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Orientalism's Interlocutors contests the idea that Orientalist art simply expresses the politics of Western domination and argues instead that it was often produced through cross-cultural interactions. Focusing on paintings and other representations of North African and Ottoman cultures, by both local artists and Westerners, the contributors contend that the stylistic(...)
Arch Middle East
November 2002, Durham, N.C.
Orientalism's interlocutors : painting, architecture and photography
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Orientalism's Interlocutors contests the idea that Orientalist art simply expresses the politics of Western domination and argues instead that it was often produced through cross-cultural interactions. Focusing on paintings and other representations of North African and Ottoman cultures, by both local artists and Westerners, the contributors contend that the stylistic similarities between indigenous and Western Orientalist art mask profound interpretive differences, which, upon examination, can reveal a visual language of resistance to colonization. The essays also demonstrate how marginalized voices and viewpoints—especially women‘s—within Western Orientalism decentered and destabilized colonial authority Among the artists considered are the Algerian painters Azouoau Mammeri and Mohammed Racim; Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey; British landscape painter Barbara Bodichon; and the French painter Henri Regnault.
Arch Middle East
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We are at a new moment in architecture, one when many cultures are contributing to the unfolding of modernism. This enriching influence is broadening the mix, extending the range available to architecture, of materials and colours, of evocative forms, of cultural references and of social thinking. In an era of boredom with monocultures and orthodoxies, there is the(...)
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October 2005, London
The new mix : culturally dynamic architecture
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We are at a new moment in architecture, one when many cultures are contributing to the unfolding of modernism. This enriching influence is broadening the mix, extending the range available to architecture, of materials and colours, of evocative forms, of cultural references and of social thinking. In an era of boredom with monocultures and orthodoxies, there is the almost universal expectation that the metroculture, be it in London or Beijing, will provide broadened cultural experiences in food, performance, dress and sound. The new ethnically diverse city is a place of zesty daily encounters/collisions/cohabitation between cultures, a place of mixed signals, contradictions, delightful confusions. Franco-Japanese cuisine, elite schoolchildren wearing doo-rags, jazz performed on gamelans—no matter what one’s mother culture - we’re all getting addicted to varied rhythms, different emotional emphases, ‘other’ ideas of beauty. This change is visible in schools of architecture, at least in the range of students, typically from many ethnicities, none of them constituting a majority. No wonder, then, that there is increased interest in ways that architecture can incorporate a larger compass of riches. A rising group of practitioners is meeting the challenge of this broadening cultural landscape in pursuing strategies of quick switching, layering, reframing. These new architectural expressions of multiple cultures represent an enrichment that ultimately might help create a more robust modernism, helping to rescue it from a ‘potato blight’ of too much sameness.
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Using comics, interviews, and architectural sketches, ‘Undocumented’ explores a growing industry in an era of militarized borders, state surveillance, and criminalized migration. Originally released in 2014 to an architectural audience, this special edition from Ad Astra Comix features an updated afterword by Syed Hussan (No One Is Illegal, Toronto), as well as an(...)
Undocumented: The architecture of migrant detention
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Using comics, interviews, and architectural sketches, ‘Undocumented’ explores a growing industry in an era of militarized borders, state surveillance, and criminalized migration. Originally released in 2014 to an architectural audience, this special edition from Ad Astra Comix features an updated afterword by Syed Hussan (No One Is Illegal, Toronto), as well as an interview with a former detainee. Focusing on Canada’s migrant detention system, where detainees are often held in maximum security prisons without charges for indefinite periods of time, "Undocumented" draws chilling conclusions about the societies that tolerate these punitive spaces of confinement. Proceeds from the sale of each book go to the End Immigration Detention Network.
Illustration
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The midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architecture; it is an example of how design can help foster a remarkable community. The dozens of buildings and projects by legendary architects – from mid-century titans such as Eero Saarinen and I. M. Pei to contemporary practitioners Deborah Berke and IwamotoScott – remain integral to its urban(...)
American modern: Architecture; Community; Columbus, Indiana
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The midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architecture; it is an example of how design can help foster a remarkable community. The dozens of buildings and projects by legendary architects – from mid-century titans such as Eero Saarinen and I. M. Pei to contemporary practitioners Deborah Berke and IwamotoScott – remain integral to its urban fabric. This book explores Columbus’s optimistic program of bold new architecture and landscapes, initiated by the legendary industrialist J. Irwin Miller and local leaders, and the generations-long quest to develop the ideal American city through design excellence.
Modernism
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Les savoirs sur les infrastructures modernes de transport, routes, voies férrées, ports... et sur l'aménagement territorial de grande dimension, sont aujourd'hui peu nombreux et mal diffusés. Cet ouvrage se propose donc d'éclairer un terrain et des questionnements qui, faute du concours de la science, resteraient peu compréhensibles, et de ce fait facilement vilipendés au(...)
