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Taking as a point of departure Derrida's notion of "hostipitality" – that is the presence of hostility in all hospitality and hosting – this anthology brings together original contributions from artists, scholars, activists, poets, curators, and musicians who reflect on different experiences and notions of hospitality. In an age of flourishing resentments and antipathy(...)
Whose land have I lit on now? Contemplations on the notions of hospitality
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Taking as a point of departure Derrida's notion of "hostipitality" – that is the presence of hostility in all hospitality and hosting – this anthology brings together original contributions from artists, scholars, activists, poets, curators, and musicians who reflect on different experiences and notions of hospitality. In an age of flourishing resentments and antipathy towards all that seems conceptually or physically "strange"/ a "stranger," in a time when the historical violence of the guest (as a colonizer) over the host is reiterated and fortified; in an era that has turned hospitality into a neoliberal commodity, it becomes urgent to reconsider hospitality's gradients of power.
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October 2021
Critical Theory
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This publication discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It reflects on the failing of modernity, with contributions by authors from the field of art history, architecture, philosophy, anthropology, sociology and poetry. It is published in(...)
Antonis Pittas: Jaune, Geel, Gelb, Yellow. Monochrome
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This publication discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It reflects on the failing of modernity, with contributions by authors from the field of art history, architecture, philosophy, anthropology, sociology and poetry. It is published in conjunction with the exhibition "jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Act on modernism with Antonis Pittas and Theo van Doesburg" at Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
Architectural Theory
Innovative design + construction: manufacturing and planning synergies in the building process
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How is innovative architecture created? How can efficient synergies between planners and manufacturers be achieved? And how does an enterprise such as seele, with its proven high-level qualifications in the area of steel and glass, respond to planners' design ideas? These are just some of the questions answered in Innovative Design + Construction, the new publication in(...)
Innovative design + construction: manufacturing and planning synergies in the building process
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How is innovative architecture created? How can efficient synergies between planners and manufacturers be achieved? And how does an enterprise such as seele, with its proven high-level qualifications in the area of steel and glass, respond to planners' design ideas? These are just some of the questions answered in Innovative Design + Construction, the new publication in the DETAIL development series.
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A massive reduction in population and collosal overhaul of economic structure have presented enormous challenges for the people of east Germany over the past 20 years. As part of the International Building Exhibition Urban Redevelopment 2010, 19 towns and cities in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt have implemented a series of innovative projects and formulated proposals(...)
Less is future: International Building Exhibition Urban Redevelopment Saxony-Anhalt 2010
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A massive reduction in population and collosal overhaul of economic structure have presented enormous challenges for the people of east Germany over the past 20 years. As part of the International Building Exhibition Urban Redevelopment 2010, 19 towns and cities in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt have implemented a series of innovative projects and formulated proposals as to how the ever-shrinking towns and cities of east Germany could be redesigned to accommodate their present status. This book provides a general view of the methods, methodology and results of this investigation. A historical review of the urban developments of the last two decades show the causes of urban reduction and the IBA's earliest solutions, and three scenarios on the themes of town, landscape and climate outline questions and possible developments for Saxony-Anhalt up to the year 2050. With the IBA, Saxony-Anhalt has also instigated a laboratory for the city of tomorrow, to sustain this project well into the future.
Urban Theory
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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle's Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With is an installation consisting of a 25 x 25-foot glass house based on Mies van der Rohe's (unbuilt) 1951 House With Four Columns. This house then becomes the stage for a narrative based on Yevgeny Zamyatin's 1921 science-fiction novel We, which also inspired Sergei Eisenstein's unfinished film The Glass House (1930).
Inigio Manglano-Ovalle: Gravity is a force to be reckoned with
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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle's Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With is an installation consisting of a 25 x 25-foot glass house based on Mies van der Rohe's (unbuilt) 1951 House With Four Columns. This house then becomes the stage for a narrative based on Yevgeny Zamyatin's 1921 science-fiction novel We, which also inspired Sergei Eisenstein's unfinished film The Glass House (1930).
Contemporary Art Monographs
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During World War 2 the Neues Museum was almost completely destroyed. Now, on the Berlin Museum Island with its tremendous diversity of demands for the restoration it has become the classic example for the preservation of historic monuments. It is rebuilt due to the plans of the world renown architect David Chipperfield. The great reopening of this building (a main work of(...)
