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xvi, 247 pages ; 23 cm
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Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©1996.
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©1996.
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Designing modern America : the Regional Planning Association of America and its members / Edward K. Spann.
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xvi, 247 pages ; 23 cm
Designing modern America : the Regional Planning Association of America and its members / Edward K. Spann.
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Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©1996.
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©1996.
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WOJR: Organization for Architecture is an innovative group of designers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who are committed to the idea of architecture as a form of cultural production, engaging the intersections of art, architecture, and urbanism. With this idea at its foundation, Room for Artifacts contains a collection of sixteen architectural artifacts designed by(...)
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WOJR: Organization for Architecture is an innovative group of designers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who are committed to the idea of architecture as a form of cultural production, engaging the intersections of art, architecture, and urbanism. With this idea at its foundation, Room for Artifacts contains a collection of sixteen architectural artifacts designed by(...)
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Room for artifacts: the architecture of WOJR
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WOJR: Organization for Architecture is an innovative group of designers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who are committed to the idea of architecture as a form of cultural production, engaging the intersections of art, architecture, and urbanism. With this idea at its foundation, Room for Artifacts contains a collection of sixteen architectural artifacts designed by WOJR—a mask, a church, a labyrinth, a dwelling, a bust, and a series of totems, among others. The artifacts are presented three times throughout the book—in conceptual drawings, architectural drawings, and images. Certain characteristics recur, such as symmetry, frontality, figurality, proportionality, and play between flatness and depth, underscoring WOJR’s preoccupation with the fundamental aspects of architectural form that are rich in historical precedent. Room for Artifacts offers a new way to explore the role of architectural representation in a contemporary context, looking at how architects can invoke aspects of ideologies from architects of the past while establishing a progressive agenda for a forward-looking body of work.
Room for artifacts: the architecture of WOJR
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WOJR: Organization for Architecture is an innovative group of designers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who are committed to the idea of architecture as a form of cultural production, engaging the intersections of art, architecture, and urbanism. With this idea at its foundation, Room for Artifacts contains a collection of sixteen architectural artifacts designed by WOJR—a mask, a church, a labyrinth, a dwelling, a bust, and a series of totems, among others. The artifacts are presented three times throughout the book—in conceptual drawings, architectural drawings, and images. Certain characteristics recur, such as symmetry, frontality, figurality, proportionality, and play between flatness and depth, underscoring WOJR’s preoccupation with the fundamental aspects of architectural form that are rich in historical precedent. Room for Artifacts offers a new way to explore the role of architectural representation in a contemporary context, looking at how architects can invoke aspects of ideologies from architects of the past while establishing a progressive agenda for a forward-looking body of work.
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October 2016
October 2016
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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xi, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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xi, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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- City planning Oregon Portland Region.,
- Human geography Oregon Portland Region.,
- City and town life Oregon Portland Region.,
- Landscape architecture Oregon Portland Region.,
- Urbanisme Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- Géographie humaine Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- Vie urbaine Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- Paysage urbain Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- City and town life,
- City planning,
- Civilization,
- Human geography,
- Landscape architecture,
- Social conditions,
- Stadtplanung,
- Städer Förenta staterna.,
- Stadsplanering Förenta staterna.,
- Stadsliv Förenta staterna.,
- Portland Region (Or.) Civilization.,
- Portland Region (Or.) Social conditions.,
- Portland, Région de (Or.) Civilisation.,
- Portland, Région de (Or.) Conditions sociales.,
- Oregon Portland Region,
- Portland, Or. Region,
- Portland (Or.) Region Landeskunde.,
- Portland (Etats-Unis, Or.),
- Portland
- Urban studies,
- Individual cities history
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
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Greater Portland : urban life and landscape in the Pacific Northwest / Carl Abbott.
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xi, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Greater Portland : urban life and landscape in the Pacific Northwest / Carl Abbott.
