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Since Greek antiquity the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body’s physical,(...)
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Since Greek antiquity the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body’s physical,(...)
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November 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
November 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
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Body and building : essays on the changing relation of body and architecture
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Since Greek antiquity the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body’s physical, psychological, and spiritual needs and pleasures. Topics include Greek temples; the churches of Tadao Ando in Japan; Renaissance fortresses and paintings; the body, space, and dwelling in Wright’s and Schindler’s houses in North America; the corporeal dimension of Carlo Scarpa’s landscapes and gardens; theory from Vitruvius to the Renaissance and Enlightenment; and Freudian psychoanalysis. The essays are framed by an appreciation of architectural historian and theorist Joseph Rykwert’s influential work on the subject. Written for a symposium in honour of Joseph Rykwert held in March 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Since Greek antiquity the human body has been regarded as a microcosm of universal harmony. In this book an international group of architects, architectural historians, and theorists examines the relation of the human body and architecture. The essays view well-known buildings, texts, paintings, ornaments, and landscapes from the perspective of the body’s physical, psychological, and spiritual needs and pleasures. Topics include Greek temples; the churches of Tadao Ando in Japan; Renaissance fortresses and paintings; the body, space, and dwelling in Wright’s and Schindler’s houses in North America; the corporeal dimension of Carlo Scarpa’s landscapes and gardens; theory from Vitruvius to the Renaissance and Enlightenment; and Freudian psychoanalysis. The essays are framed by an appreciation of architectural historian and theorist Joseph Rykwert’s influential work on the subject. Written for a symposium in honour of Joseph Rykwert held in March 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania.
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November 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
November 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
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One of the most famous books in the world, the ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,'' read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first published in English by Thames & Hudson in 1999. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for(...)
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One of the most famous books in the world, the ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,'' read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first published in English by Thames & Hudson in 1999. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for(...)
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Hypnerotomachia poliphili : the strife of love in a dream
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One of the most famous books in the world, the ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,'' read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first published in English by Thames & Hudson in 1999. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed by architecture, landscape, and costume- it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed- and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens. In 1592 an attempt was made to produce an English version but the translator gave up. The task has been triumphantly accomplished by Joscelyn Godwin, who succeeds in reproducing all its wayward charm and arcane learning in language accessible to the modern reader.
Hypnerotomachia poliphili : the strife of love in a dream
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One of the most famous books in the world, the ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,'' read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first published in English by Thames & Hudson in 1999. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed by architecture, landscape, and costume- it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed- and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens. In 1592 an attempt was made to produce an English version but the translator gave up. The task has been triumphantly accomplished by Joscelyn Godwin, who succeeds in reproducing all its wayward charm and arcane learning in language accessible to the modern reader.
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May 2003, New York
May 2003, New York
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History until 1900, Middle Ages
History until 1900, Middle Ages
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Enoncées il y a vingt siècles puis réactualisées à la Renaissance, les catégories de Vitruve, reformulées par Alberti, se présentent comme des cadres mentaux propres à l'architecture occidentale, suffisamment souples pour intégrer les expériences accumulées dans son histoire, et ouvertes aux évolutions de chaque époque comme aux apports des architectes qui ont marqué leur(...)
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Enoncées il y a vingt siècles puis réactualisées à la Renaissance, les catégories de Vitruve, reformulées par Alberti, se présentent comme des cadres mentaux propres à l'architecture occidentale, suffisamment souples pour intégrer les expériences accumulées dans son histoire, et ouvertes aux évolutions de chaque époque comme aux apports des architectes qui ont marqué leur(...)
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Architecture, t.07 : mettre en forme et composer (planches)
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Enoncées il y a vingt siècles puis réactualisées à la Renaissance, les catégories de Vitruve, reformulées par Alberti, se présentent comme des cadres mentaux propres à l'architecture occidentale, suffisamment souples pour intégrer les expériences accumulées dans son histoire, et ouvertes aux évolutions de chaque époque comme aux apports des architectes qui ont marqué leur temps de façon significative.
