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Cet ouvrage présente les principaux matériaux de l'architecture: le bois et les matériaux de la biomasse, l'acier, les bétons et les liants hydrauliques, les roches naturelles, le verre et les polymères, les matériaux biosourcés. Chacun d'eux fait l'objet d'une description détaillée (contexte historique de leur utilisation, composition et procédés de transformation,(...)
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Cet ouvrage présente les principaux matériaux de l'architecture: le bois et les matériaux de la biomasse, l'acier, les bétons et les liants hydrauliques, les roches naturelles, le verre et les polymères, les matériaux biosourcés. Chacun d'eux fait l'objet d'une description détaillée (contexte historique de leur utilisation, composition et procédés de transformation,(...)
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Matériaux et architecture durable : fabrication 2e éd.
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Cet ouvrage présente les principaux matériaux de l'architecture: le bois et les matériaux de la biomasse, l'acier, les bétons et les liants hydrauliques, les roches naturelles, le verre et les polymères, les matériaux biosourcés. Chacun d'eux fait l'objet d'une description détaillée (contexte historique de leur utilisation, composition et procédés de transformation, propriétés architecturales, constructives et physiques) et d'un bilan environnemental (impact énergétique de leur fabrication, territoires de production et transport, mise en oeuvre sur le chantier, entretien et fin de vie).
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Cet ouvrage présente les principaux matériaux de l'architecture: le bois et les matériaux de la biomasse, l'acier, les bétons et les liants hydrauliques, les roches naturelles, le verre et les polymères, les matériaux biosourcés. Chacun d'eux fait l'objet d'une description détaillée (contexte historique de leur utilisation, composition et procédés de transformation, propriétés architecturales, constructives et physiques) et d'un bilan environnemental (impact énergétique de leur fabrication, territoires de production et transport, mise en oeuvre sur le chantier, entretien et fin de vie).
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April 2017
April 2017
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital city, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a sub-arctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis with a high quality of life. The book examines the period from 1800-2011, and is the first major(...)
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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital city, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a sub-arctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis with a high quality of life. The book examines the period from 1800-2011, and is the first major(...)
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Town and crown: an illustrated history of Canada's capital
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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital city, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a sub-arctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis with a high quality of life. The book examines the period from 1800-2011, and is the first major study that covers both sides of the Ottawa River, addressing the settlement history of aboriginal, French and English peoples.
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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital city, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a sub-arctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis with a high quality of life. The book examines the period from 1800-2011, and is the first major study that covers both sides of the Ottawa River, addressing the settlement history of aboriginal, French and English peoples.
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May 2016
May 2016
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Architecture in Canada
Architecture in Canada
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This book captures the drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs that can bring them back to life – demonstrating that reimagined, repurposed, and abandoned architecture has the beauty and power to change lives, communities, and cities the world over. The scale and diversity of abandoned buildings is shown through examples from(...)
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This book captures the drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs that can bring them back to life – demonstrating that reimagined, repurposed, and abandoned architecture has the beauty and power to change lives, communities, and cities the world over. The scale and diversity of abandoned buildings is shown through examples from(...)
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Ruin and redemption in architecture
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This book captures the drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs that can bring them back to life – demonstrating that reimagined, repurposed, and abandoned architecture has the beauty and power to change lives, communities, and cities the world over. The scale and diversity of abandoned buildings is shown through examples from all around the world, demonstrating the ingenuity of their transformation by some of the greatest architectural designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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This book captures the drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs that can bring them back to life – demonstrating that reimagined, repurposed, and abandoned architecture has the beauty and power to change lives, communities, and cities the world over. The scale and diversity of abandoned buildings is shown through examples from all around the world, demonstrating the ingenuity of their transformation by some of the greatest architectural designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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March 2019
March 2019
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Contemporary Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
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La transformation des besoins, des façons de penser et d’agir, des liens sociaux, le développement de nouvelles sciences et technologies, le changement de nature et d’échelle des enjeux collectifs rendent aujourd’hui nécessaire un nouvel urbanisme. François Ascher en analyse les fondements et en définit les principes. Il revisite ainsi les catégories qui étaient au cœur(...)
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La transformation des besoins, des façons de penser et d’agir, des liens sociaux, le développement de nouvelles sciences et technologies, le changement de nature et d’échelle des enjeux collectifs rendent aujourd’hui nécessaire un nouvel urbanisme. François Ascher en analyse les fondements et en définit les principes. Il revisite ainsi les catégories qui étaient au cœur(...)
