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Berlin : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2025]
Berlin : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2025]
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Why WHY? : where architecture loves people / writer: Katya Tylevich.
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They are places we fear to tread, monuments to the principles of our forebears, awe-inspiring towers of achievement : public institutions that sustain and support our lives are all around us. Scott Fortino investigates these enduring pillars of public life in "Institutional", a striking visual essay that documents the diverse architectural structures that house the(...)
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They are places we fear to tread, monuments to the principles of our forebears, awe-inspiring towers of achievement : public institutions that sustain and support our lives are all around us. Scott Fortino investigates these enduring pillars of public life in "Institutional", a striking visual essay that documents the diverse architectural structures that house the(...)
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Photography monographs
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September 2005, Santa Fe
September 2005, Santa Fe
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Institutional : photographs of jails, schools, and other Chicago buildings
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They are places we fear to tread, monuments to the principles of our forebears, awe-inspiring towers of achievement : public institutions that sustain and support our lives are all around us. Scott Fortino investigates these enduring pillars of public life in "Institutional", a striking visual essay that documents the diverse architectural structures that house the foundations of civic life in the city of Chicago. From schools to churches to prisons, Fortino transforms these worn, familiar edifices into compelling symbols of long-lost ideals and communitarian spirit. Fortino coaxes out the subtle warmth and depths of these often overwhelming and pitiless public spaces in his photographs, as his camera reveals the hidden characters of both high-profile works by renowned designers such as Rem Koolhaas, Helmut Jahn, and Mies van der Rohe as well as the stolid structures designed by long-forgotten architects. Light, colour, and composition work together in Fortino's images to produce provocative new perspectives on the interiors of public buildings, revealing how their cultural and social roles as places of worship, education, punishment, or entertainment cast long and complex shadows over our lives. Fortino challenges us in "Institutional" to rethink our view of the public spaces we pass through every day by offering an original and fascinating photographic study of the settings in which the important events of human life unfold.
Institutional : photographs of jails, schools, and other Chicago buildings
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They are places we fear to tread, monuments to the principles of our forebears, awe-inspiring towers of achievement : public institutions that sustain and support our lives are all around us. Scott Fortino investigates these enduring pillars of public life in "Institutional", a striking visual essay that documents the diverse architectural structures that house the foundations of civic life in the city of Chicago. From schools to churches to prisons, Fortino transforms these worn, familiar edifices into compelling symbols of long-lost ideals and communitarian spirit. Fortino coaxes out the subtle warmth and depths of these often overwhelming and pitiless public spaces in his photographs, as his camera reveals the hidden characters of both high-profile works by renowned designers such as Rem Koolhaas, Helmut Jahn, and Mies van der Rohe as well as the stolid structures designed by long-forgotten architects. Light, colour, and composition work together in Fortino's images to produce provocative new perspectives on the interiors of public buildings, revealing how their cultural and social roles as places of worship, education, punishment, or entertainment cast long and complex shadows over our lives. Fortino challenges us in "Institutional" to rethink our view of the public spaces we pass through every day by offering an original and fascinating photographic study of the settings in which the important events of human life unfold.
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September 2005, Santa Fe
September 2005, Santa Fe
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Sprawl and suburbia
Sprawl and suburbia
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Sprawl is the single most significant and urgent issue in American land use at the turn of the twenty-first century. Efforts to limit and reform sprawl through legislative “Smart Growth” initiatives have been enacted around the country while the neotraditionalist New Urbanism has been embraced by many architects and urban planners. Yet most Americans persist in their(...)
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Sprawl is the single most significant and urgent issue in American land use at the turn of the twenty-first century. Efforts to limit and reform sprawl through legislative “Smart Growth” initiatives have been enacted around the country while the neotraditionalist New Urbanism has been embraced by many architects and urban planners. Yet most Americans persist in their(...)
