Robert Polidori: Hotel Petra
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This book is Robert Polidori’s portrait of the interiors of the now demolished Hotel Petra in Beirut, a grand icon of the city’s prewar history. The Hotel Petra was once one of the most popular hotels in Beirut, conveniently located in the city center adjacent to the Grand Theatre. After the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–90, Rafiq al-Hariri founded a holding company,(...)
Robert Polidori: Hotel Petra
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This book is Robert Polidori’s portrait of the interiors of the now demolished Hotel Petra in Beirut, a grand icon of the city’s prewar history. The Hotel Petra was once one of the most popular hotels in Beirut, conveniently located in the city center adjacent to the Grand Theatre. After the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–90, Rafiq al-Hariri founded a holding company, Solidere, whose goal was the selective demolition and reconstruction of downtown Beirut’s urban fabric. In 1992 the Hotel Petra was set aside for later restoration, and from that moment essentially cut off from any human intervention.
Photography monographs
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When Álvaro Siza finished what is known as the Boa Nova Tea House in the early 1960s, it marked the beginning of his career. Set in a challenging topography, the building stands as a symbol of architecture’s identification with, and active interpretation of, the landscape. The composition of its low, volumetric expressiveness and surrounding rocks demands a respectful(...)
Alvaro Siza : Casa de Chá da Boa Nova
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When Álvaro Siza finished what is known as the Boa Nova Tea House in the early 1960s, it marked the beginning of his career. Set in a challenging topography, the building stands as a symbol of architecture’s identification with, and active interpretation of, the landscape. The composition of its low, volumetric expressiveness and surrounding rocks demands a respectful attentiveness, which until recently had been steadily deteriorating. Under the supervision of Siza, a full restoration of the building’s public spaces and a deeper intervention in its service areas has been undertaken. The book contains photographs, plans and original sketches by the architect.
Architecture Monographs
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The magazine profiles Alvaro Siza’s recent work in this special edition. Featuring projects since 2015, it underlines why the Portuguese architect remains one of the most respected designers today. A variety of typologies and scales are covered, from extremely compact works such as the Clay Pavilion for teaching local earthenware techniques in Oaxaca (Mexico), a chapel in(...)
El Croquis 215/216 : Alvaro Siza 2015-2022, self-portrait
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The magazine profiles Alvaro Siza’s recent work in this special edition. Featuring projects since 2015, it underlines why the Portuguese architect remains one of the most respected designers today. A variety of typologies and scales are covered, from extremely compact works such as the Clay Pavilion for teaching local earthenware techniques in Oaxaca (Mexico), a chapel in Miljana (Croatia) as part of a farmhouse restoration project, and an observation tower with lookout post in the Portuguese mountains, to prominent works like the Huamao Museum of Art Education (China) and the Gramaxo Foundation Headquarters in Maia (Portugal), and many more.
El Croquis
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This publication contains 14 projects and recent works by Salvador Pérez Arroyo, an experimental and heterodox architect whose designs alternate between light, heavy and utopian. His unstoppable creativity never ceases to amaze. His interest lies far beyond putting forward a clearly identifiable set of mannerisms; each project and building represents for him a new(...)
Salvador Pérez Arroyo : works
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This publication contains 14 projects and recent works by Salvador Pérez Arroyo, an experimental and heterodox architect whose designs alternate between light, heavy and utopian. His unstoppable creativity never ceases to amaze. His interest lies far beyond putting forward a clearly identifiable set of mannerisms; each project and building represents for him a new opportunity to engage with something unexplored, ultimately opening it up for new conversations in architecture. Among his most relevant works and projects are the Moncloa lighthouse, the Madrid Planetarium, the restoration of the Palladium Basilica in Venice and the Convention Center of Liepage.
Architecture Monographs
C3 328: urban addition
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Building a modern extension to an existing museum, church or other historic site can be problematic. These buildings are often situated in old and overpopulated cities. This issue takes a closer look at how today's architects have solved this dilemma. The Dresden Military History Museum by Daniel Libeskind, The new Messner Mountain Museum by EM2 Architects and the(...)
C3 328: urban addition
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Building a modern extension to an existing museum, church or other historic site can be problematic. These buildings are often situated in old and overpopulated cities. This issue takes a closer look at how today's architects have solved this dilemma. The Dresden Military History Museum by Daniel Libeskind, The new Messner Mountain Museum by EM2 Architects and the restoration of Madrid’s Slaughterhouse by Pesquera Ulargui Arquitectos serve as key examples. Other projects featured are: Milstein Hall at Cornell University by OMA, the Drents Museum extension by Erick van Egeraat Architects, and the Theater of Châtelard by Clermont Architects.