Architecture, t.07 : mettre en forme et composer (planches)
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Enoncées il y a vingt siècles puis réactualisées à la Renaissance, les catégories de Vitruve, reformulées par Alberti, se présentent comme des cadres mentaux propres à l'architecture occidentale, suffisamment souples pour intégrer les expériences accumulées dans son histoire, et ouvertes aux évolutions de chaque époque comme aux apports des architectes qui ont marqué leur temps de façon significative.
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January 2019
January 2019
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Publié pour la première fois en 1933, cet essai développe l'idée que l'architecture de la période révolutionnaire constitue une rupture avec la tradition issue de la Renaissance. E. Kaufmann souligne le passage au cours de cette période d'une architecture hétéronome à une architecture autonome qui se traduit par l'indépendance des parties de l'édifice et des édifices entre eux.
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Publié pour la première fois en 1933, cet essai développe l'idée que l'architecture de la période révolutionnaire constitue une rupture avec la tradition issue de la Renaissance. E. Kaufmann souligne le passage au cours de cette période d'une architecture hétéronome à une architecture autonome qui se traduit par l'indépendance des parties de l'édifice et des édifices entre eux.
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De Ledoux à Le Corbusier: origine et développement de l'architecture autonome
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Publié pour la première fois en 1933, cet essai développe l'idée que l'architecture de la période révolutionnaire constitue une rupture avec la tradition issue de la Renaissance. E. Kaufmann souligne le passage au cours de cette période d'une architecture hétéronome à une architecture autonome qui se traduit par l'indépendance des parties de l'édifice et des édifices entre eux.
De Ledoux à Le Corbusier: origine et développement de l'architecture autonome
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Publié pour la première fois en 1933, cet essai développe l'idée que l'architecture de la période révolutionnaire constitue une rupture avec la tradition issue de la Renaissance. E. Kaufmann souligne le passage au cours de cette période d'une architecture hétéronome à une architecture autonome qui se traduit par l'indépendance des parties de l'édifice et des édifices entre eux.
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April 2014
April 2014
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Architecture Monographs
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Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance, classiques envolées ou délires baroques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, grandioses escaliers d'apparat du XIXe siècle, fastes de l'Art nouveau, sensualité du Modernisme catalan, froids escaliers du Bauhaus, escaliers high-tech, créations oniriques urbaines contemporaines, art conceptuel..., les escaliers demeurent l'un des signes(...)
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Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance, classiques envolées ou délires baroques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, grandioses escaliers d'apparat du XIXe siècle, fastes de l'Art nouveau, sensualité du Modernisme catalan, froids escaliers du Bauhaus, escaliers high-tech, créations oniriques urbaines contemporaines, art conceptuel..., les escaliers demeurent l'un des signes(...)
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L'escalier, un parcours dénivelé
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Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance, classiques envolées ou délires baroques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, grandioses escaliers d'apparat du XIXe siècle, fastes de l'Art nouveau, sensualité du Modernisme catalan, froids escaliers du Bauhaus, escaliers high-tech, créations oniriques urbaines contemporaines, art conceptuel..., les escaliers demeurent l'un des signes emblématiques de l'innovation technologique et artistique des temps nouveaux.
L'escalier, un parcours dénivelé
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Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance, classiques envolées ou délires baroques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, grandioses escaliers d'apparat du XIXe siècle, fastes de l'Art nouveau, sensualité du Modernisme catalan, froids escaliers du Bauhaus, escaliers high-tech, créations oniriques urbaines contemporaines, art conceptuel..., les escaliers demeurent l'un des signes emblématiques de l'innovation technologique et artistique des temps nouveaux.
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April 2013
April 2013
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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Edifiée entre 1282 et 1380 pour opposer simplicité et force à l'hérésie albigeoise, cette cathédrale prêchait le retour à la modestie des premiers temps chrétiens contre la décadence de l'Eglise de Rome. A l'intérieur, le décor est, par contre, d'une exceptionnelle richesse : un grand Jugement dernier peint entre 1473 et 1502 et des peintures datant de la Renaissance italienne.
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Edifiée entre 1282 et 1380 pour opposer simplicité et force à l'hérésie albigeoise, cette cathédrale prêchait le retour à la modestie des premiers temps chrétiens contre la décadence de l'Eglise de Rome. A l'intérieur, le décor est, par contre, d'une exceptionnelle richesse : un grand Jugement dernier peint entre 1473 et 1502 et des peintures datant de la Renaissance italienne.
