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In juxtaposing the ambiguity of the photographic image against the uncertainty of historical and archaeological evidence, photographer John Stathatos has woven an intriguing Borgian labyrinth of truth and fiction in his exploration of ancient and forgotten cities. Includes an essay by Joan Fontcuberta. And a preface by Yves Abrioux.
John Stathatos ; the book of lost cities
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In juxtaposing the ambiguity of the photographic image against the uncertainty of historical and archaeological evidence, photographer John Stathatos has woven an intriguing Borgian labyrinth of truth and fiction in his exploration of ancient and forgotten cities. Includes an essay by Joan Fontcuberta. And a preface by Yves Abrioux.
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As an architectural photographer, Amanda Large's creative practice is centred around making evocative images that go beyond the straight documentation of buildings. "Fifty50" investigates how a photograph, or a series of vignettes, can tell the story of a structure through the exploration of fifty modernist churches in Toronto, ON.
Fifty50: fifty modernist churches
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As an architectural photographer, Amanda Large's creative practice is centred around making evocative images that go beyond the straight documentation of buildings. "Fifty50" investigates how a photograph, or a series of vignettes, can tell the story of a structure through the exploration of fifty modernist churches in Toronto, ON.
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Camera Atomica
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An exploration of how the camera lens has shaped public perceptions of the atomic age and its legacy of anxiety. The images featured are extremely vivid and were taken by photographers including Weegee, Barbara Kruger, Sandy Skoglund and Garry Winogrand from some of the nuclear events from 1945 onwards.
Camera Atomica
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An exploration of how the camera lens has shaped public perceptions of the atomic age and its legacy of anxiety. The images featured are extremely vivid and were taken by photographers including Weegee, Barbara Kruger, Sandy Skoglund and Garry Winogrand from some of the nuclear events from 1945 onwards.
Photography Collections
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'Essential Essays' showcases Adrienne Rich’s singular ability to unite the political, personal, and poetical. The essays selected here by feminist scholar Sandra M. Gilbert range from the 1960s to 2006, emphasizing Rich’s lifelong intellectual engagement and fearless prose exploration of feminism, social justice, poetry, race, homosexuality, and identity.
Adrienne Rich: Essential essays. Culture politics and the art of poetry
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'Essential Essays' showcases Adrienne Rich’s singular ability to unite the political, personal, and poetical. The essays selected here by feminist scholar Sandra M. Gilbert range from the 1960s to 2006, emphasizing Rich’s lifelong intellectual engagement and fearless prose exploration of feminism, social justice, poetry, race, homosexuality, and identity.
Critical Theory
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Une exploration de la relation sensible à l'environnement thermique et à toute la gamme des ambiances que permet le maintien de la température des bâtiments, dans le but de montrer comment prodiguer à ceux qui les habitent le confort que demandent des corps moins résistants aux variations climatiques.
Architecture et volupté thermique, n.é.
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Une exploration de la relation sensible à l'environnement thermique et à toute la gamme des ambiances que permet le maintien de la température des bâtiments, dans le but de montrer comment prodiguer à ceux qui les habitent le confort que demandent des corps moins résistants aux variations climatiques.
Architectural Theory
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How can we regain the elements of the traditional village – family, cooperation, community and a sense of belonging – within the context of 21st century life? Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities is an in-depth exploration of a uniquely rewarding type of housing designed for a more sustainable lifestyle.
Creating cohousing: Building sustainable communities
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How can we regain the elements of the traditional village – family, cooperation, community and a sense of belonging – within the context of 21st century life? Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities is an in-depth exploration of a uniquely rewarding type of housing designed for a more sustainable lifestyle.
Collective Housing
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This book is about the role of words and images in architecture. A documentation of the conventions of architectural representation, it is also an exploration of the many ways in which those conventions can be productively challenged, subverted, or ignored to broaden the conversation about architecture and what it means.
Semi-detached : writing, representation and criticism in architecture
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This book is about the role of words and images in architecture. A documentation of the conventions of architectural representation, it is also an exploration of the many ways in which those conventions can be productively challenged, subverted, or ignored to broaden the conversation about architecture and what it means.
Architectural Theory
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406 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, [2015], ©2015
Walker Evans : depth of field / edited by John T. Hill and Heinz Liesbrock ; essays by John T. Hill, Heinz Liesbrock, Jerry L. Thompson, Alan Trachtenberg, Thomas Weski.
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Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, [2015], ©2015
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Allotments are places to grow food, but they are so much more than that. They are also places that encourage spontaneity, exploration, learning, sharing, restful activity and camaraderie. This book is a celebration of allotment huts—their architecture and design, but most of all the invention and resourcefulness that makes each one unique.
A hut of one's own: how to make the most of your allotment shed
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Allotments are places to grow food, but they are so much more than that. They are also places that encourage spontaneity, exploration, learning, sharing, restful activity and camaraderie. This book is a celebration of allotment huts—their architecture and design, but most of all the invention and resourcefulness that makes each one unique.
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The coming community
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In this extraordinary and original philosophical achievement, Agamben develops the concept of community and the social implications of his philosophical thought. Agamben's exploration is, in part, a contemporary response to the work of Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Blanchot, Jean-Luc Nancy, and, more historically, Plato, Spinoza, and medieval scholars and theorists of(...)
The coming community
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In this extraordinary and original philosophical achievement, Agamben develops the concept of community and the social implications of his philosophical thought. Agamben's exploration is, in part, a contemporary response to the work of Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Blanchot, Jean-Luc Nancy, and, more historically, Plato, Spinoza, and medieval scholars and theorists of Judeo-Christian scriptures.
Critical Theory