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Cruise delightfully recalls a time of gracious travel, as well as the modern-day evolution of cruising at sea. It explores the design and culture of cruise ships from the golden age of the interwar period, up to the present when cruise ships have come to embrace "entertainment architecture." Packed full of illustrations of all aspects of cruise ship design—interiors,(...)
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Cruise delightfully recalls a time of gracious travel, as well as the modern-day evolution of cruising at sea. It explores the design and culture of cruise ships from the golden age of the interwar period, up to the present when cruise ships have come to embrace "entertainment architecture." Packed full of illustrations of all aspects of cruise ship design—interiors,(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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April 2006, New York
April 2006, New York
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Cruise : identity, design and culture
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Cruise delightfully recalls a time of gracious travel, as well as the modern-day evolution of cruising at sea. It explores the design and culture of cruise ships from the golden age of the interwar period, up to the present when cruise ships have come to embrace "entertainment architecture." Packed full of illustrations of all aspects of cruise ship design—interiors, entertainment, travel posters, and other ephemera—this timely book also documents the current renaissance in cruise vacations.Traveling by cruise ship, especially between the wars and into the '50s, was the most luxurious and stylish form of transport available. Many of the greatest liners were built during that time, including France's Normandie, whose Art Deco interior was one of the most lavish—and beautiful—ever created. This up-to-date visual history of ocean travel, complete with full illustrations and a lively survey of every aspect of sailing on the high seas, will appeal to and delight a broad audience including cruise ship enthusiasts, designers, and nostalgia buffs.
Cruise : identity, design and culture
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Cruise delightfully recalls a time of gracious travel, as well as the modern-day evolution of cruising at sea. It explores the design and culture of cruise ships from the golden age of the interwar period, up to the present when cruise ships have come to embrace "entertainment architecture." Packed full of illustrations of all aspects of cruise ship design—interiors, entertainment, travel posters, and other ephemera—this timely book also documents the current renaissance in cruise vacations.Traveling by cruise ship, especially between the wars and into the '50s, was the most luxurious and stylish form of transport available. Many of the greatest liners were built during that time, including France's Normandie, whose Art Deco interior was one of the most lavish—and beautiful—ever created. This up-to-date visual history of ocean travel, complete with full illustrations and a lively survey of every aspect of sailing on the high seas, will appeal to and delight a broad audience including cruise ship enthusiasts, designers, and nostalgia buffs.
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April 2006, New York
April 2006, New York
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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From the 1920s to the early 1950s, Montreal was known as the Paris of North America —a glamorous, wide open city with a lively jazz and nightclub scene. Capturing the zeitgeist of this golden age, this history features the aurora of entertainment that made Montreal swing after dark. The riveting details and fascinating story will please those interested in one of the(...)
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From the 1920s to the early 1950s, Montreal was known as the Paris of North America —a glamorous, wide open city with a lively jazz and nightclub scene. Capturing the zeitgeist of this golden age, this history features the aurora of entertainment that made Montreal swing after dark. The riveting details and fascinating story will please those interested in one of the(...)
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Stepping out: the golden age of Montreal night clubs
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From the 1920s to the early 1950s, Montreal was known as the Paris of North America —a glamorous, wide open city with a lively jazz and nightclub scene. Capturing the zeitgeist of this golden age, this history features the aurora of entertainment that made Montreal swing after dark. The riveting details and fascinating story will please those interested in one of the epicenters of North America's jazz age.
Stepping out: the golden age of Montreal night clubs
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From the 1920s to the early 1950s, Montreal was known as the Paris of North America —a glamorous, wide open city with a lively jazz and nightclub scene. Capturing the zeitgeist of this golden age, this history features the aurora of entertainment that made Montreal swing after dark. The riveting details and fascinating story will please those interested in one of the epicenters of North America's jazz age.
