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147 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
London ; New York : Verso, 2001.
London : bread and circuses / Jonathan Glancey.
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London ; New York : Verso, 2001.
Posters: a global history
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From band posters stapled to telephone poles to the advertisements hanging at bus shelters to the inspirational prints that adorn office walls, posters surround us everywhere—but do we know how they began? Telling the story of this ephemeral art form, Elizabeth E. Guffey reexamines the poster’s roots in the nineteenth century and explores the relevance they still possess(...)
Posters: a global history
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From band posters stapled to telephone poles to the advertisements hanging at bus shelters to the inspirational prints that adorn office walls, posters surround us everywhere—but do we know how they began? Telling the story of this ephemeral art form, Elizabeth E. Guffey reexamines the poster’s roots in the nineteenth century and explores the relevance they still possess in the age of digital media.
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xiv, 344 pages, 45 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Locust Valley, N.Y. : J.J. Augustin, 1979.
Studies in classical art and archaeology : a tribute to Peter Heinrich von Blanckenhagen / edited by Günter Kopcke and Mary B. Moore.
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xiv, 344 pages, 45 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
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Locust Valley, N.Y. : J.J. Augustin, 1979.
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Small Scale presents fifty ingenious yet simple projects ranging from the purely conceptual to the fully realized. From a bridge that curls up into itself when not in use, to a stacked rental car dispenser, to a bus-stop like shelter that uses bright lights to treat seasonal affective disorder in the winter, these projects energize our cities' leftover spaces and help us(...)
Small scale: Creative solutions for better living
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Small Scale presents fifty ingenious yet simple projects ranging from the purely conceptual to the fully realized. From a bridge that curls up into itself when not in use, to a stacked rental car dispenser, to a bus-stop like shelter that uses bright lights to treat seasonal affective disorder in the winter, these projects energize our cities' leftover spaces and help us imagine the future of our urban infrastructure.
Jurgen Naber: Stops
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In this slender first-time solo publication of recent works by the German photo-based artist Jurgen Nabor, a series of 48 black and white photographs of bus shelters in people-less rural Norwegian landscapes recall the visual texture of the Dusseldorf aesthetic of the 1970s. An essay by independent curator Henriette Heidbrink discusses the centering of the subject in each(...)
Jurgen Naber: Stops
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In this slender first-time solo publication of recent works by the German photo-based artist Jurgen Nabor, a series of 48 black and white photographs of bus shelters in people-less rural Norwegian landscapes recall the visual texture of the Dusseldorf aesthetic of the 1970s. An essay by independent curator Henriette Heidbrink discusses the centering of the subject in each photograph and Nabor's debt to other conceptual photographic series such as Ed Ruscha's 26 Gas Stations (1963),
Photography monographs
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Internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) transformed over 300 sites across New York City into a compelling, ambitious public art exhibition concerned with the global refugee and migration crises.''Good Fences Make Good Neighbors'' consisted of immersive large-scale sculptures for city monuments, fences on building facades and bus stops, and(...)
Ai Weiwei: Good fences make good neighbors
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Internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) transformed over 300 sites across New York City into a compelling, ambitious public art exhibition concerned with the global refugee and migration crises.''Good Fences Make Good Neighbors'' consisted of immersive large-scale sculptures for city monuments, fences on building facades and bus stops, and portraits of refugees and immigrants displayed on outdoor banners. This publication documents the project from conception to final installation, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the research, preparatory drawings, planning, and fabrication that brought it to life.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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The Italian engineer, architect and builder Pier Luigi Nervi is responsible for some of the world's architectural masterpieces including St. Mary Cathedral in San Francisco, George Washington Bus Terminal in New York and Victoria Square Tower in Montreal. This book provides a complete overview of this prolific and versatile master of twentieth-century architecture,(...)
Pier Luigi Nervi: Architecture as challenge
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The Italian engineer, architect and builder Pier Luigi Nervi is responsible for some of the world's architectural masterpieces including St. Mary Cathedral in San Francisco, George Washington Bus Terminal in New York and Victoria Square Tower in Montreal. This book provides a complete overview of this prolific and versatile master of twentieth-century architecture, examining his career from its outset in the early 1920s up to the 1970s. In addition to a range of Nervi's buildings and public projects, the publication presents his pioneering research into technologies and construction materials.
Architecture Monographs
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244 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 30 cm.
Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz, ©2005.
Gregory Crewdson, 1985-2005 / mit Texten von Stephan Berg, Martin Hochleitner, Katy Siegel ; Herausgeber, Stephan Berg.
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Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz, ©2005.
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xviii, 377 pages ; 25 cm
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
The Oxford book of London / edited by Paul Bailey.
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xviii, 377 pages ; 25 cm
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Chilean architect Smiljan Radic is widely recognised for his distinctive approach to form, materials, and natural settings, and this edition of the magazine pays tribute to his talent by presenting his most recent projects. Featuring a conversation with Radic and Enrique Walker, it presents 25 designs ranging from a wine cellar, bus stop, chapel, antenna tower, and(...)
El Croquis 199: Smiljan Radic 2013-2019
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Chilean architect Smiljan Radic is widely recognised for his distinctive approach to form, materials, and natural settings, and this edition of the magazine pays tribute to his talent by presenting his most recent projects. Featuring a conversation with Radic and Enrique Walker, it presents 25 designs ranging from a wine cellar, bus stop, chapel, antenna tower, and several houses, to the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Santiago, the Boca Sur Civic District, the Alexander McQueen Project, the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, and the Beyeler Foundation near Basel, which owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler.
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