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
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- City planning Oregon Portland Region.,
- Human geography Oregon Portland Region.,
- City and town life Oregon Portland Region.,
- Landscape architecture Oregon Portland Region.,
- Urbanisme Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- Géographie humaine Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- Vie urbaine Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- Paysage urbain Oregon Portland, Région de.,
- City and town life,
- City planning,
- Civilization,
- Human geography,
- Landscape architecture,
- Social conditions,
- Stadtplanung,
- Städer Förenta staterna.,
- Stadsplanering Förenta staterna.,
- Stadsliv Förenta staterna.,
- Portland Region (Or.) Civilization.,
- Portland Region (Or.) Social conditions.,
- Portland, Région de (Or.) Civilisation.,
- Portland, Région de (Or.) Conditions sociales.,
- Oregon Portland Region,
- Portland, Or. Region,
- Portland (Or.) Region Landeskunde.,
- Portland (Etats-Unis, Or.),
- Portland
- Urban studies,
- Individual cities history
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1 volume, (112 pages) : illustrations en noir et en couleurs, couverture illustrée en couleurs. ; 30 cm.
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1 volume, (112 pages) : illustrations en noir et en couleurs, couverture illustrée en couleurs. ; 30 cm.
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- Geneste, Olivier (1978-....).,
- Cantalupo, Thierry.,
- Lamorlette-Pingard, Vanessa (19..-....).,
- Lauginie, François.,
- Quillivic, Claude.,
- Vassal, Florence (19..-....).,
- Guérid, Myriam (1957-....).,
- Morin, Frédéric (1958-....).,
- Centre-Val de Loire. Direction de l'Inventaire du patrimoine.
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Lyon : Éditions Lieux dits, DL 2022.
Lyon : Éditions Lieux dits, DL 2022.
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Le vitrail en Touraine au XIXe siècle : un foyer de création : Centre-Val de Loire / Service patrimoine et inventaire, Région Centre-Val de Loire ; Textes Oliver Geneste ; Photographies Thierry Cantalupo, Vanessa Lamorelette-Pingard, François Lauginie ; cartes Myriam Guérid, Frédéric Morin ; ouvrage sous la responsabilité et la coordination éditoriale de Claude Quillivic,... et de Florence Vassal, ....
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1 volume, (112 pages) : illustrations en noir et en couleurs, couverture illustrée en couleurs. ; 30 cm.
Le vitrail en Touraine au XIXe siècle : un foyer de création : Centre-Val de Loire / Service patrimoine et inventaire, Région Centre-Val de Loire ; Textes Oliver Geneste ; Photographies Thierry Cantalupo, Vanessa Lamorelette-Pingard, François Lauginie ; cartes Myriam Guérid, Frédéric Morin ; ouvrage sous la responsabilité et la coordination éditoriale de Claude Quillivic,... et de Florence Vassal, ....
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Lyon : Éditions Lieux dits, DL 2022.
Lyon : Éditions Lieux dits, DL 2022.
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- Geneste, Olivier (1978-....).,
- Cantalupo, Thierry.,
- Lamorlette-Pingard, Vanessa (19..-....).,
- Lauginie, François.,
- Quillivic, Claude.,
- Vassal, Florence (19..-....).,
- Guérid, Myriam (1957-....).,
- Morin, Frédéric (1958-....).,
- Centre-Val de Loire. Direction de l'Inventaire du patrimoine.
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In '''Architecture unbound,'' noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini proposes that our current architectural landscape ultimately emerged from transgressive and progressive art movements that had roiled Europe before and after World War I. By the 1960s, social unrest and cultural disruption opened the way for investigations into an inventive, antiauthoritarian(...)
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In '''Architecture unbound,'' noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini proposes that our current architectural landscape ultimately emerged from transgressive and progressive art movements that had roiled Europe before and after World War I. By the 1960s, social unrest and cultural disruption opened the way for investigations into an inventive, antiauthoritarian(...)
