Charlie Hillhouse: Waiya
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There’s something nice and not too cryptic about the title of Charlie Hillhouse’s latest zine. “Waiya” is the Japanese pronunciation of ‘wire’. These are photographs of electric lines from a trip taken to Tokyo and its surrounds. They are taken with the curious puzzlement of a traveller out of his depth. It is not only a travel document, but it also serves as a published(...)
Charlie Hillhouse: Waiya
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There’s something nice and not too cryptic about the title of Charlie Hillhouse’s latest zine. “Waiya” is the Japanese pronunciation of ‘wire’. These are photographs of electric lines from a trip taken to Tokyo and its surrounds. They are taken with the curious puzzlement of a traveller out of his depth. It is not only a travel document, but it also serves as a published documentation of the risograph printing process. The artist has manipulated the effect of the photographs with the colour changing of a riso ink drum.
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Founded in 2004 by Koichi Suzuno and Shinya Kamuro, Torafu Architects employs a working approach based on architectural thinking. Works by the duo include a diverse range of products, from architectural design to interior design for shops, exhibition space design, product design, spatial installations and film making. Projects include the Nike Pressroom, a House in(...)
Torafu Architects: Idea + process 2004-2011
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Founded in 2004 by Koichi Suzuno and Shinya Kamuro, Torafu Architects employs a working approach based on architectural thinking. Works by the duo include a diverse range of products, from architectural design to interior design for shops, exhibition space design, product design, spatial installations and film making. Projects include the Nike Pressroom, a House in Kohoku, the Y150 Nissan Pavilion, the Herman Miller Tokyo Store, a House in Nakamaru, an exhibition space for minä perhonen, the air-vase, the 1-10 design Office in Kyoto, and many others. Introduction by Akira Minagawa (minä perhonen).
Architecture Monographs
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A selection of the most prominent works of architecture selected by El Croquis with an introduction by Juan Antonio Cortés and an essay by William Curtis. Among the works are the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito, the Dutch Embassy in Berlin by Rem Koolhaas, the Braga Municipal Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the Prada Aoyama Epicenter by Herzog & De Meuron in Tokyo, the(...)
El Croquis: The very best works at the turn of the century
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A selection of the most prominent works of architecture selected by El Croquis with an introduction by Juan Antonio Cortés and an essay by William Curtis. Among the works are the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito, the Dutch Embassy in Berlin by Rem Koolhaas, the Braga Municipal Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the Prada Aoyama Epicenter by Herzog & De Meuron in Tokyo, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art expansion by Steven Holl, the Neues Museum by David Chipperfield, the Toledo Glass Pavilion by SANAA-Sejima & Nishizawa and others.
El Croquis
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L'ouverture au public du Centre Pompidou-Metz s'incarne symboliquement dans l'architecture de Shigeru Ban et Jean de Gastines. En son sein, l'exposition inaugurale "Chefs-d'oeuvre?" a permis d'esquisser une histoire des musées d'art moderne et contemporain depuis 1937 - année de l'Exposition internationale à Paris. Les établissements français les plus emblématiques sont(...)
Chefs-d'oeuvre? : architectures de musées, 1937-2014
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L'ouverture au public du Centre Pompidou-Metz s'incarne symboliquement dans l'architecture de Shigeru Ban et Jean de Gastines. En son sein, l'exposition inaugurale "Chefs-d'oeuvre?" a permis d'esquisser une histoire des musées d'art moderne et contemporain depuis 1937 - année de l'Exposition internationale à Paris. Les établissements français les plus emblématiques sont ici mis en perspective avec des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'architecture muséale internationale. Du Palais de Tokyo au Centre Pompidou-Metz, c'est toute une histoire architecturale et culturelle qui est ici retracée, incluant les projets qui marqueront les années à venir.
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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One of the 20th century’s most significant architects, Kenzo Tange combined traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and took on major post-war urban redevelopment projects in Tokyo and abroad. In 1960, Tange – together with photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto, architect Walter Gropius, and graphic designer Herbert Bayer – published a photobook titled ‘Katsura’, in which he(...)
Tange by Tange, 1949-1959. Kenzo Tange as seen though the eyes of Kenzo
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One of the 20th century’s most significant architects, Kenzo Tange combined traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and took on major post-war urban redevelopment projects in Tokyo and abroad. In 1960, Tange – together with photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto, architect Walter Gropius, and graphic designer Herbert Bayer – published a photobook titled ‘Katsura’, in which he questioned the conventional historical perspectives on Japanese architecture. Many previously unpublished photographs taken by Tange during the 1950s now appear in this remarkably arranged volume, giving insight to his later works. With an introduction by Saikaku Toyokawa and texts by Kenzo Tange.
