Whose body?
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With philosophical nerve and unforgettable thought experiments, Judith Jarvis Thomson’s "A defense of abortion" transformed the moral debate on reproductive rights. First published in 1971, it became a cornerstone of modern moral philosophy, widely taught, fiercely debated, and endlessly cited. Few essays have so deeply shaped public discourse—or made abstract reasoning(...)
Whose body?
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With philosophical nerve and unforgettable thought experiments, Judith Jarvis Thomson’s "A defense of abortion" transformed the moral debate on reproductive rights. First published in 1971, it became a cornerstone of modern moral philosophy, widely taught, fiercely debated, and endlessly cited. Few essays have so deeply shaped public discourse—or made abstract reasoning feel so urgently and disarmingly human.
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Oase 81: Criticism revisted
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This issue of OASE examines the diminishing culture of architecture criticism, and the role that architecture magazines play within the current debate. A record of events organized around the journal's twenty-fifth anniversary, this issue brings together important critical voices around one central question: what role should the architecture journal play in an(...)
Oase 81: Criticism revisted
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This issue of OASE examines the diminishing culture of architecture criticism, and the role that architecture magazines play within the current debate. A record of events organized around the journal's twenty-fifth anniversary, this issue brings together important critical voices around one central question: what role should the architecture journal play in an increasingly acritical landscape?
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[Place of publication not identified] : Anthropocene Campus Philadelphia, 2017., [Place of publication not identified] : continent., 2017.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Anthropocene Campus Philadelphia, 2017., [Place of publication not identified] : continent., 2017.
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295 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (27 min., 25 sec. : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.)
Paris : Carré : Institut français, c2011.
Métropolis? : Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, Paris : cinq métropoles en regard du Grand Paris / Dominique Perrault.
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Paris : Carré : Institut français, c2011.
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xvi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
Pause and effect : an introduction to the history of punctuation in the West / M.B. Parkes.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
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This publication results from a conference intended to reopen the debate on the development of architectural discourse in America from 1923 to 1949. Contributors include: Bernard Tschumi, Terence Riley, Robert E. Somol, Phyllis Lambert, Philip Johnson and Jeffrey Kipnis, Colin Rowe, Peter Eisenman, Joan Ockman, Paulette Singley, Sylvia Lavin, Francesco(...)
Autonomy and ideology: positioning an avant-garde in America
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This publication results from a conference intended to reopen the debate on the development of architectural discourse in America from 1923 to 1949. Contributors include: Bernard Tschumi, Terence Riley, Robert E. Somol, Phyllis Lambert, Philip Johnson and Jeffrey Kipnis, Colin Rowe, Peter Eisenman, Joan Ockman, Paulette Singley, Sylvia Lavin, Francesco Dal Co, Detlef Mertins, Mitchell Schwarzer, Sanford Kwinter, Rem Koolhaas, and Beatriz Colomina.
CCA Publications
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This volume presents a selection of twenty-two houses, representative of all the phases of Lutyens’s career, and illustrates the architect’s dual achievements as a renewer of both vernacular tradition and of the Classical language of architecture. Debate continues about Lutyens’s place in modern architecture, but his legacy of some of the most inventive and romantic(...)
Edwin Lutyens : country houses
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This volume presents a selection of twenty-two houses, representative of all the phases of Lutyens’s career, and illustrates the architect’s dual achievements as a renewer of both vernacular tradition and of the Classical language of architecture. Debate continues about Lutyens’s place in modern architecture, but his legacy of some of the most inventive and romantic examples of British domestic architecture is unquestionable.
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Oase 80: On territories
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As rural landscapes in the West and elsewhere are increasingly encroached upon by urban expansion, this issue of Oase explores the potential significance of architectonic design for the overhauling of this process. From local to national governments, from environmental factions to the road-user's lobby, everybody has something to say about this process, which tends to(...)
Oase 80: On territories
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As rural landscapes in the West and elsewhere are increasingly encroached upon by urban expansion, this issue of Oase explores the potential significance of architectonic design for the overhauling of this process. From local to national governments, from environmental factions to the road-user's lobby, everybody has something to say about this process, which tends to divide debate between ecology and mobility.
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Andreas Herzau : Istanbul
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Prompted by the debate surrounding Turkey's potential membership in the European Union, German photographer Andreas Herzau (born 1962) began documenting life in the country. Situated at the border of Europe and Asia, Istanbul, the photographer found, sums up the challenges and opportunities facing Turkey today. Herzau's images precisely capture the many facets of the(...)
Andreas Herzau : Istanbul
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Prompted by the debate surrounding Turkey's potential membership in the European Union, German photographer Andreas Herzau (born 1962) began documenting life in the country. Situated at the border of Europe and Asia, Istanbul, the photographer found, sums up the challenges and opportunities facing Turkey today. Herzau's images precisely capture the many facets of the Turkish port where tradition and modernity collide.
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250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Genève : Mētis Presses, 2022.
Le futur des métropoles : temps et infrastructure / Nathalie Roseau.
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Genève : Mētis Presses, 2022.