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Tashkent, the southernmost metropolis of millions in the Soviet Union, is a city redolent with architectural contrasts and paradoxes. Home to the world’s most beautiful prefabricated buildings, it features a prominent urban duality predicated upon the oriental Old City and the Russian New City. Never was this contrast brought into sharper focus than during the severe(...)
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Tashkent, the southernmost metropolis of millions in the Soviet Union, is a city redolent with architectural contrasts and paradoxes. Home to the world’s most beautiful prefabricated buildings, it features a prominent urban duality predicated upon the oriental Old City and the Russian New City. Never was this contrast brought into sharper focus than during the severe(...)
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Seismic modernism: Architecture and housing in Soviet Tashkent
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Tashkent, the southernmost metropolis of millions in the Soviet Union, is a city redolent with architectural contrasts and paradoxes. Home to the world’s most beautiful prefabricated buildings, it features a prominent urban duality predicated upon the oriental Old City and the Russian New City. Never was this contrast brought into sharper focus than during the severe earthquake of 1966 which left the New City relatively unscathed but the Old City in ruins. Yet one respite was offered: a rebuilding effort which triggered an upsurge of innovation. The city thus became the face of Seismic Modernism – unprecedented in history, the earthquake stimulated the modernization of urban development in Tashkent. Architects incorporated regional building traditions in their socialist modern designs, including the visually intriguing façade mosaics attributed to the little-known Jarsky brothers.
Seismic modernism: Architecture and housing in Soviet Tashkent
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Tashkent, the southernmost metropolis of millions in the Soviet Union, is a city redolent with architectural contrasts and paradoxes. Home to the world’s most beautiful prefabricated buildings, it features a prominent urban duality predicated upon the oriental Old City and the Russian New City. Never was this contrast brought into sharper focus than during the severe earthquake of 1966 which left the New City relatively unscathed but the Old City in ruins. Yet one respite was offered: a rebuilding effort which triggered an upsurge of innovation. The city thus became the face of Seismic Modernism – unprecedented in history, the earthquake stimulated the modernization of urban development in Tashkent. Architects incorporated regional building traditions in their socialist modern designs, including the visually intriguing façade mosaics attributed to the little-known Jarsky brothers.
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April 2026
April 2026
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Modernism
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The diamond vaults of Central Europe are among the most original yet little-known creations of medieval architecture : ceilings so complex that, as their name suggests, they recall the facets of a cut gemstone. First appearing in 1471 at the palace of Albrechtsburg in Meissen, Germany, they were employed for almost a century in locations as far apart as Gdansk on the(...)
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The diamond vaults of Central Europe are among the most original yet little-known creations of medieval architecture : ceilings so complex that, as their name suggests, they recall the facets of a cut gemstone. First appearing in 1471 at the palace of Albrechtsburg in Meissen, Germany, they were employed for almost a century in locations as far apart as Gdansk on the(...)
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Diamond vaults : innovation and geometry in medieval architecture
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The diamond vaults of Central Europe are among the most original yet little-known creations of medieval architecture : ceilings so complex that, as their name suggests, they recall the facets of a cut gemstone. First appearing in 1471 at the palace of Albrechtsburg in Meissen, Germany, they were employed for almost a century in locations as far apart as Gdansk on the Baltic to Bechyne in southern Bohemia (today’s Czech Republic). From a historical point of view, diamond vaults show the continuing vitality of Gothic architecture in Central Europe, at a time when the rediscovery of the classical past in Renaissance Italy was changing the course of building. Architecturally, they offer some of the most impressive examples of geometrical experimentation and versatility in both secular and sacred spaces. But perhaps their greatest appeal is visual. The stark, concave–convex shapes of diamond vaults, with their lyrical play of the effects of light and shade, strike us today as incredibly modern. "Diamond vaults" explores this singular phenomenon. A text by Zoë Opacic explores the vault’s origins, topography, structure and design, as well as function and context, focusing primarily on the Czech Republic, which boasts some of the best examples, and contrasting them with those in Germany and Gdansk. One of the chief aims is to demonstrate the undoubted aesthetic appeal of this form, which has continued to inspire generations of architects.
