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The book reproduces a series of the collages made by David Wild. Their subject is modern architecture in the first half of the twentieth century: in the Netherlands, in Russia, and in the work of Le Corbusier. The method of the book is to show a collage on a right-hand page; then on the facing page is a (...)
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The book reproduces a series of the collages made by David Wild. Their subject is modern architecture in the first half of the twentieth century: in the Netherlands, in Russia, and in the work of Le Corbusier. The method of the book is to show a collage on a right-hand page; then on the facing page is a (...)
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Fragments of utopia: collage reflections of heroic modernism
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The book reproduces a series of the collages made by David Wild. Their subject is modern architecture in the first half of the twentieth century: in the Netherlands, in Russia, and in the work of Le Corbusier. The method of the book is to show a collage on a right-hand page; then on the facing page is a prose commentary by Wild and supporting smaller images. Introducing the book, David Wild explains that the impulse for this work lies in the aftermath of a fire in his house: his scorched books lent themselves to collage. He goes on to sketch the cultural-political climate in Britain over the last 40 years: the backdrop to his work as an architect and (less directly) to this book. In the opening section on the Netherlands, the leading theme is an architecture of social equity and continuity. Rooted in old cultural traditions, and in the particular ‘football-pitch’ landscape of the country, modern architecture could realise some of its dreams in everyday buildings. Postage stamps play an active part in many of the book’s collages, and especially in this section: the design of stamps flourished in the Netherlands, through the enlightened patronage of the Dutch post office — with several architects designing stamps too. Politics and history come to prominence in the Russian section, as a motivating force in the work of the early 1920s, and then as a heavy burden — with the onset of totalitarian control and repression. At the centre of the discussion here is the architecture of constructivism: formally brilliant, but with a clear social programme. Flight and the exploration of space are recurring topics in this section, as another and particularly Russian dimension of utopian striving The work of Le Corbusier, in Europe, North and South America, Russia and India, is treated in the third section. Le Corbusier is presented as a brilliant artist, a master architect of the greatest skill and the greatest ambition — and without scruple in pursuing commissions. The images and text follow him into the years after the Second World War, culminating in the work in India. Here there is a vision of another kind of politics, of co-operation and non-violence.
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The book reproduces a series of the collages made by David Wild. Their subject is modern architecture in the first half of the twentieth century: in the Netherlands, in Russia, and in the work of Le Corbusier. The method of the book is to show a collage on a right-hand page; then on the facing page is a prose commentary by Wild and supporting smaller images. Introducing the book, David Wild explains that the impulse for this work lies in the aftermath of a fire in his house: his scorched books lent themselves to collage. He goes on to sketch the cultural-political climate in Britain over the last 40 years: the backdrop to his work as an architect and (less directly) to this book. In the opening section on the Netherlands, the leading theme is an architecture of social equity and continuity. Rooted in old cultural traditions, and in the particular ‘football-pitch’ landscape of the country, modern architecture could realise some of its dreams in everyday buildings. Postage stamps play an active part in many of the book’s collages, and especially in this section: the design of stamps flourished in the Netherlands, through the enlightened patronage of the Dutch post office — with several architects designing stamps too. Politics and history come to prominence in the Russian section, as a motivating force in the work of the early 1920s, and then as a heavy burden — with the onset of totalitarian control and repression. At the centre of the discussion here is the architecture of constructivism: formally brilliant, but with a clear social programme. Flight and the exploration of space are recurring topics in this section, as another and particularly Russian dimension of utopian striving The work of Le Corbusier, in Europe, North and South America, Russia and India, is treated in the third section. Le Corbusier is presented as a brilliant artist, a master architect of the greatest skill and the greatest ambition — and without scruple in pursuing commissions. The images and text follow him into the years after the Second World War, culminating in the work in India. Here there is a vision of another kind of politics, of co-operation and non-violence.
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January 1900, London
January 1900, London
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Graphic Designers, Monographs
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What is modern about Modern design? Most books end the discussion of Modernism in the mid-twentieth century; this one shows how it has been reborn and transformed in the last sixty years and today is being created in fresh, original, and technologically innovative forms that are iconic and quirky, innovative and nostalgic, technologically daring and warmly familiar.
