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Contemporary Athens is characterized by a building type that transformed the Greek capital into a modern metropolis within a few decades in the 20th century: the polykatoikia, a small-scale urban apartment block. For almost forty years the unchallenged residential ideal for all social classes, the polykatoikia by the end of the century had become synonymous with the(...)
Athens' Polykatoikia 1930-1975
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Contemporary Athens is characterized by a building type that transformed the Greek capital into a modern metropolis within a few decades in the 20th century: the polykatoikia, a small-scale urban apartment block. For almost forty years the unchallenged residential ideal for all social classes, the polykatoikia by the end of the century had become synonymous with the rushed mass production of the postwar period and inhospitable living conditions in the inner city. This book sets out to trace the architectural origins of this typology. For the first time, it provides a comprehensive examination of the architectural concepts developed by Greek architects for the polykatoikia.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
New architecture in Britain
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This book engagingly describes and illustrates over 100 outstanding projects from around Britain that have contributed to the country's architectural rejuvenation in the twenty-first century. Landmark projects by well-known architects, such as Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' Eden Project in Cornwall, Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North in Manchester and Foster and(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
April 2006, London, New York
New architecture in Britain
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This book engagingly describes and illustrates over 100 outstanding projects from around Britain that have contributed to the country's architectural rejuvenation in the twenty-first century. Landmark projects by well-known architects, such as Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' Eden Project in Cornwall, Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North in Manchester and Foster and Partners' tower at 30 St Mary Axe in London, feature alongside the work of younger, smaller practices, including many based outside the capital. New Architecture in Britain makes a forceful contribution to the continuing debate about the role of architecture in forging a new environment and underpinning the growth of a healthy society.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
Oscar Niemeyer buildings
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Oft-overshadowed by the imposing buildings that line the River Thames, the bridges of London are an intriguing part of the capital, past and present. This book traces the history of all 33 Thames bridges within Greater London, exploring the fascinating architecture and unique stories from Hampton Court Bridge in the west to the iconic Tower Bridge in the east. Accompanied(...)
Oscar Niemeyer buildings
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Oft-overshadowed by the imposing buildings that line the River Thames, the bridges of London are an intriguing part of the capital, past and present. This book traces the history of all 33 Thames bridges within Greater London, exploring the fascinating architecture and unique stories from Hampton Court Bridge in the west to the iconic Tower Bridge in the east. Accompanied throughout by colour photographs of the present bridges, as well as detailed paintings and engravings of the earlier structures that once stood in their place, this is a fully illustrated and absorbing narrative for anyone with an interest in the history of London.
London's bridges
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Oft-overshadowed by the imposing buildings that line the River Thames, the bridges of London are an intriguing part of the capital, past and present. This book traces the history of all 33 Thames bridges within Greater London, exploring the fascinating architecture and unique stories from Hampton Court Bridge in the west to the iconic Tower Bridge in the east. Accompanied(...)
London's bridges
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Oft-overshadowed by the imposing buildings that line the River Thames, the bridges of London are an intriguing part of the capital, past and present. This book traces the history of all 33 Thames bridges within Greater London, exploring the fascinating architecture and unique stories from Hampton Court Bridge in the west to the iconic Tower Bridge in the east. Accompanied throughout by colour photographs of the present bridges, as well as detailed paintings and engravings of the earlier structures that once stood in their place, this is a fully illustrated and absorbing narrative for anyone with an interest in the history of London.
Engineering Structures
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Héritier des contreplongées spiralées du Monument à la IIIe Internationale de Tatline (1919-1920) et contemporain de la créativité filmique d'Octobre (1927), de La Ligne générale (1929) et de deux projets inachevés, Capital (1927-1928) et Glass House (1926-1930), ce dernier aurait dû mettre en abyme l'Architecture et le Cinéma. Fils de l'architecte Mikhaïl Eisenstein(...)
La Glass House de Sergeï Eisenstein
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Héritier des contreplongées spiralées du Monument à la IIIe Internationale de Tatline (1919-1920) et contemporain de la créativité filmique d'Octobre (1927), de La Ligne générale (1929) et de deux projets inachevés, Capital (1927-1928) et Glass House (1926-1930), ce dernier aurait dû mettre en abyme l'Architecture et le Cinéma. Fils de l'architecte Mikhaïl Eisenstein (1867-1920), Sergueï Eisenstein (1898-1948) réinvente la transparence de l’« espace cinématographique » (le tournage d'intérieurs, la pellicule, la projection). Mais comme constructiviste et homme de théâtre, il entendait également scénariser la dystopie capitaliste par le biais d’une transformation sociale inspirée par les tours de verre de Mies van der Rohe et Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Architecture Monographs
Gouverner par la dette
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Experts, hommes politiques et éditorialistes sont unanimes : la dette qui grève les finances publiques entrave la croissance, fait exploser le chômage. Les États doivent à tout prix se désendetter s’ils veulent rassurer les marchés et retrouver le chemin de la prospérité. Le diagnostic de Maurizio Lazzarato est tout autre : la dette, dans le système capitaliste, n’est pas(...)
