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This book expands knowledge about the conservation of ancient monuments, works of art and historic buildings. It includes the origins of the interest in conservation within the European context, and the development of the concepts from Antiquity and the Renaissance to the present day. Jokilehto illustrates how this development has influenced international collaboration in(...)
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This book expands knowledge about the conservation of ancient monuments, works of art and historic buildings. It includes the origins of the interest in conservation within the European context, and the development of the concepts from Antiquity and the Renaissance to the present day. Jokilehto illustrates how this development has influenced international collaboration in(...)
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A history of architectural conversation
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This book expands knowledge about the conservation of ancient monuments, works of art and historic buildings. It includes the origins of the interest in conservation within the European context, and the development of the concepts from Antiquity and the Renaissance to the present day. Jokilehto illustrates how this development has influenced international collaboration in the protection and conservation of cultural heritage, and how it has formed the principal concepts and approach to conservation and restoration in today's multi-cultural society.
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This book expands knowledge about the conservation of ancient monuments, works of art and historic buildings. It includes the origins of the interest in conservation within the European context, and the development of the concepts from Antiquity and the Renaissance to the present day. Jokilehto illustrates how this development has influenced international collaboration in the protection and conservation of cultural heritage, and how it has formed the principal concepts and approach to conservation and restoration in today's multi-cultural society.
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October 2002
October 2002
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This guide follows the museum’s chronological itinerary room by room, describing key works and putting them in their historic and artistic context. Its thematic section provides a complementary insight into their uses and the techniques and major personalities that have marked the history of the decorative arts. More broadly, beyond its use in the museum itself, this(...)
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This guide follows the museum’s chronological itinerary room by room, describing key works and putting them in their historic and artistic context. Its thematic section provides a complementary insight into their uses and the techniques and major personalities that have marked the history of the decorative arts. More broadly, beyond its use in the museum itself, this(...)
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Guide : Museum of decorative arts, Paris
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This guide follows the museum’s chronological itinerary room by room, describing key works and putting them in their historic and artistic context. Its thematic section provides a complementary insight into their uses and the techniques and major personalities that have marked the history of the decorative arts. More broadly, beyond its use in the museum itself, this guide an excellent introduction to the decorative arts in general. Museum plans and key information guide the visitor around the museum’s new exhibition spaces.
Guide : Museum of decorative arts, Paris
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This guide follows the museum’s chronological itinerary room by room, describing key works and putting them in their historic and artistic context. Its thematic section provides a complementary insight into their uses and the techniques and major personalities that have marked the history of the decorative arts. More broadly, beyond its use in the museum itself, this guide an excellent introduction to the decorative arts in general. Museum plans and key information guide the visitor around the museum’s new exhibition spaces.
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October 2006, Paris
October 2006, Paris
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Around the year 1910, a patient at State Lunatic Asylum No. 3 in Nevada, Missouri, who referred to himself as The Electric Pencil, executed 280 drawings in ink, pencil, crayon and colored pencil. The Electric Pencil's drawings were sewn into a handmade album of fabric and leather, which shortly afterwards was lost--for a century.An essay by Lyle Rexer places the work in(...)
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Around the year 1910, a patient at State Lunatic Asylum No. 3 in Nevada, Missouri, who referred to himself as The Electric Pencil, executed 280 drawings in ink, pencil, crayon and colored pencil. The Electric Pencil's drawings were sewn into a handmade album of fabric and leather, which shortly afterwards was lost--for a century.An essay by Lyle Rexer places the work in(...)
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The Drawings of the Electric Pencil
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Around the year 1910, a patient at State Lunatic Asylum No. 3 in Nevada, Missouri, who referred to himself as The Electric Pencil, executed 280 drawings in ink, pencil, crayon and colored pencil. The Electric Pencil's drawings were sewn into a handmade album of fabric and leather, which shortly afterwards was lost--for a century.An essay by Lyle Rexer places the work in the broader context of outsider art, in which The Electric Pencil emerges as an artist of singular brilliance.
The Drawings of the Electric Pencil
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Around the year 1910, a patient at State Lunatic Asylum No. 3 in Nevada, Missouri, who referred to himself as The Electric Pencil, executed 280 drawings in ink, pencil, crayon and colored pencil. The Electric Pencil's drawings were sewn into a handmade album of fabric and leather, which shortly afterwards was lost--for a century.An essay by Lyle Rexer places the work in the broader context of outsider art, in which The Electric Pencil emerges as an artist of singular brilliance.
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March 2011
March 2011
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Carlo Scarpa: Beyond matter
Carlo Scarpa: Beyond matter
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Carlo Scarpa was one of the great masters of postwar Italian architecture. This book proposes a photographic itinerary that unfurls through Venice, Treviso, Verona and Bologna, before reaching the Dolomites. The projects featured in the book alternate between overviews and close-ups. They are all briefly introduced by a text that describes their genesis, explains the(...)
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Carlo Scarpa was one of the great masters of postwar Italian architecture. This book proposes a photographic itinerary that unfurls through Venice, Treviso, Verona and Bologna, before reaching the Dolomites. The projects featured in the book alternate between overviews and close-ups. They are all briefly introduced by a text that describes their genesis, explains the(...)
