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Conversion, adaptation, reuse - these techniques are as old as construction itself. However, since the industrialization of the building industry and the emergence of modernism in architecture, newly constructed buildings have dominated our idea of good and progressive architecture. For decades, conversion did not play a significant role in architectural practice. Today,(...)
August 2020
Umbaukultur: The architecture of altering
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Conversion, adaptation, reuse - these techniques are as old as construction itself. However, since the industrialization of the building industry and the emergence of modernism in architecture, newly constructed buildings have dominated our idea of good and progressive architecture. For decades, conversion did not play a significant role in architectural practice. Today, things have changed. The industrialization of the construction industry has led to environmental degradation, and the reform potential of modernism has been exhausted. Consequently, the existing building stock is one of the resources - perhaps even the most important resource - for the transformation of our cities. Against this backdrop, the architecture of conversion has made an unexpected comeback. Young architects in particular are providing surprising answers to the environmental and social questions of our time with their conversion projects.
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Les jeux Olympiques se sont déroulés en France à cinq reprises au cours du XXe siècle, nécessitant la construction et l'aménagement d'infrastructures appropriées : stades, piscines, hippodromes ou encore domaines skiables. Les auteurs étudient la place et l'influence de l'olympisme dans l'architecture française.
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August 2024
Architecture Olympiques en France 1900-2024
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Les jeux Olympiques se sont déroulés en France à cinq reprises au cours du XXe siècle, nécessitant la construction et l'aménagement d'infrastructures appropriées : stades, piscines, hippodromes ou encore domaines skiables. Les auteurs étudient la place et l'influence de l'olympisme dans l'architecture française.
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La "cave", édifice dédié à toutes les étapes de la production du vin, depuis l'arrivée du raisin jusqu'au conditionnement des fûts et des bouteilles, est un thème architectural auquel n'ont pas manqué de se confronter les plus grands architectes du monde entier. Premier ouvrage en français consacré à une typologie architecturale aussi actuelle que stimulante, Caves(...)
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November 2004, Arles
Caves : architectures du vin 1990-2005
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La "cave", édifice dédié à toutes les étapes de la production du vin, depuis l'arrivée du raisin jusqu'au conditionnement des fûts et des bouteilles, est un thème architectural auquel n'ont pas manqué de se confronter les plus grands architectes du monde entier. Premier ouvrage en français consacré à une typologie architecturale aussi actuelle que stimulante, Caves présente quelques unes des plus récentes réalisations, ainsi que quelques projets en cours de construction, tous commandés pour des producteurs prestigieux.
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This guide delves into the subject of "Transformation:light", be it natural or artificial, and how it is being used by architects, interior designers, and lighting designers to revitalize structures. Packed with individual case studies and hundreds of photos, "Transformation : light" features a diverse array of projects from around the world, including examples from such(...)
Materials and Lighting
June 2001, Cran-Près-Céligny
Transformation : light - re-interpreting architecture
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This guide delves into the subject of "Transformation:light", be it natural or artificial, and how it is being used by architects, interior designers, and lighting designers to revitalize structures. Packed with individual case studies and hundreds of photos, "Transformation : light" features a diverse array of projects from around the world, including examples from such renowned "lighting architects" as England's Jonathan Speirs, Germany's Ingo Maurer, and Japan's Motoko Ishii.
Materials and Lighting
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In recent years metal as a construction material has been experiencing a renaissance. Its diverse qualities and versatility mean that it is an ideal material for many different applications. Gone are the days when metal was only used for the roofing and facades of industrial sheds. In the meantime architecture and industry have discovered its aesthetic qualities, using(...)
Materials and Lighting
October 2003, Basel
Metal architecture design and construction
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In recent years metal as a construction material has been experiencing a renaissance. Its diverse qualities and versatility mean that it is an ideal material for many different applications. Gone are the days when metal was only used for the roofing and facades of industrial sheds. In the meantime architecture and industry have discovered its aesthetic qualities, using it to cover theatres, museums, and exhibition buildings with shimmering layers of copper and titanium. It enables extravagant forms to be constructed, and even in low-cost, prefabricated buildings, metal can be used in new and interesting ways. It has become an integral factor in creating intelligent architectural solutions which meet the requirements of clients, investors and architects. ”Metal architecture” documents some 21 international projects which show not only the creative elements but also the economic advantages of metal. Of particular note are the Drive-Inn Restaurant in Slovenia, loft apartments in Los Angeles, and the harbour control tower in Lisbon.
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October 2003, Basel
Materials and Lighting
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"Ornament is crime" is a celebration and a thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architecture. The book proposes that modernism need no longer be confined by traditional definitions, and can be seen in both the iconic works of the modernist canon by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Walter Gropius, as well as in the work of some of the best contemporary architects(...)