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Sprawl and suburbia
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Sprawl is the single most significant and urgent issue in American land use at the turn of the twenty-first century. Efforts to limit and reform sprawl through legislative “Smart Growth” initiatives have been enacted around the country while the neotraditionalist New Urbanism has been embraced by many architects and urban planners. Yet most Americans persist in their desire to live farther and farther away from urban centers, moving to exurbs made up almost entirely of single-family residential houses and stand-alone shopping areas. "Sprawl and suburbia" brings together some of the foremost thinkers in the field to present in-depth diagnosis and critical analysis of the physical and social realities of exurban sprawl. Along with an introduction by Robert Fishman, these essays call for architects, urban planners, and landscape designers to work at mitigating the impact of sprawl on land and resources and improving the residential and commercial built environment as a whole. In place of vast residential exurbs, these writers offer visions of a fresh urbanism—appealing and persuasive models of life at greater density, with greater diversity, and within genuine communities. With sprawl losing the support of suburban citizens themselves as economic, environmental, and social costs are being paid, "Sprawl and suburbia" appears at a moment when design might achieve some critical influence over development—if architects and planners accept the challenge.
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Sprawl is the single most significant and urgent issue in American land use at the turn of the twenty-first century. Efforts to limit and reform sprawl through legislative “Smart Growth” initiatives have been enacted around the country while the neotraditionalist New Urbanism has been embraced by many architects and urban planners. Yet most Americans persist in their desire to live farther and farther away from urban centers, moving to exurbs made up almost entirely of single-family residential houses and stand-alone shopping areas. "Sprawl and suburbia" brings together some of the foremost thinkers in the field to present in-depth diagnosis and critical analysis of the physical and social realities of exurban sprawl. Along with an introduction by Robert Fishman, these essays call for architects, urban planners, and landscape designers to work at mitigating the impact of sprawl on land and resources and improving the residential and commercial built environment as a whole. In place of vast residential exurbs, these writers offer visions of a fresh urbanism—appealing and persuasive models of life at greater density, with greater diversity, and within genuine communities. With sprawl losing the support of suburban citizens themselves as economic, environmental, and social costs are being paid, "Sprawl and suburbia" appears at a moment when design might achieve some critical influence over development—if architects and planners accept the challenge.
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November 2005, Minneapolis
November 2005, Minneapolis
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Suburbs
Suburbs
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In "The glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of Francois Mitterrand's program(...)
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In "The glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of Francois Mitterrand's program(...)
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April 2009
April 2009
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The glass state: the technology of the spectacle, Paris 1981-1998
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In "The glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of Francois Mitterrand's program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buildings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions. Fierro employs a "discourse of the detail," in which the smallest architectural detail manifests the political, theoretical, and urban contexts of the building's design and construction. She examines the paradox of the most pared down architectural configurations being used to support the most complex meanings. Intrinsic to Mitterrand's glass buildings in Paris, for example, is a political concept: the metaphor of accessibility as a means of breaking open cultural institutions previously closed to the public. In addition to the structures of the Grands Projets - the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Grande and Petite Pyramides du Louvre, the glass greenhouses at utopian park projects at La Villette and André Citroën and the Bibliotheque nationale de France - Fierro discusses the Fondation Cartier and two precedent structures, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Eiffel Tower.
The glass state: the technology of the spectacle, Paris 1981-1998
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In "The glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of Francois Mitterrand's program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buildings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions. Fierro employs a "discourse of the detail," in which the smallest architectural detail manifests the political, theoretical, and urban contexts of the building's design and construction. She examines the paradox of the most pared down architectural configurations being used to support the most complex meanings. Intrinsic to Mitterrand's glass buildings in Paris, for example, is a political concept: the metaphor of accessibility as a means of breaking open cultural institutions previously closed to the public. In addition to the structures of the Grands Projets - the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Grande and Petite Pyramides du Louvre, the glass greenhouses at utopian park projects at La Villette and André Citroën and the Bibliotheque nationale de France - Fierro discusses the Fondation Cartier and two precedent structures, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Eiffel Tower.
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April 2009
April 2009
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In The "Glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of François Mitterrand’s(...)
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In The "Glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of François Mitterrand’s(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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December 2002, Cambridge / London
December 2002, Cambridge / London
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The glass state : the technology of the spectacle - Paris, 1981-1998
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In The "Glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of François Mitterrand’s program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buildings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions. Fierro employs a "discourse of the detail," in which the smallest architectural detail manifests the political, theoretical, and urban contexts of the building’s design and construction. She examines the paradox of the most pared down architectural configurations being used to support the most complex meanings. Intrinsic to Mitterrand’s glass buildings in Paris, for example, is a political concept: the metaphor of accessibility as a means of breaking open cultural institutions previously closed to the public. In addition to the structures of the Grands Projets--the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Grande and Petite Pyramides du Louvre, the glass greenhouses at utopian park projects at La Villette and Andre Citroën, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France--Fierro discusses the Fondation Cartier and two precedent structures, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Eiffel Tower.
