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Guide du Paris médiéval
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De la Sainte-Chapelle à l'église Saint-Germain de Vitry-sur-Seine, de la tour Saint-Jacques au colombier de Créteil, cent lieux à Paris et en région parisienne sur les traces de Philippe le Bel, Charles V et Philippe Auguste. Une belle façon de parcourir le XXe siècle et d'y découvrir la mémoire architecturale parfois oubliée de mille ans de Moyen Âge.
Guide du Paris médiéval
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De la Sainte-Chapelle à l'église Saint-Germain de Vitry-sur-Seine, de la tour Saint-Jacques au colombier de Créteil, cent lieux à Paris et en région parisienne sur les traces de Philippe le Bel, Charles V et Philippe Auguste. Une belle façon de parcourir le XXe siècle et d'y découvrir la mémoire architecturale parfois oubliée de mille ans de Moyen Âge.
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The Japanese dry landscape garden has long attracted--and long baffled--viewers from the West. While museums across the United States are replicating these "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions of the gardens are now office decorations, they remain enigmatic, their(...)
Reading zen in the rocks : the Japanese dry landscape garden
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The Japanese dry landscape garden has long attracted--and long baffled--viewers from the West. While museums across the United States are replicating these "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions of the gardens are now office decorations, they remain enigmatic, their philosophical and aesthetic significance obscured. Reading Zen in the Rocks, the classic essay on the karesansui garden by French art historian François Berthier, has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of these gardens. Berthier's guided tour of the famous garden of Ryoanji (Temple) in Kyoto leads him into an exposition of the genre, focusing on its Chinese antecedents and affiliations with Taoist ideas and Chinese landscape painting. He traces the roles of Shinto and Zen Buddhism in the evolution of the garden and also considers how manual laborers from the lowest classes in Japan had a hand in creating some of its highest examples. Parkes contributes an equally original and substantive essay which delves into the philosophical importance of rocks and their "language of stone," delineating the difference between Chinese and Japanese rock gardens and their relationship to Buddhism. Together, the two essays compose one of the most comprehensive and elegantly written studies of this haunting garden form.
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May 2000, Chicago
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Modern Berlin Map
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''Modern Berlin map'' includes a map, an introduction to Berlin’s 20th century architecture by Matthew Tempest, photographs by Simon Phipps and details of fifty buildings representing the city’s remarkable array of styles: Expressionist, Bauhaus, Fascist, Soviet Realist, Modernist, Brutalist, Post-Modernist and more. Perfect for a walking tour or framing, this map(...)
Modern Berlin Map
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''Modern Berlin map'' includes a map, an introduction to Berlin’s 20th century architecture by Matthew Tempest, photographs by Simon Phipps and details of fifty buildings representing the city’s remarkable array of styles: Expressionist, Bauhaus, Fascist, Soviet Realist, Modernist, Brutalist, Post-Modernist and more. Perfect for a walking tour or framing, this map measures slightly larger than A2 open, folds to slightly larger than A5 and is protected by a wide band.
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Museum Island Berlin
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Home to five museums, including the Old and New Museums, the Old National Gallery, the Bode Museum, and the Pergamon Museum, Berlin’s Museum Island was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999 and represents nearly two hundred years of museum history. In this book, renowned experts on Museum Island take readers on a fascinating tour of the history and architecture(...)
Museum Island Berlin
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Home to five museums, including the Old and New Museums, the Old National Gallery, the Bode Museum, and the Pergamon Museum, Berlin’s Museum Island was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999 and represents nearly two hundred years of museum history. In this book, renowned experts on Museum Island take readers on a fascinating tour of the history and architecture of the museums located there, as well as their collections.
City Guides
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Thisbook takes readers on a tour of American architectural treasures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It provides the practical information such as addresses, phone numbers, visitor hours, and maps. Among the new buildings included in this edition are Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Seattle Library (Rem Koolhaas), American Folk Art Museum (Tod(...)
The architecture traveler : a guide to 263 key American buildings, revised edition
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Thisbook takes readers on a tour of American architectural treasures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It provides the practical information such as addresses, phone numbers, visitor hours, and maps. Among the new buildings included in this edition are Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Seattle Library (Rem Koolhaas), American Folk Art Museum (Tod Williams/Billie Tsien), Contemporary Arts Center (Zaha Hadid), Milwaukee Art Museum (Santiago Calatrava), and the 'Solar Umbrella' House (Larry Scarpa/Angela Brooks).
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Présentant plusieurs exemples remarquables en béton à Montréal, ce guide inclut une carte, des photographies originales, une introduction signée par France Vanlaethem et une cinquantaine d’édifices sélectionnés. // Featuring remarkable examples of concrete and Brutalist architecture in Montreal, this two-sided, bilingual guide by France Vanlaethem includes a map, original(...)