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What is modern about Modern design? Most books end the discussion of Modernism in the mid-twentieth century; this one shows how it has been reborn and transformed in the last sixty years and today is being created in fresh, original, and technologically innovative forms that are iconic and quirky, innovative and nostalgic, technologically daring and warmly familiar.
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Design after modernism: furniture and interiors 1970-2010
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What is modern about Modern design? Most books end the discussion of Modernism in the mid-twentieth century; this one shows how it has been reborn and transformed in the last sixty years and today is being created in fresh, original, and technologically innovative forms that are iconic and quirky, innovative and nostalgic, technologically daring and warmly familiar.
Design after modernism: furniture and interiors 1970-2010
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What is modern about Modern design? Most books end the discussion of Modernism in the mid-twentieth century; this one shows how it has been reborn and transformed in the last sixty years and today is being created in fresh, original, and technologically innovative forms that are iconic and quirky, innovative and nostalgic, technologically daring and warmly familiar.
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November 2011
November 2011
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The exhibition sets its sights on modernity's design for a more humane and contemporary society since the early twentieth century: a design for new forms of living and new cityscapes. What happened to this utopia? With works by Yona Friedman, Giuseppe Gabellone, Cyprien Gaillard, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, Florian Pumhösl, Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de(...)
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The exhibition sets its sights on modernity's design for a more humane and contemporary society since the early twentieth century: a design for new forms of living and new cityscapes. What happened to this utopia? With works by Yona Friedman, Giuseppe Gabellone, Cyprien Gaillard, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, Florian Pumhösl, Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de(...)
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September 2009
September 2009
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Modernism as a ruin: an archaeology of the present
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The exhibition sets its sights on modernity's design for a more humane and contemporary society since the early twentieth century: a design for new forms of living and new cityscapes. What happened to this utopia? With works by Yona Friedman, Giuseppe Gabellone, Cyprien Gaillard, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, Florian Pumhösl, Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, Robert Smithson, Rob Voerman, Stephen Willats.
Modernism as a ruin: an archaeology of the present
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The exhibition sets its sights on modernity's design for a more humane and contemporary society since the early twentieth century: a design for new forms of living and new cityscapes. What happened to this utopia? With works by Yona Friedman, Giuseppe Gabellone, Cyprien Gaillard, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, Florian Pumhösl, Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, Robert Smithson, Rob Voerman, Stephen Willats.
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September 2009
September 2009
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volumes <1-> : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm
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Berlin : Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2010-
Berlin : Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2010-
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Architekturform und Gesellschaftsform : Architektur und Städtebau unter dem Einfluss von Industrialisierung, Grossvergesellschaftung und Globalisierung / Martin Damus.
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Architekturform und Gesellschaftsform : Architektur und Städtebau unter dem Einfluss von Industrialisierung, Grossvergesellschaftung und Globalisierung / Martin Damus.
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xiii, 209 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995.
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The Sarasota school of architecture : 1941-1966 / John Howey.
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xiii, 209 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
The Sarasota school of architecture : 1941-1966 / John Howey.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995.
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215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Boston ; Basel ; Berlin : Birkhäuser, 2004.
Boston ; Basel ; Berlin : Birkhäuser, 2004.
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Learning from China : the Tao of the city / Carl Fingerhuth.
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215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Learning from China : the Tao of the city / Carl Fingerhuth.
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Boston ; Basel ; Berlin : Birkhäuser, 2004.
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424 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995., ©1995
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995., ©1995
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White walls, designer dresses : the fashioning of modern architecture / Mark Wigley.
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424 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
White walls, designer dresses : the fashioning of modern architecture / Mark Wigley.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995., ©1995
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
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Constructing an Avant-Garde : art in Brazil, 1949-1979 / Sérgio B. Martins.
