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Intrepid Prussian explorer, scientist, diplomat and author Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was reputedly the second best-known person in early nineteenth-century France (Stephen Jay Gould describes him as "probably the world's most famous and influential intellectual [of his time]"), yet he is little known in the US today. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt traversed about(...)
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Intrepid Prussian explorer, scientist, diplomat and author Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was reputedly the second best-known person in early nineteenth-century France (Stephen Jay Gould describes him as "probably the world's most famous and influential intellectual [of his time]"), yet he is little known in the US today. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt traversed about(...)
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Unity of nature: Humboldt and the Americas
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Intrepid Prussian explorer, scientist, diplomat and author Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was reputedly the second best-known person in early nineteenth-century France (Stephen Jay Gould describes him as "probably the world's most famous and influential intellectual [of his time]"), yet he is little known in the US today. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt traversed about 6,000 miles, journeying through the Spanish American colonies (modern-day Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Cuba) to observe nature in the "torrid zone," and later published some 30 volumes about his travels. This catalogue traces the breadth of Humboldt's influence through painting and objects, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Adela Breton, Norton Bush, Frederic Edwin Church, George Catlin, Martin Johnson Heade, Louis Rémy Mignot, Thomas Moran, Johann Moritz Rugendas and Mark Dion.
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Intrepid Prussian explorer, scientist, diplomat and author Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was reputedly the second best-known person in early nineteenth-century France (Stephen Jay Gould describes him as "probably the world's most famous and influential intellectual [of his time]"), yet he is little known in the US today. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt traversed about 6,000 miles, journeying through the Spanish American colonies (modern-day Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Cuba) to observe nature in the "torrid zone," and later published some 30 volumes about his travels. This catalogue traces the breadth of Humboldt's influence through painting and objects, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Adela Breton, Norton Bush, Frederic Edwin Church, George Catlin, Martin Johnson Heade, Louis Rémy Mignot, Thomas Moran, Johann Moritz Rugendas and Mark Dion.
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De la Prohibition américaine sur les jeux et l'alcool dans les années 1920 à l'arrivée de Fidel Castro en 1959, Cuba accueille, bien avant Las Vegas, un glissement progressif du plaisir qui, d'antichambre du vice de Miami au tourisme familial, transforme la dictature du général Batista en un ludique et balnéaire parc à thème. Une Cythère de l'American Way of Life, une(...)
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De la Prohibition américaine sur les jeux et l'alcool dans les années 1920 à l'arrivée de Fidel Castro en 1959, Cuba accueille, bien avant Las Vegas, un glissement progressif du plaisir qui, d'antichambre du vice de Miami au tourisme familial, transforme la dictature du général Batista en un ludique et balnéaire parc à thème. Une Cythère de l'American Way of Life, une(...)
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Modernisme et vanité: happy days à Miami et la Havane
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De la Prohibition américaine sur les jeux et l'alcool dans les années 1920 à l'arrivée de Fidel Castro en 1959, Cuba accueille, bien avant Las Vegas, un glissement progressif du plaisir qui, d'antichambre du vice de Miami au tourisme familial, transforme la dictature du général Batista en un ludique et balnéaire parc à thème. Une Cythère de l'American Way of Life, une pure vacance offshore, une plateforme du loisir en voie de massification. Après ses premiers succès au Fontainebleau (1954) et à l'Eden Roc (1955), l'architecte Morris Lapidus – le kitchissime maître du « bon goût » – et quelques autres seront les principaux promoteurs de ce too much is more ! Tout n'y est alors que jour sans fin : rhum Bacardi au pied d'hôtels-chantilly ou au bord de leur piscine-haricot. À l'ombre des palmiers, rien de nouveau...
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De la Prohibition américaine sur les jeux et l'alcool dans les années 1920 à l'arrivée de Fidel Castro en 1959, Cuba accueille, bien avant Las Vegas, un glissement progressif du plaisir qui, d'antichambre du vice de Miami au tourisme familial, transforme la dictature du général Batista en un ludique et balnéaire parc à thème. Une Cythère de l'American Way of Life, une pure vacance offshore, une plateforme du loisir en voie de massification. Après ses premiers succès au Fontainebleau (1954) et à l'Eden Roc (1955), l'architecte Morris Lapidus – le kitchissime maître du « bon goût » – et quelques autres seront les principaux promoteurs de ce too much is more ! Tout n'y est alors que jour sans fin : rhum Bacardi au pied d'hôtels-chantilly ou au bord de leur piscine-haricot. À l'ombre des palmiers, rien de nouveau...