The Neues Museums Berlin: conserving, restoring, rebuilding within the world heritage
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During World War 2 the Neues Museum was almost completely destroyed. Now, on the Berlin Museum Island with its tremendous diversity of demands for the restoration it has become the classic example for the preservation of historic monuments. It is rebuilt due to the plans of the world renown architect David Chipperfield. The great reopening of this building (a main work of the Schinkel scholar Friedrich August Stueler) is scheduled for March 2009. The present book shows the history from its origins under Frederic Wilhelm IV of Prussia, the various phases of conversation and restoration of the war-ruin during the different systems after war to the considerations of preservation, modern building technique and current utilization.
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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The biannual publication from de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam, F.R. DAVID focuses on the status of (reading and) writing in contemporary art practice. Includes contributions by Adam Chodzko, H.G. Widdowson, Marjorie Perloff, Kirschner & Panos, Lydia Davis and Dan Lepard, among others.
F.R. David 9 Spring 2012: this is not new of course
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The biannual publication from de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam, F.R. DAVID focuses on the status of (reading and) writing in contemporary art practice. Includes contributions by Adam Chodzko, H.G. Widdowson, Marjorie Perloff, Kirschner & Panos, Lydia Davis and Dan Lepard, among others.
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During the Showa period, from the 1950s to 1970s, most of the illustrated articles anticipating what life would be like in the 21st century were a nonsensical parade of daydreams, fantasy, and wild flights of imagination. The futuristic illustrations from that period collected in this book are grouped in six categories; everyday life, modes of transportation, robots,(...)
Futuristic illustrations for kids of the Showa era - our 21st century
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During the Showa period, from the 1950s to 1970s, most of the illustrated articles anticipating what life would be like in the 21st century were a nonsensical parade of daydreams, fantasy, and wild flights of imagination. The futuristic illustrations from that period collected in this book are grouped in six categories; everyday life, modes of transportation, robots, computers, space, and the end of the world.
Graphic Design and Typography
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Ce livre se penche sur les pratiques concrètes de participation publique en matière de planification urbaine dans trois agglomérations, Grenoble: et Lyon en France et Montréal au Québec.
Débattre pour transformer l'action urbaine : planification urbaine et développement durable à Grenoble, Lyon et Montréal
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Ce livre se penche sur les pratiques concrètes de participation publique en matière de planification urbaine dans trois agglomérations, Grenoble: et Lyon en France et Montréal au Québec.
Architecture de Montréal
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Les Ateliers de Cergy sont une association à but non lucratif rassemblant des professionnels, des universitaires et des décideurs du monde de l’aménagement urbain. Depuis 30 ans, ils ont réfléchi à de multiples thématiques, proposé des solutions innovantes, posé des questions nouvelles; ils ont contribué à apporter un changement du regard sur l’objet urbain. Cet(...)
30 ans de créativité urbain : les ateliers internationaux de maîtrise d'oeuvre urbaine de Cergy-Pontoise
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Les Ateliers de Cergy sont une association à but non lucratif rassemblant des professionnels, des universitaires et des décideurs du monde de l’aménagement urbain. Depuis 30 ans, ils ont réfléchi à de multiples thématiques, proposé des solutions innovantes, posé des questions nouvelles; ils ont contribué à apporter un changement du regard sur l’objet urbain. Cet ouvrage célèbre les 30 ans des Ateliers en revenant sur leur histoire, qu’elle soit humaine (avec des récits d’anciens participants), intellectuelle (avec la méthode et les productions des Ateliers), ou encore politique (avec une prise de position des Ateliers dans le monde de l’urbanisme). Il s’organise autour de trois axes principaux : la présentation de la maîtrise d’œuvre urbaine - le fondement de la pratique des Ateliers, qui a redéfini dans les années 80 le travail de l’urbaniste en le situant à l’interface entre élus et techniciens -, des articles très illustrés qui exposent la production des Ateliers autour de thématiques telles que la centralité, les grands développements urbains, la ville et l’eau, la ville et la nature, la densité et qualité de vie… ; et enfin, une série d’entretiens donnant la parole aux différents membres des Ateliers et en montrent l’importante richesse humaine.
Urban Theory