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Paul Ott is one of the most prominent modern European architectural photographers. Ott’s images always convey more than the pure physiognomy of the buildings he photographs. In free photo series, he explores the structures that influence how we perceive our surroundings at least as much as does the architects’ skill: anonymous agricultural buildings, skyscrapers and their(...)
Paul Ott: photography about architecture
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Paul Ott is one of the most prominent modern European architectural photographers. Ott’s images always convey more than the pure physiognomy of the buildings he photographs. In free photo series, he explores the structures that influence how we perceive our surroundings at least as much as does the architects’ skill: anonymous agricultural buildings, skyscrapers and their fates, and the dramatic backdrops provided by mega-cities like Sao Paolo. This book offers a representative cross-section of Paul Ott’s photographic oeuvre and also makes readers aware that the shaping of our surroundings is to a great extent also based on “learned,” mediated images of and in architecture. Four essays examine his work from the perspectives of art theory and architecture.
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Mechudzu is a book which represents questions, not answers. The work of Bryan Cantley, and his firm, Form:uLA, based in Los Angeles, is intended to be confounding – a practice that is a theory, a theory of practice, practice as theory. Cantley’s work is part of the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Other exhibits of note include a featured(...)
Mechudzu: new rhetorics for architecture
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Mechudzu is a book which represents questions, not answers. The work of Bryan Cantley, and his firm, Form:uLA, based in Los Angeles, is intended to be confounding – a practice that is a theory, a theory of practice, practice as theory. Cantley’s work is part of the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Other exhibits of note include a featured exhibition at the Form Zero Bookstore / Gallery in Los Angeles and solo exhibitions “Enantiomorph Inversion Factor” at the Architecture Gallery at Cal Poly Pomona and “Wool and H2O” at the UCLA School of Architecture. This book documents Cantley’s work with illustrations combined with essays by acknowledged experts as there are Aaron Betsky, Dora Epstein Jones, Ruth Keffer, Wes Jones + Doug Jackson and Neil Spiller.
Architecture Monographs
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The new exhibition on the works of Siza, which will open June 17 on Hombroich, primarily presents little-known material on some of his more famous projects: sketches and models, accompanied by large-format photographs, serve to make Siza 's working methods palpable and real. The catalogue, which focuses on 10 selected projects, was conceived as a reserved and(...)
Àlvaro Siza: from line to space
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The new exhibition on the works of Siza, which will open June 17 on Hombroich, primarily presents little-known material on some of his more famous projects: sketches and models, accompanied by large-format photographs, serve to make Siza 's working methods palpable and real. The catalogue, which focuses on 10 selected projects, was conceived as a reserved and straightforward, yet nonetheless bibliophile-friendly book offering those familiar with Siza new insights into how he works.
Architecture Monographs
A lecture by Valerio Olgiati
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This publication, written by Valerio Olgiati, shows how he develops his projects, which parameters influence his design processes and how he places himself in an intellectual context. As an inside view, Lecture offers an architectural self-image and a personal statement.
A lecture by Valerio Olgiati
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This publication, written by Valerio Olgiati, shows how he develops his projects, which parameters influence his design processes and how he places himself in an intellectual context. As an inside view, Lecture offers an architectural self-image and a personal statement.
Architecture Monographs
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101 Things that Open and Close the City. 50 leading experts provide tools for analyzing how the Open City is made and unmade. Urban History 101 teaches us that the built environment is not the product of invisible, uncontrollable market forces, but of human-made tools that could have been used differently (or not at all). The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion is an(...)
Arsenal of exclusion/inclusion: 101 things that open and close the city
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101 Things that Open and Close the City. 50 leading experts provide tools for analyzing how the Open City is made and unmade. Urban History 101 teaches us that the built environment is not the product of invisible, uncontrollable market forces, but of human-made tools that could have been used differently (or not at all). The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion is an encyclopedia of the human-made tools used by architects, planners, policy-makers, developers, real estate brokers, activists, and other urban actors in the United States to restrict or increase access to the spaces of our cities and suburbs. The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion inventories these tools—or what we call weapons—examines how they have been used, and speculates about how they might be deployed (or retired) to make more open cities in which more people feel welcome in more spaces.