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Les nouveaux principes de l'urbanisme
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La transformation des besoins, des façons de penser et d’agir, des liens sociaux, le développement de nouvelles sciences et technologies, le changement de nature et d’échelle des enjeux collectifs rendent aujourd’hui nécessaire un nouvel urbanisme. François Ascher en analyse les fondements et en définit les principes. Il revisite ainsi les catégories qui étaient au cœur de la conception des villes, les actualise et en propose de nouvelles. Avec cet ouvrage, François Ascher esquisse en fait une nouvelle charte pour l’urbanisme contemporain.
Les nouveaux principes de l'urbanisme
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La transformation des besoins, des façons de penser et d’agir, des liens sociaux, le développement de nouvelles sciences et technologies, le changement de nature et d’échelle des enjeux collectifs rendent aujourd’hui nécessaire un nouvel urbanisme. François Ascher en analyse les fondements et en définit les principes. Il revisite ainsi les catégories qui étaient au cœur de la conception des villes, les actualise et en propose de nouvelles. Avec cet ouvrage, François Ascher esquisse en fait une nouvelle charte pour l’urbanisme contemporain.
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November 2010
November 2010
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Penser l'image
Penser l'image
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Qu´est-ce qu´une image? La multiplication proliférante des images semble bien - et c´est là son paradoxe - inversment proportionelle à notre faculté de dire ce qu´est réellment une image. Ce livre est un receuil de témoignant de l'incidence de la question de l'image, de sa logique spécifique et de la transformation du champ visuel dans les savoirs contemporains ainsi(...)
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Qu´est-ce qu´une image? La multiplication proliférante des images semble bien - et c´est là son paradoxe - inversment proportionelle à notre faculté de dire ce qu´est réellment une image. Ce livre est un receuil de témoignant de l'incidence de la question de l'image, de sa logique spécifique et de la transformation du champ visuel dans les savoirs contemporains ainsi(...)
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Qu´est-ce qu´une image? La multiplication proliférante des images semble bien - et c´est là son paradoxe - inversment proportionelle à notre faculté de dire ce qu´est réellment une image. Ce livre est un receuil de témoignant de l'incidence de la question de l'image, de sa logique spécifique et de la transformation du champ visuel dans les savoirs contemporains ainsi que de la variété de ses approches conceptuelles, de la préhistoire à nos jours, et dans différentes traditions de pensée.
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Qu´est-ce qu´une image? La multiplication proliférante des images semble bien - et c´est là son paradoxe - inversment proportionelle à notre faculté de dire ce qu´est réellment une image. Ce livre est un receuil de témoignant de l'incidence de la question de l'image, de sa logique spécifique et de la transformation du champ visuel dans les savoirs contemporains ainsi que de la variété de ses approches conceptuelles, de la préhistoire à nos jours, et dans différentes traditions de pensée.
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July 2010
July 2010
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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For all its attention as a rogue state in the Middle East, the urban landscape of Syria remains somewhat of a mystery. André Mérian visited the country in 2006-7 and documented a variety of places and spaces with a particular, well-balanced eye towards the inherent tension between nature, its transformation and subsequent development into urban space. The twenty colour(...)
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For all its attention as a rogue state in the Middle East, the urban landscape of Syria remains somewhat of a mystery. André Mérian visited the country in 2006-7 and documented a variety of places and spaces with a particular, well-balanced eye towards the inherent tension between nature, its transformation and subsequent development into urban space. The twenty colour(...)
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Syrie
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For all its attention as a rogue state in the Middle East, the urban landscape of Syria remains somewhat of a mystery. André Mérian visited the country in 2006-7 and documented a variety of places and spaces with a particular, well-balanced eye towards the inherent tension between nature, its transformation and subsequent development into urban space. The twenty colour photographs are presented one full image per page, and introduced by a short text in French by Bernard Millet.
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For all its attention as a rogue state in the Middle East, the urban landscape of Syria remains somewhat of a mystery. André Mérian visited the country in 2006-7 and documented a variety of places and spaces with a particular, well-balanced eye towards the inherent tension between nature, its transformation and subsequent development into urban space. The twenty colour photographs are presented one full image per page, and introduced by a short text in French by Bernard Millet.
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September 2009
September 2009
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Photography monographs
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Burtynsky : water
Burtynsky : water
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There is no life without water. Burtynsky’s book Water tells us the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it. Often using a bird’s-eye perspective, the photographer shows us its remote sources, remarkable ancient step-wells and mass bathing rituals, the transformation of desert into cities with waterfronts on each doorstep, the compromised(...)