Carte Montréal Béton / Concrete Montreal Map
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Présentant plusieurs exemples remarquables en béton à Montréal, ce guide inclut une carte, des photographies originales, une introduction signée par France Vanlaethem et une cinquantaine d’édifices sélectionnés. // Featuring remarkable examples of concrete and Brutalist architecture in Montreal, this two-sided, bilingual guide by France Vanlaethem includes a map, original photography, an introduction and details of fifty selected buildings, including celebrated concrete structures such as Habitat 67, Place Bonaventure, Tour de la Bourse, and a selection of Metro stations.
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Contains entries describing approximately 1000 buildings, streets, or areas in London, arranged by city section. Coverage concentrates on the center, with "only exceptional" buildings from outer London included. A brief but informative introduction outlines London's architectural history since Roman times, and entries for each area are listed in chronological order,(...)
A guide to the architecture of London
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Contains entries describing approximately 1000 buildings, streets, or areas in London, arranged by city section. Coverage concentrates on the center, with "only exceptional" buildings from outer London included. A brief but informative introduction outlines London's architectural history since Roman times, and entries for each area are listed in chronological order, accompanied by a small black-and-white photo. The brief descriptions point out significant features and provide a refreshing frankness that reflects the opinions of the authors (both architects) on various architectural styles. The detailed area maps and index also ensure the book's usefulness as a tour guide.
City Guides
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Among cities, Tokyo in particular seems to baffle foreigners. This subjective guidebook to the spectacular Japanese metropolis intends to help you navigate and read the city in a way that evokes both a sense of adventure and a feeling of belonging. A whole spectrum of seasoned urban explorers invites you to look, read, and experience Tokyo differently, offering insights(...)
Tokyo totem: a guide to Tokyo
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Among cities, Tokyo in particular seems to baffle foreigners. This subjective guidebook to the spectacular Japanese metropolis intends to help you navigate and read the city in a way that evokes both a sense of adventure and a feeling of belonging. A whole spectrum of seasoned urban explorers invites you to look, read, and experience Tokyo differently, offering insights and imaginative perspectives to understand the city, its facets, and wealth of features. From a tour of Roppongi’s uneven topography, konbini food offerings, and exploring bathhouses, to following the rhythm of temporal urban totems, this densely packed book guarantees an alternative take on Tokyo.
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"The Canadians" playfully and affectionately reimagines one of the most revered photography books of the 20th century, Robert Frank’s The Americans. The source for the imagery is the print archive of The Globe and Mail, which contains more than 500,000 prints—24,000 of which have been donated to the newly formed Canadian Institute of Photography, housed within the(...)
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The Canadians: photographs from the Globe and Mail archives
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"The Canadians" playfully and affectionately reimagines one of the most revered photography books of the 20th century, Robert Frank’s The Americans. The source for the imagery is the print archive of The Globe and Mail, which contains more than 500,000 prints—24,000 of which have been donated to the newly formed Canadian Institute of Photography, housed within the National Gallery of Canada. Nearly 80 of these photographs have been selected for this book, and also form the basis for a national touring exhibition. These functionary press photographs, made to illustrate news stories—the state of the roads after a severe winter; a politician on the campaign trail; the opening of a new laundromat—hold no pretentions to be works of photographic art. However, taken together, they describe Canadian culture during an era of great transformation. Published in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict, the book begins with an insightful and irreverent introduction by Douglas Coupland, bringing together themes illuminated in these photographs, and taking us on a guided tour of a Canada gone, but not forgotten. "How strange it is to look at these photos of a Canada that was almost dead when I was a child," he writes, "the Canada of my parents and my grandparents, the Canada of the late 1950s and early ‘60s, a country in which, it would seem, people were born, became teenagers, and then, magically, at the age of 21, turned into chain-smoking 50-year olds with undiagnosed cancers."
Photography Collections
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The Japanese dry landscape garden has long attracted - and long baffled - viewers from the West. While museums across the United States are replicating these "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions of the gardens are now office decorations, they remain enigmatic, their philosophical and aesthetic significance obscured. "Reading Zen in the Rocks", the(...)
Reading Zen in the rocks : the Japanese dry landscape garden
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The Japanese dry landscape garden has long attracted - and long baffled - viewers from the West. While museums across the United States are replicating these "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions of the gardens are now office decorations, they remain enigmatic, their philosophical and aesthetic significance obscured. "Reading Zen in the Rocks", the classic essay on the karesansui garden by French art historian François Berthier, has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of these gardens. Berthier's guided tour of the famous garden of Ryoanji (Temple) in Kyoto leads him into an exposition of the genre, focusing on its Chinese antecedents and affiliations with Taoist ideas and Chinese landscape painting. He traces the roles of Shinto and Zen Buddhism in the evolution of the garden and also considers how manual laborers from the lowest classes in Japan had a hand in creating some of its highest examples. Parkes contributes an equally original and substantive essay which delves into the philosophical importance of rocks and their "language of stone," delineating the difference between Chinese and Japanese rock gardens and their relationship to Buddhism. Together, the two essays compose one of the most comprehensive and elegantly written studies of this haunting garden form. "Reading Zen in the Rocks" is fully illustrated with photographs of all the major gardens discussed, making it a handsome addition to the library of anyone interested in gardening, Eastern philosophy, and the combination of the two that the karesansui so superbly represents.
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