L'oeuvre des matières
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« L’œuvre des matières » est le reflet d’une pensée qui tente de lier le corps et l’esprit. Une exploration poétique des mécanismes de la pensée dans l'acte de construire. Ivry Serres est un architecte et un promeneur attentif qui cultive un regard singulier sur le monde. De ces instants naissent une culture. Une culture empreinte de réalité, à la fois concrète et sensible.
L'oeuvre des matières
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« L’œuvre des matières » est le reflet d’une pensée qui tente de lier le corps et l’esprit. Une exploration poétique des mécanismes de la pensée dans l'acte de construire. Ivry Serres est un architecte et un promeneur attentif qui cultive un regard singulier sur le monde. De ces instants naissent une culture. Une culture empreinte de réalité, à la fois concrète et sensible.
Architectural Theory
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Une exploration de l'espace qui fait, au sens propre, grimper l'imagination en flèche. La sélection de toits présentée ici vous fait voyager dans le monde entier et découvrir comment une partie autrefois négligée de la construction est aujourd'hui repensée par l'architecture contemporaine, sous forme de somptueux jardins avec vue, d'installations artistiques,(...)
Rooftops : islands in the sky
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Une exploration de l'espace qui fait, au sens propre, grimper l'imagination en flèche. La sélection de toits présentée ici vous fait voyager dans le monde entier et découvrir comment une partie autrefois négligée de la construction est aujourd'hui repensée par l'architecture contemporaine, sous forme de somptueux jardins avec vue, d'installations artistiques, d'appartements au luxe éblouissant ou du bar le prestigieux de la ville.
Gardens
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Through observations, arguments, and detailed project explorations these diverse contributors describe new models of practice and reorganizations of labor for the 21st century. Chapters include a reconsideration of craft in light of digital fabrication; an exploration of new methods of collaboration; an analysis of changes in contracts and standards; and an assessment of(...)
Building (in) the future: recasting labor in architecture
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Through observations, arguments, and detailed project explorations these diverse contributors describe new models of practice and reorganizations of labor for the 21st century. Chapters include a reconsideration of craft in light of digital fabrication; an exploration of new methods of collaboration; an analysis of changes in contracts and standards; and an assessment of the new market realities of mass production and customization.
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California pop-up book
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The California Pop-Up Book is a creative exploration of the California experience through 3D pop-ups, pull-outs, booklets and narratives. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000, this book highlights the relitionship between the arts and the way the Golden State has been protrayed and conceived in popular imagination.
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January 1900, New York
California pop-up book
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The California Pop-Up Book is a creative exploration of the California experience through 3D pop-ups, pull-outs, booklets and narratives. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000, this book highlights the relitionship between the arts and the way the Golden State has been protrayed and conceived in popular imagination.
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Searching for Utopia surveys the influence of the idea of utopia on history, literature, art, architecture, and religious and political thought. Central to his exploration of ideal worlds are creation myths; archetypes of heaven and the afterlife; new worlds and voyages of discovery; ages of revolution and technological progress; model communities and kibbutzim; political(...)
Searching for utopia: The history of an idea
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Searching for Utopia surveys the influence of the idea of utopia on history, literature, art, architecture, and religious and political thought. Central to his exploration of ideal worlds are creation myths; archetypes of heaven and the afterlife; new worlds and voyages of discovery; ages of revolution and technological progress; model communities and kibbutzim; political and ecological dystopias; space travel and science fiction.
Architecture and the imaginary
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This publication is the firm's first monograph. Their practice has built a reputation for its ability to meet building challenges with uncommon design clarity, elegance, and refinement. They approach highly constrained and technically demanding design problems with a clear set of modernist core principles, a passion for material and detail exploration, and a desire to(...)
Made to measure: the architecture of Leers Weizapel associates
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This publication is the firm's first monograph. Their practice has built a reputation for its ability to meet building challenges with uncommon design clarity, elegance, and refinement. They approach highly constrained and technically demanding design problems with a clear set of modernist core principles, a passion for material and detail exploration, and a desire to create meaningful places for social interaction.
Architecture Monographs
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In 1987 Aperture published Lynne Cohen's first monograph, Occupied Territory , an exploration of space as simulated experience--a sham reality, idealized and standardized. Now, Aperture is publishing a newly expanded and updated reissue of this classic monograph, making Cohen's pioneering work available to a contemporary audience and situating her within the lineage(...)
Lynne Cohen: Occupied territory
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In 1987 Aperture published Lynne Cohen's first monograph, Occupied Territory , an exploration of space as simulated experience--a sham reality, idealized and standardized. Now, Aperture is publishing a newly expanded and updated reissue of this classic monograph, making Cohen's pioneering work available to a contemporary audience and situating her within the lineage of Lewis Baltz, Stephen Shore and other celebrated New Topographics photographers.
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ABC de la nature
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Bernadette Gervais nous offre un magnifique abécédaire grand format. Idéal pour les plus jeunes, pour l'apprentissage de l'alphabet et découvrir les beautés de la nature.Bernadette Gervais à longtemps collaboré avec francesco Pittau (le duo Pittau-Gervais) et continue son exploration du monde jeunesse en solo. Son travail pictural est ici particulièrement remarquable,(...)
ABC de la nature
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Bernadette Gervais nous offre un magnifique abécédaire grand format. Idéal pour les plus jeunes, pour l'apprentissage de l'alphabet et découvrir les beautés de la nature.Bernadette Gervais à longtemps collaboré avec francesco Pittau (le duo Pittau-Gervais) et continue son exploration du monde jeunesse en solo. Son travail pictural est ici particulièrement remarquable, mélange de pochoirs et de travail à l'éponge.
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F. R. David, spring 2009 :
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The fifth issue of F.R. David continues its exploration of the borders between art and language and the question of whether the tension that exists between the two is real or imagined. Texts and images intersperse one another with contributions from, among others, Mungo Thomson, Monika Szewczyk, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Stephen Miller, Thomas Pynchon, Dexter Sinister, Christine(...)
F. R. David, spring 2009 :
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The fifth issue of F.R. David continues its exploration of the borders between art and language and the question of whether the tension that exists between the two is real or imagined. Texts and images intersperse one another with contributions from, among others, Mungo Thomson, Monika Szewczyk, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Stephen Miller, Thomas Pynchon, Dexter Sinister, Christine Kenneally and John Baldessari.
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Building Envelopes, the newest volume in the Architecture Briefs series, gives instruction for designing building envelopes that are both visually appealing and high-functioning. It is divided into three sections: discussion of the general concepts involved in designing a building envelope, exploration of specific technologies and materials that the envelope encompasses,(...)
Building envelopes: an integral approach
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Building Envelopes, the newest volume in the Architecture Briefs series, gives instruction for designing building envelopes that are both visually appealing and high-functioning. It is divided into three sections: discussion of the general concepts involved in designing a building envelope, exploration of specific technologies and materials that the envelope encompasses, and analysis of cutting-edge case studies from around the world.
Materials and Lighting