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Architecture unbound: A century of the disruptive avant-garde
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In '''Architecture unbound,'' noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini proposes that our current architectural landscape ultimately emerged from transgressive and progressive art movements that had roiled Europe before and after World War I. By the 1960s, social unrest and cultural disruption opened the way for investigations into an inventive, antiauthoritarian architecture. Explorations emerged in the 1970s, and built projects surfaced in the 1980s, taking digital form in the 1990s, with large-scale projects finally landing on the far side of the millennium. '''Architecture unbound'' traces all of these developments and influences, presenting an authoritative and illuminating history not only of the sources of contemporary currents in architecture but also of the twentieth-century avant-garde and the twenty-first-century digital revolution in form-making, and profiling the most influential practitioners and their most notable projects, including Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall, Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou Opera House, Daniel Libeskind’s master plan for the World Trade Center, Rem Koolhaas’s CCTV Tower, and Herzog and de Meuron’s Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing.
Architecture unbound: A century of the disruptive avant-garde
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In '''Architecture unbound,'' noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini proposes that our current architectural landscape ultimately emerged from transgressive and progressive art movements that had roiled Europe before and after World War I. By the 1960s, social unrest and cultural disruption opened the way for investigations into an inventive, antiauthoritarian architecture. Explorations emerged in the 1970s, and built projects surfaced in the 1980s, taking digital form in the 1990s, with large-scale projects finally landing on the far side of the millennium. '''Architecture unbound'' traces all of these developments and influences, presenting an authoritative and illuminating history not only of the sources of contemporary currents in architecture but also of the twentieth-century avant-garde and the twenty-first-century digital revolution in form-making, and profiling the most influential practitioners and their most notable projects, including Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall, Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou Opera House, Daniel Libeskind’s master plan for the World Trade Center, Rem Koolhaas’s CCTV Tower, and Herzog and de Meuron’s Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing.
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November 2021
November 2021
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Contemporary Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
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Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive mark in the modern era. This handsome publication, the first to focus in-depth on the entirety of Goldberg's life and work, traces his development from his early Bauhaus training to his notable architectural achievements.(...)
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Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive mark in the modern era. This handsome publication, the first to focus in-depth on the entirety of Goldberg's life and work, traces his development from his early Bauhaus training to his notable architectural achievements.(...)
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Bertrand Goldberg: architecture of invention
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Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive mark in the modern era. This handsome publication, the first to focus in-depth on the entirety of Goldberg's life and work, traces his development from his early Bauhaus training to his notable architectural achievements. Featuring previously unpublished material, it also includes Goldberg's plans for unrealized projects as well as his collaborations with other prominent modern architects, such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Buckminster Fuller. Goldberg's interest in the social dimension of architecture was reflected in many of his cutting-edge designs. In 1959, he conceived the plan for his most iconic structure, the sixty-story Marina City residential towers, in the heart of downtown Chicago. He created a number of hospitals that offered a new paradigm for how patients and staff interacted within the space. Goldberg's progressive designs also extended to schools, prefabricated structures, and furniture.
Bertrand Goldberg: architecture of invention
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Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive mark in the modern era. This handsome publication, the first to focus in-depth on the entirety of Goldberg's life and work, traces his development from his early Bauhaus training to his notable architectural achievements. Featuring previously unpublished material, it also includes Goldberg's plans for unrealized projects as well as his collaborations with other prominent modern architects, such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Buckminster Fuller. Goldberg's interest in the social dimension of architecture was reflected in many of his cutting-edge designs. In 1959, he conceived the plan for his most iconic structure, the sixty-story Marina City residential towers, in the heart of downtown Chicago. He created a number of hospitals that offered a new paradigm for how patients and staff interacted within the space. Goldberg's progressive designs also extended to schools, prefabricated structures, and furniture.
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October 2011
October 2011
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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The architecture of neoliberalism: how contemporary architecture became an instrument of control and
The architecture of neoliberalism: how contemporary architecture became an instrument of control and
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The Architecture of Neoliberalism pursues an uncompromising critique of the neoliberal turn in contemporary architecture. This book reveals how a self-styled parametric and post-critical architecture serves mechanisms of control and compliance while promoting itself, at the same time, as progressive. Spencer's incisive analysis of the architecture and writings of figures(...)