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An archaeologist of haunted walls and loaded spaces, Robert Polidori photographs the inside and the outside of private and public dwellings as they transition from one state to another, whether from humble household to horrific disaster zone, or dilapidated grandeur to hygienic modernity. Some Points in Between assembles, for the first time, each of Robert Polidori's(...)
Some points between...up till now
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An archaeologist of haunted walls and loaded spaces, Robert Polidori photographs the inside and the outside of private and public dwellings as they transition from one state to another, whether from humble household to horrific disaster zone, or dilapidated grandeur to hygienic modernity. Some Points in Between assembles, for the first time, each of Robert Polidori's major photographic series in one affordably priced volume: Beirut (on post-civil-war Lebanon), Versailles (on the restoration of the palace), Havana (on Castro's Cuba), After the Flood (on post-Katrina New Orleans) and Zones of Exclusion (on the nuclear disasters at Pripyat and Chernobyl).
Photography monographs
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This book accompanies an exhibition that traces the life of the great French-Swiss architect through documents, photographs, and many personal objects rediscovered following a restoration of Le Corbusier’s apartment on Rue Nungesser et Coli, Paris. Le Corbusier collected all kinds of everyday objects he called objets à réaction poétique: shells, pieces of wood, glass or(...)
Le Corbusier. Travels, objects and collections
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This book accompanies an exhibition that traces the life of the great French-Swiss architect through documents, photographs, and many personal objects rediscovered following a restoration of Le Corbusier’s apartment on Rue Nungesser et Coli, Paris. Le Corbusier collected all kinds of everyday objects he called objets à réaction poétique: shells, pieces of wood, glass or bone, stones, enamelled ceramics, bricks, and common objects. Photographs and sketches of cars demonstrate Le Corbusier’s passion for vehicles and means of transport, and the tickets, tourist brochures, and postcards of monuments that the architect collected show his sentimentality for the journeys he took internationally.
Architecture Monographs
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Louise Bourgeois' tapestry and needlepoint work deals with reparation in both a literal and metaphorical sense. In many of the works, fragmented tapestries are pieced together and repaired to create new sculptural forms. The recurring practices of weaving, stitching and mending express Bourgeois' identification with her childhood and the family business of tapestry(...)
Louise Bourgeois: the spider and the tapestries
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Louise Bourgeois' tapestry and needlepoint work deals with reparation in both a literal and metaphorical sense. In many of the works, fragmented tapestries are pieced together and repaired to create new sculptural forms. The recurring practices of weaving, stitching and mending express Bourgeois' identification with her childhood and the family business of tapestry restoration. Coupled with the medium of tapestry, Bourgeois' recurring motif of the spider symbolizes her mother, a weaver, and fully explores the complex relationship between mother and child. This publication includes archival photographs and facsimile documents from the Bourgeois family archive, as well as excerpts from the artist's psychoanalytical writings.
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442 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
New York : Rizzoli, 1992.
History of South American colonial art and architecture : Spanish South America and Brazil / Damián Bayón and Murillo Marx ; with contributions by Myriam Ribeiro de Oliveira, Aurea Ranch Pereira da Silva, Hugo Segawa.
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At no time in recent history have architecture, urban planning, rehabilitation and reconstruction been as important to the Islamic World as they are today. Since 1977, the triennial Aga Khan Award has celebrated outstanding contributions to architectural design, logical construction and the revivification of hisoric cities. In this, the ninth Award cycle, the jury(...)
History until 1900, Asia
April 2005, London
Architecture and polyphony : building in the Islamic world today - the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the ninth award cycle
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At no time in recent history have architecture, urban planning, rehabilitation and reconstruction been as important to the Islamic World as they are today. Since 1977, the triennial Aga Khan Award has celebrated outstanding contributions to architectural design, logical construction and the revivification of hisoric cities. In this, the ninth Award cycle, the jury has selected seven projects to reflect the rich diversity of Muslim architecture today : Biblioteca Alexandrina - Alexandria, Egypt; Gando Primary School - Gando, Burkina Faso; Sandbag Shelter Prototypes - Various locations; Restoration of Al-Abbas Mosque - Asnaf, Yemen; Old City of Jerusalem Revitalization Program - Old City, Jerusalem; B2 House - Ayvacik, Turkey; Petronus Towers - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
History until 1900, Asia