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Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi
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Edifiée entre 1282 et 1380 pour opposer simplicité et force à l'hérésie albigeoise, cette cathédrale prêchait le retour à la modestie des premiers temps chrétiens contre la décadence de l'Eglise de Rome. A l'intérieur, le décor est, par contre, d'une exceptionnelle richesse : un grand Jugement dernier peint entre 1473 et 1502 et des peintures datant de la Renaissance italienne.
Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi
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Edifiée entre 1282 et 1380 pour opposer simplicité et force à l'hérésie albigeoise, cette cathédrale prêchait le retour à la modestie des premiers temps chrétiens contre la décadence de l'Eglise de Rome. A l'intérieur, le décor est, par contre, d'une exceptionnelle richesse : un grand Jugement dernier peint entre 1473 et 1502 et des peintures datant de la Renaissance italienne.
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May 2013
May 2013
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History until 1900
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This illustrated book covers the entire history of the grotesque in European art, from its Roman origins through the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. It illuminates how grotesque decoration was transformed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries into arabesque, chinoiserie, and singeries, and how it continued in the nineteenth century, leading eventually to(...)
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This illustrated book covers the entire history of the grotesque in European art, from its Roman origins through the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. It illuminates how grotesque decoration was transformed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries into arabesque, chinoiserie, and singeries, and how it continued in the nineteenth century, leading eventually to(...)
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Ornament and the grotesque: fantastical decoration from Antiquity to Art Nouveau
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This illustrated book covers the entire history of the grotesque in European art, from its Roman origins through the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. It illuminates how grotesque decoration was transformed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries into arabesque, chinoiserie, and singeries, and how it continued in the nineteenth century, leading eventually to Art Nouveau. 250 color illustrations.
Ornament and the grotesque: fantastical decoration from Antiquity to Art Nouveau
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This illustrated book covers the entire history of the grotesque in European art, from its Roman origins through the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. It illuminates how grotesque decoration was transformed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries into arabesque, chinoiserie, and singeries, and how it continued in the nineteenth century, leading eventually to Art Nouveau. 250 color illustrations.
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September 2008, New York
September 2008, New York
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Interior Design
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In this publication, Daniel Purdy surveys the volatile state of architectural theory in the Enlightenment, brought on by the newly emerged scientific critiques of Renaissance cosmology, then shows how German writers redeployed Renaissance terminology so that "harmony," "unity," "synthesis," "foundation," and "orderliness" became states of consciousness, rather than(...)
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In this publication, Daniel Purdy surveys the volatile state of architectural theory in the Enlightenment, brought on by the newly emerged scientific critiques of Renaissance cosmology, then shows how German writers redeployed Renaissance terminology so that "harmony," "unity," "synthesis," "foundation," and "orderliness" became states of consciousness, rather than(...)
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On the ruins of Babel : architectural metaphor in German thought
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In this publication, Daniel Purdy surveys the volatile state of architectural theory in the Enlightenment, brought on by the newly emerged scientific critiques of Renaissance cosmology, then shows how German writers redeployed Renaissance terminology so that "harmony," "unity," "synthesis," "foundation," and "orderliness" became states of consciousness, rather than terms used to describe the built world. Purdy's distinctly new interpretation of German theory reveals how metaphors constitute interior life as an architectural space to be designed, constructed, renovated, or demolished. He elucidates the close affinity between Hegel's Romantic aesthetic of space and Daniel Libeskind's deconstruction of monumental architecture in Berlin's Jewish Museum. Through a careful reading of Walter Benjamin's writing on architecture as myth, Purdy details how classical architecture shaped Benjamin's modernist interpretations of urban life, particularly his elaboration on Freud's archaeology of the unconscious. Benjamin's essays on dreams and architecture turn the individualist sensibility of the Enlightenment into a collective and mythic identification between humans and buildings.