Diamond vaults : innovation and geometry in medieval architecture
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The diamond vaults of Central Europe are among the most original yet little-known creations of medieval architecture : ceilings so complex that, as their name suggests, they recall the facets of a cut gemstone. First appearing in 1471 at the palace of Albrechtsburg in Meissen, Germany, they were employed for almost a century in locations as far apart as Gdansk on the Baltic to Bechyne in southern Bohemia (today’s Czech Republic). From a historical point of view, diamond vaults show the continuing vitality of Gothic architecture in Central Europe, at a time when the rediscovery of the classical past in Renaissance Italy was changing the course of building. Architecturally, they offer some of the most impressive examples of geometrical experimentation and versatility in both secular and sacred spaces. But perhaps their greatest appeal is visual. The stark, concave–convex shapes of diamond vaults, with their lyrical play of the effects of light and shade, strike us today as incredibly modern. "Diamond vaults" explores this singular phenomenon. A text by Zoë Opacic explores the vault’s origins, topography, structure and design, as well as function and context, focusing primarily on the Czech Republic, which boasts some of the best examples, and contrasting them with those in Germany and Gdansk. One of the chief aims is to demonstrate the undoubted aesthetic appeal of this form, which has continued to inspire generations of architects.
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January 2006, London
January 2006, London
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History until 1900, Middle Ages
History until 1900, Middle Ages
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The official annual guide to all the awards presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2005, including the prestigious, televised Stirling Prize. Presents over seventy-five projects by both established and emerging practices, presenting a rich diversity in terms of scale and building type. This book celebrates the best contemporary architecture worldwide(...)
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The official annual guide to all the awards presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2005, including the prestigious, televised Stirling Prize. Presents over seventy-five projects by both established and emerging practices, presenting a rich diversity in terms of scale and building type. This book celebrates the best contemporary architecture worldwide(...)
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Museums and Universal Exhibitions
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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November 2005, London, New York
November 2005, London, New York
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Architecture 05 : the guide to the RIBA awards
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The official annual guide to all the awards presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2005, including the prestigious, televised Stirling Prize. Presents over seventy-five projects by both established and emerging practices, presenting a rich diversity in terms of scale and building type. This book celebrates the best contemporary architecture worldwide by British architects. It includes full coverage of the RIBA Worldwide Awards, introduced for the first time in 2004. All the award-winning projects are described and evaluated in full, and illustrated in colour, with special features on the buildings shortlisted for the Stirling Prize.
Architecture 05 : the guide to the RIBA awards
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The official annual guide to all the awards presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2005, including the prestigious, televised Stirling Prize. Presents over seventy-five projects by both established and emerging practices, presenting a rich diversity in terms of scale and building type. This book celebrates the best contemporary architecture worldwide by British architects. It includes full coverage of the RIBA Worldwide Awards, introduced for the first time in 2004. All the award-winning projects are described and evaluated in full, and illustrated in colour, with special features on the buildings shortlisted for the Stirling Prize.
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November 2005, London, New York
November 2005, London, New York
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Museums and Universal Exhibitions
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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There's an ethereal magic to standing beneath a dome, neck craned, looking up at a vision of the heavens created by some long-ago figure of genius. From the Pantheon to the Hagia Sophia, the power of the dome seems transcen-dent. Photographer David Stephenson's magnificently kaleidoscopic images of dome interiors capture this evanescent drama, and make Visions of Heaven(...)
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There's an ethereal magic to standing beneath a dome, neck craned, looking up at a vision of the heavens created by some long-ago figure of genius. From the Pantheon to the Hagia Sophia, the power of the dome seems transcen-dent. Photographer David Stephenson's magnificently kaleidoscopic images of dome interiors capture this evanescent drama, and make Visions of Heaven(...)