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Carlo Scarpa: Beyond matter
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Carlo Scarpa was one of the great masters of postwar Italian architecture. This book proposes a photographic itinerary that unfurls through Venice, Treviso, Verona and Bologna, before reaching the Dolomites. The projects featured in the book alternate between overviews and close-ups. They are all briefly introduced by a text that describes their genesis, explains the context in which they were made and focuses on the details that best represent Scarpa's style, with a summary and clear key to understanding the architect's work.
Carlo Scarpa: Beyond matter
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Carlo Scarpa was one of the great masters of postwar Italian architecture. This book proposes a photographic itinerary that unfurls through Venice, Treviso, Verona and Bologna, before reaching the Dolomites. The projects featured in the book alternate between overviews and close-ups. They are all briefly introduced by a text that describes their genesis, explains the context in which they were made and focuses on the details that best represent Scarpa's style, with a summary and clear key to understanding the architect's work.
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March 2021
March 2021
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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This book offers a vision of the London Underground written in the form of a ficto-historical narrative, which combines history and fiction in the creation of a set of theoretical propositions for London's subterranean transportation network. Its amateur-scholar protagonist takes the reader on a labyrinthine journey into the world of research, with sources personified and(...)
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This book offers a vision of the London Underground written in the form of a ficto-historical narrative, which combines history and fiction in the creation of a set of theoretical propositions for London's subterranean transportation network. Its amateur-scholar protagonist takes the reader on a labyrinthine journey into the world of research, with sources personified and(...)
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A ficto-historical theory of the London Underground
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This book offers a vision of the London Underground written in the form of a ficto-historical narrative, which combines history and fiction in the creation of a set of theoretical propositions for London's subterranean transportation network. Its amateur-scholar protagonist takes the reader on a labyrinthine journey into the world of research, with sources personified and their works appropriated and subverted. The book offers a model for practising writing and research in the context of architectural history and theory.
A ficto-historical theory of the London Underground
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This book offers a vision of the London Underground written in the form of a ficto-historical narrative, which combines history and fiction in the creation of a set of theoretical propositions for London's subterranean transportation network. Its amateur-scholar protagonist takes the reader on a labyrinthine journey into the world of research, with sources personified and their works appropriated and subverted. The book offers a model for practising writing and research in the context of architectural history and theory.
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January 2018
January 2018
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Critical Theory
Critical Theory
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It is only through committed confrontation with the built and social context that locality specific and therefore identity-creating buildings can be designed. The objective of this methodology textbook is to document the complexity of the design process. With essays by distinguished authors, the publication explores the complexity of the individual components of design,(...)
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It is only through committed confrontation with the built and social context that locality specific and therefore identity-creating buildings can be designed. The objective of this methodology textbook is to document the complexity of the design process. With essays by distinguished authors, the publication explores the complexity of the individual components of design,(...)
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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May 2007, Zurich
May 2007, Zurich
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From city to house: a design theory
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It is only through committed confrontation with the built and social context that locality specific and therefore identity-creating buildings can be designed. The objective of this methodology textbook is to document the complexity of the design process. With essays by distinguished authors, the publication explores the complexity of the individual components of design, and in the teaching section formulates a clearly defined, stuctured methodology for the design process- a methodology that can be used for teaching as well as in practice.
From city to house: a design theory
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It is only through committed confrontation with the built and social context that locality specific and therefore identity-creating buildings can be designed. The objective of this methodology textbook is to document the complexity of the design process. With essays by distinguished authors, the publication explores the complexity of the individual components of design, and in the teaching section formulates a clearly defined, stuctured methodology for the design process- a methodology that can be used for teaching as well as in practice.
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May 2007, Zurich
May 2007, Zurich
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Urban Theory
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Hairy Who? 1966-1969
Hairy Who? 1966-1969
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This illustrated catalogue explores the history and significance of the Hairy Who, a group of six Chicago artists who transformed imagery from popular culture into highly personal works of art in a variety of media. New scholarship based on documentary materials—including exhibition checklists, installation views, and artist-made ephemera—reconstructs the group's six(...)
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This illustrated catalogue explores the history and significance of the Hairy Who, a group of six Chicago artists who transformed imagery from popular culture into highly personal works of art in a variety of media. New scholarship based on documentary materials—including exhibition checklists, installation views, and artist-made ephemera—reconstructs the group's six(...)
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October 2018
October 2018
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Hairy Who? 1966-1969
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This illustrated catalogue explores the history and significance of the Hairy Who, a group of six Chicago artists who transformed imagery from popular culture into highly personal works of art in a variety of media. New scholarship based on documentary materials—including exhibition checklists, installation views, and artist-made ephemera—reconstructs the group's six exhibitions, held between 1966 and 1969, and offers a reassessment of the Hairy Who's idiosyncratic place within the cultural and political context of its time and place.
