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This book features eleven internationally acclaimed artists, including Jan Albers, Michael Borremans, Marc Brandenburg, Fernando Bryce, Kate Davis, Monika Grzymala, David Haines, Kim Hiorthoy, Sandra Vasquez de la Horra, Garrett Phelan and Naoyuki Tsuji. As a group, their work represents a vast range of possible interpretations of drawing, from meticulously rendered(...)
The end of the line: attitudes in drawing
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This book features eleven internationally acclaimed artists, including Jan Albers, Michael Borremans, Marc Brandenburg, Fernando Bryce, Kate Davis, Monika Grzymala, David Haines, Kim Hiorthoy, Sandra Vasquez de la Horra, Garrett Phelan and Naoyuki Tsuji. As a group, their work represents a vast range of possible interpretations of drawing, from meticulously rendered quotidian scenes to three-dimensional drawings that merge with and respond to architectural space. Though drawing foundered in art schools during the 1970s, tainted by academicism, recently it has undergone a resurgence of popularity, partly because of its accessibility as a tool for communicating personal visions and ideas.
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viii, 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Boston : The Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research, 2024.
The agritopianists : thinking and practice in rural Japan / Ou Ning ; translated by Matt Turner and Weng Haiying.
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Boston : The Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research, 2024.
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Dessiner pour bâtir : le métier d'architecte au XVIIe siècle / Alexandre Cojannot et Alexandre Gady.
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350 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 28 cm
Paris : Le Passage, [2017], ©2017
Dessiner pour bâtir : le métier d'architecte au XVIIe siècle / Alexandre Cojannot et Alexandre Gady.
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Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Seeing things : from Shakespeare to Pixar / Alan Ackerman.
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Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
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Through historical analysis, philosophical inquiry, and contemporary artistic case studies, this book presents models and effects where artists, curators, and cultural operators work from within the very structures they seek to subvert. Drawing inspiration from the Trojan horse metaphor, it examines the efficacy in penetrating and transforming entrenched institutional(...)
Trojan horse exit strategies: A compendium inside the belly of contemporary art institutions
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Through historical analysis, philosophical inquiry, and contemporary artistic case studies, this book presents models and effects where artists, curators, and cultural operators work from within the very structures they seek to subvert. Drawing inspiration from the Trojan horse metaphor, it examines the efficacy in penetrating and transforming entrenched institutional practices, while exploring the psychological, political and tactical pathways of these interventions. At the heart of the book rest the reflections from those who have navigated this delicate and often risky path, following the imperative of a well-conceived exit strategy to maintain the integrity and impact of critical and cultural intervention.
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236 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 37 cm
New York : Collins Publishers in association with I. Shapiro, 1987.
A day in the life of the Soviet Union / photographed by 100 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 15, 1987 ; project directors, Rick Smolan and David Cohen.
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New York : Collins Publishers in association with I. Shapiro, 1987.
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247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
New York : Actar Publishers, 2021.
Mobile Theater : Architectural Counterculture on Stage / Fernando Quesada.
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New York : Actar Publishers, 2021.
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A new book published by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction examines three progressive and influential projects by Montreal-based architects L’OEUF. Their approach to sustainable design enables social inclusion and ensures an enduring positive impact on the local community. The book tracks progress on the redevelopment of Benny Farm, the first ever Global(...)
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Community-inspired housing in Canada
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A new book published by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction examines three progressive and influential projects by Montreal-based architects L’OEUF. Their approach to sustainable design enables social inclusion and ensures an enduring positive impact on the local community. The book tracks progress on the redevelopment of Benny Farm, the first ever Global Holcim Awards Bronze winner from 2006, a follow-up project at Rosemont, and plans for the forthcoming Bois Ellen Cooperative Residence.
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Building Subjects, the fourth issue of Standpunkte Magazine, is a collaboration between the architect De Peter Yi, the art historian Nancy P. Lin, and the graphic design studios Normal and Some All None. The publication revolves around collective housing in China, an architectural challenge expressive of the country's ongoing negotiations between its rich history and(...)
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Building subjects: collective housing in China
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Building Subjects, the fourth issue of Standpunkte Magazine, is a collaboration between the architect De Peter Yi, the art historian Nancy P. Lin, and the graphic design studios Normal and Some All None. The publication revolves around collective housing in China, an architectural challenge expressive of the country's ongoing negotiations between its rich history and undetermined future. The study combines typological research with the modes of the architectural manifesto by establishing an exchange between cultural-historical observations, the consideration of contemporary socio-economic pressures, and evolving architectural aspirations. Through a close reading of spaces from monumental utopian communes in Beijing to round earthen dwellings in the Fujian province, Building Subjects stages collective housing as a key to residential architecture in China. The publication is simultaneously inward and outward looking, and this duality is also reflected in its meticulously composed layout: documentary photography and detailed axonometric drawings are juxtaposed to establish a correspondence between old and new, between reality and projection.