The glass state : the technology of the spectacle - Paris, 1981-1998
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From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In The "Glass state", Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of François Mitterrand’s program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buildings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions. Fierro employs a "discourse of the detail," in which the smallest architectural detail manifests the political, theoretical, and urban contexts of the building’s design and construction. She examines the paradox of the most pared down architectural configurations being used to support the most complex meanings. Intrinsic to Mitterrand’s glass buildings in Paris, for example, is a political concept: the metaphor of accessibility as a means of breaking open cultural institutions previously closed to the public. In addition to the structures of the Grands Projets--the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Grande and Petite Pyramides du Louvre, the glass greenhouses at utopian park projects at La Villette and Andre Citroën, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France--Fierro discusses the Fondation Cartier and two precedent structures, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Eiffel Tower.
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December 2002, Cambridge / London
December 2002, Cambridge / London
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Prisons must fall
Prisons must fall
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From Mariame Kaba, New York Times-bestselling author of "We do this ‘til we free us," and social worker Jane Ball comes a powerful book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring alternatives, illustrated by Olly Costello. On a moonlit road, tucked away from prying eyes, a child sees a prison complex-- cinder blocks, watch towers, barbed wire. Page by page, we come(...)
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From Mariame Kaba, New York Times-bestselling author of "We do this ‘til we free us," and social worker Jane Ball comes a powerful book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring alternatives, illustrated by Olly Costello. On a moonlit road, tucked away from prying eyes, a child sees a prison complex-- cinder blocks, watch towers, barbed wire. Page by page, we come(...)
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Prisons must fall
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From Mariame Kaba, New York Times-bestselling author of "We do this ‘til we free us," and social worker Jane Ball comes a powerful book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring alternatives, illustrated by Olly Costello. On a moonlit road, tucked away from prying eyes, a child sees a prison complex-- cinder blocks, watch towers, barbed wire. Page by page, we come to see the prison as a child sees it. Prisons hurt people and leave them lonely, without loved ones to comfort them or lend a listening ear. As dandelion stars float up in the air, this dreamscape becomes a hope-scape, where love transcends the prison walls. All the families and friends of the people in the prison march and protest in beautiful song, march together to a new way and a new dawn-- in this case a cooperative housing and community center, next to a neighborhood greenhouse for restoration and healing. A new world, where connection and repair are fundamental, and even tangible, as people around a table quilt messages, “I hear you. I’m sorry for what I did. How can I make it better?” In "Prisons must fall," Mariame Kaba, a longtime activist, together with co-author Jane Ball, present solutions that do not involve incarceration, such as meeting people’s basic needs, restorative justice, and community support-- seeds for a safe world.
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From Mariame Kaba, New York Times-bestselling author of "We do this ‘til we free us," and social worker Jane Ball comes a powerful book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring alternatives, illustrated by Olly Costello. On a moonlit road, tucked away from prying eyes, a child sees a prison complex-- cinder blocks, watch towers, barbed wire. Page by page, we come to see the prison as a child sees it. Prisons hurt people and leave them lonely, without loved ones to comfort them or lend a listening ear. As dandelion stars float up in the air, this dreamscape becomes a hope-scape, where love transcends the prison walls. All the families and friends of the people in the prison march and protest in beautiful song, march together to a new way and a new dawn-- in this case a cooperative housing and community center, next to a neighborhood greenhouse for restoration and healing. A new world, where connection and repair are fundamental, and even tangible, as people around a table quilt messages, “I hear you. I’m sorry for what I did. How can I make it better?” In "Prisons must fall," Mariame Kaba, a longtime activist, together with co-author Jane Ball, present solutions that do not involve incarceration, such as meeting people’s basic needs, restorative justice, and community support-- seeds for a safe world.
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April 2025
April 2025
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Over 60 years on from its inception, the celebrated Fun Palace civic project – developed in the 1960s by the radical theatre director Joan Littlewood and the architect Cedric Price – continues to capture the architectural imagination. Despite the building itself never being realized, much of the previous analysis of the Fun Palace has been devoted to Price and his(...)
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Over 60 years on from its inception, the celebrated Fun Palace civic project – developed in the 1960s by the radical theatre director Joan Littlewood and the architect Cedric Price – continues to capture the architectural imagination. Despite the building itself never being realized, much of the previous analysis of the Fun Palace has been devoted to Price and his(...)