Urban Theory
September 2003, Paris
Échelles & dimensions : ville, architecture, territoire
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Les savoirs sur les infrastructures modernes de transport, routes, voies férrées, ports... et sur l'aménagement territorial de grande dimension, sont aujourd'hui peu nombreux et mal diffusés. Cet ouvrage se propose donc d'éclairer un terrain et des questionnements qui, faute du concours de la science, resteraient peu compréhensibles, et de ce fait facilement vilipendés au nom de nostalgies passéistes de divers types. Il interroge les conditions théoriques et pratiques de la production des infrastructures et de l'aménagement du territoire au travers de multiples approches qui mettent en jeu le concept d'échelle et la notion de dimension.
Urban Theory
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"Amsterdam architecture 2000-2002" presents an overview of the most recent architecture in Amsterdam. The projects, which range from large residential buildings, office complexes and shopping centres on the edge of the city to cinemas, bridges, a petrol station, a floating bicycle shelter and a temple in the city centre, are documented by means of photographs and texts.
Amsterdamse architectuur 2000-2002 Amsterdam architecture
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"Amsterdam architecture 2000-2002" presents an overview of the most recent architecture in Amsterdam. The projects, which range from large residential buildings, office complexes and shopping centres on the edge of the city to cinemas, bridges, a petrol station, a floating bicycle shelter and a temple in the city centre, are documented by means of photographs and texts.
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The art of designing both unites and divides landscape architecture and architecture. Despite having a long tradition, landscape architecture has lacked a concise and illuminating presentation of the fundamental principles underlying its design and planning concepts. This much sought-after book has evolved out of more than twenty years of teaching experience. The(...)
Opening spaces : design as landscape architecture
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The art of designing both unites and divides landscape architecture and architecture. Despite having a long tradition, landscape architecture has lacked a concise and illuminating presentation of the fundamental principles underlying its design and planning concepts. This much sought-after book has evolved out of more than twenty years of teaching experience. The authors distinguish between the variable factors such as climate, growth of vegetation etc. which are determining parameters in landscape architecture, and the more abstract element of design. They describe the ideal design components and demonstrate the extent to which natural features such as surfaces, spaces, paths, borders, hard and soft materials shape and determine the designs. This book clearly reveals how concepts such as order and chaos, way and goal, intention and reaction form the basis for landscape design, just as they do in architecture.
Landscape Theory
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In 2008, Leonardo Finotti was invited by MoMA's chief curator, Barry Bergdoll, to be part of a tribute exhibition for a landmark survey of modern architecture in Latin America shown in 1955. He began a commissioned work that led him directly into an immersive experience lasting the past eight years. ''Latin American Modern Architecture'' is part of an ongoing series by(...)
Leonardo Finotti: Latin American modern architecture
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In 2008, Leonardo Finotti was invited by MoMA's chief curator, Barry Bergdoll, to be part of a tribute exhibition for a landmark survey of modern architecture in Latin America shown in 1955. He began a commissioned work that led him directly into an immersive experience lasting the past eight years. ''Latin American Modern Architecture'' is part of an ongoing series by one of the leading architectural photographers worldwide. It presents nearly eighty images of Finotti's photographic vision of undiscovered Latin American modern architecture and offers an important overview of the region. Collecting visits, stories, experiences, and photographs, the research took place in diverse latitudes, eight of them published in this book: Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, Sa o Paulo, Bogota , Caracas, Me xico City, and Havana.
Photography monographs
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With more than 20,000 words and terms individually defined, the Dictionary offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields. The innovative and detailed cross-referencing system allows readers to track down elusive definitions from general subject headings. Starting from only the vaguest idea of the(...)
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Dictionary of architecture and building construction
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With more than 20,000 words and terms individually defined, the Dictionary offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields. The innovative and detailed cross-referencing system allows readers to track down elusive definitions from general subject headings. Starting from only the vaguest idea of the word required, a reader can quickly track down precisely the term they are looking for. The book is illustrated with stunning drawings that provide a visual as well as a textual definition of both key concepts and subtle differences in meaning. Davies and Jokiniemi's work sets a new standard for reference books for all those interested in the buildings that surround us.
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Les écrits d'une figure essentielle et incontournable du design italien contemporain, architecte, designer, rédacteur en chef, essayiste, poète et théoricien, permettent de suivre l'évolution de sa pensée et le développement de son œuvre, avec un appareil critique complet et des introductions historiques et théoriques pour saisir le contexte italien et international qui(...)
Alessandro Mendini, Écrits : architecture, design et projet
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Les écrits d'une figure essentielle et incontournable du design italien contemporain, architecte, designer, rédacteur en chef, essayiste, poète et théoricien, permettent de suivre l'évolution de sa pensée et le développement de son œuvre, avec un appareil critique complet et des introductions historiques et théoriques pour saisir le contexte italien et international qui préside à leur écriture.
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