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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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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(...)
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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"Central European Avant-Gardes" presents the first interpretive overview of the complex webs of interaction among the artists and intellectuals of early twentieth-century Central Europe. The key stylistic transformation of the period was from Expressionism to Constructivism, as artists and writers, against a volatile background of war and revolution, saw the opportunity(...)
Central European avant-gardes : exchange and transformation, 1910-1930
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"Central European Avant-Gardes" presents the first interpretive overview of the complex webs of interaction among the artists and intellectuals of early twentieth-century Central Europe. The key stylistic transformation of the period was from Expressionism to Constructivism, as artists and writers, against a volatile background of war and revolution, saw the opportunity literally to construct a new world through their work. The borders between the visual arts, photography, film, architecture, poetry, and typography were obliterated, as artists sought to transcend the forces of traditionalism to forge an elemental visual language that would overcome national and linguistic boundaries. Yet at the same time that these artists advocated pluralism and unity, their work engaged issues such as nationalism and tradition that still resonate in artistic circles today. The book, which accompanies a major exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and curated by Timothy Benson, assisted by Monika Krol, is arranged around events and situations rather than by linear, art historical categories. It features hundreds of color plates and reproductions of documents; discussions of movements from Artificialism to Zenitism; essays on figures, publications, and exhibitions; and shorter "city views" of Belgrade, Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, Cracow, Dessau, Ljubljana, £ódz, Poznañ, Prague, Vienna, Warsaw, Weimar, and Zagreb.
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May 2002, Cambridge, Mass.
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Publié en 1930 à Moscou, et inédit en français, "Sotsgorod" est longtemps resté un livre mythique. Ce manifeste utopique russe récuse les modèles des villes traditionnelles pour développer l'hypothèse de la ville linéaire avancée par l'Espagnol Arturo Soria y Mata peu avant 1900 et les solutions pratiques des agglomérations industrielles d'Henry Ford. Le principe(...)
Sotsgorod : le problème de la construction des villes socialistes
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Publié en 1930 à Moscou, et inédit en français, "Sotsgorod" est longtemps resté un livre mythique. Ce manifeste utopique russe récuse les modèles des villes traditionnelles pour développer l'hypothèse de la ville linéaire avancée par l'Espagnol Arturo Soria y Mata peu avant 1900 et les solutions pratiques des agglomérations industrielles d'Henry Ford. Le principe théorique élaboré par Milioutine, dans le cadre d'un intense débat sur la structure des villes soviétiques, est appliqué à des plans pour Nijni Novgorod, Stalingrad et Magnitogorsk, accompagné par les propositions architecturales dans l'esprit de l'avant-garde russe. Les propositions radicales de "Sotsgorod" auront un impact considérable sur la réflexion des architectes modernes allemands et conduiront Le COrbusier à imaginer sa «cité linéaire industrielle». Le format original longitudinal et la mise en pages constructiviste de l'édition originale sont rigoureusement reproduits. Présenté par Jean-Louis Cohen. Traduit du russe par Elisabeth Essaïan.
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From 1958 to 1964 Structure was a major platform for artists reconsidering the design tenets and underlying principles of the Bauhaus, Constructivism and De Stijl. In this journal familiar and less familiar artists, amongst whom Joost Baljeu, Charles Biederman, Max Bill, Eli Bornstein, Ad Dekkers, John Ernest, Karl Gerstner, Stephen Gilbert, Jean Gorin, Anthony Hill,(...)
De Stijl continued : the journal Structure (1958-1964) : an artist's debate
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From 1958 to 1964 Structure was a major platform for artists reconsidering the design tenets and underlying principles of the Bauhaus, Constructivism and De Stijl. In this journal familiar and less familiar artists, amongst whom Joost Baljeu, Charles Biederman, Max Bill, Eli Bornstein, Ad Dekkers, John Ernest, Karl Gerstner, Stephen Gilbert, Jean Gorin, Anthony Hill, Richard Paul Lohse, Kenneth and Mary Martin, Georges Vantongerloo and Carel Visser, addressed such issues as whether art should once again proceed from nature; how artists should collaborate with architects; how art should relate to science and philosophy today; and what materials and techniques were to be used. De Stijl continued explores their body of ideas in meticulous detail.
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An important but often overlooked aspect of the Bauhaus in Dessau were the friendships, social activities and parties that were developed and encouraged as part of everyday life within the school. This intriguing exhibition catalogue revisits this period with the help of photographs, invitations, flyers, drawings, posters and texts.
