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Ornament has been central to western culture for thousands of years and surrounds us every day, whether on buildings, clothes and accessories, cars or even computers. Behind this desire to decorate lies a need to give meaning to the things we make and live with: to make them distinctive and give them added value. "The V book of western ornament" tells the story of(...)
The V book of western ornament
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Ornament has been central to western culture for thousands of years and surrounds us every day, whether on buildings, clothes and accessories, cars or even computers. Behind this desire to decorate lies a need to give meaning to the things we make and live with: to make them distinctive and give them added value. "The V book of western ornament" tells the story of European ornament from 1450 to the present, from its decorative origins to its relevance in the consumer culture of today.
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Modern American houses : fifty years of design in architectural record, revised and expanded edition
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"Architectural record" is the premier architectural magazine in America, with a devoted following among architects, designers, and the increasingly design-minded public. Drawing from the roster of award-winning residences featured since 1956 in "Record houses", the magazine's prestigious “best of” annual issue, this revised and expanded edition of the 1996 Abrams book(...)
Modern American houses : fifty years of design in architectural record, revised and expanded edition
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"Architectural record" is the premier architectural magazine in America, with a devoted following among architects, designers, and the increasingly design-minded public. Drawing from the roster of award-winning residences featured since 1956 in "Record houses", the magazine's prestigious “best of” annual issue, this revised and expanded edition of the 1996 Abrams book showcases more than 75 of the most innovative and influential houses built in the last 50 years. Designed by such luminaries as Philip Johnson, Richard Meier, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, Frank Gehry, and the 2005 Pritzker Prize–winner Thom Mayne of Morphosis, these houses have helped shape the direction of residential architecture. Texts by six noted architectural writers provide commentary on the key trends and developments of residential architecture in the last half century, and each decade is represented by a portfolio of photographs, along with numerous plans and drawings.
Residential Architecture
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A companion to "The Abrams Guide to American House Styles", this stylish, compact guide makes it a snap to identify and incorporate various period styles into any design. Featuring 32 period styles of design common around the world, from Colonial to Art Deco to Modern, this comprehensive reference combines depth of content with ease of use. Further distinguishing this(...)
The Abrams guide to period styles for interiors
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A companion to "The Abrams Guide to American House Styles", this stylish, compact guide makes it a snap to identify and incorporate various period styles into any design. Featuring 32 period styles of design common around the world, from Colonial to Art Deco to Modern, this comprehensive reference combines depth of content with ease of use. Further distinguishing this volume is its consideration of the various substyles of the Modern period - the trendiest of all the period styles today - including International Style, Mid-century Modern, Italian Modern, Scandinavian Modern, and Sixties Style. Each featured style is described in a concise historical summary, as well as in a detailed discussion and by a list of its hallmark characteristics. Striking illustrative images, distinguishing color palettes, and fabric swatches complete each of the entries.
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Unseen Europe : a survey of EU politics and its impact on spatial development in the Netherlands
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The EU is involved, either directly or indirectly, in the most vital issues of national spatial policy. The indirect - and therefore usually unseen - consequences are often more significant, and will become increasingly so in the future. These are the most important findings in "Unseen Europe : a survey of EU politics and its impact on spatial development in the(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
January 2004, Rotterdam
Unseen Europe : a survey of EU politics and its impact on spatial development in the Netherlands
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The EU is involved, either directly or indirectly, in the most vital issues of national spatial policy. The indirect - and therefore usually unseen - consequences are often more significant, and will become increasingly so in the future. These are the most important findings in "Unseen Europe : a survey of EU politics and its impact on spatial development in the Netherlands". This study by the Netherlands Institute for Spatial Planning (Ruimtelijk Planbureau) was presented to the Dutch minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Sybilla M. Dekker. This study surveys a selected number of spatially relevant EU policy fields and their potential impacts in the Netherlands. Given this growing importance of European policy, those involved in spatial policy should keep abreast of developments to avoid being caught off-guard by new EU directives or initiatives. Where necessary position should be taken against the too uniform a character of European policy. Otherwise, the Dutch government should more actively anticipate the chances offered by the European context. Without this European perspective it is more and more difficult to conduct spatial policy. Instead of considering the EU as restrictive only, policy should therefore be formulated from a European perspective. In this respect the Netherlands still turns its back on Brussels too much.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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A Jeff Wall tapestry? Sol LeWitt paneling? Is this some new Target promotion? Actually, those works aren’t for sale to the general public, but are part of architect Charles Vandenhove’s signature philosophy of integrating other artists’ work into his own designs. And it’s one reason he’s gained such acclaim and fame, whether for a new design (the Théâtre des Abbesses in(...)