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Visions of heaven : the dome in European architecture
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There's an ethereal magic to standing beneath a dome, neck craned, looking up at a vision of the heavens created by some long-ago figure of genius. From the Pantheon to the Hagia Sophia, the power of the dome seems transcen-dent. Photographer David Stephenson's magnificently kaleidoscopic images of dome interiors capture this evanescent drama, and make Visions of Heaven one of the most spectacularly beautiful books we've ever produced. Traveling from Italy to Spain, Turkey, England, Germany, and Russia, among other countries, and photographing churches, palaces, mosques, and synagogues from the second to the early twentieth century, Stephenson's work amounts to a veritable typology of the cupola. His images present complex geometrical structures, rich stucco decorations, and elaborate paintings as they have never been seen before. Brilliantly calibrated exposures reveal details and colors that would otherwise remain hidden in these dimly lit spaces.
Visions of heaven : the dome in European architecture
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There's an ethereal magic to standing beneath a dome, neck craned, looking up at a vision of the heavens created by some long-ago figure of genius. From the Pantheon to the Hagia Sophia, the power of the dome seems transcen-dent. Photographer David Stephenson's magnificently kaleidoscopic images of dome interiors capture this evanescent drama, and make Visions of Heaven one of the most spectacularly beautiful books we've ever produced. Traveling from Italy to Spain, Turkey, England, Germany, and Russia, among other countries, and photographing churches, palaces, mosques, and synagogues from the second to the early twentieth century, Stephenson's work amounts to a veritable typology of the cupola. His images present complex geometrical structures, rich stucco decorations, and elaborate paintings as they have never been seen before. Brilliantly calibrated exposures reveal details and colors that would otherwise remain hidden in these dimly lit spaces.
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November 2005, New York
November 2005, New York
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History until 1900
History until 1900
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The annual Royal institute of British Architects' awards celebrate the best contemporary architecture by British architects building not just in the UK and elsewhere in the European Union but, for the first time this year, worldwide.
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The annual Royal institute of British Architects' awards celebrate the best contemporary architecture by British architects building not just in the UK and elsewhere in the European Union but, for the first time this year, worldwide.
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Museums and Universal Exhibitions
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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December 2004, London, New York
December 2004, London, New York
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Architecture 04 : the guide to the RIBA awards
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The annual Royal institute of British Architects' awards celebrate the best contemporary architecture by British architects building not just in the UK and elsewhere in the European Union but, for the first time this year, worldwide.
Architecture 04 : the guide to the RIBA awards
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The annual Royal institute of British Architects' awards celebrate the best contemporary architecture by British architects building not just in the UK and elsewhere in the European Union but, for the first time this year, worldwide.
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December 2004, London, New York
December 2004, London, New York
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Museums and Universal Exhibitions
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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Sports fans in the United States can revisit their own home fields such as the Reliant Stadium in Houston, SBC Park in San Francisco, Oriole Park in Baltimore, and experience international attractions such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley in London, Arsenal in London, and the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. With 250 photos and 70 architectural plans,this book(...)
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Sports fans in the United States can revisit their own home fields such as the Reliant Stadium in Houston, SBC Park in San Francisco, Oriole Park in Baltimore, and experience international attractions such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley in London, Arsenal in London, and the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. With 250 photos and 70 architectural plans,this book(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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June 2005, North Clarendon (VT), Sydney, Singapore
June 2005, North Clarendon (VT), Sydney, Singapore
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The stadium : architecture for the new global culture
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Sports fans in the United States can revisit their own home fields such as the Reliant Stadium in Houston, SBC Park in San Francisco, Oriole Park in Baltimore, and experience international attractions such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley in London, Arsenal in London, and the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. With 250 photos and 70 architectural plans,this book defines the stadium as a worlwide cultural icon.
The stadium : architecture for the new global culture
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Sports fans in the United States can revisit their own home fields such as the Reliant Stadium in Houston, SBC Park in San Francisco, Oriole Park in Baltimore, and experience international attractions such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley in London, Arsenal in London, and the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. With 250 photos and 70 architectural plans,this book defines the stadium as a worlwide cultural icon.
