Space as membrane
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What if architecture was no longer 3D or 2D, mass or surface, object or space? And what if the architectural environment was envisioned not as an abstract continuum, but as a material envelope that grows organically from the human body, uniting its skin with the periphery of a city, a region or a continent, and even the entire earthly atmosphere? Such a sprawling(...)
Space as membrane
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What if architecture was no longer 3D or 2D, mass or surface, object or space? And what if the architectural environment was envisioned not as an abstract continuum, but as a material envelope that grows organically from the human body, uniting its skin with the periphery of a city, a region or a continent, and even the entire earthly atmosphere? Such a sprawling hypothesis informs the theoretical premise of the 1926 essay Space as Membrane, written by former Bauhaus student, architect and cosmological theorist Siegfried Ebeling. Read and praised by Mies van der Rohe, denounced by Walter Gropius and presaging some of the technological innovations introduced across the Atlantic by Buckminster Fuller, Ebeling's treatise has been the subject of a number of recent commentaries, yet the text itself remains unread, due mainly to the scarcity of the original publication. This is the first English translation of Ebeling's original treatise, as well as the first contemporary edition of the text in any language.
Architectural Theory
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The Bauhaus, the school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, brought together artists, architects and designers--among them Anni and Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lilly Reich, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stolzl--in an(...)
Bauhaus 1919-1933: workshops for modernity
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The Bauhaus, the school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, brought together artists, architects and designers--among them Anni and Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lilly Reich, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stolzl--in an extraordinary conversation on the nature of art in the industrial age. Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, published to accompany a major multimedia exhibition offers a new generational perspective on the twentieth century's most influential experiment in artistic education. Organized in collaboration with the three major Bauhaus collections in Germany, this book examines the extraordinarily broad spectrum of the school's products, including industrial design, furniture, architecture, graphics, photography, textiles, ceramics, theater and costume design, painting and sculpture. Many of the objects discussed and illustrated here have rarely if ever been seen or published outside Germany.
Modernism
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En avril 1919, Walter Gropius signe le prologue du Manifeste qui ratifie la fondation du Bauhaus de Weimar, apogée du rationalisme européen et en même temps naissance du design moderne. Certes, le dessin industriel était né au XIXe siècle, mais c'est à partir du Bauhaus, extraordinaire vivier de talents et d'idées, que s'est affirmée l'idée que l'art peut faire(...)
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En avril 1919, Walter Gropius signe le prologue du Manifeste qui ratifie la fondation du Bauhaus de Weimar, apogée du rationalisme européen et en même temps naissance du design moderne. Certes, le dessin industriel était né au XIXe siècle, mais c'est à partir du Bauhaus, extraordinaire vivier de talents et d'idées, que s'est affirmée l'idée que l'art peut faire joyeusement irruption dans la vie quotidienne, dans les gestes, dans les choses plus ou moins utiles, devenant ainsi accessible à tous. L'amélioration continue des processus de production, l'élargissement rapide et prometteur des marchés ont par la suite contribué à la diffusion du design, dont le but est de produire en grande quantité et à des prix modiques des objets, machines, meubles et autres ustensiles à la fois esthétiques et fonctionnels. Cet ouvrage offre un témoignage éclatant de cette évolution, à travers plus de 600 créations emblématiques de la Belle Epoque à nos jours.
Industrial Design
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Founded in North Carolina in 1933, Black Mountain College ranks alongside the Bauhaus as one of the most innovative schools of the 20th century. Inspired by the forward-thinking pedagogical ideas of philosopher John Dewey, the experimental, interdisciplinary college combined the ideas of radical European modernism with the philosophy of American pragmatism and teaching(...)
Black Mountain: an interdisciplinary experiment 1933-1957
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Founded in North Carolina in 1933, Black Mountain College ranks alongside the Bauhaus as one of the most innovative schools of the 20th century. Inspired by the forward-thinking pedagogical ideas of philosopher John Dewey, the experimental, interdisciplinary college combined the ideas of radical European modernism with the philosophy of American pragmatism and teaching methods designed to encourage personal initiative as well as the social competence of the individual. Visual arts, economics, physics, dance, architecture and music were all taught on an equal footing, and teachers and students lived together in a democratically organized community. The second director of the school was Josef Albers, and John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, Franz Kline and Charles Olson were among its teachers. As a result, the college played a foundational role in the development of a range of avant-garde practices, and exerted an enormous influence on the development of the arts in the second half of the 20th century.