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January 2004
January 2004
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Architecture de Montréal
Architecture de Montréal
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CITIx60 New York, 2018
CITIx60 New York, 2018
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A unique collaboration with local creatives from selected cities, each CITIx60 City Guide points you to 60 hangouts loved by 60 stars of the cities’ creative scene, covering architecture, art spaces, shops and markets, eating and entertainment. All featured artists and designers are at the cutting edge of what’s on and when, and known for their accomplishments in fields(...)
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A unique collaboration with local creatives from selected cities, each CITIx60 City Guide points you to 60 hangouts loved by 60 stars of the cities’ creative scene, covering architecture, art spaces, shops and markets, eating and entertainment. All featured artists and designers are at the cutting edge of what’s on and when, and known for their accomplishments in fields(...)
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CITIx60 New York, 2018
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A unique collaboration with local creatives from selected cities, each CITIx60 City Guide points you to 60 hangouts loved by 60 stars of the cities’ creative scene, covering architecture, art spaces, shops and markets, eating and entertainment. All featured artists and designers are at the cutting edge of what’s on and when, and known for their accomplishments in fields across advertising, architecture and graphics, fashion, industry and food, music and publishing.
CITIx60 New York, 2018
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A unique collaboration with local creatives from selected cities, each CITIx60 City Guide points you to 60 hangouts loved by 60 stars of the cities’ creative scene, covering architecture, art spaces, shops and markets, eating and entertainment. All featured artists and designers are at the cutting edge of what’s on and when, and known for their accomplishments in fields across advertising, architecture and graphics, fashion, industry and food, music and publishing.
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October 2018
October 2018
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City Guides
City Guides
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Dubai, where the future is rising out of the ocean and the desert, is one of the most fascinating places to investigate neo-liberal cosmopolitanism. With its trillions of dollars invested in tourism, leisure, entertainment and real estate, Dubai has engineered a stunning range of life style qualities, that will remain unmatched for the coming years. Boris Brorman Jensen,(...)
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Dubai, where the future is rising out of the ocean and the desert, is one of the most fascinating places to investigate neo-liberal cosmopolitanism. With its trillions of dollars invested in tourism, leisure, entertainment and real estate, Dubai has engineered a stunning range of life style qualities, that will remain unmatched for the coming years. Boris Brorman Jensen,(...)
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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December 2007, Copenhagen
December 2007, Copenhagen
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Dubai - dynamics of bingo urbanism
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Dubai, where the future is rising out of the ocean and the desert, is one of the most fascinating places to investigate neo-liberal cosmopolitanism. With its trillions of dollars invested in tourism, leisure, entertainment and real estate, Dubai has engineered a stunning range of life style qualities, that will remain unmatched for the coming years. Boris Brorman Jensen, from the Aarhus School of Architecture, provides an acute analysis of the city and its development.
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Dubai, where the future is rising out of the ocean and the desert, is one of the most fascinating places to investigate neo-liberal cosmopolitanism. With its trillions of dollars invested in tourism, leisure, entertainment and real estate, Dubai has engineered a stunning range of life style qualities, that will remain unmatched for the coming years. Boris Brorman Jensen, from the Aarhus School of Architecture, provides an acute analysis of the city and its development.
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December 2007, Copenhagen
December 2007, Copenhagen
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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Where art belongs
Where art belongs
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Chronicling the sometimes doomed but persistently heroic efforts of small groups of artists to reclaim public space and time, this publication describes the trend towards collectivity manifested in the visual art world during the past decade, and the small forms of resistance to digital disembodiment and the hegemony of the entertainment/media/culture industry. For all(...)
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Chronicling the sometimes doomed but persistently heroic efforts of small groups of artists to reclaim public space and time, this publication describes the trend towards collectivity manifested in the visual art world during the past decade, and the small forms of resistance to digital disembodiment and the hegemony of the entertainment/media/culture industry. For all(...)
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Where art belongs
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Chronicling the sometimes doomed but persistently heroic efforts of small groups of artists to reclaim public space and time, this publication describes the trend towards collectivity manifested in the visual art world during the past decade, and the small forms of resistance to digital disembodiment and the hegemony of the entertainment/media/culture industry. For all its faults, Kraus argues, the art world remains the last frontier for the desire to live differently.
