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This issue looks at the following recent buildings: Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain; OMA / Rem Koolhaas Educatorium in Utrecht, Holland; Jean Nouvel Euralille Centre, (...)
El Croquis
January 1900, Madrid
El croquis 88/89 : worlds one ...towards the end of the 20th century
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This issue looks at the following recent buildings: Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain; OMA / Rem Koolhaas Educatorium in Utrecht, Holland; Jean Nouvel Euralille Centre, Lille, France, Lucerne Cultural and Congress Centre, Switzerland, Andel Project, Prague, Czech Republic; Architekturbüro Bolles-Wilson WLV Office Building, Munster, Germany, New Luxor Theater, Rotterdam, Holland; Toyo Ito Nagaoka Lyric Hall, Nigata, Japan, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan; Steven Holl Chapel of St. Ignatius Seattle University, Washington, U.S.A., Knut Hamsun Museum , Hamarøy, Norway; Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa Multi-Media Studio in Oogaki, Gifu, Japan, S-House, Okayama, Japan; and Peter Zumthor Thermal Bath at Vals, Vals, Switzerland, Art Museum in Bregenz, Austria.
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January 1900, Madrid
El Croquis
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Drawing is to architects what writing is to authors. Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book is a paean to the graphic by one of its greatest proponents, Sir Peter Cook. Thematically organised by chapter, Cook joyfully talks us trough drawing as a motive, strategy, vision, image, composition, expression, technique,(...)
Drawing: the motive force of architecture
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Drawing is to architects what writing is to authors. Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book is a paean to the graphic by one of its greatest proponents, Sir Peter Cook. Thematically organised by chapter, Cook joyfully talks us trough drawing as a motive, strategy, vision, image, composition, expression, technique, surface and fantasy. He provides us with amusing perceptive commentary at every turn, drawing our attention to some of the greatest and most intriguing drawings, ranging from Heath-Robinson, Hugh Ferris and Arthur Beresford Pite to Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Ron Herron, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Bernard Tschumi and Lebbeus Woods.
Architectural Drawing
Peter Cook : Speculations
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Peter Cook's distinctive drawings have captivated and inspired generations of designers. Freed from stylistic or functional conventions, his graphic speculations have redefined the language of architectural communication. Speculations spans Cook's entire career, presenting some 160 drawings that range from student projects in the 1950s, through Archigram, to new work(...)
Peter Cook : Speculations
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Peter Cook's distinctive drawings have captivated and inspired generations of designers. Freed from stylistic or functional conventions, his graphic speculations have redefined the language of architectural communication. Speculations spans Cook's entire career, presenting some 160 drawings that range from student projects in the 1950s, through Archigram, to new work completed shortly before going to press. Arranged chronologically, these drawings chart the course of what can now be seen as an enthralling architectural adventure. Cook's own observations about the nature of architecture and urbanism, and the concept of the buildable, are complemented by pieces from architects Frank Gehry, Toyo Ito, Thom Mayne and Peter Wilson.
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Knoll: A modernist universe
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The history of Knoll is the history of modern design. Founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll and joined by his wife, Florence Knoll, the company is credited for bringing European modern design to America. Throughout its history Knoll has been at the forefront of cutting-edge design, the first company to produce Mies van der Rohe’s and Marcel Breuer’s tubular furniture for a(...)
Knoll: A modernist universe
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The history of Knoll is the history of modern design. Founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll and joined by his wife, Florence Knoll, the company is credited for bringing European modern design to America. Throughout its history Knoll has been at the forefront of cutting-edge design, the first company to produce Mies van der Rohe’s and Marcel Breuer’s tubular furniture for a receptive domestic market, making Bauhaus ideals a reality to an American audience. More recently Knoll has produced instant classics from Frank Gehry and Richard Meier. Comprehensive in narrative and scope, this monograph presents images and texts on furniture, furnishings, systems, and graphics.
Industrial Design
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Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture is the first comprehensive publication on this architect in 20 years, and presents an extensive catalogue of works, featuring original drawings and architectural models from the Kahn archive. Essays by prominent Kahn experts discuss the sources, contexts and influences of his work. In interviews, leading architects such as Frank(...)
Architecture Monographs
February 2013
Louis Kahn : the power of architecture
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Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture is the first comprehensive publication on this architect in 20 years, and presents an extensive catalogue of works, featuring original drawings and architectural models from the Kahn archive. Essays by prominent Kahn experts discuss the sources, contexts and influences of his work. In interviews, leading architects such as Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Peter Zumthor and Sou Fujimoto explain Kahn's significance in today's architectural discourse. Topics discussed include Kahn's pioneering role in concrete construction; the visionary plans for his home city of Philadelphia; his years at Yale University; his dialogue with Josef Albers; and his importance for modern architecture in Southeast Asia.
