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When architecture is the subject of an exhibition, there is almost always a dilemma: architecture can only be represented through drawings, models, and photographs; the physicality of architecture per se is missing. The abstraction of architecture for exhibition and the absence of architectural experience in architectural exhibition are in fact two sides of the same coin:(...)
Exhibition as construction experiment
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When architecture is the subject of an exhibition, there is almost always a dilemma: architecture can only be represented through drawings, models, and photographs; the physicality of architecture per se is missing. The abstraction of architecture for exhibition and the absence of architectural experience in architectural exhibition are in fact two sides of the same coin: The problem of the lack of an architectural reality. In this book, Yong He Chang traces the history of architectural intervention in exhibitions and answers the above questions through more than forty exhibition designs made by Chang and Atelier FCJZ.
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Armani Ginza Tower
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How do you translate Giorgio Armani into architecture? For the Armani/Ginza Tower, it was essential to project not only Giorgio Armani s creativity as a designer, but his one and only personality, recreating the atmosphere of the atelier of the Italian creative genius, as well as his aesthetic code and personal image. How do you combine the concept of luxury with(...)
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July 2008, Barcelona/New York
Armani Ginza Tower
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How do you translate Giorgio Armani into architecture? For the Armani/Ginza Tower, it was essential to project not only Giorgio Armani s creativity as a designer, but his one and only personality, recreating the atmosphere of the atelier of the Italian creative genius, as well as his aesthetic code and personal image. How do you combine the concept of luxury with restrained elegance, the concept of absolute modernity with a lasting style... the Armani style? In Tokyo, for the first time ever, the entirety of his work and image is represented in a single building.
Architecture Monographs
a+ t 54 : is this rural?
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With No. 54, the 'Is This Rural?' series continues with a second installment that reflects on the binary city-country vision, as opposing scenarios, and on the intermediate space spontaneously having arisen between both. It is also an inventory, a synchronously-displayed timeline of the events that have taken place in these three territories over the last 250 years.(...)
Rurality
July 2021
a+ t 54 : is this rural?
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With No. 54, the 'Is This Rural?' series continues with a second installment that reflects on the binary city-country vision, as opposing scenarios, and on the intermediate space spontaneously having arisen between both. It is also an inventory, a synchronously-displayed timeline of the events that have taken place in these three territories over the last 250 years. Meanwhile, the Culturing the Country, Cultivating the City section is a selection of projects that overthrows the prejudices related to urban and rural tasks. Works featured in this issue are by Grand Huit, Feilden Fowles Architects, Atelier Raum, Felt, Taller Capital, and many more.
Rurality
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The first issue of 2022 is entirely dedicated to a special feature, “Dwelling Studies and Japan’s Women Architects”. Beginning with an introduction by Atelier Bow-Wow co-founder Momoyo Kaijima, it includes insightful written contributions from Yuzuru Tomonaga, Izumi Kuroishi, Namiko Minai, and Michelle L. Hauk. A wide array of works by women architects is presented, among(...)
A+U 616 Dwelling studies and Japan's women architects
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The first issue of 2022 is entirely dedicated to a special feature, “Dwelling Studies and Japan’s Women Architects”. Beginning with an introduction by Atelier Bow-Wow co-founder Momoyo Kaijima, it includes insightful written contributions from Yuzuru Tomonaga, Izumi Kuroishi, Namiko Minai, and Michelle L. Hauk. A wide array of works by women architects is presented, among them projects by Yuki Ishiguro, Akiko Miya, Rie Azuma, Masako Hayashi, and SANAA co-founder Kazuyo Sejima. The feature also includes an interview with Nobuko Ogawa and a conversation between Kazuyo Sejima and Satoko Shinohara, architect and professor at Japan Women’s University.
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Besides new projects by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and JKMM Architects, this issue includes a special feature on civic architecture in an age of transition, introduced by an article on the legacy of civic space by Gihan Karunaratne. The feature includes four examples of optimistic 21st-century projects: the Urban Environment House by Lahdelma(...)