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Architecture, media, archives: The fun palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price as a cultural project
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Over 60 years on from its inception, the celebrated Fun Palace civic project – developed in the 1960s by the radical theatre director Joan Littlewood and the architect Cedric Price – continues to capture the architectural imagination. Despite the building itself never being realized, much of the previous analysis of the Fun Palace has been devoted to Price and his drawings. The critical role that Littlewood played, however, remains largely unrecognized by architectural scholarship, and a whole area of the project's cultural agenda remains overlooked. ''Architecture, Media, Archives'' is the first serious study of the complex relations between Littlewood and Price, reframing the Fun Palace as an extended media project and positioning Littlewood more clearly as co-designer. Drawing on extensive archival material, the book considers how, due to a lack of institutional support, the aims of the Fun Palace – to transform the passive mass-audiences of post-war consumer society into active citizens, through forms of self-directed, pleasure-led and open exchange – were realized through different 'sites of information' throughout the 1960s. From broadsheets, pamphlets and journals to films and press news, the book addresses the conditions of production, circulation, storage and reception of these 'sites' and reveals how they not only recorded the transformation of the project, but also fundamentally enhanced and informed its meaning in specific ways.
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Over 60 years on from its inception, the celebrated Fun Palace civic project – developed in the 1960s by the radical theatre director Joan Littlewood and the architect Cedric Price – continues to capture the architectural imagination. Despite the building itself never being realized, much of the previous analysis of the Fun Palace has been devoted to Price and his drawings. The critical role that Littlewood played, however, remains largely unrecognized by architectural scholarship, and a whole area of the project's cultural agenda remains overlooked. ''Architecture, Media, Archives'' is the first serious study of the complex relations between Littlewood and Price, reframing the Fun Palace as an extended media project and positioning Littlewood more clearly as co-designer. Drawing on extensive archival material, the book considers how, due to a lack of institutional support, the aims of the Fun Palace – to transform the passive mass-audiences of post-war consumer society into active citizens, through forms of self-directed, pleasure-led and open exchange – were realized through different 'sites of information' throughout the 1960s. From broadsheets, pamphlets and journals to films and press news, the book addresses the conditions of production, circulation, storage and reception of these 'sites' and reveals how they not only recorded the transformation of the project, but also fundamentally enhanced and informed its meaning in specific ways.
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April 2026
April 2026
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Si les guerres et la Révolution ont anéanti certains grands chefs-d'oeuvre qui avaient été édifiés dans ces régions (ceux, telles les cathédrales d'Arras et de Cambrai, qui ont joué un rôle majeur dans l'évolution de l'art gothique sont évoqués dans cet ouvrage), il y subsite néanmoins beaucoup d'oeuvres très intéressantes et une sélection obligatoirement quelque peu(...)
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Si les guerres et la Révolution ont anéanti certains grands chefs-d'oeuvre qui avaient été édifiés dans ces régions (ceux, telles les cathédrales d'Arras et de Cambrai, qui ont joué un rôle majeur dans l'évolution de l'art gothique sont évoqués dans cet ouvrage), il y subsite néanmoins beaucoup d'oeuvres très intéressantes et une sélection obligatoirement quelque peu(...)
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Nord gothique : Picardie, Artois, Flandre, Hainaut - les édifices religieux
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Si les guerres et la Révolution ont anéanti certains grands chefs-d'oeuvre qui avaient été édifiés dans ces régions (ceux, telles les cathédrales d'Arras et de Cambrai, qui ont joué un rôle majeur dans l'évolution de l'art gothique sont évoqués dans cet ouvrage), il y subsite néanmoins beaucoup d'oeuvres très intéressantes et une sélection obligatoirement quelque peu arbitraire a dû être faite. La majorité d'entre elles relèvent de l'art de la fin du Moyen Âge. Ici, pour les grands monuments, on est demeuré fidèle à l'élévation à trois niveaux (grandes arcades, triforium, fenêtres hautes); pour de simples paroissiales on a retenu le parti de l'église-halle c'est-à-dire celui où l'édifice ne présente que le seul niveau des grandes arcades, l'éclairage étant fourni par les fenêtres des collatéraux; malgré la simplicité de la formule, les maîtres d'oeuvres ont su en présenter plusieurs variantes, en jouant sur les rapports de proportions entre les diverses composantes de l'édifice; sur les types de support ou de couvertures retenus (par exemple, les églises du Vimeu ou du Hainaut sont couvertes de charpentes lambrissées présentant des sablières et des blochets sculptés); dans l'ensemble, ces édifices ont étés traités somptueusement. Ce volume invite donc à découvrir de belles oeuvres ignorées ou méconnues qui ont su aussi emprunter ou offrir des thèmes aux pays voisins.
