Rick Joy : desert works
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Rick Joy builds with remarkable sensitivity, precision, and grace. The allure of his architecture is often quietly and seductively hidden in the sensual qualities of one's experiences: the sounds, smells, tactile qualities, and moods of his work. The nine buildings shown in this, the first monograph on Joy's work, express his interest in making places that are(...)
Rick Joy : desert works
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Rick Joy builds with remarkable sensitivity, precision, and grace. The allure of his architecture is often quietly and seductively hidden in the sensual qualities of one's experiences: the sounds, smells, tactile qualities, and moods of his work. The nine buildings shown in this, the first monograph on Joy's work, express his interest in making places that are transcendent moments of space, light, and matter. In each of the projects the physical landscape, its specific environment, and its rich history are revealed and celebrated. While many of the projects here use sustainable materials like rammed earth, Joy's primary interest is in the quality of the spaces he makes. He shows us how efficient and environmentally sensitive architecture can emerge as a by-product from a quest for the timeless qualities that are always associated with great architecture. With a forword by Steven Holl and an introduction by Juhani Pallasmaa.
Architecture Monographs
Adalberto Libera
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Photographs, drawings, and text describe over 70 projects of Italian architect Libera (1903-63), a pioneer of modern Italian architecture who flourished during the Fascist period.
Architecture Monographs
June 2002, New York
Adalberto Libera
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Photographs, drawings, and text describe over 70 projects of Italian architect Libera (1903-63), a pioneer of modern Italian architecture who flourished during the Fascist period.
Architecture Monographs
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A comprehensive monograph on the renowned Dutch architect Wiel Arets — one of the most influental architects in Holland today. His international reputation is founded on such works as the Academy of Art and Architecture in Maastricht (1990–1993) and the headquarters for the AZL Pension Fund in Heerlen (1990–1995). Detailed descriptions of his projects illustrated(...)
Wiel Arets : works, projects, writings
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A comprehensive monograph on the renowned Dutch architect Wiel Arets — one of the most influental architects in Holland today. His international reputation is founded on such works as the Academy of Art and Architecture in Maastricht (1990–1993) and the headquarters for the AZL Pension Fund in Heerlen (1990–1995). Detailed descriptions of his projects illustrated by numerous beautiful photographs by Hélène Binet. Includes Arets’ theoretical writings and critical essays by Xavier Costa, Anthony Vidler, Greg Lynn, Stan Allen, and Bart Lootsma.
Architecture Monographs
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Santiago Calatrava launched a recent series of lectures at MIT filled with insight, anecdote, and hard information about the practice of design. As the most important figure at the intersection of architecture and engineering, Calatrava reflects on his person path and ties it to his design work. Includes original sketches by Calatrava.
Architecture Monographs
March 2002, New York
Santiago Calatrava : conversations with students
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Santiago Calatrava launched a recent series of lectures at MIT filled with insight, anecdote, and hard information about the practice of design. As the most important figure at the intersection of architecture and engineering, Calatrava reflects on his person path and ties it to his design work. Includes original sketches by Calatrava.
Architecture Monographs
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Ouvrage qui examine plusieurs aspects de la vie quotidienne au Bas-Canada: d'abord, le chauffage et l'éclairage, deux aspects du bien-être inégalement partagés à l'époque; ensuite, le mobilier et les accessoires décoratifs, un élément des intérieurs domestiques qui en dit long sur le niveau de fortune mais aussi sur le degré de culture des occupants: enfin les soins que(...)
La vie quotidienne dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent 1790-1835
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Ouvrage qui examine plusieurs aspects de la vie quotidienne au Bas-Canada: d'abord, le chauffage et l'éclairage, deux aspects du bien-être inégalement partagés à l'époque; ensuite, le mobilier et les accessoires décoratifs, un élément des intérieurs domestiques qui en dit long sur le niveau de fortune mais aussi sur le degré de culture des occupants: enfin les soins que l'on accordait à son corps, source d'un bien-être personnel défini selon les normes de l'époque.
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January 2002, Sillery
Architecture du Québec
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Découvertes Gallimard
Gaudi : bâtisseur visionnaire
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Découvertes Gallimard
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January 2001, Paris
Architecture Monographs
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Using a contemporary and sophisticated formal language, Larsen and his studio have succeeded in extracting the essence of the new and in translating it into a consistent and convincing architectural idiom. His strength lies in simplification of form and function, evident in his use of archetypal elements and themes such as the house-within-a-house and the internal(...)