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The Architecture of Neoliberalism pursues an uncompromising critique of the neoliberal turn in contemporary architecture. This book reveals how a self-styled parametric and post-critical architecture serves mechanisms of control and compliance while promoting itself, at the same time, as progressive. Spencer's incisive analysis of the architecture and writings of figures(...)
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The architecture of neoliberalism: how contemporary architecture became an instrument of control and
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The Architecture of Neoliberalism pursues an uncompromising critique of the neoliberal turn in contemporary architecture. This book reveals how a self-styled parametric and post-critical architecture serves mechanisms of control and compliance while promoting itself, at the same time, as progressive. Spencer's incisive analysis of the architecture and writings of figures such as Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Rem Koolhaas, Greg Lynn and Alejandro Zaera-Polo shows them to be in thrall to the same notions of liberty as are propounded in neoliberal thought.
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The Architecture of Neoliberalism pursues an uncompromising critique of the neoliberal turn in contemporary architecture. This book reveals how a self-styled parametric and post-critical architecture serves mechanisms of control and compliance while promoting itself, at the same time, as progressive. Spencer's incisive analysis of the architecture and writings of figures such as Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Rem Koolhaas, Greg Lynn and Alejandro Zaera-Polo shows them to be in thrall to the same notions of liberty as are propounded in neoliberal thought.
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October 2016
October 2016
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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xxxii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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xxxii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Monuments Washington (D.C.),
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Influence.,
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865,
- Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865) Monuments États-Unis Washington (D. C.),
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) History.,
- Memorials Social aspects United States.,
- Memorials Political aspects United States.,
- National characteristics, American.,
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Histoire.,
- 21.62 history of architecture.,
- Buildings,
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.),
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.),
- Memorials Social aspects,
- Monuments,
- Denkmal,
- Politische Kultur,
- Soziologie,
- Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.,
- Gedenktekens.,
- Sociale aspecten.,
- Monuments commémoratifs Aspect social États-Unis.,
- Monuments commémoratifs Aspect politique États-Unis.,
- Caractère national américain.,
- Mémoire collective États-Unis.,
- Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- United States,
- Washington (D.C.),
- Lincoln Memorial,
- USA,
- Washington (D.C.) Lincoln Memorial.,
- Washington
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- Memorials United States Washington (D.C.) 1910-2010.,
- Influence.,
- History
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
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The Lincoln Memorial & American life / Christopher A. Thomas.
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xxxii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Monuments Washington (D.C.),
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Influence.,
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865,
- Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865) Monuments États-Unis Washington (D. C.),
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) History.,
- Memorials Social aspects United States.,
- Memorials Political aspects United States.,
- National characteristics, American.,
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Histoire.,
- 21.62 history of architecture.,
- Buildings,
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.),
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.),
- Memorials Social aspects,
- Monuments,
- Denkmal,
- Politische Kultur,
- Soziologie,
- Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.,
- Gedenktekens.,
- Sociale aspecten.,
- Monuments commémoratifs Aspect social États-Unis.,
- Monuments commémoratifs Aspect politique États-Unis.,
- Caractère national américain.,
- Mémoire collective États-Unis.,
- Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- United States,
- Washington (D.C.),
- Lincoln Memorial,
- USA,
- Washington (D.C.) Lincoln Memorial.,
- Washington
Lincoln Memorial., - American Architects.,
- Memorials United States Washington (D.C.) 1910-2010.,
- Influence.,
- History
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Architecture and beauty
Architecture and beauty
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Architecture and Beauty provides an insight into the minds of 20 of today's most progressive architects, each from a radically different position and each displaying a distinctive aesthetic. Based on a series of interviews, the book raises poignant issues regarding the notion of 'beauty' within contemporary cultural theory. featuring interviews with Will Alsop,(...)
