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Paris Rive Gauche : documents 1981-2016 / Soline Nivet ; préfaces Anne Hidalgo, Jérôme Coumet.
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355 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Paris : Pavillon de l'Arsenal, 2016., copyright 2016
Paris Rive Gauche : documents 1981-2016 / Soline Nivet ; préfaces Anne Hidalgo, Jérôme Coumet.
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Hunch no 4 2001/2002
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Jump from Ground Zero to Koolhaas’s “Jewel Box in Vegas” with Jeff Derksen. Unravel the “Genetic Codes of The Wild City” with the STEALTH Group in Belgrade and John Thackara of Doors of Perception. Let Oscar Niemeyer tell you why “We’re all Screwed”. Discover the “Razzmatazz Formula of Times Square” with Javier Rojas and Nanne de Ru. Witness the first (and the last?)(...)
Hunch no 4 2001/2002
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Jump from Ground Zero to Koolhaas’s “Jewel Box in Vegas” with Jeff Derksen. Unravel the “Genetic Codes of The Wild City” with the STEALTH Group in Belgrade and John Thackara of Doors of Perception. Let Oscar Niemeyer tell you why “We’re all Screwed”. Discover the “Razzmatazz Formula of Times Square” with Javier Rojas and Nanne de Ru. Witness the first (and the last?) “Columns of Fire” with Thomas A. P. van Leeuwen. Dig up Gert-Jan Willemse’s “Design for a World Without People” with Pier Vittorio Aureli and Saskia Kloosterboer, and then decide whether the architectural debate in Holland is about “Nothingness or Nothing at All”.
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This architect from Rome is one of the younger generation of Italian architects who possesses a wide knowledge of the architectural debate and is firmly dedicated to a qualitative and innovative resurrection of architecture in Italy. He is known, among other reasons, for his analyses of the cultural situation and the profession of the contemporary architect in the(...)
Towards an architecture of today / panta rhei 1
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This architect from Rome is one of the younger generation of Italian architects who possesses a wide knowledge of the architectural debate and is firmly dedicated to a qualitative and innovative resurrection of architecture in Italy. He is known, among other reasons, for his analyses of the cultural situation and the profession of the contemporary architect in the internationally renowned architectural magazine "Domus", as well as for his activities as deputy editor-in-chief of this journal from 1992 to 1996. In this book, Nicola Di Battista analyses the discipline of architecture and the architect's profession, developing principles of a new orientation from a beneficial distance and with a clear overview.
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Working at Copan
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This publication was developed in th context of Sao Paulo S.A.: praticas estéticas, sociais e politicas em debate. Oscar Niemeyer's Modernist landmark Edificio Copan was the largest residential building in Latin America when it became part of Sao Paulo's skyline in 1966. In a project that's as much sociology as art, Berlin-based artist Peter Freidl interviews some of(...)
Working at Copan
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This publication was developed in th context of Sao Paulo S.A.: praticas estéticas, sociais e politicas em debate. Oscar Niemeyer's Modernist landmark Edificio Copan was the largest residential building in Latin America when it became part of Sao Paulo's skyline in 1966. In a project that's as much sociology as art, Berlin-based artist Peter Freidl interviews some of the 107 full-time employees whose lives are occupied with keeping this vertical utopia running. the author asks them about their work and their lives outside work, trying to paint a picture through first-hand accounts of the complex urban social reality of a Brazilian megalopolis.
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June 2008
Contemporary Art Monographs
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The recent collaboration between Gian Piero Frassinelli – founder of the Florentine collective Superstudio – and 2A+P/A an architectural practice based in Rome – relaunched a long-established, yet generally overlooked, debate on the relationship between architecture and anthropology. Moving away from a historical or scientific perspective to embrace the point of view of(...)
Savage architecture: Gian Piero Frassinelli, Superstudio, 2A + P/A
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The recent collaboration between Gian Piero Frassinelli – founder of the Florentine collective Superstudio – and 2A+P/A an architectural practice based in Rome – relaunched a long-established, yet generally overlooked, debate on the relationship between architecture and anthropology. Moving away from a historical or scientific perspective to embrace the point of view of the project, the exhibition Savage Architecture genealogically reconstructs the ethos of such collaboration in four episodes. The outcome is a journey through the imaginative potential of the anthropological gaze in constructing both meaning and a method for the architectural project as an alternative to the dominant belief in the economic and technological reasons.
