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Browning highlights architecture’s best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering’s Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Bauhaus practitioners Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed’s mirage-like House of Earth and Light in(...)
Living architecture: Greatest American houses of the 20th Century
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Browning highlights architecture’s best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering’s Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Bauhaus practitioners Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed’s mirage-like House of Earth and Light in the Southwest desert.
Residential Architecture
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A curated list of more than 250 must-see destinations organized geographically from Maine to Florida. Featuring architecture by some of the biggest Mid-Century names, including Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Eero Saarinen, and Philip Johnson, each of the more than 250 buildings is located on a regional map. The book includes all the additional information needed to(...)
Mid-century modern architecture travel guide
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A curated list of more than 250 must-see destinations organized geographically from Maine to Florida. Featuring architecture by some of the biggest Mid-Century names, including Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Eero Saarinen, and Philip Johnson, each of the more than 250 buildings is located on a regional map. The book includes all the additional information needed to find and visit each building
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Brick, mini format
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In this reimagined and easy-to-use size, "Brick" takes a fresh look at one of the world's most familiar and popular building materials. Presenting 180 diverse and fascinating examples, from the Ziggurat of Ur dating from 2100 bc to modern and contemporary masterpieces by Mies van der Rohe and Kazuyo Sejima, "Brick" illustrates how this humble material has been an(...)
Brick, mini format
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In this reimagined and easy-to-use size, "Brick" takes a fresh look at one of the world's most familiar and popular building materials. Presenting 180 diverse and fascinating examples, from the Ziggurat of Ur dating from 2100 bc to modern and contemporary masterpieces by Mies van der Rohe and Kazuyo Sejima, "Brick" illustrates how this humble material has been an architectural staple for centuries.
Materials and Lighting
This brutal world
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This Brutal World is a global survey of this compelling and much-admired style of architecture. It brings to light many unknown Brutalist architecture from across the former eastern bloc and other parts of the world. It includes works by Zaha Hadid and David Chipperfield as well as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph and Marcel Breuer.
This brutal world
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This Brutal World is a global survey of this compelling and much-admired style of architecture. It brings to light many unknown Brutalist architecture from across the former eastern bloc and other parts of the world. It includes works by Zaha Hadid and David Chipperfield as well as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph and Marcel Breuer.
Brutalism
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Cet ouvrage présente plus d'une centaine de bâtiments célèbres du XXe siècle, dont certaines oeuvres emblématiques des grands maîtres comme Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe ou Alvar Aalto, et celle d'architectes contemporains tels Norman Foster, Frank Ghery ou Rem Koolhaas. L'introduction offre une rapide vue d'ensemble de l'évolution de(...)
100 bâtiments majeurs du XXe siècle: plans, coupes et élévations
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Cet ouvrage présente plus d'une centaine de bâtiments célèbres du XXe siècle, dont certaines oeuvres emblématiques des grands maîtres comme Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe ou Alvar Aalto, et celle d'architectes contemporains tels Norman Foster, Frank Ghery ou Rem Koolhaas. L'introduction offre une rapide vue d'ensemble de l'évolution de l'architecture au XXe siècle, avec une attention particulière aux questions d'organisation spactiale.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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This book looks at some of the most well-known houses of the twentieth century designed by architects such as Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Neutra, and Venturi. In each case, the house examined was designed for a woman, and the book examines through 6 examples, the relationship between client and architect, and describes the process of collaboration between the the two.
Women and the making of the modern house
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This book looks at some of the most well-known houses of the twentieth century designed by architects such as Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Neutra, and Venturi. In each case, the house examined was designed for a woman, and the book examines through 6 examples, the relationship between client and architect, and describes the process of collaboration between the the two.
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April 1998, New York
Residential Architecture
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This publication looks at the concept of appropriation and how Johnson's style was influenced first by his mentor, Mies van der Rohe, and then by post-modern ideas and artists. Charting his career through the 1980s and beyond, this title serves to review Johnson's body of work and show that, far from being a weakness, his use of appropriation was a major part of his(...)
Philip Johnson and his mischief: appropriation in art and architecture
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This publication looks at the concept of appropriation and how Johnson's style was influenced first by his mentor, Mies van der Rohe, and then by post-modern ideas and artists. Charting his career through the 1980s and beyond, this title serves to review Johnson's body of work and show that, far from being a weakness, his use of appropriation was a major part of his innovative success.
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407 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 23 x 30 cm
New York, NY : Metropolis Books, [2016], ©2016
Never built New York / Greg Goldin, Sam Lubell ; foreword by Daniel Libeskind.
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407 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 23 x 30 cm
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New York, NY : Metropolis Books, [2016], ©2016
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Universally recognized as an architectural center, Chicago contains some of the world’s finest buildings by the most renowned architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, and many more left their stamp on the city’s skyline and, as a result, influenced the practice of architecture across the globe. This book,(...)
Chicago architecture : 1885 to today
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Universally recognized as an architectural center, Chicago contains some of the world’s finest buildings by the most renowned architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, and many more left their stamp on the city’s skyline and, as a result, influenced the practice of architecture across the globe. This book, published in association with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, features an in-depth analysis of forty-two seminal works of Chicago architecture. Both a guide for those visiting the city and a valuable reference for architecture enthusiasts, the publication includes residential icons such as Mies van der Rohe’s 860–880 Lake Shore Drive, skyscraper prototypes such as Sullivan’s Schlesinger and Mayer Store (Carson Pirie Scott & Co.), and engineering masterpieces such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Sears Tower.
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April 2008
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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"Key buildings of the twentieth century : plans, sections and elevations" features 106 of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, including classic works by such seminal architects such as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Norman Foster, Frank Ghery and(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
October 2004, New York, London
Key buildings of the twentieth century : plans, sections and elevations
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"Key buildings of the twentieth century : plans, sections and elevations" features 106 of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, including classic works by such seminal architects such as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Norman Foster, Frank Ghery and Rem Koolhaas. Includes a CD-Rom (PC and Mac compatible)
Architecture since 1900, Europe