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Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world’s richest built civilizations. The nation’s architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First Emperor’s vision of city and empire, to bridges, pagodas, and the twentieth-century constructions of the Socialist state. In this book, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt presents a fully comprehensive(...)
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Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world’s richest built civilizations. The nation’s architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First Emperor’s vision of city and empire, to bridges, pagodas, and the twentieth-century constructions of the Socialist state. In this book, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt presents a fully comprehensive(...)
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Chinese architecture: a history
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Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world’s richest built civilizations. The nation’s architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First Emperor’s vision of city and empire, to bridges, pagodas, and the twentieth-century constructions of the Socialist state. In this book, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt presents a fully comprehensive survey of Chinese architecture in any language. With rich political and historical context, Steinhardt covers forty centuries of architecture, from the genesis of Chinese building through to the twenty-first century and the challenges of urban expansion and globalism.
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Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world’s richest built civilizations. The nation’s architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First Emperor’s vision of city and empire, to bridges, pagodas, and the twentieth-century constructions of the Socialist state. In this book, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt presents a fully comprehensive survey of Chinese architecture in any language. With rich political and historical context, Steinhardt covers forty centuries of architecture, from the genesis of Chinese building through to the twenty-first century and the challenges of urban expansion and globalism.
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May 2019
May 2019
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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In order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urban space, using them without on-the-ground, human impressions risks creating places that do not reflect authentic local context. "Seeing the Better City" brings our attention(...)
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In order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urban space, using them without on-the-ground, human impressions risks creating places that do not reflect authentic local context. "Seeing the Better City" brings our attention(...)
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Seeing the better city: how to explore, observe, and improve urban space
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In order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urban space, using them without on-the-ground, human impressions risks creating places that do not reflect authentic local context. "Seeing the Better City" brings our attention back to the real world right in front of us, focusing it once more on the sights, sounds, and experiences of place in order to craft policies, plans, and regulations to shape better urban environments.
Seeing the better city: how to explore, observe, and improve urban space
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In order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urban space, using them without on-the-ground, human impressions risks creating places that do not reflect authentic local context. "Seeing the Better City" brings our attention back to the real world right in front of us, focusing it once more on the sights, sounds, and experiences of place in order to craft policies, plans, and regulations to shape better urban environments.
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February 2017
February 2017
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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In recent years, former industrial buildings are increasingly becoming repurposed into modern venues for cultural expression. Factories, production halls, and even mining facilities are transformed into exhibition spaces, theatres, museums, and artist’s studios. In this issue, discover the Buda Art Centre in Kortrijk by 51N4E, OMA’s Prada Foundation Art Museum, the(...)
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In recent years, former industrial buildings are increasingly becoming repurposed into modern venues for cultural expression. Factories, production halls, and even mining facilities are transformed into exhibition spaces, theatres, museums, and artist’s studios. In this issue, discover the Buda Art Centre in Kortrijk by 51N4E, OMA’s Prada Foundation Art Museum, the(...)
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C3 375: art as the new industry
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In recent years, former industrial buildings are increasingly becoming repurposed into modern venues for cultural expression. Factories, production halls, and even mining facilities are transformed into exhibition spaces, theatres, museums, and artist’s studios. In this issue, discover the Buda Art Centre in Kortrijk by 51N4E, OMA’s Prada Foundation Art Museum, the Silesian Museum in Katowice, and more. Also in this edition, a feature that explores three ways of designing the landscape in the context of residential architecture. Highlights include houses by Alberto Campo Baeza, Kidosaki Architects Studio, Fougeron Architecture, and Cadaval & Solà-Morales.
C3 375: art as the new industry
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In recent years, former industrial buildings are increasingly becoming repurposed into modern venues for cultural expression. Factories, production halls, and even mining facilities are transformed into exhibition spaces, theatres, museums, and artist’s studios. In this issue, discover the Buda Art Centre in Kortrijk by 51N4E, OMA’s Prada Foundation Art Museum, the Silesian Museum in Katowice, and more. Also in this edition, a feature that explores three ways of designing the landscape in the context of residential architecture. Highlights include houses by Alberto Campo Baeza, Kidosaki Architects Studio, Fougeron Architecture, and Cadaval & Solà-Morales.
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March 2016
March 2016
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The city reader
The city reader
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This collection brings together the very best on the city. Classic writings by such as Robert Park, Lewis Mumford, Raymond Unwin, Jane Jacobs, Le Corbusier and Kevin Lynch meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Peter Hall, Mike Davis, Saskia Sasson, Dolores Hayden and Manuel Castells. 50 generous selections(...)
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This collection brings together the very best on the city. Classic writings by such as Robert Park, Lewis Mumford, Raymond Unwin, Jane Jacobs, Le Corbusier and Kevin Lynch meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Peter Hall, Mike Davis, Saskia Sasson, Dolores Hayden and Manuel Castells. 50 generous selections(...)
