Goodman for architects
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Goodman’s approach to architecture is not only relevant thinking in providing new insights to understanding the built environment, but serves also as an illustration of analytical thinking in architecture. This book shows that the methods, concepts, and ways of arguing characteristic of analytical philosophy are helpful tools to examine buildings in a novel and fruitful(...)
Goodman for architects
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Goodman’s approach to architecture is not only relevant thinking in providing new insights to understanding the built environment, but serves also as an illustration of analytical thinking in architecture. This book shows that the methods, concepts, and ways of arguing characteristic of analytical philosophy are helpful tools to examine buildings in a novel and fruitful way and they will certainly enhance the architect’s critical skills when designing and thinking about architecture.
Architectural Theory
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323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, ©2013.
Le Corbusier's secret laboratory : from painting to architecture / edited by Jean-Louis Cohen ; with Staffan Ahrenberg ; with essays by Jean-Louis Cohen ... [et al. ; translations, Caroline Higgitt, John Wheelwright, John Tittensor].
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323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, ©2013.
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xxviii, 619 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Re-reading Leonardo : the Treatise on painting across Europe, 1550-1900 / edited and introduced by Claire Farago.
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
trans magazin 44: Lore
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"Lore" as a term suggests a cumulative and collective understanding of a topic. Today, it is particularly common in gaming and serial storytelling to refer to the comprehensive background story of a fictive universe. This issue of trans magazine attempts to understand the many ways in which lore affects our present moment: the texts deal with narrated realities, logistics(...)
trans magazin 44: Lore
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"Lore" as a term suggests a cumulative and collective understanding of a topic. Today, it is particularly common in gaming and serial storytelling to refer to the comprehensive background story of a fictive universe. This issue of trans magazine attempts to understand the many ways in which lore affects our present moment: the texts deal with narrated realities, logistics of knowledge, ghosts and angels, and how the subconscious influences the built environment.
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Cristian Ordóñez: Frequency
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With the habit of walking, Cristian Ordóñez observes and studies the architecture, urbanism and the natural landscape that surrounds him, under the feelings of desolation, anxiety and uncertainty presented in the environment in recent years. The selection of pictures reflect on the human experience with the desire to build a personalized habitable world full of structures(...)
Cristian Ordóñez: Frequency
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With the habit of walking, Cristian Ordóñez observes and studies the architecture, urbanism and the natural landscape that surrounds him, under the feelings of desolation, anxiety and uncertainty presented in the environment in recent years. The selection of pictures reflect on the human experience with the desire to build a personalized habitable world full of structures and rules, the tension between nature and this system with many conflicts, scars and patches that constantly needs maintenance.
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This newly curated collection by some of the world's finest architectural studios showcases how innovative architectural designs can seamlessly integrate with and complement the natural landscape to create harmonious and captivating structure. Whether coastal, riverine, in the desert or among the trees, these projects live within the environment not apart. Discover the(...)
Back to nature: Architecture blends into landscape
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This newly curated collection by some of the world's finest architectural studios showcases how innovative architectural designs can seamlessly integrate with and complement the natural landscape to create harmonious and captivating structure. Whether coastal, riverine, in the desert or among the trees, these projects live within the environment not apart. Discover the artistry of architects who skillfully blend their creations with natures beauty, redefining the boundaries between man-mad and natural worlds.
Residential Architecture
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Although he was not widely known during his lifetime, Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) has in the past-half century become one of the most revered of modern architects. His passion for integrating the ancient with the modern, the natural with the built environment, and the sensual qualities of glass, wood and stone, makes him the perfect architect for this moment, when the(...)
Carlo Scarpa: the complete buildings
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Although he was not widely known during his lifetime, Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) has in the past-half century become one of the most revered of modern architects. His passion for integrating the ancient with the modern, the natural with the built environment, and the sensual qualities of glass, wood and stone, makes him the perfect architect for this moment, when the preservation of historic buildings and sensitivity to environmental impact is of supreme importance.
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Ferrari research center
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The building site is in the centre of the Ferrara Industrial Complex (Maranello, Italy) which is undergoing major changes and developments. This project is born out of the desire of bringing the natural environment within this highly technological complex in order to create a comfortable working context (...) this building, dedicated to a car manufacturing company that(...)
Ferrari research center
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The building site is in the centre of the Ferrara Industrial Complex (Maranello, Italy) which is undergoing major changes and developments. This project is born out of the desire of bringing the natural environment within this highly technological complex in order to create a comfortable working context (...) this building, dedicated to a car manufacturing company that has represented, for generations, the realization of a dream, becomes part of this poetry, magic and reverie.
Architecture Monographs
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The topics that Friedman and his interviewees discuss illuminate five overarching themes: the functions and meanings of home; history, tradition, and change in residential architecture; activism, sustainability, and the environment; cities, suburbs, and regions; and technology, innovation, and materials. Friedman frames the interviews with an extended introduction that(...)
The American idea of home: conversations about architecture and design
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The topics that Friedman and his interviewees discuss illuminate five overarching themes: the functions and meanings of home; history, tradition, and change in residential architecture; activism, sustainability, and the environment; cities, suburbs, and regions; and technology, innovation, and materials. Friedman frames the interviews with an extended introduction that highlights these themes and helps readers appreciate the common concerns that underlie projects as disparate as Katrina cottages and Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian houses.
Architectural Theory
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This book highlights some of the historical sources of ecological approaches that are currently reshaping the architectural field, especially in the work of architects such as Aldo van Eyck, Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling and others. This volume follows the paradigmatic shift in thinking about the built environment as something inherently contextual and(...)
Habitat: ecology thinking in architecture
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This book highlights some of the historical sources of ecological approaches that are currently reshaping the architectural field, especially in the work of architects such as Aldo van Eyck, Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling and others. This volume follows the paradigmatic shift in thinking about the built environment as something inherently contextual and relational. By demonstrating the continuities, disruptions and transformations at stake, 'Habitat' deepens the ongoing conversation, while suggesting directions for future research.
Green Architecture