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There is no life without water. Burtynsky’s book Water tells us the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it. Often using a bird’s-eye perspective, the photographer shows us its remote sources, remarkable ancient step-wells and mass bathing rituals, the transformation of desert into cities with waterfronts on each doorstep, the compromised(...)
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Burtynsky : water
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There is no life without water. Burtynsky’s book Water tells us the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it. Often using a bird’s-eye perspective, the photographer shows us its remote sources, remarkable ancient step-wells and mass bathing rituals, the transformation of desert into cities with waterfronts on each doorstep, the compromised landscapes of the American Southwest. The colour photographs in this book are poetic and at the same time highly relevant.
Burtynsky : water
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There is no life without water. Burtynsky’s book Water tells us the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it. Often using a bird’s-eye perspective, the photographer shows us its remote sources, remarkable ancient step-wells and mass bathing rituals, the transformation of desert into cities with waterfronts on each doorstep, the compromised landscapes of the American Southwest. The colour photographs in this book are poetic and at the same time highly relevant.
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October 2013
October 2013
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
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For more than half a century, visionary architect Kiyonori Kikutake (1928–2011) pursued Metabolic architecture, embracing forces of renewal, recycling, and transformation. This volume, the first comprehensive assessment of Kikutake in the English language, highlights his lifelong creation of a constantly evolving platform for living, floating above land and sea through(...)
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For more than half a century, visionary architect Kiyonori Kikutake (1928–2011) pursued Metabolic architecture, embracing forces of renewal, recycling, and transformation. This volume, the first comprehensive assessment of Kikutake in the English language, highlights his lifelong creation of a constantly evolving platform for living, floating above land and sea through(...)
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Kiyonori Kikutake: between land and sea
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For more than half a century, visionary architect Kiyonori Kikutake (1928–2011) pursued Metabolic architecture, embracing forces of renewal, recycling, and transformation. This volume, the first comprehensive assessment of Kikutake in the English language, highlights his lifelong creation of a constantly evolving platform for living, floating above land and sea through pivotal works including the Sky House, Hotel Tken, the Izumo Administration Building, and the urban scale of his ongoing Marine/Ocean City project, spanning from the late 1950s to today.
Kiyonori Kikutake: between land and sea
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For more than half a century, visionary architect Kiyonori Kikutake (1928–2011) pursued Metabolic architecture, embracing forces of renewal, recycling, and transformation. This volume, the first comprehensive assessment of Kikutake in the English language, highlights his lifelong creation of a constantly evolving platform for living, floating above land and sea through pivotal works including the Sky House, Hotel Tken, the Izumo Administration Building, and the urban scale of his ongoing Marine/Ocean City project, spanning from the late 1950s to today.
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October 2015
October 2015
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Landscape Architecture, Monographs
Landscape Architecture, Monographs
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[Place of publication not identified] : Whitney Museum of American Art, 2021.
[Place of publication not identified] : Whitney Museum of American Art, 2021.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Whitney Museum of American Art, 2021.
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Until around 1990, Shanghai was China’s premier but sluggish industrial center. Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the joint impact of global forces and state power has turned Shanghai into a dynamic megacity. Shanghai’s remarkable growth in economy, infrastructure, and global presence has prompted questions about the Shanghai “miracle.” This collection(...)
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Until around 1990, Shanghai was China’s premier but sluggish industrial center. Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the joint impact of global forces and state power has turned Shanghai into a dynamic megacity. Shanghai’s remarkable growth in economy, infrastructure, and global presence has prompted questions about the Shanghai “miracle.” This collection(...)
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Shanghai rising : state power and local transformations in a global megacity
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Until around 1990, Shanghai was China’s premier but sluggish industrial center. Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the joint impact of global forces and state power has turned Shanghai into a dynamic megacity. Shanghai’s remarkable growth in economy, infrastructure, and global presence has prompted questions about the Shanghai “miracle.” This collection places the city’s unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of U.S. cities, as well as with Asian megacities Singapore and Hong Kong, providing a nuanced account of how Shanghai’s politics, economy, society, and space have been transformed by macro- and micro-level forces.
Shanghai rising : state power and local transformations in a global megacity
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Until around 1990, Shanghai was China’s premier but sluggish industrial center. Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the joint impact of global forces and state power has turned Shanghai into a dynamic megacity. Shanghai’s remarkable growth in economy, infrastructure, and global presence has prompted questions about the Shanghai “miracle.” This collection places the city’s unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of U.S. cities, as well as with Asian megacities Singapore and Hong Kong, providing a nuanced account of how Shanghai’s politics, economy, society, and space have been transformed by macro- and micro-level forces.
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July 2009
July 2009
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