Nord gothique : Picardie, Artois, Flandre, Hainaut - les édifices religieux
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Si les guerres et la Révolution ont anéanti certains grands chefs-d'oeuvre qui avaient été édifiés dans ces régions (ceux, telles les cathédrales d'Arras et de Cambrai, qui ont joué un rôle majeur dans l'évolution de l'art gothique sont évoqués dans cet ouvrage), il y subsite néanmoins beaucoup d'oeuvres très intéressantes et une sélection obligatoirement quelque peu arbitraire a dû être faite. La majorité d'entre elles relèvent de l'art de la fin du Moyen Âge. Ici, pour les grands monuments, on est demeuré fidèle à l'élévation à trois niveaux (grandes arcades, triforium, fenêtres hautes); pour de simples paroissiales on a retenu le parti de l'église-halle c'est-à-dire celui où l'édifice ne présente que le seul niveau des grandes arcades, l'éclairage étant fourni par les fenêtres des collatéraux; malgré la simplicité de la formule, les maîtres d'oeuvres ont su en présenter plusieurs variantes, en jouant sur les rapports de proportions entre les diverses composantes de l'édifice; sur les types de support ou de couvertures retenus (par exemple, les églises du Vimeu ou du Hainaut sont couvertes de charpentes lambrissées présentant des sablières et des blochets sculptés); dans l'ensemble, ces édifices ont étés traités somptueusement. Ce volume invite donc à découvrir de belles oeuvres ignorées ou méconnues qui ont su aussi emprunter ou offrir des thèmes aux pays voisins.
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January 2007, Paris
January 2007, Paris
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History until 1900
History until 1900
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"Inhabitable infrastructures: science fiction or urban future?", the follow up to "Food city and smartcities and eco-warriors", from one of the world’s leading urban design and architectural thinkers, explores the potential of climate change-related multi-use infrastructures that address the fundamental human requirements to protect, to provide and to participate. The(...)
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"Inhabitable infrastructures: science fiction or urban future?", the follow up to "Food city and smartcities and eco-warriors", from one of the world’s leading urban design and architectural thinkers, explores the potential of climate change-related multi-use infrastructures that address the fundamental human requirements to protect, to provide and to participate. The(...)
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Inhabitable infrastructures: urban future or science fiction?
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"Inhabitable infrastructures: science fiction or urban future?", the follow up to "Food city and smartcities and eco-warriors", from one of the world’s leading urban design and architectural thinkers, explores the potential of climate change-related multi-use infrastructures that address the fundamental human requirements to protect, to provide and to participate. The stimulus for the infrastructures derives from postulated scenarios and processes gleaned from science fiction and futurology as well as the current body of scientific knowledge regarding changing environmental impacts on cities. Science fiction is interdisciplinary by nature, aggregates the past and present, and evaluates both lay opinions and professional strategies in an attempt to develop foresight and to map possible futures. The research culminates in the creation of innovative multi-use infrastructures and integrated self-sustaining support systems that meet the challenges posed through climate change and overpopulation, and the reciprocal benefits of simultaneously addressing the threat and the shaping of cities. J. G. Ballard has written that the psychological realm of science fiction is most valuable in its predictive function, and in projecting emotions into the future. The knowledge from the book is widely transferable, constituting both solutions and speculative visions of future urban environments. The book is indispensable reading for professionals and students in the fields of urban design, architecture, engineering and environmental socio-politics.
