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"Vitruvius’s De architectura" is the only major work on architecture to survive from classical antiquity, and until the eighteenth century it was the text to which all other architectural treatises referred. While European classicists have focused on the factual truth of the text itself, English-speaking architects and architectural theorists have viewed it as a timeless(...)
Architectural Theory
October 2002, Cambridge, Mass.
Vitruvius: Writing the body of architecture
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"Vitruvius’s De architectura" is the only major work on architecture to survive from classical antiquity, and until the eighteenth century it was the text to which all other architectural treatises referred. While European classicists have focused on the factual truth of the text itself, English-speaking architects and architectural theorists have viewed it as a timeless source of valuable metaphors. Departing from both perspectives, Indra Kagis McEwen examines the work’s meaning and significance in its own time. Vitruvius dedicated De architectura to his patron Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, whose rise to power inspired its composition near the end of the first century B.C. McEwen argues that the imperial project of world dominion shaped Vitruvius’s purpose in writing what he calls "the whole body of architecture." Specifically, Vitruvius’s aim was to present his discipline as the means for making the emperor’s body congruent with the imagined body of the world he would rule.
Architectural Theory
The spirit of terrorism
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«In dealing all the cards to itself, the system forced the Other to change the rules of the game. And the new rules are ferocious, because the game is ferocious.»
Architectural Theory
September 2002, London / New York
The spirit of terrorism
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«In dealing all the cards to itself, the system forced the Other to change the rules of the game. And the new rules are ferocious, because the game is ferocious.»
Architectural Theory
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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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Ce livre est composé de témoignages adressés à l'architecte Claude Parent à l'occasion de son anniversaire et publié au moment de son entrée à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts. / This book comprises a collection of tributes to the architect Claude Parent on the occasion of his birthday and is published to coincide with his induction into the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Architecture Monographs
October 2006, Paris
Claude Parent vu par . . . : 50 témoignages du monde entier
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Ce livre est composé de témoignages adressés à l'architecte Claude Parent à l'occasion de son anniversaire et publié au moment de son entrée à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts. / This book comprises a collection of tributes to the architect Claude Parent on the occasion of his birthday and is published to coincide with his induction into the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Architecture Monographs
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Comme Bernard Palissy, Hugues Sambin relève du mythe. Certes, sa vie ne fut pas transformée en légende, mais on sent la même intensité vitale, la même soif de recherches, le refus de se laisser cantonner dans un domaine trop étroit, qui le conduisirent à se faire tour à tour menuisier, dessinateur, graveur, ingénieur militaire, hydraulicien, et architecte. L'acquisition(...)
October 2001, Paris
Hugues Sambin : un créateur au XVIè siècle (vers 1520-1601)
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Comme Bernard Palissy, Hugues Sambin relève du mythe. Certes, sa vie ne fut pas transformée en légende, mais on sent la même intensité vitale, la même soif de recherches, le refus de se laisser cantonner dans un domaine trop étroit, qui le conduisirent à se faire tour à tour menuisier, dessinateur, graveur, ingénieur militaire, hydraulicien, et architecte. L'acquisition récente d'un meuble qui pourrait être attribué à son atelier conduit aujourd'hui le Musée national de la Renaissance à rouvrir le dossier. Fortement marqué dans sa jeunesse par son passage sur le chantier de château de Fontainebleau, il semble avoir exercé une forme de fascination chez ses riches commanditaires de Bourgogne et de Franche-Comté. Il fut actif puisque dans les anciens Pays-Bas espapagnols, pour le gouverneur du duché de Luxembourg. Sa pratique de menuisier, qu'il n'a jamais reniée, offre l'occasion d'aborder dans cet ouvrage certaines questions touchant au mobilier, en particulier dans cette période charnière qui voit un renforcement de la spécialisation des meubles et notamment la naissance du "cabinet". Une telle approche permet d'évoquer les "manières d'habiter" dont l'ameublement ne peut être dissocié. Des études techniques poussées permettent enfin d'approcher au plus près les processus de création d'oeuvres de menuiserie, fruit de la collaboration de nombreux intervenants.
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October 2001, Paris
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Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps (1824-1873), premier jardinier en chef du service des promenades et plantations de la ville de Paris, est l’auteur de l’aménagement paysager de la capitale au moment de sa transformation par le préfet Haussmann. Transformant notamment les bois de Boulogne et de Vincennes, le parc Monceau, réalisant le parc des Buttes-Chaumont, il inaugure(...)
L'art des jardins sous le Second Empire : Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps (1824-1873)
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Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps (1824-1873), premier jardinier en chef du service des promenades et plantations de la ville de Paris, est l’auteur de l’aménagement paysager de la capitale au moment de sa transformation par le préfet Haussmann. Transformant notamment les bois de Boulogne et de Vincennes, le parc Monceau, réalisant le parc des Buttes-Chaumont, il inaugure un nouveau type de jardin, caractérisé par les vallonnements, les formes sinueuses des allées et des pelouses, la richesse de la décoration végétale, qui exalte la modernité du Second Empire et de la bourgeoisie, nouvelle classe dominante. Les nouveaux jardins parisiens se font le reflet de cette société, de ses désirs, ses principes et ses valeurs; et révèlent en même temps ses faiblesses et ses contradictions. Image fidèle de la bourgeoisie parisienne, le nouveau jardin est diversement accueilli dans les pays où il est exporté: en province, à Lille, Marseille, Avignon, Hyères, ainsi qu’à l’étranger, à Genève, Milan, Turin, Vienne et Le Caire. Le jardin parisien du Second Empire caractérisera ainsi l’art des jardins du XIXè siècle, et marquera de son empreinte la plupart des réalisations paysagères du XXè siècle. Luisa Limido est née en Italie en 1964. Architecte, Docteur en géographie à l’Université de Paris I, elle a préparé une thèse sur les jardins publics parisiens sous le Second Empire. Elle travaille actuellement sur le rapport ville-nature et société dans la ville du XIXè et XXè siècles.