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June 2005, North Clarendon (VT), Sydney, Singapore
June 2005, North Clarendon (VT), Sydney, Singapore
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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Since the opening in 1997 of the Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, museum architecture has enjoyed worldwide attention on an unprecedented scale. That single watershed project demonstrated to municipalities that architecture has the power to transform the image of an entire city, thus making the turn of the twenty-first century the unofficial age of the museum(...)
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Since the opening in 1997 of the Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, museum architecture has enjoyed worldwide attention on an unprecedented scale. That single watershed project demonstrated to municipalities that architecture has the power to transform the image of an entire city, thus making the turn of the twenty-first century the unofficial age of the museum(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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August 2005, New York
August 2005, New York
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New museums : contemporary museum architecture around the world
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Since the opening in 1997 of the Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, museum architecture has enjoyed worldwide attention on an unprecedented scale. That single watershed project demonstrated to municipalities that architecture has the power to transform the image of an entire city, thus making the turn of the twenty-first century the unofficial age of the museum building. New Museums examines the boom in high-design museum projects in detail, beginning with the Guggenheim Bilbao’s groundbreaking role in the development of contemporary museum architecture. It continues with a beautifully illustrated tour of 30 examples of the most innovative and exciting museum architecture around the world, including Tadao Ando’s Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth, Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Renzo Piano’s Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, and many others.
New museums : contemporary museum architecture around the world
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Since the opening in 1997 of the Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, museum architecture has enjoyed worldwide attention on an unprecedented scale. That single watershed project demonstrated to municipalities that architecture has the power to transform the image of an entire city, thus making the turn of the twenty-first century the unofficial age of the museum building. New Museums examines the boom in high-design museum projects in detail, beginning with the Guggenheim Bilbao’s groundbreaking role in the development of contemporary museum architecture. It continues with a beautifully illustrated tour of 30 examples of the most innovative and exciting museum architecture around the world, including Tadao Ando’s Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth, Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Renzo Piano’s Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, and many others.
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August 2005, New York
August 2005, New York
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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The past decade has witnessed a profound transformation in European landscape architecture, away from the formal, centrally-planned garden art that hallmarks traditional European parks, toward projects, often the result of interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, artists, and landscape architects, of a more informal, almost exploratory, nature. "In Gardens"(...)
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The past decade has witnessed a profound transformation in European landscape architecture, away from the formal, centrally-planned garden art that hallmarks traditional European parks, toward projects, often the result of interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, artists, and landscape architects, of a more informal, almost exploratory, nature. "In Gardens"(...)
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In gardens : profiles of contemporary European landscape architecture
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The past decade has witnessed a profound transformation in European landscape architecture, away from the formal, centrally-planned garden art that hallmarks traditional European parks, toward projects, often the result of interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, artists, and landscape architects, of a more informal, almost exploratory, nature. "In Gardens" examines more than thirty of the most influential recent landscape projects in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, and from designers like Kathryn Gustafson, Dani Karavan, and Charles Jencks. In the process, this panoramic book illuminates a new paradigm of garden design in Europe and provides a fount of inspiration for landscape designers everywhere.
In gardens : profiles of contemporary European landscape architecture
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The past decade has witnessed a profound transformation in European landscape architecture, away from the formal, centrally-planned garden art that hallmarks traditional European parks, toward projects, often the result of interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, artists, and landscape architects, of a more informal, almost exploratory, nature. "In Gardens" examines more than thirty of the most influential recent landscape projects in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, and from designers like Kathryn Gustafson, Dani Karavan, and Charles Jencks. In the process, this panoramic book illuminates a new paradigm of garden design in Europe and provides a fount of inspiration for landscape designers everywhere.
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May 2005, Basel
May 2005, Basel
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Gardens
Gardens
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The aftermath of the Covid restrictions, mental problems, being confronted with the influx of people with a different background and culture, the alienation of ourselves and of others, not being able to relate to other people; these can all cause deep feelings of loneliness. What is loneliness, as different from solitude? Whereas solitude is a chosen condition that(...)