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November 2012
November 2012
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Le crépuscule des cinémas
Le crépuscule des cinémas
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Simon Edelstein parcourt le monde depuis douze ans sur les traces des cinémas abandonnés aux USA, en France, en Italie, en Inde, au Maroc, à Cuba. Il s’est rendu dans plus de trente pays, patrouillant à travers les quartiers lointains de nombreuses villes pour retrouver sur les façades usées par le temps et l’oubli les stigmates de leurs splendeurs passées. Si la foule du(...)
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Simon Edelstein parcourt le monde depuis douze ans sur les traces des cinémas abandonnés aux USA, en France, en Italie, en Inde, au Maroc, à Cuba. Il s’est rendu dans plus de trente pays, patrouillant à travers les quartiers lointains de nombreuses villes pour retrouver sur les façades usées par le temps et l’oubli les stigmates de leurs splendeurs passées. Si la foule du(...)
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Le crépuscule des cinémas
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Simon Edelstein parcourt le monde depuis douze ans sur les traces des cinémas abandonnés aux USA, en France, en Italie, en Inde, au Maroc, à Cuba. Il s’est rendu dans plus de trente pays, patrouillant à travers les quartiers lointains de nombreuses villes pour retrouver sur les façades usées par le temps et l’oubli les stigmates de leurs splendeurs passées. Si la foule du samedi soir ne converge plus vers ces cinémas endormis sous la poussière des ans, ils dévoilent sous l’objectif d’Edelstein la belle archéologie de leurs façades, de leurs entrées, de leurs vastes salles de navires à la dérive. Ce livre est un hommage à ce qui demeure de l’âge d’or des salles de cinémas du monde entier. Mais aussi à leur silence et à leur résistance.
Le crépuscule des cinémas
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Simon Edelstein parcourt le monde depuis douze ans sur les traces des cinémas abandonnés aux USA, en France, en Italie, en Inde, au Maroc, à Cuba. Il s’est rendu dans plus de trente pays, patrouillant à travers les quartiers lointains de nombreuses villes pour retrouver sur les façades usées par le temps et l’oubli les stigmates de leurs splendeurs passées. Si la foule du samedi soir ne converge plus vers ces cinémas endormis sous la poussière des ans, ils dévoilent sous l’objectif d’Edelstein la belle archéologie de leurs façades, de leurs entrées, de leurs vastes salles de navires à la dérive. Ce livre est un hommage à ce qui demeure de l’âge d’or des salles de cinémas du monde entier. Mais aussi à leur silence et à leur résistance.
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September 2022
September 2022
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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White Review #20
White Review #20
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"The White Review #20" features interviews with the Canadian poet, artist and bookmaker Anne Carson, the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, and artist Mounira Al Solh. Through the testimony of an ex-inmate, Felix Bazalgette considers state systems of control, dehumanisation, and imprisonment without trial, while J. S. Tennant describes life in Havana as Cuba adjusts to(...)
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"The White Review #20" features interviews with the Canadian poet, artist and bookmaker Anne Carson, the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, and artist Mounira Al Solh. Through the testimony of an ex-inmate, Felix Bazalgette considers state systems of control, dehumanisation, and imprisonment without trial, while J. S. Tennant describes life in Havana as Cuba adjusts to(...)
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White Review #20
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"The White Review #20" features interviews with the Canadian poet, artist and bookmaker Anne Carson, the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, and artist Mounira Al Solh. Through the testimony of an ex-inmate, Felix Bazalgette considers state systems of control, dehumanisation, and imprisonment without trial, while J. S. Tennant describes life in Havana as Cuba adjusts to the normalisation of relations with the United States, the death of Fidel Castro and the influx of foreign investment. Tom McCarthy’s essay ‘The Wandering Bourgeois’ drifts through the history of twentieth-century art to consider how vanguard strategies of recording, mapping and marking are now embedded in digital culture. Alongside these essays, we are pleased to present poems by Nisha Ramayya and Heather Phillipson, who also contributes an exclusive new limited edition artwork. We also feature series of artworks by Nicolas Party and John Divola.
White Review #20
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"The White Review #20" features interviews with the Canadian poet, artist and bookmaker Anne Carson, the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, and artist Mounira Al Solh. Through the testimony of an ex-inmate, Felix Bazalgette considers state systems of control, dehumanisation, and imprisonment without trial, while J. S. Tennant describes life in Havana as Cuba adjusts to the normalisation of relations with the United States, the death of Fidel Castro and the influx of foreign investment. Tom McCarthy’s essay ‘The Wandering Bourgeois’ drifts through the history of twentieth-century art to consider how vanguard strategies of recording, mapping and marking are now embedded in digital culture. Alongside these essays, we are pleased to present poems by Nisha Ramayya and Heather Phillipson, who also contributes an exclusive new limited edition artwork. We also feature series of artworks by Nicolas Party and John Divola.