Architecture Monographs
March 2002, Humlebaek
Henning Larsen : the architect's studio
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Using a contemporary and sophisticated formal language, Larsen and his studio have succeeded in extracting the essence of the new and in translating it into a consistent and convincing architectural idiom. His strength lies in simplification of form and function, evident in his use of archetypal elements and themes such as the house-within-a-house and the internal street. Brought to international acclaim with his design for the Foreign Ministry building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the early 80s, Larsen's most recent works include Christiansbro and the Danish Design Center, both located in Copenhagen. Bilingual edition in English and Danish.
Architecture Monographs
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Throughout history, our sensory transformation has been predicated on newly invented machinery and instruments, from the camera obscura to the stereoscope to the multimedia apparatuses of today. In the perspective paintings of the Renaissance, the "train sickness" works of the 19th century, and the helicopter view of modern times, artists reveal their role as mediums of(...)
Technology: art, fairground and theatre
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Throughout history, our sensory transformation has been predicated on newly invented machinery and instruments, from the camera obscura to the stereoscope to the multimedia apparatuses of today. In the perspective paintings of the Renaissance, the "train sickness" works of the 19th century, and the helicopter view of modern times, artists reveal their role as mediums of the new, pioneers who, through their incorporation and absorption of new technologies, subtly introduce them into the general consciousness.
Architectural Theory
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Asymptote : flux
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"Asymptote", an award-winning New York City-based architectural firm, expands the boundaries of traditional practice with work that ranges from buildings and urban design to computer-generated environments. Recognized internationally as both cutting-edge architects and virtual-reality artists, Asymptote partners Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid have designed and written(...)
Architecture Monographs
May 2002, Londres
Asymptote : flux
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"Asymptote", an award-winning New York City-based architectural firm, expands the boundaries of traditional practice with work that ranges from buildings and urban design to computer-generated environments. Recognized internationally as both cutting-edge architects and virtual-reality artists, Asymptote partners Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid have designed and written the first book to document their ‘real world’ (as opposed to virtual) projects completed since 1995. It includes work as diverse as a trading floor for the New York Stock Exchange; a multimedia research park in Kyoto, Japan; a modular furniture system for Knoll; and a centre for art and technology for the Guggenheim Museum in Soho, New York. Rashid and Couture’s work is intriguing because it draws inspiration from a wide range of sources not traditionally associated with architecture – among them the design of airline interiors, sporting equipment, and organic systems like seashells and honeycombs; and various means of communicating and disseminating information. Asymptote presents a seamless trajectory of projects organized in a non-linear fashion and illustrated with installation photographs, collaged photographs, and computer-generated diagrams and environments. The projects are interspersed with descriptive text and the speculative writing that Asymptote is known for. Both partners combine architectural practice with teaching, Rashid at Columbia University and Couture at Columbia and Parsons School of Design.
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May 2002, Londres
Architecture Monographs
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A. Quincy Jones
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Archibald Quincy Jones (1913–79) was a Los Angeles-based architect and educator who shared the Case Study goal of reinventing the house as a way of redefining the way people lived in post-war America. A pioneer in ‘greenbelt’ planning and ‘green’ design, Jones raised the level of the tract house in California from the simple stucco box to a structure of beauty and logic(...)
A. Quincy Jones
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Archibald Quincy Jones (1913–79) was a Los Angeles-based architect and educator who shared the Case Study goal of reinventing the house as a way of redefining the way people lived in post-war America. A pioneer in ‘greenbelt’ planning and ‘green’ design, Jones raised the level of the tract house in California from the simple stucco box to a structure of beauty and logic surrounded by gardens and integrated into the landscape. He introduced new materials and also a new way of living within the built environment, and his work bridged the gap between custom-built and developer-built homes. The exquisite detailing and siting of Jones’s houses, churches, civic and university buildings make them quintessential embodiments of mid-century American architecture. This is the first book published on Jones. It documents his full career, from his post-war planning projects to his long association with Palo Alto building magnate Joseph Eichler. The book is comprised of two parts: a substantial introductory essay tracing Jones’s life and career, with a summary of key projects and his contributions to planning; and a catalogue of sixty of Jones’s projects illustrated with high-quality black-and-white period photographs, and plans and renderings by Jones.
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May 2002, London
Architecture Monographs