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127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
New York : Abbeville Press, [1994], ©1994
Isamu Noguchi / Bruce Altshuler.
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New York : Abbeville Press, [1994], ©1994
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255 pages : portraits ; 28 cm.
Washington : National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Studyin the Visual Arts, ©2002.
The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts : fifty years.
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255 pages : portraits ; 28 cm.
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Washington : National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Studyin the Visual Arts, ©2002.
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An architecture book in a radical new format, ‘'MANGARCHITECTURE'’ comprises seven short manga stories by seven artists, each based on a different project by Tokyo-based architect Yasutaka Yoshimura. The manga creators use Yoshimura’s work as a springboard for wildly imaginative interpretations that simultaneously hint at new possibilities for architecture. In addition to(...)
Mangarchitecture: Absence of an architect
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An architecture book in a radical new format, ‘'MANGARCHITECTURE'’ comprises seven short manga stories by seven artists, each based on a different project by Tokyo-based architect Yasutaka Yoshimura. The manga creators use Yoshimura’s work as a springboard for wildly imaginative interpretations that simultaneously hint at new possibilities for architecture. In addition to the manga stories, the book presents building drawings, designs, and data, as well as commentary on each project by Yoshimura. Completing the volume is an essay by the architect and a thought-provoking dual chronology of the history of manga and architecture in Japan.
Contemporary Architecture
Talking maps
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Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travelers, explorers, and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people’s lives and surroundings, while others tell imaginary tales, transporting us to fictional worlds created by writers and artists. In turn, maps generate more stories, taking users on new journeys in search of knowledge and adventure. By(...)
Architectural Plans and Cartography
November 2019
Talking maps
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Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travelers, explorers, and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people’s lives and surroundings, while others tell imaginary tales, transporting us to fictional worlds created by writers and artists. In turn, maps generate more stories, taking users on new journeys in search of knowledge and adventure. By telling the stories behind the artifacts and those generated by them, "Talking Maps " reveals how each map is not just a tool for navigation but also a worldly proposal that helps us to understand who we are by describing where we are.
Architectural Plans and Cartography
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In this publication, outreach worker Greg Cook and street nurse Cathy Crowe present the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during the pandemic. The book uses prose, poetry, and photography to document lived experiences of homelessness, responses to the housing crisis, efforts to fight back for homes, and possible solutions to move(...)
Displacement city: Fighting for health and home in a pandemic
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In this publication, outreach worker Greg Cook and street nurse Cathy Crowe present the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during the pandemic. The book uses prose, poetry, and photography to document lived experiences of homelessness, responses to the housing crisis, efforts to fight back for homes, and possible solutions to move Toronto forward. Contributors provide particular insight into policies affecting Indigenous peoples and how the legacy of colonialism and displacement reached a critical point during the pandemic. Offering rich stories of care, mutual aid, and solidarity, it provides a vivid account of a humanitarian disaster.
Urban Theory
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72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Seattle, Wash. : Craftsman Press, ©1962.
Space Needle USA / story by Harold Mansfield ; photography by George Gulacsik.
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Seattle, Wash. : Craftsman Press, ©1962.
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408 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Wien : Böhlau Verlag, 2014.
Shopping Town : Memoiren eines Stadtplaners (1903-1980) / Victor Gruen ; Herausgegeben von Anette Baldauf.
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408 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Wien : Böhlau Verlag, 2014.
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320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1992]., ©1992
The City Assembled : The Elements of Urban Form Through History / Spiro Kostof with the collaboration of Greg Castillo ; original drawings by Richard Tobias.
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320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1992]., ©1992
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xx, 577 pages illustrations, maps, plans 26 cm
[New York] New York University Press [1964]
Shakespeare's Blackfriars Playhouse : its history and its design / Irwin Smith, foreword by James G. McManaway.
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xx, 577 pages illustrations, maps, plans 26 cm
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[New York] New York University Press [1964]
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Railtown : the fight for the Los Angeles metro rail and the future of the city / Ethan N. Elkind.
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xvi, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Railtown : the fight for the Los Angeles metro rail and the future of the city / Ethan N. Elkind.
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xvi, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]