citizens’ jury came together, consisting of 25 sixth form students from Frankfurt, in order to research the Roßmarkt in a study together with experts from various disciplines. The jury chose and commissioned the artist Tomás Saraceno, who comes from Argentina, with the creation of a temporary sculpture for the square, which will be opened in December 2010.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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The Cinematic Tango explores the cultural politics of over sixty years of filmmaking in Argentina. From the 1940s when film was a successful studio product to the 1980s post-dictatorship period when national cinema was utilized as a public relations tool, Tamara L. Falicov explores how national culture on film has been shaped, articulated, and debated. She provides(...)
The cinematic tango: contemporary Argentine film
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The Cinematic Tango explores the cultural politics of over sixty years of filmmaking in Argentina. From the 1940s when film was a successful studio product to the 1980s post-dictatorship period when national cinema was utilized as a public relations tool, Tamara L. Falicov explores how national culture on film has been shaped, articulated, and debated. She provides in-depth analysis of Argentina's contemporary period, when financial incentives led to the production of commercial "blockbusters" as well as new opportunities for first-time directors, sparking a surge of low-budget, independent filmmaking.
Architecture and Film, Set Design
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Venice Takeaway : Ideas to Change British Architecture brings together the research of ten architectural teams exhibiting in the British Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. Charting a course that takes in Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Thailand and the USA, the catalogue presents images and essays by the(...)
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Venice take away : ideas to change British architecture
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Venice Takeaway : Ideas to Change British Architecture brings together the research of ten architectural teams exhibiting in the British Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. Charting a course that takes in Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Thailand and the USA, the catalogue presents images and essays by the teams who travelled the world to seek imaginative responses to universal issues and explore the common ground of architecture. In addition, the book features texts by Patrik Schumacher, the show’s curators Vanessa Norwood and Vicky Richardson and a foreword by Brett Steele.
Contemporary Architecture
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Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces that drive development in the world economy. In this book, David Harvey shows how the disciplines of historical(...)
Spaces of global capitalism : towards a theory of uneven geographical development
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Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces that drive development in the world economy. In this book, David Harvey shows how the disciplines of historical geography yield decisive new insights into the workings of global capitalism, and introduces the concept of uneven geographical development as a revelatory perspective on the forces which create economic success or failure.
Critical Theory
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The tenth volume in Irene Kopelman’s ‘Notes on Representation’ series charts the artist’s investigations through drawing, writing, and photographing during several trips to Argentina, where she joined groups of scientists on different research expeditions to observe their methodologies and various organisms and environments. She worked in Pampa de Achala with biologists(...)
Irene Kopelman: Cardinal points
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The tenth volume in Irene Kopelman’s ‘Notes on Representation’ series charts the artist’s investigations through drawing, writing, and photographing during several trips to Argentina, where she joined groups of scientists on different research expeditions to observe their methodologies and various organisms and environments. She worked in Pampa de Achala with biologists dealing with invasive terrestrial species and studies of litter, with a team of ecologists investigating floral ecology in the Argentine Littoral, with a group studying invasions of marine organisms at a lab in Patagonia, and with geologists and palaeontologists working in the Ischigualasto Provincial Park and Jáchal.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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This edition features three creative houses in Japan, Argentina, and Serbia that go ''beyond imagination'' and represent the identity of their inhabitants. It explores how small station architecture contributes to the city and transforms urban spaces with six inspiring examples from around the world. Creative, new architectural projects are also showcased, such as the(...)
C3 420: Small station identity and architecutre/ stay home, find myself
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This edition features three creative houses in Japan, Argentina, and Serbia that go ''beyond imagination'' and represent the identity of their inhabitants. It explores how small station architecture contributes to the city and transforms urban spaces with six inspiring examples from around the world. Creative, new architectural projects are also showcased, such as the Taipei Performing Arts Centre, London School of Economics’ new multi-use campus, the new art block at Uniarts Helsinki, and the new Oostende Station in Belgium. With contributions by JeongRan Park and Herbert Wright, as well as numerous interviews with David Gianotten, Asmo Jaaski, Kiyoaki Takeda, and more.
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