Architecture Monographs
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A new generation of architects is pushing digital technology to its limits and continues a tradition of "organic" architecture, often labeled "blobitecture." A few architects in the pre-digital era anticipated the shape of today's sleek and supple buildings, but computers have helped make many of today's large, truly innovative architectural projects buildable. Up until(...)
Next generation architecture : folds, blobs, and boxes
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A new generation of architects is pushing digital technology to its limits and continues a tradition of "organic" architecture, often labeled "blobitecture." A few architects in the pre-digital era anticipated the shape of today's sleek and supple buildings, but computers have helped make many of today's large, truly innovative architectural projects buildable. Up until now, the new generation's architectural work has been overshadowed by that of the previous generation. This volume defines the next generation and captures the latest trends in architecture it has put forward. Among the thirty architects featured are Greg Lynn, ShoP, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, Wes Jones, Lindy Roy, Foreign Office Architects, Rem Koolhaas, and Frank Gehry.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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"Retail" is an exploration of the relationship between consumer culture and architecture, showcasing the creative collaborations between global brands and their architects. Over the past decade, retail architecture has taken center stage in contemporary design discourse, and "Retail" is a tour of the venues for the universal pastime of the twenty-first century:(...)
Retail : architecture and shopping
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"Retail" is an exploration of the relationship between consumer culture and architecture, showcasing the creative collaborations between global brands and their architects. Over the past decade, retail architecture has taken center stage in contemporary design discourse, and "Retail" is a tour of the venues for the universal pastime of the twenty-first century: shopping. Among the architects and brands featured here are: Rem Koolhaas and OMA (Prada, New York, Beverly Hills, and San Francisco); Frank Gehry (Miyake Tribeca, New York); Herzog & De Meuron (Prada, Tokyo); Tadao Ando (Armani Teatro, Milan); Renzo Piano (Hermès Ginza, Tokyo); Future Systems (Selfridges, Birmingham); Richard Gluckman (Helmut Lang, Paris, Milan, and New York); and John Pawson (Calvin Klein, Paris).
Commercial interiors, Building types
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The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the world’s most highly regarded architecture award. It is presented annually to a living architect who has “produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.” This splendid book celebrates the 20th anniversary of the prize, which(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
March 1999, New York
The Pritzker architecture prize : the first twenty years
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The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the world’s most highly regarded architecture award. It is presented annually to a living architect who has “produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.” This splendid book celebrates the 20th anniversary of the prize, which has been awarded to such outstanding international figures as Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Philip Johnson, Richard Meier, I. M. Pei, James Stirling, Robert Venturi, and most recently Renzo Piano. This volume features texts by Pritzker jury members and discussions of the prize and the laureates’ work by Colin Amery and William J. R. Curtis. Selected buildings and projects by each of the 21 winners are illustrated.
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March 1999, New York
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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In this collection of essays, Ackerman offers insight into his formation and development as a scholar, as well as reflections on a range of topics. Concise, lucid, and original, this book presents deep syntheses alongside innovative approaches and a broadening geographical and chronological reach. Ackerman’s enduring fascination with architecture was one unforeseen(...)
Origins, invention, revision: studying the history of art and architecture
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In this collection of essays, Ackerman offers insight into his formation and development as a scholar, as well as reflections on a range of topics. Concise, lucid, and original, this book presents deep syntheses alongside innovative approaches and a broadening geographical and chronological reach. Ackerman’s enduring fascination with architecture was one unforeseen consequence of his military service in World War II, and the collection includes a revealing account of his part in the liberation of Milan as a soldier in the Fifth American Regiment. These essays represent a unique, personal journey—from the Italian Renaissance to the classical architecture of India and the work of Frank Gehry at the new museum of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
Architectural Theory
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This book presents over 120 of the key arguments of today's major architectural philosophers. These show that the modern architecture of the early part of this century has mutated into three main traditions: a critical and ecological post-modernism; a high-tech and sculptural late modernism, and deconstructive, subversive new modernism. Here are the seminal texts of James(...)
Theories and manifestoes of contemporary architecture
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This book presents over 120 of the key arguments of today's major architectural philosophers. These show that the modern architecture of the early part of this century has mutated into three main traditions: a critical and ecological post-modernism; a high-tech and sculptural late modernism, and deconstructive, subversive new modernism. Here are the seminal texts of James Stirling, Robert Venturi, Colin Rowe, Christopher Alexander, Frank Gehry, Reyner Banham, Bernard Tschumi, Rem Koolhaas and many others who have changed the discourse of architecture. Here also are the anti-modern texts of the traditionalists - Leon Krier, Demetri Porphyrios, Quinlan Terry, Prince Charles and others. Many of these texts are concise, edited versions of influential books. Reprinted in 2003.
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September 1997, London
Architectural Theory