On the ruins of Babel : architectural metaphor in German thought
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In this publication, Daniel Purdy surveys the volatile state of architectural theory in the Enlightenment, brought on by the newly emerged scientific critiques of Renaissance cosmology, then shows how German writers redeployed Renaissance terminology so that "harmony," "unity," "synthesis," "foundation," and "orderliness" became states of consciousness, rather than terms used to describe the built world. Purdy's distinctly new interpretation of German theory reveals how metaphors constitute interior life as an architectural space to be designed, constructed, renovated, or demolished. He elucidates the close affinity between Hegel's Romantic aesthetic of space and Daniel Libeskind's deconstruction of monumental architecture in Berlin's Jewish Museum. Through a careful reading of Walter Benjamin's writing on architecture as myth, Purdy details how classical architecture shaped Benjamin's modernist interpretations of urban life, particularly his elaboration on Freud's archaeology of the unconscious. Benjamin's essays on dreams and architecture turn the individualist sensibility of the Enlightenment into a collective and mythic identification between humans and buildings.
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December 2010
December 2010
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Architectural Theory
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In "Picturing Space, Displacing Bodies", Lyle Massey argues that we can only learn how and why certain kinds of spatial representation prevailed over others by carefully considering how Renaissance artists and theorists interpreted perspective. Combining detailed historical studies with broad theoretical and philosophical investigations, this book challenges basic(...)
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In "Picturing Space, Displacing Bodies", Lyle Massey argues that we can only learn how and why certain kinds of spatial representation prevailed over others by carefully considering how Renaissance artists and theorists interpreted perspective. Combining detailed historical studies with broad theoretical and philosophical investigations, this book challenges basic(...)
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Picturing space, displacing bodies: anamorphosis in early modern theories of perspective
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In "Picturing Space, Displacing Bodies", Lyle Massey argues that we can only learn how and why certain kinds of spatial representation prevailed over others by carefully considering how Renaissance artists and theorists interpreted perspective. Combining detailed historical studies with broad theoretical and philosophical investigations, this book challenges basic assumptions about the way early modern artists and theorists represented their relationship to the visible world and how they understood these representations. By analyzing technical feats such as anamorphosis (the perspectival distortion of an object to make it viewable only from a certain angle), drawing machines, and printed diagrams, each chapter highlights the moments when perspective theorists failed to unite a singular, ideal viewpoint with the artist’s or viewer’s viewpoint or were unsuccessful at conjoining fictive and lived space. Showing how these “failures” were subsequently incorporated rather than rejected by perspective theorists, the book presents an important reassessment of the standard view of Renaissance perspective.
Picturing space, displacing bodies: anamorphosis in early modern theories of perspective
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In "Picturing Space, Displacing Bodies", Lyle Massey argues that we can only learn how and why certain kinds of spatial representation prevailed over others by carefully considering how Renaissance artists and theorists interpreted perspective. Combining detailed historical studies with broad theoretical and philosophical investigations, this book challenges basic assumptions about the way early modern artists and theorists represented their relationship to the visible world and how they understood these representations. By analyzing technical feats such as anamorphosis (the perspectival distortion of an object to make it viewable only from a certain angle), drawing machines, and printed diagrams, each chapter highlights the moments when perspective theorists failed to unite a singular, ideal viewpoint with the artist’s or viewer’s viewpoint or were unsuccessful at conjoining fictive and lived space. Showing how these “failures” were subsequently incorporated rather than rejected by perspective theorists, the book presents an important reassessment of the standard view of Renaissance perspective.
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January 2016
January 2016
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Browning highlights architecture’s best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering’s Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Bauhaus practitioners Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed’s mirage-like House of Earth and Light in(...)
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Browning highlights architecture’s best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering’s Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Bauhaus practitioners Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed’s mirage-like House of Earth and Light in(...)
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Living architecture: Greatest American houses of the 20th Century
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Browning highlights architecture’s best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering’s Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Bauhaus practitioners Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed’s mirage-like House of Earth and Light in the Southwest desert.
Living architecture: Greatest American houses of the 20th Century
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Browning highlights architecture’s best in a range of styles and eras—from James Deering’s Vizcaya, his 1916 Italian Renaissance–inspired villa in Miami, to postwar marvels by Bauhaus practitioners Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Farnsworth House) and Marcel Breuer (Hooper House II), to more recent constructions, such as Marwan Al-Sayed’s mirage-like House of Earth and Light in the Southwest desert.
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October 2010
October 2010
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Residential Architecture
Residential Architecture