La bauhaus de festa, 1919-1933
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An important but often overlooked aspect of the Bauhaus in Dessau were the friendships, social activities and parties that were developed and encouraged as part of everyday life within the school. This intriguing exhibition catalogue revisits this period with the help of photographs, invitations, flyers, drawings, posters and texts.
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Guide d’architecture de l'Algérie et ses grandes villes - Alger, Oran, Annaba. Pour chacune des villes, une cartographie légendée avec un renvoi au texte illustré par immeuble en facilite la compréhension. Une introduction historique par ville la situe dans son contexte et amène le lecteur à la période qui nous concerne. De plus, quelques encarts sur la carrière des(...)
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October 2006, Bruxelles
Sur les traces de la modernité, 50 ans d'architecture : Alger, Oran, Annaba
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Guide d’architecture de l'Algérie et ses grandes villes - Alger, Oran, Annaba. Pour chacune des villes, une cartographie légendée avec un renvoi au texte illustré par immeuble en facilite la compréhension. Une introduction historique par ville la situe dans son contexte et amène le lecteur à la période qui nous concerne. De plus, quelques encarts sur la carrière des principaux architectes cités donnent un éclairage qu'il était temps de saisir car les archives sont bien souvent difficiles à retrouver et pour certaines, encore aujourd'hui, elles sont en perdition malgré la prise de conscience de l'intérêt culturel et historique qu'elles représentent. Les bâtiments sélectionnés dans le présent ouvrage ont été regroupés sous forme de promenades ; le visiteur garde néanmoins la possibilité d'organiser lui-même le cheminement de son parcours en utilisant la cartographie, les photos et les commentaires. Texte en français et en arabe.
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Featuring 450 of the very best works of Mid-Century Modern architecture from every continent, the "Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces" showcases how the architects of the time harnessed the post-war boom and increasing globalization to create forward-thinking designs on a grander scale. From embassies and office blocks to entertainments spaces and transport hubs,(...)
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces
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Featuring 450 of the very best works of Mid-Century Modern architecture from every continent, the "Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces" showcases how the architects of the time harnessed the post-war boom and increasing globalization to create forward-thinking designs on a grander scale. From embassies and office blocks to entertainments spaces and transport hubs, glamorous designs by such icons as Arne Jacobsen, Mies, Le Corbusier, Eero Saarinen, Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd-Wright, and Oscar Niemeyer are each illustrated with stunning photography. This stylish hardcover book showcases buildings from every continent, from classic North American skyscrapers and European masterpieces to modest churches in Africa, and iconic swimming pools in Australia and is a must-have for all design and architecture aficionados.
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"Design agendas: Modern architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s" features essays on the modernist architects Charles E. Fleming, R. Buckminster Fuller, Eric Mendelsohn, and Gyo Obata by contributing scholars Shantel Blakely, John C. Guenther, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, and Winifred Elysse Newman, as well as a memoir by Michael E. Willis, FAIA, NOMA. Editor and(...)
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Design agendas: Modern architecture in St. Louis 1930s-1970s
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"Design agendas: Modern architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s" features essays on the modernist architects Charles E. Fleming, R. Buckminster Fuller, Eric Mendelsohn, and Gyo Obata by contributing scholars Shantel Blakely, John C. Guenther, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, and Winifred Elysse Newman, as well as a memoir by Michael E. Willis, FAIA, NOMA. Editor and architectural historian Eric P. Mumford situates the work of these architects and others within the context of St. Louis urban development against the midcentury backdrop of New Deal planning, the Great Migration, and the civil rights and Great Society eras. This publication adds to the small but growing number of studies on modern architecture in St. Louis.
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Une anthologie du courant constructiviste, rassemblant des écrits d'artistes et de théoriciens dans une nouvelle traduction, et de très nombreux textes inédits, accompagnés de nombreuses illustrations et d'un important appareil critique : ce volume de référence, destiné à faire date, éclaire sous un jour nouveau la multiplicité et la diversité des démarches du(...)
L'art dans la vie : Le constructivisme soviétique dans les textes
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Une anthologie du courant constructiviste, rassemblant des écrits d'artistes et de théoriciens dans une nouvelle traduction, et de très nombreux textes inédits, accompagnés de nombreuses illustrations et d'un important appareil critique : ce volume de référence, destiné à faire date, éclaire sous un jour nouveau la multiplicité et la diversité des démarches du constructivisme puis du productivisme dans les années 1920-30 (dans les champs de l'art, du design, de l'architecture, mais aussi de la danse, du cinéma, de la musique, de la littérature, etc.) et constitue une contribution majeure à l'étude des avant-gardes soviétiques.
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