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June 2017
June 2017
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135 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 30 x 30 cm
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London ; New York : Phaidon, 2005.
London ; New York : Phaidon, 2005.
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Abelardo Morell / Richard B. Woodward.
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Abelardo Morell / Richard B. Woodward.
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London ; New York : Phaidon, 2005.
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Ce projet au long cours a débuté en novembre 2014. Avec l’artiste Ed Pien et 13 aînés de la collectivité de San Agustín, à Cuba. Ils explorent la notion du temps, et l’impact du temps sur la vie de chacun d’entre eux. Durant les dix années ou presque depuis le début de ce projet, de nombreux événements majeurs ont eu lieu. Malgré tous les dé s, la pandémie a fait(...)
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Ce projet au long cours a débuté en novembre 2014. Avec l’artiste Ed Pien et 13 aînés de la collectivité de San Agustín, à Cuba. Ils explorent la notion du temps, et l’impact du temps sur la vie de chacun d’entre eux. Durant les dix années ou presque depuis le début de ce projet, de nombreux événements majeurs ont eu lieu. Malgré tous les dé s, la pandémie a fait(...)
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Presente: Pasado/futuro, v. 02
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Ce projet au long cours a débuté en novembre 2014. Avec l’artiste Ed Pien et 13 aînés de la collectivité de San Agustín, à Cuba. Ils explorent la notion du temps, et l’impact du temps sur la vie de chacun d’entre eux. Durant les dix années ou presque depuis le début de ce projet, de nombreux événements majeurs ont eu lieu. Malgré tous les dé s, la pandémie a fait ressortir le meilleur chez bien des gens, leur capacité à agir pour aider leurs familles, leurs amis et leurs communautés. Également, certains ont continué de faire avancer la cause des droits de la personne, de la justice, de la paix et de l’égalité. Et au milieu de tout ça, le temps poursuivait sa progression inexorable, dont chacun d’entre nous porte les traces. Au deuxième tome de la publication Présent : passé / futur, rend hommage à celles et ceux qui nous ont quittés (...) et nous célébrons celles et ceux qui, avec patience et générosité, se sont engagés à poursuivre cette exploration du temps.
Presente: Pasado/futuro, v. 02
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Ce projet au long cours a débuté en novembre 2014. Avec l’artiste Ed Pien et 13 aînés de la collectivité de San Agustín, à Cuba. Ils explorent la notion du temps, et l’impact du temps sur la vie de chacun d’entre eux. Durant les dix années ou presque depuis le début de ce projet, de nombreux événements majeurs ont eu lieu. Malgré tous les dé s, la pandémie a fait ressortir le meilleur chez bien des gens, leur capacité à agir pour aider leurs familles, leurs amis et leurs communautés. Également, certains ont continué de faire avancer la cause des droits de la personne, de la justice, de la paix et de l’égalité. Et au milieu de tout ça, le temps poursuivait sa progression inexorable, dont chacun d’entre nous porte les traces. Au deuxième tome de la publication Présent : passé / futur, rend hommage à celles et ceux qui nous ont quittés (...) et nous célébrons celles et ceux qui, avec patience et générosité, se sont engagés à poursuivre cette exploration du temps.
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August 2023
August 2023
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Armed by Design reflects on the intersection of graphic design and political solidarity work in revolutionary Cuba through the lens of the production of OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. OSPAAAL developed out of the 1966 Tricontinental Conference in Havana, a meeting of delegates representing national liberation(...)
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Armed by Design reflects on the intersection of graphic design and political solidarity work in revolutionary Cuba through the lens of the production of OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. OSPAAAL developed out of the 1966 Tricontinental Conference in Havana, a meeting of delegates representing national liberation(...)
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Armed by design: osters and Publications of Cuba's OSPAAAL
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Armed by Design reflects on the intersection of graphic design and political solidarity work in revolutionary Cuba through the lens of the production of OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. OSPAAAL developed out of the 1966 Tricontinental Conference in Havana, a meeting of delegates representing national liberation movements and leftist political parties almost exclusively from the Global South. Based in Havana, OSPAAAL produced nearly five hundred posters, magazines, and books beginning in the late 1960s, with most of their work ceasing by the late 1980s. Until 2019, OSPAAAL was a political organization focused on fighting US imperialism and supporting liberation movements aroundthe world through poster production, regularly produced publications, and a series of books featuring the writings of the intellectual leadership of these movements. ''Armed By Design'' brings together artists and thinkers from around the world whose work has been impacted by the legacy of OSPAAAL. These contributions reflect on impacts of OSPAAAL's work on regional movements, including in the Arab world and Korea, design iconography, the evolution of tricontinentalism, our present-day.
