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What do struggles over pipelines in Canada, housing estates in France, and shantytowns in Martinique have in common? In "Urban revolutions," Stefan Kipfer shows how these struggles force us to understand the (neo-)colonial aspects of capitalist urbanization in a comparatively and historically nuanced fashion. In so doing, he demonstrates that urban research can offer a(...)
Urban revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-) Colonialism in transatlantic context
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What do struggles over pipelines in Canada, housing estates in France, and shantytowns in Martinique have in common? In "Urban revolutions," Stefan Kipfer shows how these struggles force us to understand the (neo-)colonial aspects of capitalist urbanization in a comparatively and historically nuanced fashion. In so doing, he demonstrates that urban research can offer a rich, if uneven, terrain upon which to develop the relationship between Marxist and anti-colonial intellectual traditions. After a detailed dialogue between Henri Lefebvre and Frantz Fanon, Kipfer engages creole literature in the French Antilles, Indigenous radicalism in North America and political anti-racism in mainland France.
Urban Theory
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"Monumento" (2022) is an installation by Edoardo Tresoldi, commissioned by Generali, promoter of the restoration of the building carried out by the David Chipperfield Architects studio. The installation is located in the space around which the monumental circular staircase of the Procuratie Vecchie ascends. Monumento uses the rhetorical language of the monumental column(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
January 2025
Monumento
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"Monumento" (2022) is an installation by Edoardo Tresoldi, commissioned by Generali, promoter of the restoration of the building carried out by the David Chipperfield Architects studio. The installation is located in the space around which the monumental circular staircase of the Procuratie Vecchie ascends. Monumento uses the rhetorical language of the monumental column as a reflection both on our times and on the rhetoric surrounding those values to which our society aspires: a society that reiterates the need to redefine the concept of strength, reinterpreting the role of fragility and which proposes listening and dialogue as the fundamental points of intercultural relations.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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"Against reason, volume 1" is published alongside the "Tony Smith catalogue raisonné: Sculpture", itself the first of two volumes—the other focusing on architecture—documenting the artist's career. This book reveals the depth and complexity of Smith's oeuvre in sculpture while positioning its transdisciplinary nature in dialogue with contemporary practitioners.(...)
Against reason, Volume 1. Tony Smith, culture and other modernisms
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"Against reason, volume 1" is published alongside the "Tony Smith catalogue raisonné: Sculpture", itself the first of two volumes—the other focusing on architecture—documenting the artist's career. This book reveals the depth and complexity of Smith's oeuvre in sculpture while positioning its transdisciplinary nature in dialogue with contemporary practitioners. Commissioned essays by art historians and curators and visual projects by artists offer renewed perspectives on a variety of cultural systems, exploring the ongoing vitality of Smith's work. Their contributions reflect upon the modernist era in which Smith's work was produced to think through ingrained ideologies, revealing other, parallel modernisms and histories.
Architectural Theory
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Ce livre propose une théorie du projet et traite les questions méthodologiques qu’elle soulève, étant entendu que la théorie du projet repose sur des convictions architecturales et urbaines que la théorie d’architecture ordonne. Il insiste sur son aspect instrumental puisque sa finalité est la maîtrise du dessin architectural. Tout au long des pages, l’auteur dialogue(...)
January 1900, Lausanne
L'ordre et la règle : vers une théorie du projet d'architecture
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Ce livre propose une théorie du projet et traite les questions méthodologiques qu’elle soulève, étant entendu que la théorie du projet repose sur des convictions architecturales et urbaines que la théorie d’architecture ordonne. Il insiste sur son aspect instrumental puisque sa finalité est la maîtrise du dessin architectural. Tout au long des pages, l’auteur dialogue avec les grands archétypes de la mise en forme, en parcourant, d’Occident en Orient, les cultures et les civilisations. À travers leurs significations, il cherche à mettre en évidence la pérennité des choix typologiques et constructifs au-delà des multiples expressions stylistiques.
Le projet tectonique
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La tectonique s'offre aujourd'hui comme une façon d'interroger le dialogue culturel entre conception et construction. Cet ouvrage rassemble les contributions d'architectes, d'artistes, d'historiens, de philosophes et de pédagogues autour du «projet tectonique» dont ils tirent une quintessence troublante et enrichissante: la fonction constructive est aussi une fiction(...)
Architectural Theory
October 2005, Gollion
Le projet tectonique
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La tectonique s'offre aujourd'hui comme une façon d'interroger le dialogue culturel entre conception et construction. Cet ouvrage rassemble les contributions d'architectes, d'artistes, d'historiens, de philosophes et de pédagogues autour du «projet tectonique» dont ils tirent une quintessence troublante et enrichissante: la fonction constructive est aussi une fiction constructive. Ce premier volume issu des Grands Ateliers se veut également l'acte inaugural d'une production durable relative aux questionnements engendrés par la rencontre, encore peu sensible il y a dix ans, entre l'art de contruire - qui appartient à un secteur de production encore traditionnel - et les nouvelles technologies de conception et de communication.
