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In the first decades of the twentieth century, Marseille was a booming Mediterranean port. Positioned at the very edge of France, the city functioned as a critical fulcrum between the metropolitan center and its overseas empire. A notoriously dangerous and cosmopolitan city, Marseille became the focus of the extraordinary energies of some of the most remarkable architects(...)
Mediterranean crossroads: Marseille and Modern architecture
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In the first decades of the twentieth century, Marseille was a booming Mediterranean port. Positioned at the very edge of France, the city functioned as a critical fulcrum between the metropolitan center and its overseas empire. A notoriously dangerous and cosmopolitan city, Marseille became the focus of the extraordinary energies of some of the most remarkable architects and theorists of urban modernity. Drawing together architects, photographers, and cultural theorists, including Le Corbusier, Sigfried Giedion, Walter Benjamin, and László Moholy-Nagy, Mediterranean Crossroads examines how mythic ideas about Marseille helped to shape its urban landscape. Tracing successive planning proposals in tandem with shifting representations of the city in photographs, film, guidebooks, and postcards, Sheila Crane reconstructs the history and politics of architecture in Marseille from the 1920s through the years of rebuilding after World War II.
Urban Theory
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In the last decade, 200 million people have been affected by natural disasters and hazards, most in the developing world, where billions of dollars in aid are absorbed annually by climatic and geologic crises. Those in the developed world are not immune, as extreme temperatures, intense heat waves, increased flooding and droughts expose vast numbers of people to the(...)
Beyond Shelter: architecture and human dignity
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In the last decade, 200 million people have been affected by natural disasters and hazards, most in the developing world, where billions of dollars in aid are absorbed annually by climatic and geologic crises. Those in the developed world are not immune, as extreme temperatures, intense heat waves, increased flooding and droughts expose vast numbers of people to the experience of the eco-refugee. Beyond Shelter is a call to action. It features 20 generously illustrated reports from the field, written by the founders of some of the world's most provocative architecture and engineering firms (Arup, Estudio Teddy Cruz, Urban Think Tank); and leaders of such prominent organizations as the Red Cross, UN-Habitat and the World Wildlife Fund.
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Constructing the Ineffable examines the construction of houses of worship across continents and from the perspective of multiple faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Baha'i. It addresses how sacred buildings such as churches, mosques, synagogues, and memorials are viewed in the context of contemporary architecture and religious practice. Featuring more(...)
Constructing the ineffable: Contemporary sacred architecture
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Constructing the Ineffable examines the construction of houses of worship across continents and from the perspective of multiple faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Baha'i. It addresses how sacred buildings such as churches, mosques, synagogues, and memorials are viewed in the context of contemporary architecture and religious practice. Featuring more than a dozen essays by a broad range of leading international architects, historians, and theologians, this book offers a fundamental exploration of defining and understanding contemporary sacred spaces.It also invites readers to consider the powerful influence of religion on civic life and to discuss the role that design and construction play in religious buildings.
Commercial interiors, Building types
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Cet ouvrage aborde les textiles techniques en trois parties : dans le premier chapitre, il s'agit de présenter le matériau, ainsi que ses propriétés spécifiques; le deuxième chapitre traite de ses utilisations dans les domaines de l'architecture, des façades textiles, de la protection solaire et de l'architecture d'intérieur. Le troisième chapitre illustre les différents(...)
Matériaux, composites souples : en architecture, construction et intérieurs
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Cet ouvrage aborde les textiles techniques en trois parties : dans le premier chapitre, il s'agit de présenter le matériau, ainsi que ses propriétés spécifiques; le deuxième chapitre traite de ses utilisations dans les domaines de l'architecture, des façades textiles, de la protection solaire et de l'architecture d'intérieur. Le troisième chapitre illustre les différents domaines d'application avec une sélection de vingt-quatre projets réalisés à l'international.
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A full-color visual guide, this walking companion showcases 200 buildings constructed since the new millennium.
Guide to contemporary New York city architecture
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A full-color visual guide, this walking companion showcases 200 buildings constructed since the new millennium.