Gouverner par la dette
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Experts, hommes politiques et éditorialistes sont unanimes : la dette qui grève les finances publiques entrave la croissance, fait exploser le chômage. Les États doivent à tout prix se désendetter s’ils veulent rassurer les marchés et retrouver le chemin de la prospérité. Le diagnostic de Maurizio Lazzarato est tout autre : la dette, dans le système capitaliste, n’est pas d’abord une affaire comptable, une relation économique, mais un rapport politique d’assujettissement et d’asservissement. Elle devient infinie, inexpiable, impayable, et sert à discipliner les populations, à imposer des réformes structurelles, à justifier des tours de vis autoritaires, voire à suspendre la démocratie au profit de « gouvernements techniques » subordonnés aux intérêts du capital.
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The humble Japanese knotweed, called ‘itadori’ in Japan, is native to East Asia but also notorious for its success in other parts of the world, so much so that it has been classified as an invasive species in several countries. It is feared in Europe, North America, and Australia, where it is actively eradicated. In following photographer Watanabe Koichi in his research(...)
Moving plants: Koichi Watanabe
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The humble Japanese knotweed, called ‘itadori’ in Japan, is native to East Asia but also notorious for its success in other parts of the world, so much so that it has been classified as an invasive species in several countries. It is feared in Europe, North America, and Australia, where it is actively eradicated. In following photographer Watanabe Koichi in his research and quest to track it down everywhere, we stray into the entanglement created by the movement of people and capital in the modern age, itself a giant moving thicket of nature, knowledge, technology, and industry that is not only intertwined on huge scales of complexity, but also reciprocally impacting.
Mokum: a guide to Amsterdam
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This alter-guide to Amsterdam will explore the city limits of freedom in this anxious European capital. How liberal is the city? And how have the highly contested and conquered rights for women, homosexuals, housing, free speech, expression and sexual freedom been shaped by the current political climate? Are they all still vivid and tangible in the city today? The guide(...)
Mokum: a guide to Amsterdam
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This alter-guide to Amsterdam will explore the city limits of freedom in this anxious European capital. How liberal is the city? And how have the highly contested and conquered rights for women, homosexuals, housing, free speech, expression and sexual freedom been shaped by the current political climate? Are they all still vivid and tangible in the city today? The guide provokes the user to explore, reinstate, question and analyze Amsterdam’s liberties in their broadest sense. It contains maps, tours, stories, prose, essays and photos from over 40 contributors from poets and artists to geographers and architects, from Amsterdammers to New Yorkers, from the famous to the debutantes.
City Guides
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Chilean architect Cristián Undurraga produces architecture that is deeply rooted in the landscape, using matter, space, and light to address the singularities of each different place and programme. This instalment focuses on a selection of the most significant buildings Undurraga has completed since the turn of the century, from Santiago’s Museum of Visual Arts, Palacio(...)
AV Monographs 217 : Undurraga Deves 2000-2019
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Chilean architect Cristián Undurraga produces architecture that is deeply rooted in the landscape, using matter, space, and light to address the singularities of each different place and programme. This instalment focuses on a selection of the most significant buildings Undurraga has completed since the turn of the century, from Santiago’s Museum of Visual Arts, Palacio La Moneda Cultural Centre, Jorge Carroza Fine Arts Gallery, and Simonetti Building, to projects beyond the capital such as the Lake House at Colico Lake, the Retiro Chapel in the Valparaíso Region, and the University of Los Andes Civic Quarter in Bogotá, Columbia. Includes an essay by the architect.
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The eighth issue of ‘Flaneur’ is devoted to the intersection of Kangding Road and Wanda Road in Taipei, a crossroads of layered colonial and urban histories. Taipei had always held a certain fascination for the editorial team, so when the opportunity arose to do a three-month artist residency at Taipei Art Village Treasure Hill, they seized the moment. In an(...)
Flaneur 08: Taipei. Kangding Road and Wanda Road
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The eighth issue of ‘Flaneur’ is devoted to the intersection of Kangding Road and Wanda Road in Taipei, a crossroads of layered colonial and urban histories. Taipei had always held a certain fascination for the editorial team, so when the opportunity arose to do a three-month artist residency at Taipei Art Village Treasure Hill, they seized the moment. In an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort, the axis is mapped out from different angles, revealing the layers, colonial implications, unvoiced stories, and contradictions of this place of displacements. With diverse contributions by more than fifteen local artists and writers, the magazine delves into the oldest part of the Taiwanese capital.
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