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80, 8 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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Paris : RVB Books, 2014
Paris : RVB Books, 2014
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Out of order : used office desks and used office plants for sale / Penelope Umbrico.
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80, 8 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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128 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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New York : Thames & Hudson, 2001.
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2001.
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Cool construction / Raymund Ryan.
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128 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Cool construction / Raymund Ryan.
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New York : Thames & Hudson, 2001.
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269 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
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The houses of Louis Kahn / George H. Marcus and William Whitaker.
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269 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
The houses of Louis Kahn / George H. Marcus and William Whitaker.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
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This volume is a nuanced intellectual history of architectural innovation in California between 1920 and 1970. It demonstrates how this prolific era of modern architecture was propelled by divergent views about the dynamic between interior and exterior, the idea of permanence, and the extent to which architects could exercise control over the inhabitants of their structures.
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This volume is a nuanced intellectual history of architectural innovation in California between 1920 and 1970. It demonstrates how this prolific era of modern architecture was propelled by divergent views about the dynamic between interior and exterior, the idea of permanence, and the extent to which architects could exercise control over the inhabitants of their structures.
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Nothing permanent: Modern architecture in California
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This volume is a nuanced intellectual history of architectural innovation in California between 1920 and 1970. It demonstrates how this prolific era of modern architecture was propelled by divergent views about the dynamic between interior and exterior, the idea of permanence, and the extent to which architects could exercise control over the inhabitants of their structures.
Nothing permanent: Modern architecture in California
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This volume is a nuanced intellectual history of architectural innovation in California between 1920 and 1970. It demonstrates how this prolific era of modern architecture was propelled by divergent views about the dynamic between interior and exterior, the idea of permanence, and the extent to which architects could exercise control over the inhabitants of their structures.
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August 2023
August 2023
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From metal-clad houses to skyscrapers, aluminium’s futuristic image became increasingly prominent in American architecture during the 20th century, influencing everything from roadside diners built in the Googie style to later postmodernism. This book features a selection of American and Japanese architectural precedents built during the transitional period from modern to(...)
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From metal-clad houses to skyscrapers, aluminium’s futuristic image became increasingly prominent in American architecture during the 20th century, influencing everything from roadside diners built in the Googie style to later postmodernism. This book features a selection of American and Japanese architectural precedents built during the transitional period from modern to(...)
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Ex-dreams: The alternative mid-century architecture
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From metal-clad houses to skyscrapers, aluminium’s futuristic image became increasingly prominent in American architecture during the 20th century, influencing everything from roadside diners built in the Googie style to later postmodernism. This book features a selection of American and Japanese architectural precedents built during the transitional period from modern to postmodern architecture, depicted in photographs, drawings, illustrations, and even cartoons. Deepening an understanding of these complex trends is an essay by Tomoyuki Gondo, plus interviews and discussions with various experts in the field such as Lloyd Khan, Victor Newlove, and Seng Kuan.
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From metal-clad houses to skyscrapers, aluminium’s futuristic image became increasingly prominent in American architecture during the 20th century, influencing everything from roadside diners built in the Googie style to later postmodernism. This book features a selection of American and Japanese architectural precedents built during the transitional period from modern to postmodern architecture, depicted in photographs, drawings, illustrations, and even cartoons. Deepening an understanding of these complex trends is an essay by Tomoyuki Gondo, plus interviews and discussions with various experts in the field such as Lloyd Khan, Victor Newlove, and Seng Kuan.
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April 2023
April 2023
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Modern views: inspired by the Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth House and the Philip Johnson Glass House
Modern views: inspired by the Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth House and the Philip Johnson Glass House
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Mies van der Rohe’s 1941–45 Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s 1947 Glass House in New Caanan, Connecticut: two haikus of glass and concrete that rewrote the history of modern residential architecture. Much ink has already been spilled on the subject by critics and historians intent on deconstructing our notions of domesticity; however these two masterpieces have also(...)
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Mies van der Rohe’s 1941–45 Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s 1947 Glass House in New Caanan, Connecticut: two haikus of glass and concrete that rewrote the history of modern residential architecture. Much ink has already been spilled on the subject by critics and historians intent on deconstructing our notions of domesticity; however these two masterpieces have also(...)
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Modern views: inspired by the Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth House and the Philip Johnson Glass House
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Mies van der Rohe’s 1941–45 Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s 1947 Glass House in New Caanan, Connecticut: two haikus of glass and concrete that rewrote the history of modern residential architecture. Much ink has already been spilled on the subject by critics and historians intent on deconstructing our notions of domesticity; however these two masterpieces have also taken on lives of their own in the minds of countless artists, architects, and designers. They have inspired nearly ninety creations for an exclusive project with the National Historic Preservation Trust, collected here in Modern Views . With an introduction by critic Paul Goldberger and essays by Phyllis Lambert and Sylvia Lavin; contributors include David Adjaye, Tadao Ando, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Maira Kalman, Annie Leibowitz, Daniel Libeskind, Thom Mayne, and Rafael Viñoly, among others.
