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encapsulates the architectural history of Manhattan with fourteen walks that guide readers along New York's most famous street. Walking Broadway This publication offers readers an architectural tour of the entire length of Broadway from Bowling Green to the Harlem River. Through fourteen structured walks the book not only presents the history of New York's most famous(...)
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encapsulates the architectural history of Manhattan with fourteen walks that guide readers along New York's most famous street. Walking Broadway This publication offers readers an architectural tour of the entire length of Broadway from Bowling Green to the Harlem River. Through fourteen structured walks the book not only presents the history of New York's most famous(...)
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Walking Broadway: thirteen miles of architecture and history
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encapsulates the architectural history of Manhattan with fourteen walks that guide readers along New York's most famous street. Walking Broadway This publication offers readers an architectural tour of the entire length of Broadway from Bowling Green to the Harlem River. Through fourteen structured walks the book not only presents the history of New York's most famous avenue, but also explores its architecture in depth, block by block, building by building. This is a book about what can be seen and experienced on Broadway today. Buildings are chosen for discussion first and foremost because they are interesting to look at. In a relaxed and engaging style, the author presents the building's story, explores the reasons why it is there, and explains why it looks the way it does. Along the way, the reader not only has the chance to discover fascinating and unusual buildings, but also gains a comprehensive understanding of the historic, social, economic, and political forces which shaped Broadway's growth and character.
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encapsulates the architectural history of Manhattan with fourteen walks that guide readers along New York's most famous street. Walking Broadway This publication offers readers an architectural tour of the entire length of Broadway from Bowling Green to the Harlem River. Through fourteen structured walks the book not only presents the history of New York's most famous avenue, but also explores its architecture in depth, block by block, building by building. This is a book about what can be seen and experienced on Broadway today. Buildings are chosen for discussion first and foremost because they are interesting to look at. In a relaxed and engaging style, the author presents the building's story, explores the reasons why it is there, and explains why it looks the way it does. Along the way, the reader not only has the chance to discover fascinating and unusual buildings, but also gains a comprehensive understanding of the historic, social, economic, and political forces which shaped Broadway's growth and character.
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May 2020
May 2020
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City Guides
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Los Angeles is a city that has long thrived on the continual re-creation of its own myth. In this extraordinary work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an "anti-tour" of downtown LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los(...)
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Los Angeles is a city that has long thrived on the continual re-creation of its own myth. In this extraordinary work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an "anti-tour" of downtown LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los(...)
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The history of forgetting: Los Angeles and the erasure of the memory
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Los Angeles is a city that has long thrived on the continual re-creation of its own myth. In this extraordinary work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an "anti-tour" of downtown LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los Angeleno, and finally looks at the way information technology has recreated the city, turning cyberspace into the last suburb. In this new edition, Norman Klein explores the evolution of the Latino majority, how the Pacific economy is changing the structure of urban life, the impact of collapsing infrastructure in the city, and the restructuring of those very districts that had been "forgotten." Norman M. Klein is a critic and historian of mass culture, author of most recently, The Vatican to Vegas: The History of Special Effects. He teaches at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.
The history of forgetting: Los Angeles and the erasure of the memory
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Los Angeles is a city that has long thrived on the continual re-creation of its own myth. In this extraordinary work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an "anti-tour" of downtown LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los Angeleno, and finally looks at the way information technology has recreated the city, turning cyberspace into the last suburb. In this new edition, Norman Klein explores the evolution of the Latino majority, how the Pacific economy is changing the structure of urban life, the impact of collapsing infrastructure in the city, and the restructuring of those very districts that had been "forgotten." Norman M. Klein is a critic and historian of mass culture, author of most recently, The Vatican to Vegas: The History of Special Effects. He teaches at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.
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August 2008, London, New York
August 2008, London, New York
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Matières 13
Matières 13
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On connaît la taille « habituelle » d'une colonne et de son chapiteau, d'une porte et de sa poignée, d'une fenêtre et de ses meneaux. Ces éléments peuvent exister hors de tout contexte – car ils renvoient à eux-mêmes – ou permettre de donner une dimension à l'espace précisément parce que leur échelle est bien connue ; on parle ici d'une échelle géométrique, mesurée ou(...)
