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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
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"Black: architecture in monochrome" casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe,(...)
Black: architecture in monochrome
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"Black: architecture in monochrome" casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.
Contemporary Architecture
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Philip Johnson converses with one of his colleagues and curator about art, artists, architects, the time in the 30s when he was director of architecture at the MOMA, his legendary exhibit "International Style" (1932), about Schwitters, Mondrian, Finsterlin, Warhol, Duchamp and his admiration for Mies van der Rohe. From this interview material, the artist Thomas Bayrle(...)
Architecture Monographs
September 2003, Köln
Layout : Philip Johnson in coversation with Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist
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Philip Johnson converses with one of his colleagues and curator about art, artists, architects, the time in the 30s when he was director of architecture at the MOMA, his legendary exhibit "International Style" (1932), about Schwitters, Mondrian, Finsterlin, Warhol, Duchamp and his admiration for Mies van der Rohe. From this interview material, the artist Thomas Bayrle has woven an extraordinary book, taking as basis the layout of the New York Times and fleshing it out with text.
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Le style Palm Springs
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Dans les années d'après-guerre, nourris des créations européennes de Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, de Le Corbusier ou de Walter Gropius, l'élite des nouveaux architectes américaines imagine pour les tycoons d'Hollywood un choix de résidences aux lignes épurées, en totale harmonie avec le panorama XXL du désert de Mojave. Cet ouvrage présente la Kaufmann House de Neutra,(...)
Le style Palm Springs
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Dans les années d'après-guerre, nourris des créations européennes de Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, de Le Corbusier ou de Walter Gropius, l'élite des nouveaux architectes américaines imagine pour les tycoons d'Hollywood un choix de résidences aux lignes épurées, en totale harmonie avec le panorama XXL du désert de Mojave. Cet ouvrage présente la Kaufmann House de Neutra, l'Elrod House de Lautner, la Frey House II, la Loewy Residence de Frey et tous les lieux emblématiques de Palm Springs.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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In this easy-to-use new size, 'Black: Architecture in Monochrome' highlights the elegance of black in the built world through more than 150 structures. From ancient churches to contemporary skyscrapers, Black demonstrates how hues from ebony to onyx have been beloved by architects for centuries. Insightful texts paired with striking photography bring to life these(...)
Black: architecture in monochrome, mini edition
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In this easy-to-use new size, 'Black: Architecture in Monochrome' highlights the elegance of black in the built world through more than 150 structures. From ancient churches to contemporary skyscrapers, Black demonstrates how hues from ebony to onyx have been beloved by architects for centuries. Insightful texts paired with striking photography bring to life these captivating buildings including works by Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.
Contemporary Architecture
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Dans son nouveau format compact, cet ouvrage offre un panorama visuel des meilleurs exemples d’architecture en brique à travers le monde. Il en dévoile la beauté, à travers 180 édifices datant de 3 000 av. J.-C. à nos jours : des bâtiments novateurs et variés, de la Ziggurat d’Ur datant de 2 100 av. J.-C. aux architectures contemporaines de Mies van der Rohe et Kazuyo(...)
Brique (mini format)
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Dans son nouveau format compact, cet ouvrage offre un panorama visuel des meilleurs exemples d’architecture en brique à travers le monde. Il en dévoile la beauté, à travers 180 édifices datant de 3 000 av. J.-C. à nos jours : des bâtiments novateurs et variés, de la Ziggurat d’Ur datant de 2 100 av. J.-C. aux architectures contemporaines de Mies van der Rohe et Kazuyo Sejima. Brique illustre l’utilisation de ce matériau polyvalent et familier, au fil des siècles.
Materials and Lighting
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Esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine investigates the complex history of representation—the use and meaning of architectural signifiers—from the 18th through the 20th century. Using the lens of a continuous theoretical argument, Levine provides a detailed survey and critical analysis of major works by a host of modern architects, including Étienne-Louis Boullée,(...)
Modern architecture: representation & reality
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Esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine investigates the complex history of representation—the use and meaning of architectural signifiers—from the 18th through the 20th century. Using the lens of a continuous theoretical argument, Levine provides a detailed survey and critical analysis of major works by a host of modern architects, including Étienne-Louis Boullée, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Louis Kahn, Henri Labrouste, Augustus Welby Pugin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, John Soane, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
AA Files conversations
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This volume - the first in an anticipated series of similar anthologies - collates conversations from the past ten issues of AA Files, the long-running journal published by the Architectural Association School of Architecture. It includes extended interviews with architects François Dallegret, Léon Krier, John Winter, Mario Botta, John Frazer, Massimo Scolari, Ludwig Mies(...)
AA Files conversations
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This volume - the first in an anticipated series of similar anthologies - collates conversations from the past ten issues of AA Files, the long-running journal published by the Architectural Association School of Architecture. It includes extended interviews with architects François Dallegret, Léon Krier, John Winter, Mario Botta, John Frazer, Massimo Scolari, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Moshe Safdie, artists Richard Wentworth and Thomas Demand, fi lmmaker Sally Potter, philosopher Paul Virilio, historian Robin Middleton and photographers Tim Street-Porter and Hilla Becher.
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Bauhaus 1910-1933
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Focusing on buildings designed by Bauhaus members from 1919 to 1933, this book features famous and lesser-known building projects in Germany, Vienna, Barcelona, Prague, and Budapest by architects including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Arranged chronologically, Bauhaus offers informative commentary and photographs, taken especially for this(...)
Modernism
May 2006, München / Berlin / London / New York
Bauhaus 1910-1933
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Focusing on buildings designed by Bauhaus members from 1919 to 1933, this book features famous and lesser-known building projects in Germany, Vienna, Barcelona, Prague, and Budapest by architects including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Arranged chronologically, Bauhaus offers informative commentary and photographs, taken especially for this book. Engels' photographs show many buildings in their newly restored conditions and reflect the full range of Bauhaus architecture, one of the most influential schools of architecture in the twentieth century.
Modernism
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An architectural history primer, a showcase of classic modern homes, and an inspirational design book, "Living modern" exposes the inner workings of modernist principles. Through hundreds of photographs that display modern homes by such design luminaries as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Charles and Ray Eames, Alvar Aalto, Richard Neutra, and Le Corbusier, this book is a(...)
Residential Architecture
January 2002, San Francisco
Modern living: bringing modernism home
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An architectural history primer, a showcase of classic modern homes, and an inspirational design book, "Living modern" exposes the inner workings of modernist principles. Through hundreds of photographs that display modern homes by such design luminaries as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Charles and Ray Eames, Alvar Aalto, Richard Neutra, and Le Corbusier, this book is a resource for those who want to learn about the movement's pinnacles, as well as anyone who wants to apply its tenets to create modern creations.
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January 2002, San Francisco
Residential Architecture