Modern views: inspired by the Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth House and the Philip Johnson Glass House
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Mies van der Rohe’s 1941–45 Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s 1947 Glass House in New Caanan, Connecticut: two haikus of glass and concrete that rewrote the history of modern residential architecture. Much ink has already been spilled on the subject by critics and historians intent on deconstructing our notions of domesticity; however these two masterpieces have also taken on lives of their own in the minds of countless artists, architects, and designers. They have inspired nearly ninety creations for an exclusive project with the National Historic Preservation Trust, collected here in Modern Views . With an introduction by critic Paul Goldberger and essays by Phyllis Lambert and Sylvia Lavin; contributors include David Adjaye, Tadao Ando, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Maira Kalman, Annie Leibowitz, Daniel Libeskind, Thom Mayne, and Rafael Viñoly, among others.
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October 2010
October 2010
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Après la cité antique, la ville médiévale, après l'espace urbain de la Renaissance, le XIXe siècle apporte un nouveau changement. L'architecture et l'urbanisme deviennent les agents et les serviteurs de la révolution industrielle, celle du fer et du charbon, du béton et de l'électricité. Les hommes bâtissent alors de nouvelles villes en un bouleversement de styles et(...)
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Après la cité antique, la ville médiévale, après l'espace urbain de la Renaissance, le XIXe siècle apporte un nouveau changement. L'architecture et l'urbanisme deviennent les agents et les serviteurs de la révolution industrielle, celle du fer et du charbon, du béton et de l'électricité. Les hommes bâtissent alors de nouvelles villes en un bouleversement de styles et(...)
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Histoire de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme modernes: 1. idéologies et pionniers 1800-1910
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Après la cité antique, la ville médiévale, après l'espace urbain de la Renaissance, le XIXe siècle apporte un nouveau changement. L'architecture et l'urbanisme deviennent les agents et les serviteurs de la révolution industrielle, celle du fer et du charbon, du béton et de l'électricité. Les hommes bâtissent alors de nouvelles villes en un bouleversement de styles et d'habitudes qui prennent parfois les couleurs de l'utopie... Ce volume montre et explique l'habitat humain dans ses réalisations et ses projets, de l'aube des temps contemporains jusqu'à nos jours. Une irremplaçable synthèse illustrée, comprenant un index des noms cités.
Histoire de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme modernes: 1. idéologies et pionniers 1800-1910
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Après la cité antique, la ville médiévale, après l'espace urbain de la Renaissance, le XIXe siècle apporte un nouveau changement. L'architecture et l'urbanisme deviennent les agents et les serviteurs de la révolution industrielle, celle du fer et du charbon, du béton et de l'électricité. Les hommes bâtissent alors de nouvelles villes en un bouleversement de styles et d'habitudes qui prennent parfois les couleurs de l'utopie... Ce volume montre et explique l'habitat humain dans ses réalisations et ses projets, de l'aube des temps contemporains jusqu'à nos jours. Une irremplaçable synthèse illustrée, comprenant un index des noms cités.
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September 2010
September 2010
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De l'influence des plasticiens à celle des ingénieurs, de l'urbanisme rationaliste (Le Corbusier, Gropius) à l'apport des pays nordiques, de l'architecture américaine (F. L. Wright) au développement d'un style international, tout ce qui préside au devenir de la cité moderne et de notre propre environnement est évoqué dans ce deuxième volume. Les trois volumes de(...)
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De l'influence des plasticiens à celle des ingénieurs, de l'urbanisme rationaliste (Le Corbusier, Gropius) à l'apport des pays nordiques, de l'architecture américaine (F. L. Wright) au développement d'un style international, tout ce qui préside au devenir de la cité moderne et de notre propre environnement est évoqué dans ce deuxième volume. Les trois volumes de(...)
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Histoire de l'architecure et de l'urbanisme modernes, tome 2
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De l'influence des plasticiens à celle des ingénieurs, de l'urbanisme rationaliste (Le Corbusier, Gropius) à l'apport des pays nordiques, de l'architecture américaine (F. L. Wright) au développement d'un style international, tout ce qui préside au devenir de la cité moderne et de notre propre environnement est évoqué dans ce deuxième volume. Les trois volumes de l'Histoire de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme modernes montrent et expliquent l'habitat humain dans ses réalisations et ses projets, de l'aube des temps contemporains jusqu'à nos jours. Une irremplaçable synthèse illustrée, comprenant un index des noms cités.