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On connaît la taille « habituelle » d'une colonne et de son chapiteau, d'une porte et de sa poignée, d'une fenêtre et de ses meneaux. Ces éléments peuvent exister hors de tout contexte – car ils renvoient à eux-mêmes – ou permettre de donner une dimension à l'espace précisément parce que leur échelle est bien connue ; on parle ici d'une échelle géométrique, mesurée ou(...)
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On connaît la taille « habituelle » d'une colonne et de son chapiteau, d'une porte et de sa poignée, d'une fenêtre et de ses meneaux. Ces éléments peuvent exister hors de tout contexte – car ils renvoient à eux-mêmes – ou permettre de donner une dimension à l'espace précisément parce que leur échelle est bien connue ; on parle ici d'une échelle géométrique, mesurée ou normée. Mais que devient la perception de l'espace lorsque ces éléments subissent des manipulations, des distorsions – simplification, répétition, agrandissement, rétrécissement, etc. –, pouvant, dans certains cas, mener à un minimalisme ou à une abstraction, dans d'autres, à une complexification telle que l'échelle de ces points de repère se trouve modifiée, brouillée, voire complètement dissolue. On peut aussi percevoir des effets particuliers sur la teneur de projets qui traversent les échelles, du territoire à la pièce architecturale, générant des intensités qui, à leur tour, ont des incidences sur les espaces, les matérialités et autres.
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On connaît la taille « habituelle » d'une colonne et de son chapiteau, d'une porte et de sa poignée, d'une fenêtre et de ses meneaux. Ces éléments peuvent exister hors de tout contexte – car ils renvoient à eux-mêmes – ou permettre de donner une dimension à l'espace précisément parce que leur échelle est bien connue ; on parle ici d'une échelle géométrique, mesurée ou normée. Mais que devient la perception de l'espace lorsque ces éléments subissent des manipulations, des distorsions – simplification, répétition, agrandissement, rétrécissement, etc. –, pouvant, dans certains cas, mener à un minimalisme ou à une abstraction, dans d'autres, à une complexification telle que l'échelle de ces points de repère se trouve modifiée, brouillée, voire complètement dissolue. On peut aussi percevoir des effets particuliers sur la teneur de projets qui traversent les échelles, du territoire à la pièce architecturale, générant des intensités qui, à leur tour, ont des incidences sur les espaces, les matérialités et autres.
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December 2016
December 2016
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Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada’s glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be, how they work and what their future holds in our warming world. By visiting Canada’s high and low Arctic and the mountain West, the reader will learn how varied and complex our glaciers really are, how they are measured(...)
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Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada’s glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be, how they work and what their future holds in our warming world. By visiting Canada’s high and low Arctic and the mountain West, the reader will learn how varied and complex our glaciers really are, how they are measured(...)
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Becoming water: glaciers in a warming world
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Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada’s glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be, how they work and what their future holds in our warming world. By visiting Canada’s high and low Arctic and the mountain West, the reader will learn how varied and complex our glaciers really are, how they are measured and how they figure into the national and global story of inevitable change. The reader will learn to think like a scientist, in particular how to look at climate-related data that contains cycles, trends and shifts, and then ponder what questions to ask in the face of our dramatically changing environment. This book encourages Canadians to explore upstream from ourselves, learning about our origins and how climate change and encroaching human settlement are drastically affecting our glaciers and therefore the natural and human landscapes that lie below—and are dependent upon—them.
Becoming water: glaciers in a warming world
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Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada’s glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be, how they work and what their future holds in our warming world. By visiting Canada’s high and low Arctic and the mountain West, the reader will learn how varied and complex our glaciers really are, how they are measured and how they figure into the national and global story of inevitable change. The reader will learn to think like a scientist, in particular how to look at climate-related data that contains cycles, trends and shifts, and then ponder what questions to ask in the face of our dramatically changing environment. This book encourages Canadians to explore upstream from ourselves, learning about our origins and how climate change and encroaching human settlement are drastically affecting our glaciers and therefore the natural and human landscapes that lie below—and are dependent upon—them.
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February 2016
February 2016
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Architecture in Canada
Architecture in Canada
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Tree houses
Tree houses
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Childhood fantasy meets grown-up savoir faire The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is surely as old as humanity. Tree houses are chronicled in ancient civilizations and their lore crosses through the history of every part of the world where trees grow. This illustrated study offers a tour of the best tree houses in(...)