Ornament is crime: modernist architecture
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"Ornament is crime" is a celebration and a thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architecture. The book proposes that modernism need no longer be confined by traditional definitions, and can be seen in both the iconic works of the modernist canon by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Walter Gropius, as well as in the work of some of the best contemporary architects of the twenty-first century. This book is a visual manifesto and a celebration of the most important architectural movement in modern history.
Modernism
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In 2003, famous Italian photographer Guido Guidi created a series documenting a selection buildings by Le Corbusier in France. The project is collected in this publication, showing a wide range of photographs never published before. Guido Guidi (b. 1941 in Cesena, Italy) has been pioneering Italian landscape and architectural photography for more than half a century. This(...)
Guido Guidi: Le Corbusier, 5 architectures
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In 2003, famous Italian photographer Guido Guidi created a series documenting a selection buildings by Le Corbusier in France. The project is collected in this publication, showing a wide range of photographs never published before. Guido Guidi (b. 1941 in Cesena, Italy) has been pioneering Italian landscape and architectural photography for more than half a century. This series is a prime example of appreciation of ''constructed landscapes.'' In what became a very personal project for the artist, he chose some of Le Corbusier's less well known edifices: the Maison la Roche (completed in 1925), the Maison Planeix (1928), the Villa Savoye (1931), the French Salvation Army's Cité de Refuge (1933), and the factory building Usine Duval (1951).
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Cet ouvrage propose une réinterprétation inédite de l'architecture de la fin du 19e et de l'ensemble du 20e siècle, selon une méthode privilégiant l'analyse de la structure, du revêtement et des matériaux, ainsi que celle de l'influence, tant en termes de conception que de mise en œuvre, des principes formulés par Viollet-le-Duc et Semper. Richement illustré, ce livre(...)
Histoire de l'architecture moderne : structure et revêtement
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Cet ouvrage propose une réinterprétation inédite de l'architecture de la fin du 19e et de l'ensemble du 20e siècle, selon une méthode privilégiant l'analyse de la structure, du revêtement et des matériaux, ainsi que celle de l'influence, tant en termes de conception que de mise en œuvre, des principes formulés par Viollet-le-Duc et Semper. Richement illustré, ce livre offre au lecteur une nouvelle manière de " voir " l'architecture. Rédigé par deux grands spécialistes du domaine et organisé selon une corrélation continue entre textes et images, il constitue une solide référence didactique pour les étudiants et les chercheurs en architecture.
Modernism
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Architects Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos have developed a unique form of experimental architecture that reinvigorates its strength as an agent of political and societal change. Ambiguous Spaces, the newest installment in the Pamphlet Architecture series and a return to Pamphlet’s own progressive roots, features the architectural fictions "The Pregnant Island"(...)
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November 2008, New York
Pamphlet Architecture 29: ambiguous spaces
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Architects Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos have developed a unique form of experimental architecture that reinvigorates its strength as an agent of political and societal change. Ambiguous Spaces, the newest installment in the Pamphlet Architecture series and a return to Pamphlet’s own progressive roots, features the architectural fictions "The Pregnant Island" and "Nuclear Breeding." These two projects develop alternative urban concepts that address the challenges presented by the specific situations and social dynamics described in controversial locations such as the Brazilian Tucurui dam, the Three Gorges dam in China, and former English nuclear test sites.
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Psycho Buildings: Artists and Architecture marks the fortieth anniversary of London's Hayward gallery--itself an architectural icon, and one of the few remaining examples of the 1960s Brutalist style. The exhibition brings together the work of artists--including Atelier Bow-Wow, Michael Beutler, Los Carpinteros, Gelitin, Mike Nelson, Ernesto Neto, Tobias Putrih, Tomas(...)
August 2008, London
Psycho Buildings: Artists Take On Architecture
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Psycho Buildings: Artists and Architecture marks the fortieth anniversary of London's Hayward gallery--itself an architectural icon, and one of the few remaining examples of the 1960s Brutalist style. The exhibition brings together the work of artists--including Atelier Bow-Wow, Michael Beutler, Los Carpinteros, Gelitin, Mike Nelson, Ernesto Neto, Tobias Putrih, Tomas Saraceno, Do-Ho Suh and Rachel Whiteread--who create habitat-like structures and architectural environments that are mental and perceptual spaces as much as physical ones. The works in this book revisit and reanimate the history of Modernist design while reminding us that built spaces can be defined in social, political, psychological, physical and aesthetic terms. An invaluable exploration of this contemporary trend, the volume includes essays by Hayward Director Ralph Rugoff, Jane Rendell and Brian Dillon. In addition, each artist profile includes a text by a different author, including Francis McKee, Tumelo Mosaka, Midori Matsui, Brian Dillon, Paulo Herkenhoff, David Greene, Francesco Manacorda, Tom Morton, Miwon Kwon and Iain Sinclair.