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248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Montréal, Québec, Canada : Canadian Centre for Architecture ; London, United Kingdom : Koenig Books, [2020], ©2020
CP138, Gordon Matta-Clark : readings of the archive / by Yann Chateigné, Hila Peleg, and Kitty Scott ; introduction by Francesco Garutti.
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248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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Montréal, Québec, Canada : Canadian Centre for Architecture ; London, United Kingdom : Koenig Books, [2020], ©2020
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ix, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
Material London, ca. 1600 / edited by Lena Cowen Orlin.
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
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'The contemporary guesthouse : building in the garden' illustrates and critically describes contemporary private guesthouses from around the globe. Included projects-chosen from an international roster of contemporary architects-are presented within the context of the architect/client design process, so that the role the existing house, the guestouse program, and the(...)
The contemporary guestouse : building in the garden
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'The contemporary guesthouse : building in the garden' illustrates and critically describes contemporary private guesthouses from around the globe. Included projects-chosen from an international roster of contemporary architects-are presented within the context of the architect/client design process, so that the role the existing house, the guestouse program, and the site play in the creation of the work are clear.
Residential Architecture
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Alfred Neumann (1900–1968) was a Czech architect whose work was wrought in the context of postwar modernism and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Today, his influence and impact have been largely forgotten, but, in their time, Neumann’s original designs received praise and elicited controversy in almost equal measure, offering exciting new possibilities to(...)
Space packed: the architecture of Alfred Neumann
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Alfred Neumann (1900–1968) was a Czech architect whose work was wrought in the context of postwar modernism and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Today, his influence and impact have been largely forgotten, but, in their time, Neumann’s original designs received praise and elicited controversy in almost equal measure, offering exciting new possibilities to the modernist mainstream.
Architecture Monographs
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This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city, and the manner in which the city is an instructional indication of how a housing typology is embodied.
Multi-unit housing in urban cities: from 1800 to the present
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This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city, and the manner in which the city is an instructional indication of how a housing typology is embodied.
Collective Housing
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eVolo presents the best 60 projects of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Skyscraper Competition. An investigation by architects, students, and designers on the future of the skyscraper. What is the skyscraper in the beginning of the XXI Century? What is the historical and social context of these mega-structures? What is their response to the urban fabric? Is the human scale lost?
Evolo: skyscraper for the 21th century
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eVolo presents the best 60 projects of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Skyscraper Competition. An investigation by architects, students, and designers on the future of the skyscraper. What is the skyscraper in the beginning of the XXI Century? What is the historical and social context of these mega-structures? What is their response to the urban fabric? Is the human scale lost?
Gratte-ciels
Parallel strokes
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Parallel strokes is a collection of interviews with 19 contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world (Akira Kobayashi, Barry McGee, Daim and Seak, Ed Fella, among others). The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider(...)
Parallel strokes
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Parallel strokes is a collection of interviews with 19 contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world (Akira Kobayashi, Barry McGee, Daim and Seak, Ed Fella, among others). The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.
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When does an artist's creation become art, and where? Does it occur in the solitary confines of an artist's studio or does it require the context of an art gallery's white cube? What is the relationship between these two culturally charged spaces? How does the site of art's presentation shape the meaning and determine even the very possibility of its existence?
Studio and Cube: on the relationship between where art is made and where at is displayed
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When does an artist's creation become art, and where? Does it occur in the solitary confines of an artist's studio or does it require the context of an art gallery's white cube? What is the relationship between these two culturally charged spaces? How does the site of art's presentation shape the meaning and determine even the very possibility of its existence?
Museology
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This book explores computation, specifically the craft of writing computer code, as a medium for drawing. Exercises, essays, algorithms, diagrams, and drawings are woven together to offer instruction, insight, and theories that are valuable to practicing architects, artists, and scholars. This book can serve as a primer for those new to programming or motivation and(...)
Computational drawing: from foundational exercises to theories of representation
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This book explores computation, specifically the craft of writing computer code, as a medium for drawing. Exercises, essays, algorithms, diagrams, and drawings are woven together to offer instruction, insight, and theories that are valuable to practicing architects, artists, and scholars. This book can serve as a primer for those new to programming or motivation and context for those with experience.
Architectural Drawing
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Part of the Density series, this sizeable addition provides a comparative analysis of 32 collective housing projects with particular emphasis on the study and comparison of construction systems along the with a detailed cost analysis of each featured project. Within this context specific aspects such as density ratios, floor plans, housing types, façade and roof systems(...)
A+T Hoco, density housing construction & costs
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Part of the Density series, this sizeable addition provides a comparative analysis of 32 collective housing projects with particular emphasis on the study and comparison of construction systems along the with a detailed cost analysis of each featured project. Within this context specific aspects such as density ratios, floor plans, housing types, façade and roof systems and sustainability strategies are also examined.
Collective Housing