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Childhood fantasy meets grown-up savoir faire The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is surely as old as humanity. Tree houses are chronicled in ancient civilizations and their lore crosses through the history of every part of the world where trees grow. This illustrated study offers a tour of the best tree houses in(...)
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Tree houses
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Childhood fantasy meets grown-up savoir faire The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is surely as old as humanity. Tree houses are chronicled in ancient civilizations and their lore crosses through the history of every part of the world where trees grow. This illustrated study offers a tour of the best tree houses in the world, some designed by architects, others the work of unknown craftsmen. A teahouse, a restaurant, a hotel, a playhouse for children, or a perch from which to contemplate life—the tree house can take as many forms as the imagination can offer. In times of concern for sustainability and ecological responsibility, the tree house may also be the ultimate symbol of life in symbiosis with nature. Whether rustic or contemporary in style, tree houses make the most of space. Climb into this trove of tree houses and enjoy a new perspective on the world.
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Childhood fantasy meets grown-up savoir faire The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is surely as old as humanity. Tree houses are chronicled in ancient civilizations and their lore crosses through the history of every part of the world where trees grow. This illustrated study offers a tour of the best tree houses in the world, some designed by architects, others the work of unknown craftsmen. A teahouse, a restaurant, a hotel, a playhouse for children, or a perch from which to contemplate life—the tree house can take as many forms as the imagination can offer. In times of concern for sustainability and ecological responsibility, the tree house may also be the ultimate symbol of life in symbiosis with nature. Whether rustic or contemporary in style, tree houses make the most of space. Climb into this trove of tree houses and enjoy a new perspective on the world.
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October 2012
October 2012
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Timber Construction
Timber Construction
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Vues de près, les peintures antiques de la villa Adriana à Tivoli, les fresques de Raphaël au palais du Vatican, mais aussi celles de la galerie des Carrache dans le palais Farnèse, et tant d’autres, offrent un spectacle étonnant. Ce sont des œuvres striées de noms, de dates et même d’esquisses, très différentes des images lisses, intactes et éclatantes auxquelles les(...)
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Vues de près, les peintures antiques de la villa Adriana à Tivoli, les fresques de Raphaël au palais du Vatican, mais aussi celles de la galerie des Carrache dans le palais Farnèse, et tant d’autres, offrent un spectacle étonnant. Ce sont des œuvres striées de noms, de dates et même d’esquisses, très différentes des images lisses, intactes et éclatantes auxquelles les(...)
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Graffitis: inscrire son nom à Rome (XVe-XIXe siècle)
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Vues de près, les peintures antiques de la villa Adriana à Tivoli, les fresques de Raphaël au palais du Vatican, mais aussi celles de la galerie des Carrache dans le palais Farnèse, et tant d’autres, offrent un spectacle étonnant. Ce sont des œuvres striées de noms, de dates et même d’esquisses, très différentes des images lisses, intactes et éclatantes auxquelles les livres d’art nous ont habitués. Les graffitis y sont omniprésents. Ils furent réalisés par des artistes parfois célèbres, au cours de leur période de formation à Rome, par des amateurs lors du Grand Tour, par des soldats ou des touristes de passage à Rome entre les XVIe et XIXe siècles. Ce livre invite à un autre regard sur l’art et son histoire : non pas esthétique mais archéologique ; un regard de biais, littéralement. Ainsi rendus à leur visibilité, les graffitis donnent à voir une autre histoire du chef-d’œuvre, matérielle, tactile et anthropologique.
Graffitis: inscrire son nom à Rome (XVe-XIXe siècle)
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Vues de près, les peintures antiques de la villa Adriana à Tivoli, les fresques de Raphaël au palais du Vatican, mais aussi celles de la galerie des Carrache dans le palais Farnèse, et tant d’autres, offrent un spectacle étonnant. Ce sont des œuvres striées de noms, de dates et même d’esquisses, très différentes des images lisses, intactes et éclatantes auxquelles les livres d’art nous ont habitués. Les graffitis y sont omniprésents. Ils furent réalisés par des artistes parfois célèbres, au cours de leur période de formation à Rome, par des amateurs lors du Grand Tour, par des soldats ou des touristes de passage à Rome entre les XVIe et XIXe siècles. Ce livre invite à un autre regard sur l’art et son histoire : non pas esthétique mais archéologique ; un regard de biais, littéralement. Ainsi rendus à leur visibilité, les graffitis donnent à voir une autre histoire du chef-d’œuvre, matérielle, tactile et anthropologique.