Armed by design: osters and Publications of Cuba's OSPAAAL
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Armed by Design reflects on the intersection of graphic design and political solidarity work in revolutionary Cuba through the lens of the production of OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. OSPAAAL developed out of the 1966 Tricontinental Conference in Havana, a meeting of delegates representing national liberation movements and leftist political parties almost exclusively from the Global South. Based in Havana, OSPAAAL produced nearly five hundred posters, magazines, and books beginning in the late 1960s, with most of their work ceasing by the late 1980s. Until 2019, OSPAAAL was a political organization focused on fighting US imperialism and supporting liberation movements aroundthe world through poster production, regularly produced publications, and a series of books featuring the writings of the intellectual leadership of these movements. ''Armed By Design'' brings together artists and thinkers from around the world whose work has been impacted by the legacy of OSPAAAL. These contributions reflect on impacts of OSPAAAL's work on regional movements, including in the Arab world and Korea, design iconography, the evolution of tricontinentalism, our present-day.
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February 2025
February 2025
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The Escuelas Nacionales de Arte (National Art Schools), constructed from 1961 to 1965, were the result of an educational program initiated by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara soon after the Revolution of 1959. The architects they commissioned created an (...)
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The Escuelas Nacionales de Arte (National Art Schools), constructed from 1961 to 1965, were the result of an educational program initiated by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara soon after the Revolution of 1959. The architects they commissioned created an (...)
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Revolution of forms : Cuba's forgotten art schools
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The Escuelas Nacionales de Arte (National Art Schools), constructed from 1961 to 1965, were the result of an educational program initiated by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara soon after the Revolution of 1959. The architects they commissioned created an organic complex of brick and terra-cotta Catalan vaulted structures that reflected the optimism and exuberance of the period. The schools attempted to reinvent architecture, just as the Revolution hoped to reinvent society. However, even before construction was completed, the schools fell out of official favor and were subjected to an attack that resulted in their subsequent "disappearance." An ideological campaign branded them politically incorrect, a bourgeois luxury that was not in keeping with the Revolution. The buildings fell into disuse and, abandoned to the jungle, were literally overgrown. Now, almost 40 years later, Cuba is beginning to recognize and reclaim these significant works of architecture. Revolution of Forms investigates the history and politics surrounding the creation of these structures as well as their subsequent abandonment. The text is accompanied by archival photographs, plans, and images of the present condition of these structures.
Revolution of forms : Cuba's forgotten art schools
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The Escuelas Nacionales de Arte (National Art Schools), constructed from 1961 to 1965, were the result of an educational program initiated by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara soon after the Revolution of 1959. The architects they commissioned created an organic complex of brick and terra-cotta Catalan vaulted structures that reflected the optimism and exuberance of the period. The schools attempted to reinvent architecture, just as the Revolution hoped to reinvent society. However, even before construction was completed, the schools fell out of official favor and were subjected to an attack that resulted in their subsequent "disappearance." An ideological campaign branded them politically incorrect, a bourgeois luxury that was not in keeping with the Revolution. The buildings fell into disuse and, abandoned to the jungle, were literally overgrown. Now, almost 40 years later, Cuba is beginning to recognize and reclaim these significant works of architecture. Revolution of Forms investigates the history and politics surrounding the creation of these structures as well as their subsequent abandonment. The text is accompanied by archival photographs, plans, and images of the present condition of these structures.
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January 1999, New York
January 1999, New York
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Koh-i-noor
Koh-i-noor
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It’s 2011 on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, and Sean Lohan is at a crossroads. The son of Colorado Buddhists, Sean wonders if he should accept his parents’ offer to join their natural cosmetics company or venture out on his own. When an art history professor opens Sean’s eyes to the contradictions of capitalism, he realizes he can’t avoid or transcend his own personal(...)
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It’s 2011 on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, and Sean Lohan is at a crossroads. The son of Colorado Buddhists, Sean wonders if he should accept his parents’ offer to join their natural cosmetics company or venture out on his own. When an art history professor opens Sean’s eyes to the contradictions of capitalism, he realizes he can’t avoid or transcend his own personal(...)