C3 417: Civic Architecture in Transition
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Besides new projects by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and JKMM Architects, this issue includes a special feature on civic architecture in an age of transition, introduced by an article on the legacy of civic space by Gihan Karunaratne. The feature includes four examples of optimistic 21st-century projects: the Urban Environment House by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Bodø City Hall by Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde, Province of Antwerp Headquarters by Xaveer De Geyter Architects, and Kiruna Town Hall by Henning Larsen. A feature on dwellings presents work by Bak Gordon, Studio Billy Maynard, Ludwig Godefroy, and Barclay & Crousse.
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Windowscape 4
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In this fourth volume, Atelier Bow-Wow delves into the window behavioural characteristics in nordic architecture, showing how climate and culture are strongly reflected in their windows. The works and influences of six architects are featured: Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz from Sweden, Alvar Aalto from Finland, and from Denmark, Kay Fisker, Arne Jacobsen and Jørn(...)
Windowscape 4
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In this fourth volume, Atelier Bow-Wow delves into the window behavioural characteristics in nordic architecture, showing how climate and culture are strongly reflected in their windows. The works and influences of six architects are featured: Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz from Sweden, Alvar Aalto from Finland, and from Denmark, Kay Fisker, Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon. After three years of research, the team visited about 235 works and measured 470 windows. 114 selected works are presented with photographs, detailed drawings, and analyses, examining the transformation of window technology and design, and the history and social issues of each country.
Contemporary Architecture
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173 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Outremont, QC : Éditions du Passage, [2013]
Irene F. Whittome : room 901 / sous la direction de, under the direction of, Marie J. Jean.
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Outremont, QC : Éditions du Passage, [2013]
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This issue investigates the ancient and continuing urban phenomenon of density through two new projects that are far from formulaic but have a strong signature form and vibrant facades. The first is ''One Ashley Road'' by Alison Brooks Architects, a flagship project of the Tottenham Hale regeneration in London. The second is ''Highnote'', a residential tower in Almere(...)
C3 433: One-aftr + Density boosts city and life
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This issue investigates the ancient and continuing urban phenomenon of density through two new projects that are far from formulaic but have a strong signature form and vibrant facades. The first is ''One Ashley Road'' by Alison Brooks Architects, a flagship project of the Tottenham Hale regeneration in London. The second is ''Highnote'', a residential tower in Almere designed by Studioninedots and geared towards young urban homebuyers. Also in this issue, a look at what to expect from the new generation of Korean architects through a feature on the firm One-aftr, co-founded by Joon Ma and Ryu Ahn, plus new projects by Atelier Marc Barani, 5468796 Architecture, and others.
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This instalment of C3 comprises two main themes, “Introvert Potential”, about the qualities of closed spaces and their dialogue with each other and the public context, and “City Inherit”, which details methods for urban acupuncture through three European case studies: Belfast’s MAC, the Lund Cathedral Forum and the San Antón Charity School, Madrid. Diego Terna provides an(...)
C3 337
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This instalment of C3 comprises two main themes, “Introvert Potential”, about the qualities of closed spaces and their dialogue with each other and the public context, and “City Inherit”, which details methods for urban acupuncture through three European case studies: Belfast’s MAC, the Lund Cathedral Forum and the San Antón Charity School, Madrid. Diego Terna provides an illustrative text for the first theme, taking projects like House S by Suga Atelier and the Mecenat Art Museum by Naf Architect & Design as examples. A special, in-depth focus on Seung H-Sang, one of the most highly celebrated Korean practitioners of architecture today, completes the issue.
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Toyo Ito : 1971-2001
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For Toyo Ito, architecture is not so much a work of art but a mirror reflecting the times. From modest beginnings with a small atelier in 1971, he has grown to become one of the foremost practitioners of conceptual architecture, and was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2013. Covering topics like architecture for a consumption-oriented society, the pursuit of abstract beauty,(...)
Toyo Ito : 1971-2001
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For Toyo Ito, architecture is not so much a work of art but a mirror reflecting the times. From modest beginnings with a small atelier in 1971, he has grown to become one of the foremost practitioners of conceptual architecture, and was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2013. Covering topics like architecture for a consumption-oriented society, the pursuit of abstract beauty, public buildings and Ito’s “white period”, this monograph of collected works allows an unparalleled view into his development and work through the years. Besides an extensive and insightful conversation with Terunobu Fujimori, the book contains five interviews with Ito focusing on specific projects and periods.
Architecture Monographs