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Constructing an Avant-Garde : art in Brazil, 1949-1979 / Sérgio B. Martins.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
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What would it mean to treat an interval of space as a line, thus drawing an empty void into a constellation of art and meaning-laden things? In this book, Irene Small elucidates the signal discovery of the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark in 1954: a fissure of space between material elements that Clark called "the organic line." For much of the history of art, Clark’s(...)
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What would it mean to treat an interval of space as a line, thus drawing an empty void into a constellation of art and meaning-laden things? In this book, Irene Small elucidates the signal discovery of the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark in 1954: a fissure of space between material elements that Clark called "the organic line." For much of the history of art, Clark’s(...)
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The organic line: Toward a topology of modernism
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What would it mean to treat an interval of space as a line, thus drawing an empty void into a constellation of art and meaning-laden things? In this book, Irene Small elucidates the signal discovery of the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark in 1954: a fissure of space between material elements that Clark called "the organic line." For much of the history of art, Clark’s discovery, much like the organic line, has escaped legibility. Once recognized, however, the line has seismic repercussions for rethinking foundational concepts such as mark, limit, surface, and edge. A spatial cavity that binds discrepant entities together, the organic line transforms planes into flexible topologies, borders into membranes, and interstices into points of connection. As a paradigm, the organic line has profound historiographic implications as well, inviting us to set aside traditional notions of influence and origin in favor of what Small terms weak links and plagiotropic relations.
The organic line: Toward a topology of modernism
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What would it mean to treat an interval of space as a line, thus drawing an empty void into a constellation of art and meaning-laden things? In this book, Irene Small elucidates the signal discovery of the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark in 1954: a fissure of space between material elements that Clark called "the organic line." For much of the history of art, Clark’s discovery, much like the organic line, has escaped legibility. Once recognized, however, the line has seismic repercussions for rethinking foundational concepts such as mark, limit, surface, and edge. A spatial cavity that binds discrepant entities together, the organic line transforms planes into flexible topologies, borders into membranes, and interstices into points of connection. As a paradigm, the organic line has profound historiographic implications as well, inviting us to set aside traditional notions of influence and origin in favor of what Small terms weak links and plagiotropic relations.
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October 2024
October 2024
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Art Theory
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The 1958 competition for Toronto's new city hall and public square was the largest competition of its era, attracting more architects than even the 1956 Sydney Opera House competition. While the outcome is well known - Finnish architect Viljo Revell's complex opened to public acclaim in 1965 - what is lesser known to specialists and to the general public is the amazing(...)
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The 1958 competition for Toronto's new city hall and public square was the largest competition of its era, attracting more architects than even the 1956 Sydney Opera House competition. While the outcome is well known - Finnish architect Viljo Revell's complex opened to public acclaim in 1965 - what is lesser known to specialists and to the general public is the amazing(...)
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Competing modernisms: Toronto's New City Hall and Square
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The 1958 competition for Toronto's new city hall and public square was the largest competition of its era, attracting more architects than even the 1956 Sydney Opera House competition. While the outcome is well known - Finnish architect Viljo Revell's complex opened to public acclaim in 1965 - what is lesser known to specialists and to the general public is the amazing variety of projects that were submitted from around the world. Weaving a tale that is equal parts civic, cultural, and architectural history, the authors explore the impact of the competition on the design of public institutions and urban spaces in Canada, and reflect on the value of architectural competitions as modern architecture developed in the mid-20th century.
Competing modernisms: Toronto's New City Hall and Square
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The 1958 competition for Toronto's new city hall and public square was the largest competition of its era, attracting more architects than even the 1956 Sydney Opera House competition. While the outcome is well known - Finnish architect Viljo Revell's complex opened to public acclaim in 1965 - what is lesser known to specialists and to the general public is the amazing variety of projects that were submitted from around the world. Weaving a tale that is equal parts civic, cultural, and architectural history, the authors explore the impact of the competition on the design of public institutions and urban spaces in Canada, and reflect on the value of architectural competitions as modern architecture developed in the mid-20th century.
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September 2015
September 2015
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Architecture in Canada
Architecture in Canada