Architecture Monographs
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Architects’ mock-ups typically represent an abstracted, idealistic vision, and their models are generally understood as filtered interpretations of the environment, which tend toward the utopian. For this publication, conceptual artist and photographer Thomas Demand visited the untidy office of SANAA in Tokyo several times, exploring the aggregated environment he found(...)
Thomas Demand : model studies, Koto-ku
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Architects’ mock-ups typically represent an abstracted, idealistic vision, and their models are generally understood as filtered interpretations of the environment, which tend toward the utopian. For this publication, conceptual artist and photographer Thomas Demand visited the untidy office of SANAA in Tokyo several times, exploring the aggregated environment he found there, where paper and discarded cardboard – the thought process of every project – survives in a sedimentary layering of materials. The resulting series of photographs shows an abstracted landscape of architectonic forms, devoid of human scale or reference, yet resonating with the language of creativity.
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This collection offers contributions from eminent theorists across visual culture, architecture, sociology, art, philosophy, and American studies--including Andrew Benjamin, Barry Curtis, Neil Leach, Steven Pile, and David Frisby. Part One covers reading the city as a visual text; Part Two discusses treating the city as a space to be experienced. The enticing range of(...)
The hierloglyphics of space : reading and experiencing the modern metropolis
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This collection offers contributions from eminent theorists across visual culture, architecture, sociology, art, philosophy, and American studies--including Andrew Benjamin, Barry Curtis, Neil Leach, Steven Pile, and David Frisby. Part One covers reading the city as a visual text; Part Two discusses treating the city as a space to be experienced. The enticing range of topic and city focus will attract readers worldwide: Venice, Vienna, London, Rome, New York, Berlin, Bucharest, Tokyo, Paris and other cities are treated to a new analysis, viewing the city as a new text through which to read its cultural life.
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Urban Theory
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Ce livre présente les principaux projets de l'architecte américain : le Guggenheim Museum à New York, la Price Tower à Bartlesville, le Marin County Center à San Rafael, en Californie, Unity Temple à Oak Park, dans l'Illinois, le Florida Southern College à Lakeland, en Floride, et Taliesin West, à Scottsdale, en Arizona. On trouvera aussi d'étonnantes images d'archives de(...)
Frank Lloyd Wright, bâtiments publics
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Ce livre présente les principaux projets de l'architecte américain : le Guggenheim Museum à New York, la Price Tower à Bartlesville, le Marin County Center à San Rafael, en Californie, Unity Temple à Oak Park, dans l'Illinois, le Florida Southern College à Lakeland, en Floride, et Taliesin West, à Scottsdale, en Arizona. On trouvera aussi d'étonnantes images d'archives de superbes bâtiments démolis, tel l'Imperial Hotel à Tokyo et Midway Gardens à Chicago, ainsi que des dessins de Wright d'inspiration visionnaire, dont ceux de l'Opéra de Bagdad et du gratte-ciel Mile High, Illinois, pour ne citer qu'eux.
Architecture Monographs
Japan architectural guide
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Architectural Guide Japan introduces over 700 of the most prominent examples of this fertile architecture, while outlining its development since the mid-nineteenth century until the present day in a concise historical essay. This updated, second edition of the book presents around 100 new buildings, reflecting the rapid pace of development in the country. It will be(...)
Japan architectural guide
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Architectural Guide Japan introduces over 700 of the most prominent examples of this fertile architecture, while outlining its development since the mid-nineteenth century until the present day in a concise historical essay. This updated, second edition of the book presents around 100 new buildings, reflecting the rapid pace of development in the country. It will be available this summer, in time for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. All texts and entries are illustrated with hundreds of colour photos, all taken by the author, and many drawings. Detailed information about each entry is complemented by geo-data in the form of QR codes
City Guides
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In today’s architecture engineers often play an important role concerning the structural design of a building. Their contribution is mostly forgotten, however, and the architects are generally recognized for their work. This book seeks set the record straight and acknowledge the important role engineers play in the development of complex architectural designs.(...)
Remarkable structures : engineering today's innovative buildings
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In today’s architecture engineers often play an important role concerning the structural design of a building. Their contribution is mostly forgotten, however, and the architects are generally recognized for their work. This book seeks set the record straight and acknowledge the important role engineers play in the development of complex architectural designs. "Remarkable structures" presents a series of buildings that are representative of high engineering input including the City of Science (Santiago Calatrava), the Japanese Pavilion (Shigeru Ban/Buro Happold), the Tokyo International Forum (Rafael Vinoly/Structural Design Group), the Guggenheim Museum (Frank Gehry/SOM), and the Educatorium, Utrecht (Koolhaas/ABT).
Engineering Structures