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City Guides
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Alors que l'architecture religieuse a déjà fait l'objet d'une multitude d'essais et de guides, l'ornementation florale et sa symbolique, à la différence des représentations de scènes bibliques, reste un domaine très rarement étudié. Au-delà de son aspect ornemental et de sa valeur artistique, l'art floral inscrit dans la pierre peut avoir de nombreuses significations.
La flore des cathédrales: le symbolisme floral dans l'architecture religieuse
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Alors que l'architecture religieuse a déjà fait l'objet d'une multitude d'essais et de guides, l'ornementation florale et sa symbolique, à la différence des représentations de scènes bibliques, reste un domaine très rarement étudié. Au-delà de son aspect ornemental et de sa valeur artistique, l'art floral inscrit dans la pierre peut avoir de nombreuses significations.
History until 1900
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As the 21st Century unfolds, Toward a Culture of Wood Architecture argues that by revitalizing our wood building tradition we can create new synergies between the natural and the built worlds, distribute both social and economic benefits, and contribute to the mitigation of climate change.
Toward a culture of wood architecture
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As the 21st Century unfolds, Toward a Culture of Wood Architecture argues that by revitalizing our wood building tradition we can create new synergies between the natural and the built worlds, distribute both social and economic benefits, and contribute to the mitigation of climate change.
Timber Construction
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From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman unravels Israel's mechanisms of control and its transformation of Palestinian towns, villages and roads into an artifice where all natural and built features serve military ends. Weizman traces the development of this strategy, from the influence of archaeology on urban(...)
Hollow land: Israel's architecture of occupation
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From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman unravels Israel's mechanisms of control and its transformation of Palestinian towns, villages and roads into an artifice where all natural and built features serve military ends. Weizman traces the development of this strategy, from the influence of archaeology on urban planning, Ariel Sharon's reconceptualization of military defence during the 1973 war, through the planning and architecture of the settlements, to the contemporary Israeli discourse and practice of urban warfare and airborne targeted assassinations. Hollow Land lays bare the political system at the heart of this complex and terrifying project of late-modern colonial occupation.
Arch Middle East
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This publication offers the first comprehensive study in English of Baldassare Longhena (1598–1682), the indispensable architect of the Venetian Baroque. While Longhena's legacy is most visible in his iconic Madonna della Salute, the 17th-century basilica devoted to the Virgin Mary in gratitude for Venice's deliverance from the plague, and in the Pesaro and Rezzonico(...)
Baldessare Longhena and Venetian Baroque architecture
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This publication offers the first comprehensive study in English of Baldassare Longhena (1598–1682), the indispensable architect of the Venetian Baroque. While Longhena's legacy is most visible in his iconic Madonna della Salute, the 17th-century basilica devoted to the Virgin Mary in gratitude for Venice's deliverance from the plague, and in the Pesaro and Rezzonico palaces along the Grand Canal, he created a plethora of other works over the course of a career that spanned half a century. Andrew Hopkins's thought-provoking text considers the full span of Longhena's illustrious career, from his monumental staircases and libraries to the palaces commissioned by private patrons and his projects for Venice's Greek and Jewish communities. This lively account is accompanied by more than sixty color and 300 black-and-white photographs commissioned especially for the book. A complete list of Longhena's work is included in an appendix.
History until 1900, Renaissance
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Tree Gardens focuses on what author Gina Crandell calls the "largest living architectural structures," masses of trees that form expressive spaces on sites all over the world. Each case study, from the grand park at Versailles, to New York City's 9/11 Memorial Forest, explains how the scale, context, species, and spacing of trees on a particular site establish its(...)
Tree gardens: architecture and the forest
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Tree Gardens focuses on what author Gina Crandell calls the "largest living architectural structures," masses of trees that form expressive spaces on sites all over the world. Each case study, from the grand park at Versailles, to New York City's 9/11 Memorial Forest, explains how the scale, context, species, and spacing of trees on a particular site establish its expressive structure.
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