Where art belongs
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Chronicling the sometimes doomed but persistently heroic efforts of small groups of artists to reclaim public space and time, this publication describes the trend towards collectivity manifested in the visual art world during the past decade, and the small forms of resistance to digital disembodiment and the hegemony of the entertainment/media/culture industry. For all its faults, Kraus argues, the art world remains the last frontier for the desire to live differently.
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February 2011
February 2011
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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Strip Cultures examines the politics of food and water, art and spectacle, entertainment and branding, body and sensory experience. In confronting the ordinary on America’s most famous four-mile stretch of pavement, the authors reveal how the Strip concentrates and magnifies the basic truths and practices of American culture where consumerism is the stuff of life, digital(...)
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Strip Cultures examines the politics of food and water, art and spectacle, entertainment and branding, body and sensory experience. In confronting the ordinary on America’s most famous four-mile stretch of pavement, the authors reveal how the Strip concentrates and magnifies the basic truths and practices of American culture where consumerism is the stuff of life, digital(...)
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Strip cultures: finding America in Las Vegas
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Strip Cultures examines the politics of food and water, art and spectacle, entertainment and branding, body and sensory experience. In confronting the ordinary on America’s most famous four-mile stretch of pavement, the authors reveal how the Strip concentrates and magnifies the basic truths and practices of American culture where consumerism is the stuff of life, digital surveillance annuls the right to privacy, and nature—all but destroyed—is refashioned as an element of decor.
Strip cultures: finding America in Las Vegas
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Strip Cultures examines the politics of food and water, art and spectacle, entertainment and branding, body and sensory experience. In confronting the ordinary on America’s most famous four-mile stretch of pavement, the authors reveal how the Strip concentrates and magnifies the basic truths and practices of American culture where consumerism is the stuff of life, digital surveillance annuls the right to privacy, and nature—all but destroyed—is refashioned as an element of decor.
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October 2015
October 2015
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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This book describes a series of different visual and mental models by which the urban environment has been recognized, depicted, and planned. Boyer identifies three major ''maps'': one common to the traditional city -- the city as a work of art; one characteristic of the modern city -- the city as panorama; and one appropriate to the contemporary city --(...)
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This book describes a series of different visual and mental models by which the urban environment has been recognized, depicted, and planned. Boyer identifies three major ''maps'': one common to the traditional city -- the city as a work of art; one characteristic of the modern city -- the city as panorama; and one appropriate to the contemporary city --(...)
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City of collective memory : its historical imagery and architectural entertainments
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This book describes a series of different visual and mental models by which the urban environment has been recognized, depicted, and planned. Boyer identifies three major ''maps'': one common to the traditional city -- the city as a work of art; one characteristic of the modern city -- the city as panorama; and one appropriate to the contemporary city -- the city as spectacle. It is a richly illustrated and documented study that pays considerable attention to the normally hidden and unspoken codes that regulate the order imposed on and derived from the city.
City of collective memory : its historical imagery and architectural entertainments
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This book describes a series of different visual and mental models by which the urban environment has been recognized, depicted, and planned. Boyer identifies three major ''maps'': one common to the traditional city -- the city as a work of art; one characteristic of the modern city -- the city as panorama; and one appropriate to the contemporary city -- the city as spectacle. It is a richly illustrated and documented study that pays considerable attention to the normally hidden and unspoken codes that regulate the order imposed on and derived from the city.
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June 1994, Cambridge, Mass.
June 1994, Cambridge, Mass.
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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407 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 23 x 30 cm
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407 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 23 x 30 cm
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New York, NY : Metropolis Books, [2016], ©2016
New York, NY : Metropolis Books, [2016], ©2016
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Never built New York / Greg Goldin, Sam Lubell ; foreword by Daniel Libeskind.
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407 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 23 x 30 cm
Never built New York / Greg Goldin, Sam Lubell ; foreword by Daniel Libeskind.