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Architecture and Beauty provides an insight into the minds of 20 of today's most progressive architects, each from a radically different position and each displaying a distinctive aesthetic. Based on a series of interviews, the book raises poignant issues regarding the notion of 'beauty' within contemporary cultural theory. featuring interviews with Will Alsop,(...)
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Architecture and beauty
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Architecture and Beauty provides an insight into the minds of 20 of today's most progressive architects, each from a radically different position and each displaying a distinctive aesthetic. Based on a series of interviews, the book raises poignant issues regarding the notion of 'beauty' within contemporary cultural theory. featuring interviews with Will Alsop, Peter Cook, Odile Decq, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Zvi Hecker, Mark Goulthorpe, Kolatan/MacDonald Studio, Greg Lynn, Tom Mayne, Juhani Pallasmaa, Gaetano Pesce, Eric Owen Moss, Wolf Prix and Lebbeus Woods.
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Architecture and Beauty provides an insight into the minds of 20 of today's most progressive architects, each from a radically different position and each displaying a distinctive aesthetic. Based on a series of interviews, the book raises poignant issues regarding the notion of 'beauty' within contemporary cultural theory. featuring interviews with Will Alsop, Peter Cook, Odile Decq, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Zvi Hecker, Mark Goulthorpe, Kolatan/MacDonald Studio, Greg Lynn, Tom Mayne, Juhani Pallasmaa, Gaetano Pesce, Eric Owen Moss, Wolf Prix and Lebbeus Woods.
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June 2010
June 2010
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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When it comes to architecture, Switzerland wields an international influence that belies its small geographic size. Such prominent figures as Herzog & de Meuron and Peter Zumthor lead a chorus of innovative new voices emanating from this mountainous nation where craftsmanship, simple beauty, and environmental sensitivity have always been prized values. "Swiss Made"(...)
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When it comes to architecture, Switzerland wields an international influence that belies its small geographic size. Such prominent figures as Herzog & de Meuron and Peter Zumthor lead a chorus of innovative new voices emanating from this mountainous nation where craftsmanship, simple beauty, and environmental sensitivity have always been prized values. "Swiss Made"(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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October 2003, New York
October 2003, New York
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Swiss made : new architecture from Switzerland
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When it comes to architecture, Switzerland wields an international influence that belies its small geographic size. Such prominent figures as Herzog & de Meuron and Peter Zumthor lead a chorus of innovative new voices emanating from this mountainous nation where craftsmanship, simple beauty, and environmental sensitivity have always been prized values. "Swiss Made" presents the work of the celebrated studios and architects at the forefront of Swiss design, much of which has never been seen before in the United States. In his introduction, historian Steven Spier provides an overview of Swiss architecture and considers the cultural attitudes that have fostered such refined buildings. Critic Martin Tschantz assesses the Swiss tradition of integrating progressive design, indigenous building techniques, and advanced engineering systems. The photographs by Christian Richters are supplemented by drawings and plans of the many projects included in this volume. "Swiss Made" features the work of: Burkhalter & Sumi, Diener & Diener, Gigon & Guyer, Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Märkli, Peter Zumthor, and many others.
Swiss made : new architecture from Switzerland
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When it comes to architecture, Switzerland wields an international influence that belies its small geographic size. Such prominent figures as Herzog & de Meuron and Peter Zumthor lead a chorus of innovative new voices emanating from this mountainous nation where craftsmanship, simple beauty, and environmental sensitivity have always been prized values. "Swiss Made" presents the work of the celebrated studios and architects at the forefront of Swiss design, much of which has never been seen before in the United States. In his introduction, historian Steven Spier provides an overview of Swiss architecture and considers the cultural attitudes that have fostered such refined buildings. Critic Martin Tschantz assesses the Swiss tradition of integrating progressive design, indigenous building techniques, and advanced engineering systems. The photographs by Christian Richters are supplemented by drawings and plans of the many projects included in this volume. "Swiss Made" features the work of: Burkhalter & Sumi, Diener & Diener, Gigon & Guyer, Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Märkli, Peter Zumthor, and many others.
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October 2003, New York
October 2003, New York
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