Architectural Theory
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The relationship between landscape and architecture became strained in the early Modern Movement when the two parted ways in an effort to idealize place making. The aim of this volume of essays is to create a platform where these two disciplines may be reunited in a critical dialogue. The book originates from a symposium of the title and lecture series organized by the(...)
Re-envisioning landscape / architecture
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The relationship between landscape and architecture became strained in the early Modern Movement when the two parted ways in an effort to idealize place making. The aim of this volume of essays is to create a platform where these two disciplines may be reunited in a critical dialogue. The book originates from a symposium of the title and lecture series organized by the School of Architecture at Arizona State University during 1998-1999. It includes over 20 essays by academics and professionals whose work addresses the need to reconsider these two disciplines as complementary pieces of the same puzzle.
Landscape Theory
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Led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Lisbon-based architecture studio Aires Mateus is known for its wide range of work, from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs. Grounded in collaboration, each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualised. This(...)
El Croquis 229: Aires Mateus (2018-2025)
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Led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Lisbon-based architecture studio Aires Mateus is known for its wide range of work, from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs. Grounded in collaboration, each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualised. This issue explores their philosophy, process, and commitment to architecture as a cultural and social act. Featured are key projects such as the refurbishment of Variedades Theatre, Pateos Guest Houses, House in Monzaraz, MUDAC Lausanne, and more. A conversation with the architects adds further insight.
El Croquis
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''Re-Thinking Re-Use'' is a dialogue and collaboration between Dutch and Japanese (building) cultures, where differing perspectives enrich and inspire one another. By learning from each other’s traditions and views on old, new and change, the project seeks a new and guiding balance. It embraces the reuse and transformation of existing buildings, structures and materials,(...)
Architecture Monographs
October 2025
HOH Architecten: Re-thinking re-use
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''Re-Thinking Re-Use'' is a dialogue and collaboration between Dutch and Japanese (building) cultures, where differing perspectives enrich and inspire one another. By learning from each other’s traditions and views on old, new and change, the project seeks a new and guiding balance. It embraces the reuse and transformation of existing buildings, structures and materials, encouraging an exchange between generations of architects and builders, and between innovation and craftsmanship. At a time when the construction sector faces the ecological impact of its actions, ''Re-Thinking Re-Use'' offers a sustainable perspective, rooted in continuity and evolution within the built environment.
Architecture Monographs
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Depuis 1993, le Centre national des arts plastiques a constitué un fonds d'esquisses, de maquettes et de travaux préparatoires liés aux commandes publiques d'oeuvres d'art. Riche de près de 4 600 objets réalisés par des plasticiens, architectes, designers, vidéastes ou photographes, il retrace quatre décennies de dialogue entre créateurs, pouvoirs publics et citoyens.(...)
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March 2021
Préliminaires : Études et maquettes
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Depuis 1993, le Centre national des arts plastiques a constitué un fonds d'esquisses, de maquettes et de travaux préparatoires liés aux commandes publiques d'oeuvres d'art. Riche de près de 4 600 objets réalisés par des plasticiens, architectes, designers, vidéastes ou photographes, il retrace quatre décennies de dialogue entre créateurs, pouvoirs publics et citoyens. Avec une sélection de projets représentatifs de la diversité de cet ensemble, parfois restés au stade de l'étude, cet ouvrage propose de plonger au coeur du processus créatif et d'observer, en suivant l'histoire de cette collection singulière, l'art en train de se faire.
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AV 235: Masters' Memoirs
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The voice of memory rings loud and clear on the pages of the new issue of 'AV Monographs', a compilation of conversations that Luis Fernández-Galiano has had over the years with ten architects recounting their respective lives and professional trajectories. Arranged by age of the speakers – from Frank Gehry, the most veteran of all, to Bjarke Ingels – and transcribed in(...)
AV 235: Masters' Memoirs
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The voice of memory rings loud and clear on the pages of the new issue of 'AV Monographs', a compilation of conversations that Luis Fernández-Galiano has had over the years with ten architects recounting their respective lives and professional trajectories. Arranged by age of the speakers – from Frank Gehry, the most veteran of all, to Bjarke Ingels – and transcribed in the form of monologues, the interviews trace the biographical journey of each architect, from family origins, upbringing, and educational training to latest projects at the time of the dialogue, and are illustrated with the most characteristic works and projects of their career.
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