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The city reader
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This collection brings together the very best on the city. Classic writings by such as Robert Park, Lewis Mumford, Raymond Unwin, Jane Jacobs, Le Corbusier and Kevin Lynch meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Peter Hall, Mike Davis, Saskia Sasson, Dolores Hayden and Manuel Castells. 50 generous selections are included. Each piece is separately introduced with a brief intellectual biography, a review of the author's writings and related literature, and an explanation of how the piece fits into the broader context of urban theory and practice.
The city reader
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This collection brings together the very best on the city. Classic writings by such as Robert Park, Lewis Mumford, Raymond Unwin, Jane Jacobs, Le Corbusier and Kevin Lynch meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Peter Hall, Mike Davis, Saskia Sasson, Dolores Hayden and Manuel Castells. 50 generous selections are included. Each piece is separately introduced with a brief intellectual biography, a review of the author's writings and related literature, and an explanation of how the piece fits into the broader context of urban theory and practice.
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January 1900, New York
January 1900, New York
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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A wide-ranging international survey of case studies is drawn from countries with healthcare practices. The introduction is followed by three chapters that set the scene: a post-War history of the British hospital; an examination of the crucial and undervalued early inception stages of a hospital; and a revealing analysis of the changing context of the financing and(...)
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A wide-ranging international survey of case studies is drawn from countries with healthcare practices. The introduction is followed by three chapters that set the scene: a post-War history of the British hospital; an examination of the crucial and undervalued early inception stages of a hospital; and a revealing analysis of the changing context of the financing and(...)
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Changing hospital architecture
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A wide-ranging international survey of case studies is drawn from countries with healthcare practices. The introduction is followed by three chapters that set the scene: a post-War history of the British hospital; an examination of the crucial and undervalued early inception stages of a hospital; and a revealing analysis of the changing context of the financing and construction of hospitals. Four chapters present evidence from around the world, spotlighting the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia. Finally, the book closes with a speculation on the architectural form of the future hospital.
Changing hospital architecture
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A wide-ranging international survey of case studies is drawn from countries with healthcare practices. The introduction is followed by three chapters that set the scene: a post-War history of the British hospital; an examination of the crucial and undervalued early inception stages of a hospital; and a revealing analysis of the changing context of the financing and construction of hospitals. Four chapters present evidence from around the world, spotlighting the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia. Finally, the book closes with a speculation on the architectural form of the future hospital.
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October 2008
October 2008
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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Narrative Spaces is about exhibition design. It places the profession in a broad theoretical and cultural-historical context and defines a conceptual framework that brings out the dynamics of the field. Exhibitions are narrative environments in which the designer has to translate often complex and scientific objectives into an engaging spatial narrative that can comprise(...)
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Narrative Spaces is about exhibition design. It places the profession in a broad theoretical and cultural-historical context and defines a conceptual framework that brings out the dynamics of the field. Exhibitions are narrative environments in which the designer has to translate often complex and scientific objectives into an engaging spatial narrative that can comprise(...)
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Narrative spaces: on the art of exhibiton
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Narrative Spaces is about exhibition design. It places the profession in a broad theoretical and cultural-historical context and defines a conceptual framework that brings out the dynamics of the field. Exhibitions are narrative environments in which the designer has to translate often complex and scientific objectives into an engaging spatial narrative that can comprise a mix of wide-ranging media and communicational strategies. This publication defines the theatrical and scenographic principles of exhibitions as narrative space and holds out conceptual tools that can inspire a new approach to exhibition design.
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Narrative Spaces is about exhibition design. It places the profession in a broad theoretical and cultural-historical context and defines a conceptual framework that brings out the dynamics of the field. Exhibitions are narrative environments in which the designer has to translate often complex and scientific objectives into an engaging spatial narrative that can comprise a mix of wide-ranging media and communicational strategies. This publication defines the theatrical and scenographic principles of exhibitions as narrative space and holds out conceptual tools that can inspire a new approach to exhibition design.
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August 2012
August 2012
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Museums and Universal Exhibitions
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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This volume is a study of the discipline of Art History. It provides a roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of several of the most important works of art history. Each chapter – with writers including John Elderfield, Boris Groys, Susie Nash and Richard Verdi – analyses a single major book, setting out its premises and argument and mapping the intellectual(...)
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This volume is a study of the discipline of Art History. It provides a roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of several of the most important works of art history. Each chapter – with writers including John Elderfield, Boris Groys, Susie Nash and Richard Verdi – analyses a single major book, setting out its premises and argument and mapping the intellectual(...)
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The books that shaped art history : from Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss
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This volume is a study of the discipline of Art History. It provides a roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of several of the most important works of art history. Each chapter – with writers including John Elderfield, Boris Groys, Susie Nash and Richard Verdi – analyses a single major book, setting out its premises and argument and mapping the intellectual development of its author, discussing its position within the field of art history, and looking at its significance in the context both of its initial reception and its legacy.
The books that shaped art history : from Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss
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This volume is a study of the discipline of Art History. It provides a roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of several of the most important works of art history. Each chapter – with writers including John Elderfield, Boris Groys, Susie Nash and Richard Verdi – analyses a single major book, setting out its premises and argument and mapping the intellectual development of its author, discussing its position within the field of art history, and looking at its significance in the context both of its initial reception and its legacy.
