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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(...)
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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October 2002
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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,(...)
Urban Theory
May 2007, Zurich
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.
Urban 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(...)
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.
Architectural Theory
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(...)
October 2018
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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Can art be used as an effective means for change or resistance against hegemonic power? What shape should such art assume? And in which context can it be used effectively to develop political relevance? This volume offers a broad spectrum of responses, both from the arts and in essays. The contributions range from the 1960’s to the present day. The themes include the(...)
Kunst+ politik, art + politics
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Can art be used as an effective means for change or resistance against hegemonic power? What shape should such art assume? And in which context can it be used effectively to develop political relevance? This volume offers a broad spectrum of responses, both from the arts and in essays. The contributions range from the 1960’s to the present day. The themes include the after effects of the holocaust, the Hungarian uprising, the nuclear threat and alienation as well as migration.
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Homa Farjadi's recent work reveals a consistent, reflective grasp on the role of design in shaping public space within our changing cities. In these projects, there is a sense of public space where citizens or users of the sites construct their own spaces while experiencing them. These architectures and landscapes incorporate spatial vectors, tensions, lines of flow, all(...)
Sense formations Farjadi architects
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Homa Farjadi's recent work reveals a consistent, reflective grasp on the role of design in shaping public space within our changing cities. In these projects, there is a sense of public space where citizens or users of the sites construct their own spaces while experiencing them. These architectures and landscapes incorporate spatial vectors, tensions, lines of flow, all interwoven within the historic and current urban context, resulting in design that appears as a still snapshot within a complex system of movement.
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December 2008
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Focus way of life : Baden-Württemberg international design award 2002 and Mia Seeger prize 2002
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For the first time, the "Focus" title has been extented to include both the Baden-Württemberg international design award for professional designers and manufacturers and the Mia Seeger prize for up-and-coming talent. "Focus way of life" is this year topic. In this context, the competition singles out forward-looking, outstanding design work from the following fields :(...)
Focus way of life : Baden-Württemberg international design award 2002 and Mia Seeger prize 2002
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For the first time, the "Focus" title has been extented to include both the Baden-Württemberg international design award for professional designers and manufacturers and the Mia Seeger prize for up-and-coming talent. "Focus way of life" is this year topic. In this context, the competition singles out forward-looking, outstanding design work from the following fields : living, kithchen, bathroom, houdehold. outdoor, sport, games, wellness, leisure, equipment for offices and business premisses, accessories. lighting, transport, traffic, communication, information, photography, and optical instruments.
Interior Design
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'Resource architecture' - under this theme architects and other planners in co-operation with representatives of further disciplines will discuss the responsibility they bear when designing our environment and the ability they have to promote sustainable building in an international context. This report shows the results of the UIA Student Competition, which was held on(...)
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
July 2002, Basel
Resource architecture - Student competition : projects for the 21st century
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'Resource architecture' - under this theme architects and other planners in co-operation with representatives of further disciplines will discuss the responsibility they bear when designing our environment and the ability they have to promote sustainable building in an international context. This report shows the results of the UIA Student Competition, which was held on the occasion of the XXI World Congress of Architecture UIA Berlin 2002 and provides ideas and perspectives that indicate potential developments interconnecting and 'meshing' inner-city wastelands.
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Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as(...)
Adaptive reuse in architecture: A typological iIndex
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Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.
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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 : 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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