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March 2002, Seyssel
Landscape Theory
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Cet ouvrage réunit diverses contributions à propos de l'oeuvre de Rem Koolhaas. La première conversation, "un rationalisme paradoxal", a eu lieu à Rotterdam en février 1992. la seconde, "Face à la rupture" a eu lieu en avril 2001 à Bouliac. Et certains articles et une notice bibliographique.
Deux conservations avec Rem Koolhaas et caetera
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Cet ouvrage réunit diverses contributions à propos de l'oeuvre de Rem Koolhaas. La première conversation, "un rationalisme paradoxal", a eu lieu à Rotterdam en février 1992. la seconde, "Face à la rupture" a eu lieu en avril 2001 à Bouliac. Et certains articles et une notice bibliographique.
Urban Theory
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Architecte, urbaniste et design d'origine polonaise, Constantin Brodzki, né à Rome en 1924, a fait ses études d'architecture à Bruxelles et s'est formé à New York, après la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Il a réalisé en Belgique une œuvre significative qui se distingue dans la production du Modernisme des années' 50 à 90, par sa rigueur et son caractère anticipateur. Le(...)
Constantin Brodzki : architecte
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Architecte, urbaniste et design d'origine polonaise, Constantin Brodzki, né à Rome en 1924, a fait ses études d'architecture à Bruxelles et s'est formé à New York, après la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Il a réalisé en Belgique une œuvre significative qui se distingue dans la production du Modernisme des années' 50 à 90, par sa rigueur et son caractère anticipateur. Le présent ouvrage est le fruit d'une thèse universitaire réalisée par Gertjan Hoste et complétée par le regard et les commentaires de deux éminents architectes et critiques d'architecture : Albert Bontridder et Pierre Loze.
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April 2004, Sprimont
Architecture Monographs
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'More would be unnecessary, less impossible', is designer Bruno Ninaber van Eyben's principle. His work, for which he was the first to receive the Kho Liang Ie Award in 1979, is characterized by silent dialogues between form, function, technology and material. From a minimalist position Ninaber van Eyben searches for pragmatic solutions to make functional objects, always(...)
Bruno Ninaber van Eyben with compliments
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'More would be unnecessary, less impossible', is designer Bruno Ninaber van Eyben's principle. His work, for which he was the first to receive the Kho Liang Ie Award in 1979, is characterized by silent dialogues between form, function, technology and material. From a minimalist position Ninaber van Eyben searches for pragmatic solutions to make functional objects, always keeping in touch with the end product's poetic quality. Among other classics he gave the wristwatch (1973), the neck watch (1976) and the TL lamp (1977) to the world. His watches are still commercially successful. In 1980 Ninaber designed the Dutch coin series with the portrait of H.M. Queen Beatrix and eighteen years later his design won the competition for the Dutch side of the Euro coin. His products grace museum collections in the Netherlands and also abroad, notably at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Together with Wolfram Peters and Peter Krouwel he founded the industrial design studio n|p|k in 1985. He was its co-director for twelve years. In 1997 he started a new office, Bruno Ninaber van Eyben design & production. It develops high-quality and sometimes more personal products independently and for a limited number of customers, such as the Prime Minister's national gift, the chairperson's gavel for Parliament and the new chain of office for the mayor of Papendrecht, a small town near Rotterdam. "With compliments" is not a traditional monograph. It is mainly a story in images, showing Ninaber's products and sources of inspiration. Short, strong statements underline the images and provide them with a context.
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January 2002, Rotterdam
Design Monographs
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Ed Annink : designer
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Not many designers are as well organized as Ed Annink and so apt to leave things to chance at the same time. He arranges combinations of constraints and designs products and exhibitions from there onwards. As a design teacher he handles the same principle. His focus is to let students experience and develop their personal design process. Ed Annink distinguishes himself by(...)
Design Monographs
January 2002, Rotterdam
Ed Annink : designer
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Not many designers are as well organized as Ed Annink and so apt to leave things to chance at the same time. He arranges combinations of constraints and designs products and exhibitions from there onwards. As a design teacher he handles the same principle. His focus is to let students experience and develop their personal design process. Ed Annink distinguishes himself by the width of his scope. He designs on the run as it were and the objects he creates seem to be of minor importance among the ideas and activities that surround them. Some products take less than a minute to come alive. He can be sketching ideas about material qualities, production, use and image without having a particular functionality in mind and seeks to minimize effort for everyone involved, the producer, the person who makes the product, the one who sells it and the user too. As a teacher he may be maximizing the effort his students must make in order for them to discover what it means to be a designer. This monography, written by Ida van Zijl, Gert Staal, Schwartz and Ed van Hinte (ed.) and including interviews with, among others, commissioners from VITRA and Authentics, describes and analyses Annink's work as an exhibition and product designer, an educator and a project initiator.
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January 2002, Rotterdam
Design Monographs