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November 2014
November 2014
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History until 1900, Italy
History until 1900, Italy
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Joëlle Jolivet nous entraîne dans une promenade à travers Paris, son Paris, le Paris éternel, le Paris de tous les jours. Vous ferez bien sûr la visite des hauts lieux touristiques – Notre-Dame,l’Opéra Garnier… mais aussi celle de la vie des Parisiens, les cinémas de Saint-Michel, le canal Saint-Martin, Barbès ou le quartier chinois du 13e. Un dépliant de 4 pages(...)
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Joëlle Jolivet nous entraîne dans une promenade à travers Paris, son Paris, le Paris éternel, le Paris de tous les jours. Vous ferez bien sûr la visite des hauts lieux touristiques – Notre-Dame,l’Opéra Garnier… mais aussi celle de la vie des Parisiens, les cinémas de Saint-Michel, le canal Saint-Martin, Barbès ou le quartier chinois du 13e. Un dépliant de 4 pages(...)
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À Paris
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Joëlle Jolivet nous entraîne dans une promenade à travers Paris, son Paris, le Paris éternel, le Paris de tous les jours. Vous ferez bien sûr la visite des hauts lieux touristiques – Notre-Dame,l’Opéra Garnier… mais aussi celle de la vie des Parisiens, les cinémas de Saint-Michel, le canal Saint-Martin, Barbès ou le quartier chinois du 13e. Un dépliant de 4 pages présente la fabuleuse perspective de la « voie royale » qui va du Louvre à la Grande Arche, et la tour Eiffel, la plus belle, se déploie en pop-up. Au verso de la jaquette, une carte de la ville situant tous les monuments et lieux représentés dans le livre. Une vision de la capitale, personnelle et universelle à la fois, accompagnée par des textes de Ramona Badescu, qui, avec son regard d’ailleurs nous fait découvrir ou redécouvrir Paris. Pour tous, les grands et les petits, les Parisiens et les 15 millions de visiteurs annuels de la capitale !
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Joëlle Jolivet nous entraîne dans une promenade à travers Paris, son Paris, le Paris éternel, le Paris de tous les jours. Vous ferez bien sûr la visite des hauts lieux touristiques – Notre-Dame,l’Opéra Garnier… mais aussi celle de la vie des Parisiens, les cinémas de Saint-Michel, le canal Saint-Martin, Barbès ou le quartier chinois du 13e. Un dépliant de 4 pages présente la fabuleuse perspective de la « voie royale » qui va du Louvre à la Grande Arche, et la tour Eiffel, la plus belle, se déploie en pop-up. Au verso de la jaquette, une carte de la ville situant tous les monuments et lieux représentés dans le livre. Une vision de la capitale, personnelle et universelle à la fois, accompagnée par des textes de Ramona Badescu, qui, avec son regard d’ailleurs nous fait découvrir ou redécouvrir Paris. Pour tous, les grands et les petits, les Parisiens et les 15 millions de visiteurs annuels de la capitale !
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December 2014
December 2014
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285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 x 32 cm
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New York : Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2011.
New York : Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2011.
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The altered landscape : photographs of a changing environment / edited and with an introduction by Ann M. Wolfe ; foreword by David B. Walker ; contributors, Lucy Lippard, Geoff Manaugh, W.J.T. Mitchell ; design, Brad Bartlett.
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The altered landscape : photographs of a changing environment / edited and with an introduction by Ann M. Wolfe ; foreword by David B. Walker ; contributors, Lucy Lippard, Geoff Manaugh, W.J.T. Mitchell ; design, Brad Bartlett.
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New York : Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2011.
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The Bauhaus Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and from 1925 to 1932 the headquarters of the "Hochschule für Gestaltung Bauhaus Dessau", attracts around 80,000 visitors annually from Germany and abroad who are in search of the roots of the 20th century Modernism. Now the first book in which the UNESCO world cultural heritage site is introduced following its complete(...)
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The Bauhaus Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and from 1925 to 1932 the headquarters of the "Hochschule für Gestaltung Bauhaus Dessau", attracts around 80,000 visitors annually from Germany and abroad who are in search of the roots of the 20th century Modernism. Now the first book in which the UNESCO world cultural heritage site is introduced following its complete(...)