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"Inhabitable infrastructures: science fiction or urban future?", the follow up to "Food city and smartcities and eco-warriors", from one of the world’s leading urban design and architectural thinkers, explores the potential of climate change-related multi-use infrastructures that address the fundamental human requirements to protect, to provide and to participate. The stimulus for the infrastructures derives from postulated scenarios and processes gleaned from science fiction and futurology as well as the current body of scientific knowledge regarding changing environmental impacts on cities. Science fiction is interdisciplinary by nature, aggregates the past and present, and evaluates both lay opinions and professional strategies in an attempt to develop foresight and to map possible futures. The research culminates in the creation of innovative multi-use infrastructures and integrated self-sustaining support systems that meet the challenges posed through climate change and overpopulation, and the reciprocal benefits of simultaneously addressing the threat and the shaping of cities. J. G. Ballard has written that the psychological realm of science fiction is most valuable in its predictive function, and in projecting emotions into the future. The knowledge from the book is widely transferable, constituting both solutions and speculative visions of future urban environments. The book is indispensable reading for professionals and students in the fields of urban design, architecture, engineering and environmental socio-politics.
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May 2017
May 2017
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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La structure ne doit pas être une contrainte, mais un support de créativité. Maîtriser la résistance des matériaux et connaître les systèmes structuraux permet de mieux les utiliser et de concevoir des bâtiments équilibrés et innovants. Cet ouvrage, abondamment illustré, explique simplement le fonctionnement des structures, le comportement des matériaux et les principes(...)
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La structure ne doit pas être une contrainte, mais un support de créativité. Maîtriser la résistance des matériaux et connaître les systèmes structuraux permet de mieux les utiliser et de concevoir des bâtiments équilibrés et innovants. Cet ouvrage, abondamment illustré, explique simplement le fonctionnement des structures, le comportement des matériaux et les principes(...)
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November 2010
November 2010
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Comprendre simplement la résistance des matériaux
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La structure ne doit pas être une contrainte, mais un support de créativité. Maîtriser la résistance des matériaux et connaître les systèmes structuraux permet de mieux les utiliser et de concevoir des bâtiments équilibrés et innovants. Cet ouvrage, abondamment illustré, explique simplement le fonctionnement des structures, le comportement des matériaux et les principes de dimensionnement des bâtiments en s'appuyant sur des connaissances simples et sur des situations de la vie courante. II démontre aussi pourquoi et comment les enjeux fondamentaux d'une conception structurelle doivent être abordés dès l'origine du projet. Les fondements de la résistance des matériaux sont dans un premier temps présentés à partir des notions de force et d'équilibre, de l'échelle de la structure jusqu'à celle du matériau. La compréhension des mécanismes physiques permet ensuite d'aborder en détail les enjeux des grandes familles de structures planes. Pour illustrer les diverses déclinaisons de ces principes, plusieurs réalisations contemporaines sont analysées. Enfin, le comportement plus subtil et complexe des structures spatiales est abordé dans la même optique pédagogique et pratique. Cette nouvelle édition introduit notamment la statique graphique et ses applications aux systèmes triangulés (épure de Cremona) et aux structures maçonnées (épure de Méry). Ce manuel est un outil pratique pour tous les concepteurs qui doivent donner forme aux structures de bâtiment ou de génie civil. II s'adresse également aux architectes et ingénieurs en formation, ainsi qu'aux enseignants.
Comprendre simplement la résistance des matériaux
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La structure ne doit pas être une contrainte, mais un support de créativité. Maîtriser la résistance des matériaux et connaître les systèmes structuraux permet de mieux les utiliser et de concevoir des bâtiments équilibrés et innovants. Cet ouvrage, abondamment illustré, explique simplement le fonctionnement des structures, le comportement des matériaux et les principes de dimensionnement des bâtiments en s'appuyant sur des connaissances simples et sur des situations de la vie courante. II démontre aussi pourquoi et comment les enjeux fondamentaux d'une conception structurelle doivent être abordés dès l'origine du projet. Les fondements de la résistance des matériaux sont dans un premier temps présentés à partir des notions de force et d'équilibre, de l'échelle de la structure jusqu'à celle du matériau. La compréhension des mécanismes physiques permet ensuite d'aborder en détail les enjeux des grandes familles de structures planes. Pour illustrer les diverses déclinaisons de ces principes, plusieurs réalisations contemporaines sont analysées. Enfin, le comportement plus subtil et complexe des structures spatiales est abordé dans la même optique pédagogique et pratique. Cette nouvelle édition introduit notamment la statique graphique et ses applications aux systèmes triangulés (épure de Cremona) et aux structures maçonnées (épure de Méry). Ce manuel est un outil pratique pour tous les concepteurs qui doivent donner forme aux structures de bâtiment ou de génie civil. II s'adresse également aux architectes et ingénieurs en formation, ainsi qu'aux enseignants.
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