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Koh-i-noor
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It’s 2011 on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, and Sean Lohan is at a crossroads. The son of Colorado Buddhists, Sean wonders if he should accept his parents’ offer to join their natural cosmetics company or venture out on his own. When an art history professor opens Sean’s eyes to the contradictions of capitalism, he realizes he can’t avoid or transcend his own personal dilemmas and instead chooses to face them head-on. Sean’s ultimate decision to found a social enterprise leads him to China. At the same time, his close friend Jerry becomes entangled in a Google-like tech enterprise in California, and his girlfriend Samantha pursues her own high-minded interventions in Cuba—each path leading to increasingly risky and complex outcomes. In the roving literary style of Thomas Pynchon and Mathias Énard, this enthralling debut offers readers a fast-paced adventure through the diverging nuances of economics, spirituality, and extraction. In a period of increasing uncertainty, Koh-i-Noor is a timely doomscroll through four decades of globalization, generational change, and the search for one’s own values.
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It’s 2011 on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, and Sean Lohan is at a crossroads. The son of Colorado Buddhists, Sean wonders if he should accept his parents’ offer to join their natural cosmetics company or venture out on his own. When an art history professor opens Sean’s eyes to the contradictions of capitalism, he realizes he can’t avoid or transcend his own personal dilemmas and instead chooses to face them head-on. Sean’s ultimate decision to found a social enterprise leads him to China. At the same time, his close friend Jerry becomes entangled in a Google-like tech enterprise in California, and his girlfriend Samantha pursues her own high-minded interventions in Cuba—each path leading to increasingly risky and complex outcomes. In the roving literary style of Thomas Pynchon and Mathias Énard, this enthralling debut offers readers a fast-paced adventure through the diverging nuances of economics, spirituality, and extraction. In a period of increasing uncertainty, Koh-i-Noor is a timely doomscroll through four decades of globalization, generational change, and the search for one’s own values.
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May 2026
May 2026
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Literature and poetry
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Of the architects who made Palm Springs a crucible of midcentury American modernism, William F. Cody (1916-1978) was one of the most prolific, diverse, and iconic. Directing a practice ranging from residences to commercial centers and industrial complexes to master plans, Cody's designs are so recognizable that they provide visual shorthand for what is widely hailed as(...)
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Of the architects who made Palm Springs a crucible of midcentury American modernism, William F. Cody (1916-1978) was one of the most prolific, diverse, and iconic. Directing a practice ranging from residences to commercial centers and industrial complexes to master plans, Cody's designs are so recognizable that they provide visual shorthand for what is widely hailed as(...)
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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September 2021
September 2021
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Master of the midcentury: the architecture of Williiam F. Cody
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Of the architects who made Palm Springs a crucible of midcentury American modernism, William F. Cody (1916-1978) was one of the most prolific, diverse, and iconic. Directing a practice ranging from residences to commercial centers and industrial complexes to master plans, Cody's designs are so recognizable that they provide visual shorthand for what is widely hailed as "Desert Modern." While his architecture was disciplined and technically innovative, Cody did not practice an austere modernism; he imbued in his projects a love for social spaces, rich with patterns, texture, color, and art. Though the majority of Cody's built work was concentrated in California and Arizona, he had commissions in other western states, Hawaii, Mexico, Honduras, and Cuba. From icons like the Del Marcos Hotel (1946), to inventive country clubs like the Eldorado (1957), to houses for celebrities (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney), Cody's projects defined the emerging West Coast lifestyle that combined luxury, leisure, and experimental design. Cody also pushed the boundaries of engineering, with beams and roof slabs so thin that his buildings seemed to defy gravity.
Master of the midcentury: the architecture of Williiam F. Cody
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Of the architects who made Palm Springs a crucible of midcentury American modernism, William F. Cody (1916-1978) was one of the most prolific, diverse, and iconic. Directing a practice ranging from residences to commercial centers and industrial complexes to master plans, Cody's designs are so recognizable that they provide visual shorthand for what is widely hailed as "Desert Modern." While his architecture was disciplined and technically innovative, Cody did not practice an austere modernism; he imbued in his projects a love for social spaces, rich with patterns, texture, color, and art. Though the majority of Cody's built work was concentrated in California and Arizona, he had commissions in other western states, Hawaii, Mexico, Honduras, and Cuba. From icons like the Del Marcos Hotel (1946), to inventive country clubs like the Eldorado (1957), to houses for celebrities (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney), Cody's projects defined the emerging West Coast lifestyle that combined luxury, leisure, and experimental design. Cody also pushed the boundaries of engineering, with beams and roof slabs so thin that his buildings seemed to defy gravity.
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September 2021
September 2021
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Architecture Monographs
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