Hairy Who? 1966-1969
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This illustrated catalogue explores the history and significance of the Hairy Who, a group of six Chicago artists who transformed imagery from popular culture into highly personal works of art in a variety of media. New scholarship based on documentary materials—including exhibition checklists, installation views, and artist-made ephemera—reconstructs the group's six exhibitions, held between 1966 and 1969, and offers a reassessment of the Hairy Who's idiosyncratic place within the cultural and political context of its time and place.
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October 2018
October 2018
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It is highly unlikely that the big challenges posed by the current enviromental crisis may be overcome without reconciling increasingly effective technologies with the development of new ways of social life. In the face of this challenge, architecture can contribute the many valuable experiences built throughout the twentieth century. Based on this hypothesis, the(...)
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It is highly unlikely that the big challenges posed by the current enviromental crisis may be overcome without reconciling increasingly effective technologies with the development of new ways of social life. In the face of this challenge, architecture can contribute the many valuable experiences built throughout the twentieth century. Based on this hypothesis, the(...)
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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November 2015
November 2015
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The construction of climate in modern architectural culture, 1920-1980
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It is highly unlikely that the big challenges posed by the current enviromental crisis may be overcome without reconciling increasingly effective technologies with the development of new ways of social life. In the face of this challenge, architecture can contribute the many valuable experiences built throughout the twentieth century. Based on this hypothesis, the articles included in this book set out to go through some of the cultural constructions regarding the relationship between architecture and climate in the context of modernity.
The construction of climate in modern architectural culture, 1920-1980
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It is highly unlikely that the big challenges posed by the current enviromental crisis may be overcome without reconciling increasingly effective technologies with the development of new ways of social life. In the face of this challenge, architecture can contribute the many valuable experiences built throughout the twentieth century. Based on this hypothesis, the articles included in this book set out to go through some of the cultural constructions regarding the relationship between architecture and climate in the context of modernity.
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November 2015
November 2015
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Architectural Theory
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DRL TEN: A Design Research Compendium is an animated record of the first ten years of the AA's pioneering graduate design programme. It documents student projects developed by 104 design teams, the work of 25 esteemed graduates selected from a global network of 345 graduates, 27 entries to the DRL TEN Pavillon competition and projects by current DRL staff. Alongside the(...)
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DRL TEN: A Design Research Compendium is an animated record of the first ten years of the AA's pioneering graduate design programme. It documents student projects developed by 104 design teams, the work of 25 esteemed graduates selected from a global network of 345 graduates, 27 entries to the DRL TEN Pavillon competition and projects by current DRL staff. Alongside the(...)
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AADRL Documents 2, DRL ten: a design research compendium
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DRL TEN: A Design Research Compendium is an animated record of the first ten years of the AA's pioneering graduate design programme. It documents student projects developed by 104 design teams, the work of 25 esteemed graduates selected from a global network of 345 graduates, 27 entries to the DRL TEN Pavillon competition and projects by current DRL staff. Alongside the projects, a series of texts speculate on future directions for design research in the context of an evolving global architectural culture.
AADRL Documents 2, DRL ten: a design research compendium
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DRL TEN: A Design Research Compendium is an animated record of the first ten years of the AA's pioneering graduate design programme. It documents student projects developed by 104 design teams, the work of 25 esteemed graduates selected from a global network of 345 graduates, 27 entries to the DRL TEN Pavillon competition and projects by current DRL staff. Alongside the projects, a series of texts speculate on future directions for design research in the context of an evolving global architectural culture.
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February 2008, London
February 2008, London
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Architectural Theory
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The longest line on the London Underground network, the Central line opened in 1900 and has nearly quadrupled in size, now serving 49 stations and spanning 74 km (46 miles). The Central line’s sheer size presents significant challenges for personal interaction amongst its 1,408 operational staff. Artworks in the Central Line Series take the theme of ‘communication’ as a(...)
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The longest line on the London Underground network, the Central line opened in 1900 and has nearly quadrupled in size, now serving 49 stations and spanning 74 km (46 miles). The Central line’s sheer size presents significant challenges for personal interaction amongst its 1,408 operational staff. Artworks in the Central Line Series take the theme of ‘communication’ as a(...)
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August 2012
August 2012
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Central lines series: art on the underground
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The longest line on the London Underground network, the Central line opened in 1900 and has nearly quadrupled in size, now serving 49 stations and spanning 74 km (46 miles). The Central line’s sheer size presents significant challenges for personal interaction amongst its 1,408 operational staff. Artworks in the Central Line Series take the theme of ‘communication’ as a starting point to explore ideas around interaction, engagement and exchange, in the context of the Central line, and specific locations along the line.
Central lines series: art on the underground
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The longest line on the London Underground network, the Central line opened in 1900 and has nearly quadrupled in size, now serving 49 stations and spanning 74 km (46 miles). The Central line’s sheer size presents significant challenges for personal interaction amongst its 1,408 operational staff. Artworks in the Central Line Series take the theme of ‘communication’ as a starting point to explore ideas around interaction, engagement and exchange, in the context of the Central line, and specific locations along the line.
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August 2012
August 2012