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The aftermath of the Covid restrictions, mental problems, being confronted with the influx of people with a different background and culture, the alienation of ourselves and of others, not being able to relate to other people; these can all cause deep feelings of loneliness. What is loneliness, as different from solitude? Whereas solitude is a chosen condition that(...)
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The architecture of loneliness: reflections on displacement and welcoming
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The aftermath of the Covid restrictions, mental problems, being confronted with the influx of people with a different background and culture, the alienation of ourselves and of others, not being able to relate to other people; these can all cause deep feelings of loneliness. What is loneliness, as different from solitude? Whereas solitude is a chosen condition that refrains from social relations, loneliness suffers from the lack of these. The three essays in this book each explore a side of loneliness, strongly connected to the encounter with the other. South-African psychologist Wahbie Long lays out what kind of relationships to the outside world emerge from childhood experiences of playing and relating to others. French philosopher Marie-José Mondzain uses the metaphor of architecture with its terms as threshold, doors, walls, windows, a bench in front of the frontal wall; elements that construct '‘home'', the architectural and emotional place where encounters can happen, where ‘'strangers'’ should be welcomed and trusted. French psychoanalyst Lysiane Lamantowicz discusses a form of loneliness that we see all around us: the consequences of social networks on the internet.
The architecture of loneliness: reflections on displacement and welcoming
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The aftermath of the Covid restrictions, mental problems, being confronted with the influx of people with a different background and culture, the alienation of ourselves and of others, not being able to relate to other people; these can all cause deep feelings of loneliness. What is loneliness, as different from solitude? Whereas solitude is a chosen condition that refrains from social relations, loneliness suffers from the lack of these. The three essays in this book each explore a side of loneliness, strongly connected to the encounter with the other. South-African psychologist Wahbie Long lays out what kind of relationships to the outside world emerge from childhood experiences of playing and relating to others. French philosopher Marie-José Mondzain uses the metaphor of architecture with its terms as threshold, doors, walls, windows, a bench in front of the frontal wall; elements that construct '‘home'', the architectural and emotional place where encounters can happen, where ‘'strangers'’ should be welcomed and trusted. French psychoanalyst Lysiane Lamantowicz discusses a form of loneliness that we see all around us: the consequences of social networks on the internet.
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October 2024
October 2024
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Social
Social
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Analyser un monument, château, église, etc. permet de le comprendre et de porter sur lui un jugement raisonné. Cette analyse s'appuie sur quelques principes simples : plan, composition, proportions, rapport des pleins et des vides, rôle du décor, etc. En outre, la connaissance des caractères privilégiés à chaque étape de l'histoire dans la structure comme dans(...)
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Analyser un monument, château, église, etc. permet de le comprendre et de porter sur lui un jugement raisonné. Cette analyse s'appuie sur quelques principes simples : plan, composition, proportions, rapport des pleins et des vides, rôle du décor, etc. En outre, la connaissance des caractères privilégiés à chaque étape de l'histoire dans la structure comme dans(...)
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Initiation à l'architecture française : de la Renaissance à l'art nouveau, tome II
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Analyser un monument, château, église, etc. permet de le comprendre et de porter sur lui un jugement raisonné. Cette analyse s'appuie sur quelques principes simples : plan, composition, proportions, rapport des pleins et des vides, rôle du décor, etc. En outre, la connaissance des caractères privilégiés à chaque étape de l'histoire dans la structure comme dans l'ornementation aidera à situer l'oeuvre dans le temps et à la localiser dans l'évolution de l'architecture.
Initiation à l'architecture française : de la Renaissance à l'art nouveau, tome II
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Analyser un monument, château, église, etc. permet de le comprendre et de porter sur lui un jugement raisonné. Cette analyse s'appuie sur quelques principes simples : plan, composition, proportions, rapport des pleins et des vides, rôle du décor, etc. En outre, la connaissance des caractères privilégiés à chaque étape de l'histoire dans la structure comme dans l'ornementation aidera à situer l'oeuvre dans le temps et à la localiser dans l'évolution de l'architecture.
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January 2004, Grenoble
January 2004, Grenoble
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History until 1900
History until 1900
