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Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright may be the Midwest’s (and the nation’s) most famous architects, but the region has always been a fertile ground for builders master and amateur. ''Midwest architecture journeys'' takes readers on a trip to visit some of the region’s most inventive buildings by architects such as Bertrand Goldberg, Bruce Goff, and Lillian Leenhouts. It(...)
Midwest architecture journeys
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Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright may be the Midwest’s (and the nation’s) most famous architects, but the region has always been a fertile ground for builders master and amateur. ''Midwest architecture journeys'' takes readers on a trip to visit some of the region’s most inventive buildings by architects such as Bertrand Goldberg, Bruce Goff, and Lillian Leenhouts. It also includes stops at less obvious but equally daring and defining sites, such as indigenous mounds, grain silos, parking lots, flea markets, and abandoned warehouses. Through dozens of essays written by architects, critics, and journalists, ''Midwest architecture journeys'' argues that what might seem flat is actually monumental, and what we assume to be boring is brimming with experimentation.
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Wood architecture today
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Wood is one of the best materials for construction on account of its versatility. Among its other outstanding features are its great capacity as a thermal and acoustic insulator, its remarkable ecological character, warm appearance, luminosity and comfort, as well as its pleasant texture and feel. This book presents a selection of thirty of the most relevant international(...)
Wood architecture today
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Wood is one of the best materials for construction on account of its versatility. Among its other outstanding features are its great capacity as a thermal and acoustic insulator, its remarkable ecological character, warm appearance, luminosity and comfort, as well as its pleasant texture and feel. This book presents a selection of thirty of the most relevant international architects who work with wood. It shows different types of construction which unify traditional design with the different styles of modern creations. Focused on the use of wood, the explanatory texts and drawing plans clearly explain the characteristics of wood and its use in different projects.
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L'architecture, son évolution comme sa connaissance, dépend en grande partie de la circulation et de la transmission dans l'espace et le temps d'une accumulation d'expériences, de règles ou de modèles. Voilà pourquoi ce livre examine les moyens de communication utilisés par les architectes occidentaux, de Vitruve à l'époque moderne, en montrant comment chaque média influe(...)
L'architecture à l'âge de l'imprimerie
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L'architecture, son évolution comme sa connaissance, dépend en grande partie de la circulation et de la transmission dans l'espace et le temps d'une accumulation d'expériences, de règles ou de modèles. Voilà pourquoi ce livre examine les moyens de communication utilisés par les architectes occidentaux, de Vitruve à l'époque moderne, en montrant comment chaque média influe sur les formes spécifiques de la pensée architecturale et sur les modalités de la diffusion des savoirs.
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April 2009, Paris
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Rome new architecture
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Many of the architects responsible for modern-day Rome—such as Hadid, Fuksas, Baldeweg, and Meier—have reached international stature. Many contemporary Italian architects—such as King Roselli, Labics, and IaN+—use Rome as a lab for testing their ideas. While some might note the weakness of the residential sector in attracting architectural quality, it is hard to escape(...)
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Rome new architecture
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Many of the architects responsible for modern-day Rome—such as Hadid, Fuksas, Baldeweg, and Meier—have reached international stature. Many contemporary Italian architects—such as King Roselli, Labics, and IaN+—use Rome as a lab for testing their ideas. While some might note the weakness of the residential sector in attracting architectural quality, it is hard to escape the growing attention paid to public spaces and infrastructures. This volume surveys Rome’s varied architectural landscape and contains over forty projects and a map, demonstrating how the geography of the city is evolving, and how quality can be found both in the center and on the edge of town. Sebastiano Brandolini writes for many specialized journals and is particularly interested in the relationship between architecture and engineering. Over the years he taught at the Milan Polytechnic, IUAV in Venice, London School of Economics.
Light in architecture
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Light is the element that reveals architecture. It renders texture and materials, illuminates surfaces and spaces, it creates atmospheres. This book is a suggestive and useful guide for those who are conscious of the main role natural light and artificial lighting play in architecture, landscape and interior design.
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Light is the element that reveals architecture. It renders texture and materials, illuminates surfaces and spaces, it creates atmospheres. This book is a suggestive and useful guide for those who are conscious of the main role natural light and artificial lighting play in architecture, landscape and interior design.
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Architecture in art
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Thirty masterpieces from the National Gallery, London, are paired with evocative literary exerpts to celebrate the function and form of architecture.
Architecture in art
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Thirty masterpieces from the National Gallery, London, are paired with evocative literary exerpts to celebrate the function and form of architecture.
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Architecture after modernism
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An examination of the architectural world, its theories and contexts, since the 1960s including a discussion of "megaprojects" like the Disney Empire and the IBA in Berlin.
Architecture after modernism
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An examination of the architectural world, its theories and contexts, since the 1960s including a discussion of "megaprojects" like the Disney Empire and the IBA in Berlin.
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September 1996, London
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Une première version de ce texte a paru dans la revue Architecture d'aujourd'hui en juin 1997 sous le titre "Le problème de l'ordinaire".
Les avatars de l'architecture ordinaire
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Une première version de ce texte a paru dans la revue Architecture d'aujourd'hui en juin 1997 sous le titre "Le problème de l'ordinaire".
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January 1997, Paris
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Architecture and utopia
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Examples of utopian architectural imagery from early manuscript illustrations to the present day.
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Examples of utopian architectural imagery from early manuscript illustrations to the present day.
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August 1997, Paris
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Architecture of Life
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Published in conjunction with Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s inaugural exhibition in its landmark new building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Architecture of Life explores the ways that architecture—as concept, metaphor, and practice—illuminates various aspects of life experience: the nature of the self and psyche, the fundamental structures of(...)
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Architecture of Life
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Published in conjunction with Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s inaugural exhibition in its landmark new building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Architecture of Life explores the ways that architecture—as concept, metaphor, and practice—illuminates various aspects of life experience: the nature of the self and psyche, the fundamental structures of reality, and the power of the imagination to reshape our world. The sweeping exhibition comprises over 150 works of art in a wide range of media, as well as scientific illustrations and architectural drawings and models, all of which are reproduced in full color in the catalog. International in scope, Architecture of Life presents work by artists Yuri Ancarani, George Ault, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Duchamp, Léon Ferrari, Suzan Frecon, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Johannes Itten, Kimsooja, Fernand Léger, Tomás Saraceno; architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Buckminster Fuller, Frederick Kiesler, Toyo Ito, Lebbeus Woods; scientists Wilson Bentley, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Viktor Schauberger; and composer Iannis Xenakis, among many others. The exhibition also includes Mbuti barkcloth drawings, Pomo baskets, Micronesian navigational charts, Tibetan meditation mandalas, and tantric drawings from Rajasthan.