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January 1900, Gent, Amsterdam
Charles Vandenhove : art in architecture
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A Jeff Wall tapestry? Sol LeWitt paneling? Is this some new Target promotion? Actually, those works aren’t for sale to the general public, but are part of architect Charles Vandenhove’s signature philosophy of integrating other artists’ work into his own designs. And it’s one reason he’s gained such acclaim and fame, whether for a new design (the Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris) or one of his numerous renovation projects (La Monnaie Theatre in Brussels). Paneling (a Vandenhove hallmark) reworked by LeWitt, Marthe Wéry, and Jacques Charlier; tapestries conceived by Luc Tuymans as well as Jeff Wall; designs by Daniel Buren and Patrick Corillon: Each work of art finds a niche in Vandenhove’s architecture, creating a deliberate interaction between disciplines. Or as he himself puts it: "As at the time of the Renaissance, I would like the work of artists to be in line with mine; I would like the one not to be able to exist without the other."
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Modernism in American silver
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A lavishly illustrated catalogue that explores the role of modernism in 20th century American silver design. The book not only focuses on the works of such widely known designers as Michael Graves, Richard Meier, Tommi Parzinger, Elsa Peretti, Eliel Saarinen, Belle Kogan, and Lella and Massimo Vignelli, it also reveals the role of others largely unrecognized, among them(...)
Modernism in American silver
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A lavishly illustrated catalogue that explores the role of modernism in 20th century American silver design. The book not only focuses on the works of such widely known designers as Michael Graves, Richard Meier, Tommi Parzinger, Elsa Peretti, Eliel Saarinen, Belle Kogan, and Lella and Massimo Vignelli, it also reveals the role of others largely unrecognized, among them Donald H. Colflesh, Kurt Eric Christoffersen, Helen Hughes Dulany, Robert J. King, and Elsa Tennhardt, who were instrumental in shaping silverware for a New Age.
Design, Periods and Styles
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An investigation of thirty skyscrapers from around the world - both recently built and under construction - that explains the structural principles behind their creation. Skyscrapers, ever taller, astound us with their immensity and beauty. Despite the challenges associated with their design and safety, there is continued growth in the size and number of tall buildings(...)
Skyscrapers : structure and design
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An investigation of thirty skyscrapers from around the world - both recently built and under construction - that explains the structural principles behind their creation. Skyscrapers, ever taller, astound us with their immensity and beauty. Despite the challenges associated with their design and safety, there is continued growth in the size and number of tall buildings being built around the world. In this fascinating book, Matthew Wells, a practicing structural engineer, explains the principles behind the construction of skyscrapers and the ways they are designed to withstand such forces as earthquakes, high winds, and fire. Beginning with a concise architectural and cultural history of the skyscraper, Wells then offers thirty case studies of high profile buildings recently built or under construction by some of the world’s most renowned architectural firms, including Foster and Partners; Zaha Hadid Architects; Cesar Pelli and Associates; the Renzo Piano Building Workshop; and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Each is illustrated in colour alongside accompanying text, drawings, plans, and details that show how the building is constructed and what particular innovative design features it incorporates in order to address such issues as sustainability, the needs of mixed-use sites, local vernacular traditions, and technological advancements in building materials.
Gratte-ciels
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Après quatre décennies d'expérimentation qui ont ouvert le nouvel art de la photographie à tous les registres de la représentation, survivent en 1880 une révolution technique : le gélatino-bromure d'argent permet de passer de la photographie posée à la photographie instantanée. Des balbutiements des premiers appareils poortables dans les années 1880 à la mythification de(...)
La photographie : l'époque moderne, 1880-1960
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Après quatre décennies d'expérimentation qui ont ouvert le nouvel art de la photographie à tous les registres de la représentation, survivent en 1880 une révolution technique : le gélatino-bromure d'argent permet de passer de la photographie posée à la photographie instantanée. Des balbutiements des premiers appareils poortables dans les années 1880 à la mythification de «l'instant décisif» de Cartier-Bresson dans les années 1950, Quentin Bajac en explore les grandes tendances.
Theory of Photography
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Cette première étude de l'Ecole de cavalerie donne à comprendre l'élaboration d'une équitation militaire, retrace les grandes phases de construction, suit l'évolution diachronique des différents bâtiments et analyse l'interaction entre la ville et l'Ecole.
Saumur : l'École de cavalerie
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Cette première étude de l'Ecole de cavalerie donne à comprendre l'élaboration d'une équitation militaire, retrace les grandes phases de construction, suit l'évolution diachronique des différents bâtiments et analyse l'interaction entre la ville et l'Ecole.
History until 1900
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This two-volume edition contains a selection of over 1200 lights. Presented chronogically by decade are history's most interesting electric light, from Swan and Edison's first incandescent light bulbs to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glss shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED products. All major styles are(...)
1000 lights : 1960 to present
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This two-volume edition contains a selection of over 1200 lights. Presented chronogically by decade are history's most interesting electric light, from Swan and Edison's first incandescent light bulbs to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glss shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED products. All major styles are represented here - Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern movement, De Stijl, postwar, Pop, Radical, post-modern and contemporary - in two volumes of truely illuminating works.
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