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Bauhau Dessau : architecture, design, concept
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The Bauhaus Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and from 1925 to 1932 the headquarters of the "Hochschule für Gestaltung Bauhaus Dessau", attracts around 80,000 visitors annually from Germany and abroad who are in search of the roots of the 20th century Modernism. Now the first book in which the UNESCO world cultural heritage site is introduced following its complete renovation is available. Featuring more than 110 black and white photographs, "Bauhaus Dessau" presents the whole scope of architectural and artistic variety and quality of the building. The book sketches the history of the building, its architectural parts, the interior design created by the Bauhaus artists, as well as the functions of the building. "Bauhaus Dessau" is well-suited as a companion for a tour through the building as well as a reference of individual details. In addition to the visual objects, the text also describes the work carried out in the former workshops and their most important products, because architecture, design and concept of the Bauhaus are inseparably connected to each other.
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The Bauhaus Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and from 1925 to 1932 the headquarters of the "Hochschule für Gestaltung Bauhaus Dessau", attracts around 80,000 visitors annually from Germany and abroad who are in search of the roots of the 20th century Modernism. Now the first book in which the UNESCO world cultural heritage site is introduced following its complete renovation is available. Featuring more than 110 black and white photographs, "Bauhaus Dessau" presents the whole scope of architectural and artistic variety and quality of the building. The book sketches the history of the building, its architectural parts, the interior design created by the Bauhaus artists, as well as the functions of the building. "Bauhaus Dessau" is well-suited as a companion for a tour through the building as well as a reference of individual details. In addition to the visual objects, the text also describes the work carried out in the former workshops and their most important products, because architecture, design and concept of the Bauhaus are inseparably connected to each other.
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July 2007, Berlin
July 2007, Berlin
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Modernism
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This book is a sub-urbanist manifesto. Its author, Sébastien Marot, challenges the dominant role of the programme in regulating the design project, and argues that instead attention should be redirected towards the site – the site read in depth, with an active regard for memory. Exploring this analysis, he considers in turn Frances Yates’ book ''The Art of Memory'',(...)
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This book is a sub-urbanist manifesto. Its author, Sébastien Marot, challenges the dominant role of the programme in regulating the design project, and argues that instead attention should be redirected towards the site – the site read in depth, with an active regard for memory. Exploring this analysis, he considers in turn Frances Yates’ book ''The Art of Memory'',(...)
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Sub-urbanism and the art of memory
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This book is a sub-urbanist manifesto. Its author, Sébastien Marot, challenges the dominant role of the programme in regulating the design project, and argues that instead attention should be redirected towards the site – the site read in depth, with an active regard for memory. Exploring this analysis, he considers in turn Frances Yates’ book ''The Art of Memory'', Sigmund Freud’s analogy between the past of a city and the workings of memory, Robert Smithson’s account of a tour of his suburban birthplace and Georges Descombes’ design for a small park in the Geneva suburb where he spent his childhood. Marot’s conclusion brings these different strands together and highlights, in memory, a precept that is essential to the renewal of current architecture. This AA Documents publication is a re-edition of Sébastien Marot’s Sub-Urbanism and the Art of Memory, originally edited by Pamela Johnston and published by AA Publications in 2003. It is based on a 1999 text by Marot, translated from the French by Brian Holmes.
Sub-urbanism and the art of memory
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This book is a sub-urbanist manifesto. Its author, Sébastien Marot, challenges the dominant role of the programme in regulating the design project, and argues that instead attention should be redirected towards the site – the site read in depth, with an active regard for memory. Exploring this analysis, he considers in turn Frances Yates’ book ''The Art of Memory'', Sigmund Freud’s analogy between the past of a city and the workings of memory, Robert Smithson’s account of a tour of his suburban birthplace and Georges Descombes’ design for a small park in the Geneva suburb where he spent his childhood. Marot’s conclusion brings these different strands together and highlights, in memory, a precept that is essential to the renewal of current architecture. This AA Documents publication is a re-edition of Sébastien Marot’s Sub-Urbanism and the Art of Memory, originally edited by Pamela Johnston and published by AA Publications in 2003. It is based on a 1999 text by Marot, translated from the French by Brian Holmes.
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May 2023
May 2023
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