Histoire de l'architecure et de l'urbanisme modernes, tome 2
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De l'influence des plasticiens à celle des ingénieurs, de l'urbanisme rationaliste (Le Corbusier, Gropius) à l'apport des pays nordiques, de l'architecture américaine (F. L. Wright) au développement d'un style international, tout ce qui préside au devenir de la cité moderne et de notre propre environnement est évoqué dans ce deuxième volume. Les trois volumes de l'Histoire de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme modernes montrent et expliquent l'habitat humain dans ses réalisations et ses projets, de l'aube des temps contemporains jusqu'à nos jours. Une irremplaçable synthèse illustrée, comprenant un index des noms cités.
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September 2010
September 2010
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Modernidad tropical
Modernidad tropical
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From the nineteen-twenties on, Latin America became a suitable terrain in which to apply the ideal embodied by the Modern Movement. This period is approached in the works of the Venezuelan artist Alexander Apostol by exploring the remnants of that ideal of modernity from a critical standpoint. Through the texts by the architect Juan Herreros and the art critics and(...)
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From the nineteen-twenties on, Latin America became a suitable terrain in which to apply the ideal embodied by the Modern Movement. This period is approached in the works of the Venezuelan artist Alexander Apostol by exploring the remnants of that ideal of modernity from a critical standpoint. Through the texts by the architect Juan Herreros and the art critics and(...)
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Modernidad tropical
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From the nineteen-twenties on, Latin America became a suitable terrain in which to apply the ideal embodied by the Modern Movement. This period is approached in the works of the Venezuelan artist Alexander Apostol by exploring the remnants of that ideal of modernity from a critical standpoint. Through the texts by the architect Juan Herreros and the art critics and curators Julieta Gonzalez and Cuauhtemoc Medina, various aspects of his oeuvre are analyzed alongside the context in which it arose. Whether from the perspective of architecture, art history or a political analysis of contemporary Venezuela, each author contributes to a comprehensive study of Alexander Apostol's production.
Modernidad tropical
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From the nineteen-twenties on, Latin America became a suitable terrain in which to apply the ideal embodied by the Modern Movement. This period is approached in the works of the Venezuelan artist Alexander Apostol by exploring the remnants of that ideal of modernity from a critical standpoint. Through the texts by the architect Juan Herreros and the art critics and curators Julieta Gonzalez and Cuauhtemoc Medina, various aspects of his oeuvre are analyzed alongside the context in which it arose. Whether from the perspective of architecture, art history or a political analysis of contemporary Venezuela, each author contributes to a comprehensive study of Alexander Apostol's production.
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November 2010
November 2010
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Today, more than 85 years after its inception, the Bauhaus style still emanates vitality. The present volume provides insight into the historical, cultural, philosophical, political and pedagogical background of the 1930s, when the Bauhaus was founded. It also portrays the famous Bauhaus directors and teachers and describes their signature pedagogical methods. Finally,(...)
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Today, more than 85 years after its inception, the Bauhaus style still emanates vitality. The present volume provides insight into the historical, cultural, philosophical, political and pedagogical background of the 1930s, when the Bauhaus was founded. It also portrays the famous Bauhaus directors and teachers and describes their signature pedagogical methods. Finally,(...)
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Bauhaus
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Today, more than 85 years after its inception, the Bauhaus style still emanates vitality. The present volume provides insight into the historical, cultural, philosophical, political and pedagogical background of the 1930s, when the Bauhaus was founded. It also portrays the famous Bauhaus directors and teachers and describes their signature pedagogical methods. Finally, the authors take readers inside individual workshops, where they can discover for themselves the unique wealth of forms and ideas that remain the hallmark of Bauhaus products. Through its contributions to current discourse on the Bauhaus as a "fixed star of the avant-garde" its wealth of pictorial material (some of which has never before been published), as well as the rich variety of topics it addresses, this book offers a comprehensive look at one of the most significant institutions in the history of modern art and culture.
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Today, more than 85 years after its inception, the Bauhaus style still emanates vitality. The present volume provides insight into the historical, cultural, philosophical, political and pedagogical background of the 1930s, when the Bauhaus was founded. It also portrays the famous Bauhaus directors and teachers and describes their signature pedagogical methods. Finally, the authors take readers inside individual workshops, where they can discover for themselves the unique wealth of forms and ideas that remain the hallmark of Bauhaus products. Through its contributions to current discourse on the Bauhaus as a "fixed star of the avant-garde" its wealth of pictorial material (some of which has never before been published), as well as the rich variety of topics it addresses, this book offers a comprehensive look at one of the most significant institutions in the history of modern art and culture.
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December 2008
December 2008
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