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February 2013
February 2013
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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A comprehensive overview on the work of renowned London architect Tony Fretton (born 1945). After graduating from the reputable Architectural Association in 1982 Fretton opened his own architect's office. He attracted attention early on with the Lisson Gallery and the "Red House" (London). His spatial creations and their incorporation into the urban context are of subtle(...)
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A comprehensive overview on the work of renowned London architect Tony Fretton (born 1945). After graduating from the reputable Architectural Association in 1982 Fretton opened his own architect's office. He attracted attention early on with the Lisson Gallery and the "Red House" (London). His spatial creations and their incorporation into the urban context are of subtle(...)
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Tony Fretton Architects: buildings and their territories
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A comprehensive overview on the work of renowned London architect Tony Fretton (born 1945). After graduating from the reputable Architectural Association in 1982 Fretton opened his own architect's office. He attracted attention early on with the Lisson Gallery and the "Red House" (London). His spatial creations and their incorporation into the urban context are of subtle mastery. With his designs for the Camden Arts Centre, the Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark, London townhouse for the artist Anish Kapoor and the British embassy in Warsaw, Fretton has emerged as one of the most prominent contemporary architects.
Tony Fretton Architects: buildings and their territories
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A comprehensive overview on the work of renowned London architect Tony Fretton (born 1945). After graduating from the reputable Architectural Association in 1982 Fretton opened his own architect's office. He attracted attention early on with the Lisson Gallery and the "Red House" (London). His spatial creations and their incorporation into the urban context are of subtle mastery. With his designs for the Camden Arts Centre, the Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark, London townhouse for the artist Anish Kapoor and the British embassy in Warsaw, Fretton has emerged as one of the most prominent contemporary architects.
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August 2012
August 2012
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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When does an artists creation become art, and where? Does it occur in the solitary confines of an artists studio, or does it require the context of an art gallerys white cube? Studio and Cube is author Brian O'Dohertys long-awaited follow-up to his seminal 1976 essays for Artforum, republished in 1999 as Inside the White Cube : The Ideology of the Gallery Space. In Studio(...)
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When does an artists creation become art, and where? Does it occur in the solitary confines of an artists studio, or does it require the context of an art gallerys white cube? Studio and Cube is author Brian O'Dohertys long-awaited follow-up to his seminal 1976 essays for Artforum, republished in 1999 as Inside the White Cube : The Ideology of the Gallery Space. In Studio(...)
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November 2012
November 2012
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Studio and cube : on the relationship between where art is made and where art is displayed
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When does an artists creation become art, and where? Does it occur in the solitary confines of an artists studio, or does it require the context of an art gallerys white cube? Studio and Cube is author Brian O'Dohertys long-awaited follow-up to his seminal 1976 essays for Artforum, republished in 1999 as Inside the White Cube : The Ideology of the Gallery Space. In Studio and Cube, now available in paperback, O'Doherty expands his interpretation to include the artists studio, tracking the relationship between the artwork and the artist from Vermeer through late modernism.
Studio and cube : on the relationship between where art is made and where art is displayed
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When does an artists creation become art, and where? Does it occur in the solitary confines of an artists studio, or does it require the context of an art gallerys white cube? Studio and Cube is author Brian O'Dohertys long-awaited follow-up to his seminal 1976 essays for Artforum, republished in 1999 as Inside the White Cube : The Ideology of the Gallery Space. In Studio and Cube, now available in paperback, O'Doherty expands his interpretation to include the artists studio, tracking the relationship between the artwork and the artist from Vermeer through late modernism.
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November 2012
November 2012
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An array of contributors, including poets, journalists, teachers, historians, wanderers, drinkers, photographers, and foodies, offer a selection of personal and subjective readings of the city since the late ’70s. These essays chart a variety of literal and metaphorical explorations through modern and postmodern London, showing how it works, and how it fails to work; what(...)
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An array of contributors, including poets, journalists, teachers, historians, wanderers, drinkers, photographers, and foodies, offer a selection of personal and subjective readings of the city since the late ’70s. These essays chart a variety of literal and metaphorical explorations through modern and postmodern London, showing how it works, and how it fails to work; what(...)
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London from punk to Blair, second edition
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An array of contributors, including poets, journalists, teachers, historians, wanderers, drinkers, photographers, and foodies, offer a selection of personal and subjective readings of the city since the late ’70s. These essays chart a variety of literal and metaphorical explorations through modern and postmodern London, showing how it works, and how it fails to work; what makes it vibrant, and what makes it seedy. This revised edition includes a new introduction by editor Joe Kerr that brings the book up to date and gives the essays context for the post-recession world.
London from punk to Blair, second edition
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An array of contributors, including poets, journalists, teachers, historians, wanderers, drinkers, photographers, and foodies, offer a selection of personal and subjective readings of the city since the late ’70s. These essays chart a variety of literal and metaphorical explorations through modern and postmodern London, showing how it works, and how it fails to work; what makes it vibrant, and what makes it seedy. This revised edition includes a new introduction by editor Joe Kerr that brings the book up to date and gives the essays context for the post-recession world.
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January 2013
January 2013
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