Art Theory
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The Bauhaus Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and from 1925 to 1932 the headquarters of the "Hochschule für Gestaltung Bauhaus Dessau", attracts around 80,000 visitors annually from Germany and abroad who are in search of the roots of the 20th century Modernism. Now the first book in which the UNESCO world cultural heritage site is introduced following its complete(...)
Bauhau Dessau : architecture, design, concept
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The Bauhaus Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and from 1925 to 1932 the headquarters of the "Hochschule für Gestaltung Bauhaus Dessau", attracts around 80,000 visitors annually from Germany and abroad who are in search of the roots of the 20th century Modernism. Now the first book in which the UNESCO world cultural heritage site is introduced following its complete renovation is available. Featuring more than 110 black and white photographs, "Bauhaus Dessau" presents the whole scope of architectural and artistic variety and quality of the building. The book sketches the history of the building, its architectural parts, the interior design created by the Bauhaus artists, as well as the functions of the building. "Bauhaus Dessau" is well-suited as a companion for a tour through the building as well as a reference of individual details. In addition to the visual objects, the text also describes the work carried out in the former workshops and their most important products, because architecture, design and concept of the Bauhaus are inseparably connected to each other.
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The first book to look back on Gautherot’s entire career, Marcel Gautherot: The Monograph takes readers through the architect and photographer’s time as an apprentice in Paris, where he attended evening classes and took an ardent interest in Esprit Nouveau and the Bauhaus, as well as their proponents, including Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier.(...)
Marcel Gautherot: the monograph
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The first book to look back on Gautherot’s entire career, Marcel Gautherot: The Monograph takes readers through the architect and photographer’s time as an apprentice in Paris, where he attended evening classes and took an ardent interest in Esprit Nouveau and the Bauhaus, as well as their proponents, including Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier. In the 1930s, Gautherot abandoned his studies in architecture to follow his passion for photography. This led him to travel extensively, and he eventually came to live and work in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where he was welcomed by a circle of artists and intellectuals who became important figures in Brazilian culture, including the architects Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx. With 150 superbly reproduced photographs, the book also includes essays by art and photography historians Jacques Leenhardt, Michel Frizot, and Samuel Titan on Gautherot’s affinity for modern architecture and his contribution to the history of photography. It will make the perfect book to reintroduce this important Franco-Brazilian photographer.
Photography monographs
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Durant l'entre-deux-guerres, l'habitat bruxellois connaît une expansion considérable. Coexistent à cette époque deux grands courants : l'un résolument moderniste et avant-gardiste, dans la mouvance du Stijl et du Bauhaus, et inspiré par des novateurs, tels Walter Gropius ou Le Corbusier ; l'autre, à la fois réaction à l'Art nouveau et son prolongement naturel... qui se(...)
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January 1900, Bruxelles
Intérieurs bruxellois : modernisme & art déco
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Durant l'entre-deux-guerres, l'habitat bruxellois connaît une expansion considérable. Coexistent à cette époque deux grands courants : l'un résolument moderniste et avant-gardiste, dans la mouvance du Stijl et du Bauhaus, et inspiré par des novateurs, tels Walter Gropius ou Le Corbusier ; l'autre, à la fois réaction à l'Art nouveau et son prolongement naturel... qui se verra consacré lors de l'Exposition des Arts décoratifs, en 1925, à Paris. Cette évolution formelle s'appuie sur un progrès technique dans de nombreux domaines et sur la mise en œuvre de matériaux nouveaux, béton armé, brique de verre, acier, aluminium. Dans le même temps, l'habitat lui-même s'enrichit du concept de cité-jardin et voit se multiplier les immeubles d'appartements. Tous ces aspects - conceptuels, formels, stylistiques, techniques, culturels et sociaux - sont illustrés dans le présent ouvrage par des intérieurs choisis pour leur pertinence, tant des hôtels de prestige que des logements plus modestes, tous représentatifs de la façon de vivre et de l'art de construire de cet âge d'or. Illustré, cet ouvrage présente des intérieurs bruxellois typiques de l'entre-deux-guerres et d'aujourd'hui ;et y restitue dans toutes ses composantes le contexte de leur développement.