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The 2011 edition of the biannual publication that accompanies the prize presents the winning project and also the six finalists: the New Museum (Berlin, Germany) by David Chipperfield Archi-tects; the Bronks Theatre (Brussels, Belgium) by MDMA; the MAXXI: Museum of 21st Century Arts (Rome, Italy) by Zaha Hadid Architects; the Danish Radio Concert Hall (Copenhagen,(...)
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January 2012
Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2011: European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
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The 2011 edition of the biannual publication that accompanies the prize presents the winning project and also the six finalists: the New Museum (Berlin, Germany) by David Chipperfield Archi-tects; the Bronks Theatre (Brussels, Belgium) by MDMA; the MAXXI: Museum of 21st Century Arts (Rome, Italy) by Zaha Hadid Architects; the Danish Radio Concert Hall (Copenhagen, Denmark) by Ateliers Jean Nouvel; the Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece) by Bernard Tschumi Architects; and the Rehab Center Groot Klimmendaal (Arnhem, The Netherlands) by Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen
History since 1900, Reference Books
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Yona Friedman's work spans urban models, theoretical texts and animated films and he has participated in several biennial art exhibitions, including Shanghai, Venice and Documenta. His visionary, ground-breaking ideas have been at the forefront for several generations of architects and urban planners, and have clearly influenced the likes of Arata Isozaki or Bernard(...)
Architecture with the people, by the people, for the people
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Yona Friedman's work spans urban models, theoretical texts and animated films and he has participated in several biennial art exhibitions, including Shanghai, Venice and Documenta. His visionary, ground-breaking ideas have been at the forefront for several generations of architects and urban planners, and have clearly influenced the likes of Arata Isozaki or Bernard Tschumi. He has developed urban concepts such as La ville spatiale-the Spatial City where dwellings are freely distributed by the citizens thanks to low-cost, reusable mobile models.
Architecture Monographs
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Né à Barcelone pendant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, le modernisme est une version de l’Art nouveau propre à l’Espagne, voire à la Catalogne. Cet ouvrage présente les circonstances ayant mené à l’éclosion de ce style, détaille ses évolutions et dresse le portrait de ses principaux acteurs, parmi lesquels Lluís Domènech i Montaner et Antoni Gaudí. L’influence de ce(...)
Le modernisme: Gaudi, Domènech i Montaner, Puig i Cadafalch
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Né à Barcelone pendant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, le modernisme est une version de l’Art nouveau propre à l’Espagne, voire à la Catalogne. Cet ouvrage présente les circonstances ayant mené à l’éclosion de ce style, détaille ses évolutions et dresse le portrait de ses principaux acteurs, parmi lesquels Lluís Domènech i Montaner et Antoni Gaudí. L’influence de ce style sur les arts décoratifs, la sculpture, la bijouterie et l’art des médailles, la peinture, est ensuite analysée, exemples à l’appui.
Modernism
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Cet ouvrage présente les travaux français et étrangers sur l'effet de coupure en milieu urbain. Il explique également pourquoi la monétarisation de cette nuisance est si difficile, élabore des outils concrets d'analyse et de cartographie, révèle le rôle clef de la vitesse qui en est à l'origine et souligne les effets pervers des solutions sectorielles à courte vue, tout(...)
La ville morcelée : effets de coupure en milieu urbain
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Cet ouvrage présente les travaux français et étrangers sur l'effet de coupure en milieu urbain. Il explique également pourquoi la monétarisation de cette nuisance est si difficile, élabore des outils concrets d'analyse et de cartographie, révèle le rôle clef de la vitesse qui en est à l'origine et souligne les effets pervers des solutions sectorielles à courte vue, tout en préconisant au contraire une approche réconciliant la voie et la ville.
Urban Theory
Maisons en kit
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Une maison en kit est une habitation individuelle ou collective conçue comme un modèle préfabriqué. La préfabrication permet rapidité, simplicité constructive, modularité, diminution des coûts. Cet ouvrage revient sur les origines de ce type de construction puis présente un panorama de réalisations contemporaines, ainsi que des créations expérimentales et des programmes(...)
Maisons en kit
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Une maison en kit est une habitation individuelle ou collective conçue comme un modèle préfabriqué. La préfabrication permet rapidité, simplicité constructive, modularité, diminution des coûts. Cet ouvrage revient sur les origines de ce type de construction puis présente un panorama de réalisations contemporaines, ainsi que des créations expérimentales et des programmes menés à l'échelle de quartiers entiers.
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