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The catalogue for an exhibition at MAXXI curated by Pippo Ciorra and Jean-Louis Cohen, this book is an homage to Bruno Zevi, the notable architect, historian, lecturer, critic, politician, and designer. Moreover, it is a reflection on the contemporary Italian architectures that Zevi supported and promoted during his 50-year career through his extensive writing and(...)
Zevi's architects: history and counter-history of Italian architecture
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The catalogue for an exhibition at MAXXI curated by Pippo Ciorra and Jean-Louis Cohen, this book is an homage to Bruno Zevi, the notable architect, historian, lecturer, critic, politician, and designer. Moreover, it is a reflection on the contemporary Italian architectures that Zevi supported and promoted during his 50-year career through his extensive writing and criticism. Featuring 35 architects, the book’s drawings, models, and other visual materials clarify the key role Zevi played in the post-war architectural debate in Italy, highlighting the importance of the relationship between architecture and politics and his social passion and presence in the nation’s civic history.
Architectural Theory
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The temporary multipurpose hall built by Frei Otto and Carlfried Mutschler for the 1975 Federal Horticultural Show in Mannheim ranks as the world’s largest wooden grid shell construction. Although it was actually put under a preservation order in 1998, an international debate is now underway to discuss whether to demolish or maintain this structure. Working by and large(...)
Frei Otto and Carlfried Mutschler: Multihalle
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The temporary multipurpose hall built by Frei Otto and Carlfried Mutschler for the 1975 Federal Horticultural Show in Mannheim ranks as the world’s largest wooden grid shell construction. Although it was actually put under a preservation order in 1998, an international debate is now underway to discuss whether to demolish or maintain this structure. Working by and large without any digital computation technology, Frei Otto used a delicate suspended model to design the complex roof. Drawing on materials from the archives of Carlfried Mutschler and Frei Otto that are for the most part unpublished, the book presents the history of this experimental building for the first time.
Architecture Monographs
New architecture in Britain
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This book engagingly describes and illustrates over 100 outstanding projects from around Britain that have contributed to the country's architectural rejuvenation in the twenty-first century. Landmark projects by well-known architects, such as Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' Eden Project in Cornwall, Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North in Manchester and Foster and(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
April 2006, London, New York
New architecture in Britain
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This book engagingly describes and illustrates over 100 outstanding projects from around Britain that have contributed to the country's architectural rejuvenation in the twenty-first century. Landmark projects by well-known architects, such as Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' Eden Project in Cornwall, Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North in Manchester and Foster and Partners' tower at 30 St Mary Axe in London, feature alongside the work of younger, smaller practices, including many based outside the capital. New Architecture in Britain makes a forceful contribution to the continuing debate about the role of architecture in forging a new environment and underpinning the growth of a healthy society.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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The activities of Rem Koolhaas and his staff were widely discussed even before the foundation of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975. Today, many contributions on the work of OMA can be found in the international architectural press, including Koolhaas’ own writings. The book contains about 150 selected texts — interviews, feature articles, essays, lead(...)
OMA/Rem Koolhaas: a critical reader
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The activities of Rem Koolhaas and his staff were widely discussed even before the foundation of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975. Today, many contributions on the work of OMA can be found in the international architectural press, including Koolhaas’ own writings. The book contains about 150 selected texts — interviews, feature articles, essays, lead articles, reviews, letters, introductions, appraisals, and competition reports that have been compiled for the first time. This compilation not only provides a fresh and critical view of the oeuvre of one the most important contemporary architects, but also represents an account of the debate on architectural and urban design in recent decades.
Architecture Monographs
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The activities of Rem Koolhaas and his staff were widely discussed even before the foundation of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975. Today, many contributions on the work of OMA can be found in the international architectural press, including Koolhaas’ own writings. The book contains about 150 selected texts — interviews, feature articles, essays, lead(...)
OMA / Rem Koolhaas: a critical reader from 'Delirious New York' to 'S,M,L,XL'
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The activities of Rem Koolhaas and his staff were widely discussed even before the foundation of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975. Today, many contributions on the work of OMA can be found in the international architectural press, including Koolhaas’ own writings. The book contains about 150 selected texts — interviews, feature articles, essays, lead articles, reviews, letters, introductions, appraisals, and competition reports that have been compiled for the first time. This compilation not only provides a fresh and critical view of the oeuvre of one the most important contemporary architects, but also represents an account of the debate on architectural and urban design in recent decades.
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