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Hansaviertel portraits
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A former debris-strewn wasteland in the inner city—some 300 out of 343 residential buildings were destroyed during the Second World War—the Hansaviertel is one of the most defining architecture projects of the postwar period in Berlin. In 1952, an international ideas competition was held under the title die stadt von morgen (the city of tomorrow); more than fifty(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Hansaviertel portraits
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A former debris-strewn wasteland in the inner city—some 300 out of 343 residential buildings were destroyed during the Second World War—the Hansaviertel is one of the most defining architecture projects of the postwar period in Berlin. In 1952, an international ideas competition was held under the title die stadt von morgen (the city of tomorrow); more than fifty architects presented plans for the rebuilding of West Berlin, including leading practitioners of Western modernist architecture like Alvar Aalto, Werner Düttmann, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Arne Jacobsen, Oscar Niemeyer, and Max Taut. Construction based on their designs in the redevelopment area began in 1956. The result was a neighborhood designed for people and their needs—largely without predetermined paths, with lots of greenery, flexible floor plans, space for small businesses, and facilities for everyday needs. Visiting the area and its people today, one can still feel the designers’ visionary resolve to establish new ways of residential living. Locals are united by their fascination with architecture and design and their love for their neighborhood, which over the decades has developed an authentic patina and now stands as witness to a key chapter in the city’s more recent history.
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The spirit of the Bauhaus
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“Architects, sculptors, painters, we all must return to the crafts!” declared architect Walter Gropius in his Bauhaus manifesto. Founded in 1919 as an art school in Weimar, the Bauhaus established itself as a major influence on twentieth- century art and design. Bauhaus students were taught by some of the most celebrated artists of the time, including Paul Klee, Lyonel(...)
The spirit of the Bauhaus
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“Architects, sculptors, painters, we all must return to the crafts!” declared architect Walter Gropius in his Bauhaus manifesto. Founded in 1919 as an art school in Weimar, the Bauhaus established itself as a major influence on twentieth- century art and design. Bauhaus students were taught by some of the most celebrated artists of the time, including Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Wassily Kandinsky. Having moved to Berlin in 1932 under architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, it was forced to close for good by the Gestapo in 1933. Uncovering the sources of inspiration that brought the Bauhaus into existence, from medieval cathedrals of Europe and Hokusai prints to William Morris and Arts and Crafts, The Spirit of the Bauhaus explores workshops and courses in detail, illustrating the extraordinary wealth of experimentation in every medium: ceramics, wood and metalwork, textiles, glass- painting, sculpture, mural, printing and binding, theater, architecture, and photography. This essential and accessible guide to the Bauhaus, published in time for the 100th anniversary of the school in 2019, celebrates a school that continues to be recognized as the most durable and influential source of modern ideas about art, design, and craft.
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Bauhaus futures
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A century after its founding by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, as an "experimental laboratory of the future," who are the pioneering experimentalists who reinscribe or resist Bauhaus traditions? This book explores the varied legacies, influences, and futures of the Bauhaus. Many of the animating issues of the Bauhaus—its integration of research, teaching, and(...)
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Bauhaus futures
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A century after its founding by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, as an "experimental laboratory of the future," who are the pioneering experimentalists who reinscribe or resist Bauhaus traditions? This book explores the varied legacies, influences, and futures of the Bauhaus. Many of the animating issues of the Bauhaus—its integration of research, teaching, and practice; its experimentation with materials; its democratization of design; its open-minded, heterogeneous approach to ideas, theories, methods, and styles—remain relevant. The contributors to "Bauhaus futures" address these but go further, considering issues that design has largely ignored for the last hundred years: gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and disability. Their contributions take the form of essays, photo-essays, interviews, manifestos, diagrams, and even a play. They discuss, among other things, the Bauhaus curriculum and its contemporary offshoots; Bauhaus legacies at the MIT Media Lab, Black Mountain College, and elsewhere; the conflict between the Bauhaus ideal of humanist universalism and current approaches to design concerned with race and justice; designed objects, from the iconic to the precarious; textile and weaving work by women in the Bauhaus and the present day; and design and technology.
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