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The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums possesses over 2500 of the world's rarest pigments. Visually and anthropologically excavating the extraordinary collection, Atelier Editions' monograph examines the contained artefacts' providence, composition, symbology and application. Whilst simultaneously exploring the larger field of(...)
Colour Theory and Design
January 2019
An atlas of rare & familiar colour
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The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums possesses over 2500 of the world's rarest pigments. Visually and anthropologically excavating the extraordinary collection, Atelier Editions' monograph examines the contained artefacts' providence, composition, symbology and application. Whilst simultaneously exploring the larger field of chromatics, utilising a variety of theoretical frameworks to interpret the collection anew. An introduction to the monograph is authored by Straus Center Director Dr. Narayan Khandekar.
Colour Theory and Design
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The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums possesses over 2500 of the world's rarest pigments. Visually and anthropologically excavating the extraordinary collection, Atelier Editions' monograph examines the contained artefacts' providence, composition, symbology and application. Whilst simultaneously exploring the larger field of(...)
Colour Theory and Design
January 2019
An atlas of rare and familiar colour
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The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums possesses over 2500 of the world's rarest pigments. Visually and anthropologically excavating the extraordinary collection, Atelier Editions' monograph examines the contained artefacts' providence, composition, symbology and application. Whilst simultaneously exploring the larger field of chromatics, utilising a variety of theoretical frameworks to interpret the collection anew. An introduction to the monograph is authored by Straus Center Director Dr. Narayan Khandekar.
Colour Theory and Design
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In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities(...)
Wild urban plants of the Northeast, 2nd edition
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In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities more livable and enjoyable. With more than 1000 photos, readers can easily identify these powerful plants.
Fauna and flora
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The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University sought to cultivate its position as an iconic modernist building, school and exhibition venue. Drawing on the exhibition histories and academic pursuits of the famed 1963 Le Corbusier building and both Martin Becks 2014-16 exhibition, Program, and the accompanying catalog, "An organized system of instructions"(...)
An organized system of instructions
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The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University sought to cultivate its position as an iconic modernist building, school and exhibition venue. Drawing on the exhibition histories and academic pursuits of the famed 1963 Le Corbusier building and both Martin Becks 2014-16 exhibition, Program, and the accompanying catalog, "An organized system of instructions" presents the explorative strategies, interventions, installations, events and displays that the Carpenter Center used to build, organize and engage its audiences.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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This new softcover edition brings together the work of designers, engineers and makers within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, and computation. Covering a cross section of scales and typologies, the publication features 32 illustrated case studies of completed buildings, new works in progress, and the latest research in design and digital(...)
Fabricate: making digital architecture
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This new softcover edition brings together the work of designers, engineers and makers within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, and computation. Covering a cross section of scales and typologies, the publication features 32 illustrated case studies of completed buildings, new works in progress, and the latest research in design and digital manufacturing. Practices included Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, Buro Happold, Amanda Levette Architects, Ron Arad Associates, and renowned institutions Delft, Harvard, MIT, The Bartlett, CITA, and the AA.
Digital Architecture
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Dans cet ouvrage, on suit l’évolution et l’influence d’un visionnaire du XXe siècle à travers vingt de ses projets les plus importants, du bâtiment du Bauhaus à Dessau, en Allemagne, à la Tribune Tower de Chicago et au Graduate Center de l’université Harvard, réalisés après l’exode de Gropius aux États-Unis, en 1937. On explore son rôle comme architecte, théoricien et(...)
Gropius
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Dans cet ouvrage, on suit l’évolution et l’influence d’un visionnaire du XXe siècle à travers vingt de ses projets les plus importants, du bâtiment du Bauhaus à Dessau, en Allemagne, à la Tribune Tower de Chicago et au Graduate Center de l’université Harvard, réalisés après l’exode de Gropius aux États-Unis, en 1937. On explore son rôle comme architecte, théoricien et enseignant, pionnier du Bauhaus, mais aussi en tant que père fondateur, avec Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, du Style international.
Architecture Monographs
Dirk Denison: 10 houses
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Taking the form of an in-depth conversation between architect and educator Dirk Denison and journalist Fred A. Bernstein, this volume chronicles Denison's childhood in Detroit, travels and early encounters with the arts and architecture, and his education at Cranbrook, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. A perceptive(...)
Dirk Denison: 10 houses
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Taking the form of an in-depth conversation between architect and educator Dirk Denison and journalist Fred A. Bernstein, this volume chronicles Denison's childhood in Detroit, travels and early encounters with the arts and architecture, and his education at Cranbrook, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. A perceptive interlocutor, Bernstein deftly draws upon Denison's own insights into how these experiences have influenced his aesthetic sensibilities, design philosophy, and working processes over 30 years of collaborative practice.
Architecture Monographs
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This engaging publication, written by prominent scholars of contemporary architecture and design, is the first to focus on the collaborative design process for Windshield, as revealed by the extensive Brown/Neutra correspondence, as well as on its role in modern American architecture. J. Carter Brown has contributed personal recollections about growing up in(...)
Richard Neutra's Windshield House
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This engaging publication, written by prominent scholars of contemporary architecture and design, is the first to focus on the collaborative design process for Windshield, as revealed by the extensive Brown/Neutra correspondence, as well as on its role in modern American architecture. J. Carter Brown has contributed personal recollections about growing up in Windshield. This book will accompany an exhibition that opens at the Harvard University Art Museums in November 2001, and will then travel to the RISD Museum, the Octagon Museum of the American Architectural Foundation, and the Armand Hammer Museum at UCLA.
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Architecture Monographs
A line in the Andes
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A Line in the Andes a one year investigation developed at the Harvard Graduate school of design examines the transformative role of the first underground metro line currently being implemented in the city of Quito (Ecuador). Through archival material, original drawings, and text, this publication frames the metro project within the city's historic and current urban form,(...)
A line in the Andes
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A Line in the Andes a one year investigation developed at the Harvard Graduate school of design examines the transformative role of the first underground metro line currently being implemented in the city of Quito (Ecuador). Through archival material, original drawings, and text, this publication frames the metro project within the city's historic and current urban form, visualizing the urban potential of this contemporary valley-city. In doing so, the material documented in this book sets the stage for well-informed design deliberations regarding an urban future Quito deserves.
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Le Corbusier: the built work
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Le Corbusier is widely acknowledged as the most influential architect of the twentieth century. As extensively researched and documented as his works are, however, they have never been exhaustively surveyed in photographs until now. Photographer Richard Pare has crossed the globe for years to document the extant works of Le Corbusier- from his first villas in Switzerland(...)
Le Corbusier: the built work
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Le Corbusier is widely acknowledged as the most influential architect of the twentieth century. As extensively researched and documented as his works are, however, they have never been exhaustively surveyed in photographs until now. Photographer Richard Pare has crossed the globe for years to document the extant works of Le Corbusier- from his first villas in Switzerland to his mid-career works in his role as the first global architect in locations as far-flung as Argentina and Russia, and his late works, including his sole North American project, at Harvard University, and an extensive civic plan for Chandigarh, India.
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