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New York, NY : Metropolis Books, [2016], ©2016
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In the postwar era, sidewalk palms grew into symbols of urban Los Angeles. Tall ranks of Mexican fan palm became familiar fixtures on the horizon, generic landmarks, the original skyscrapers of the horizontal metropolis. The entertainment industry magnified their stature. Advertisements, telecasts, television shows, movies, song recordings, and music videos produced in(...)
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In the postwar era, sidewalk palms grew into symbols of urban Los Angeles. Tall ranks of Mexican fan palm became familiar fixtures on the horizon, generic landmarks, the original skyscrapers of the horizontal metropolis. The entertainment industry magnified their stature. Advertisements, telecasts, television shows, movies, song recordings, and music videos produced in(...)
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Marie-Jose Jongerius - Los Angeles Palms
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In the postwar era, sidewalk palms grew into symbols of urban Los Angeles. Tall ranks of Mexican fan palm became familiar fixtures on the horizon, generic landmarks, the original skyscrapers of the horizontal metropolis. The entertainment industry magnified their stature. Advertisements, telecasts, television shows, movies, song recordings, and music videos produced in Southern California made ready use of street palm imagery. For ‘Los Angeles Palms’ Marie-José Jongerius revisited the most iconic and historic sights in the Los Angeles area to portray the palms which have all contributed to the iconic image of Los Angeles.
Marie-Jose Jongerius - Los Angeles Palms
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In the postwar era, sidewalk palms grew into symbols of urban Los Angeles. Tall ranks of Mexican fan palm became familiar fixtures on the horizon, generic landmarks, the original skyscrapers of the horizontal metropolis. The entertainment industry magnified their stature. Advertisements, telecasts, television shows, movies, song recordings, and music videos produced in Southern California made ready use of street palm imagery. For ‘Los Angeles Palms’ Marie-José Jongerius revisited the most iconic and historic sights in the Los Angeles area to portray the palms which have all contributed to the iconic image of Los Angeles.
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July 2017
July 2017
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
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C3 392 : bubble and squeak
C3 392 : bubble and squeak
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This instalment covers three very different subjects: ephemeral tangible structures, contemporary museum trends, and new sports facilities in relation to urban renewal and social inclusion. Two pneumatic bubble structures are profiled, one by Plastique Fantastique in the Netherlands and the other by Spanish practice DOSIS in London. The evolved function and form of the(...)
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This instalment covers three very different subjects: ephemeral tangible structures, contemporary museum trends, and new sports facilities in relation to urban renewal and social inclusion. Two pneumatic bubble structures are profiled, one by Plastique Fantastique in the Netherlands and the other by Spanish practice DOSIS in London. The evolved function and form of the(...)
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C3 392 : bubble and squeak
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This instalment covers three very different subjects: ephemeral tangible structures, contemporary museum trends, and new sports facilities in relation to urban renewal and social inclusion. Two pneumatic bubble structures are profiled, one by Plastique Fantastique in the Netherlands and the other by Spanish practice DOSIS in London. The evolved function and form of the museum is explored next, a typology nowadays characterised by place-making, entertainment, and versatility, with new buildings by Snøhetta, BIG, AL_A, and Verner Johnson. Lastly, new perspectives in sports architecture design by Manuelle Gautrand, MVRDV + ADEPT, CAB Architects, and more.
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This instalment covers three very different subjects: ephemeral tangible structures, contemporary museum trends, and new sports facilities in relation to urban renewal and social inclusion. Two pneumatic bubble structures are profiled, one by Plastique Fantastique in the Netherlands and the other by Spanish practice DOSIS in London. The evolved function and form of the museum is explored next, a typology nowadays characterised by place-making, entertainment, and versatility, with new buildings by Snøhetta, BIG, AL_A, and Verner Johnson. Lastly, new perspectives in sports architecture design by Manuelle Gautrand, MVRDV + ADEPT, CAB Architects, and more.
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November 2017
November 2017
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Magazines
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