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591 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
New York : Actar ; Massachusetts : Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; London : FUNCTIONLAB ; [2014], ©2014
The function of style / Farshid Moussavi ; edited with Marco Ciancarella, Jonathan A. Scelsa, Mary Crettier, Kate Kilalea.
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New York : Actar ; Massachusetts : Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; London : FUNCTIONLAB ; [2014], ©2014
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“Eco-Visionaries” surveys contemporary positions in art and architecture addressing environmental problems beyond mainstream notions of sustainability. This comprehensive volume is a companion to the collaborative 2018 exhibition staged by four participating European museums. Each show maintains a different focus and curatorial approach, and for each, artists investigate(...)
Contemporary Architecture
August 2018
Eco-visionaries: art, architecture and new media after the Anthropocene
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“Eco-Visionaries” surveys contemporary positions in art and architecture addressing environmental problems beyond mainstream notions of sustainability. This comprehensive volume is a companion to the collaborative 2018 exhibition staged by four participating European museums. Each show maintains a different focus and curatorial approach, and for each, artists investigate more sustainable approaches toward humankind's place on earth, through video and sound works, paintings and installations.
Contemporary Architecture
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"Black: architecture in monochrome" casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe,(...)
Black: architecture in monochrome
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"Black: architecture in monochrome" casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.
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Architecture now ! 8
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"Architecture Now! 8" reviews new and exciting projects completed and under construction in the whole world. No style, no building type is ignored, making this volume a true compendium of what anybody interested in buildings today needs to know. From well-known figures such as Zaha Hadid, Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA fame and Thom Mayne of Morphosis, to rising stars like(...)
Architecture now ! 8
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"Architecture Now! 8" reviews new and exciting projects completed and under construction in the whole world. No style, no building type is ignored, making this volume a true compendium of what anybody interested in buildings today needs to know. From well-known figures such as Zaha Hadid, Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA fame and Thom Mayne of Morphosis, to rising stars like Joshua Prince-Ramus (REX) and Sou Fujimoto and on to less-known architects who are the "stars" of tomorrow, like the Indians of Studio Mumbai, the Norwegian Todd Saunders, the Burkinabe Diebedo Francis Kere, and the Colombian Giancarlo Mazzanti, or the Chinese architect Li Xiaodong, they are all here and many more as well.
Contemporary Architecture
Architecture now! 9
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Architecture Now! 9 includes works in Amsterdam or Inner Mongolia by architects as famous as Zaha Hadid and Jean Nouvel, or as little known to the general public as Carla Juaçaba from Brazil. Small ephemeral buildings like the BMW Guggenheim Lab by Atelier Bow-Wow are included, as well as houses, movie theatres, fashion boutiques, and even an Opera Village in Burkina(...)
Architecture now! 9
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Architecture Now! 9 includes works in Amsterdam or Inner Mongolia by architects as famous as Zaha Hadid and Jean Nouvel, or as little known to the general public as Carla Juaçaba from Brazil. Small ephemeral buildings like the BMW Guggenheim Lab by Atelier Bow-Wow are included, as well as houses, movie theatres, fashion boutiques, and even an Opera Village in Burkina Faso. Wine and dine with Pritkzer Prize winner Thom Mayne of Morphosis; climb to the top of the Orbit, symbol of the 2012 London Olympics by artist Anish Kapoor and engineer Cecil Balmond; travel “Beyond Infinity” in a virtual environment created in Shanghai by French designer and artist Serge Salat.
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Santiago Calatrava / Luca Molinari ; schede di Erika Samsa ; percorso fotografico di Paolo Rosselli.
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221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Milano : Skira, ©1998.
Santiago Calatrava / Luca Molinari ; schede di Erika Samsa ; percorso fotografico di Paolo Rosselli.
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Milano : Skira, ©1998.
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x, 206 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.
London : RIBA Pub., ©2012.
Robert Maguire & Keith Murray / Gerald Adler.
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x, 206 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.
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London : RIBA Pub., ©2012.
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This book documents contemporary architectural projects designed by women architects participating in diverse forms of practice in diverse regions around the world. Examining each design within its unique context, this collection of forty projects includes beautifully illustrated case studies of transformative buildings, encompassing a range of sizes, building types,(...)
Contemporary Architecture
August 2022
Expanding field of architecture: Women in practice across the globe
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This book documents contemporary architectural projects designed by women architects participating in diverse forms of practice in diverse regions around the world. Examining each design within its unique context, this collection of forty projects includes beautifully illustrated case studies of transformative buildings, encompassing a range of sizes, building types, materials, and construction methods. Overcoming historical challenges within architectural practice, the women architects in this collection lead their firms and expand the field of architecture.
Contemporary Architecture
Pidgeon digital.
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1 online resource
London : World Microfilms Publications
London : World Microfilms Publications
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Providing home through affordable infill housing in historic districts / by Catherine Claire Keane.
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vi, 90 pages : illustrations, digital, PDF file
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : UMI Dissertation Services, ©2011.
Providing home through affordable infill housing in historic districts / by Catherine Claire Keane.
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[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : UMI Dissertation Services, ©2011.