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This book examines the vision of the countryside in early nineteenth-century France.
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This book examines the vision of the countryside in early nineteenth-century France.
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The spectacle of nature : landscape and bourgeois culture in nineteenth-century France
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This book examines the vision of the countryside in early nineteenth-century France.
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September 1992, Manchester
September 1992, Manchester
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In this engaging study Grant Hildebrand discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings that humans have found appealing from ancient times to the present. Speculating that nature has "designed" us to prefer certain conditions and (...)
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In this engaging study Grant Hildebrand discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings that humans have found appealing from ancient times to the present. Speculating that nature has "designed" us to prefer certain conditions and (...)
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Origins of architectural pleasure
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In this engaging study Grant Hildebrand discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings that humans have found appealing from ancient times to the present. Speculating that nature has "designed" us to prefer certain conditions and experiences, Hildebrand is interested in how the characteristics of our most satisfying built environments mesh with Darwinian selection. In examining the appeal of such survival-based characteristics he cites architectural examples spanning five continents and five millennia. Among those included are the Palace of Minos, the Alhambra, Wells Cathedral, the Shinto shrine at Ise, the Piazza San Marco, Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, a Seattle condominium, and recent houses by Eric Owen Moss and Arne Bystrom.
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In this engaging study Grant Hildebrand discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings that humans have found appealing from ancient times to the present. Speculating that nature has "designed" us to prefer certain conditions and experiences, Hildebrand is interested in how the characteristics of our most satisfying built environments mesh with Darwinian selection. In examining the appeal of such survival-based characteristics he cites architectural examples spanning five continents and five millennia. Among those included are the Palace of Minos, the Alhambra, Wells Cathedral, the Shinto shrine at Ise, the Piazza San Marco, Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, a Seattle condominium, and recent houses by Eric Owen Moss and Arne Bystrom.
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June 1999, Berkeley
June 1999, Berkeley
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Architectural Theory
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The two way stretch : modernism, tradition and innovation
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April 1996, London
April 1996, London
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The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilities of architecture and the city. An important inspiration for the book is the(...)
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The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilities of architecture and the city. An important inspiration for the book is the(...)
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June 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
June 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
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The unknown city : contesting architecture and social space
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The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilities of architecture and the city. An important inspiration for the book is the work of Henri Lefebvre, in particular his ideas on space as a historical production. Many of the essays also draw on the social critique and tactics of the Situationist movement. The international gathering of contributors includes art, architectural, and urban historians and theorists; urban geographers; architects, artists, and filmmakers; and literary and cultural theorists. The essays range from abstract considerations of spatial production and representation to such concrete examples of urban domination as video surveillance and Regency London as the site of male pleasure. Although many of the essays are driven by social, cultural, and urban theory, they also tell real stories about real places. Each piece is in some way a critique of capitalism and a thought experiment about how designers and city dwellers working together can shape the cities of tomorrow.
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The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilities of architecture and the city. An important inspiration for the book is the work of Henri Lefebvre, in particular his ideas on space as a historical production. Many of the essays also draw on the social critique and tactics of the Situationist movement. The international gathering of contributors includes art, architectural, and urban historians and theorists; urban geographers; architects, artists, and filmmakers; and literary and cultural theorists. The essays range from abstract considerations of spatial production and representation to such concrete examples of urban domination as video surveillance and Regency London as the site of male pleasure. Although many of the essays are driven by social, cultural, and urban theory, they also tell real stories about real places. Each piece is in some way a critique of capitalism and a thought experiment about how designers and city dwellers working together can shape the cities of tomorrow.
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June 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
June 2000, Cambridge, Mass.
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Urban Theory
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This book by two of America's transit experts provides the first comprehensive study of this new trend in community planning. It contains detailed case studies of emerging transit villages in the United States, as well as developed transit villages in Sweden, Singapore and Tokyo.
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This book by two of America's transit experts provides the first comprehensive study of this new trend in community planning. It contains detailed case studies of emerging transit villages in the United States, as well as developed transit villages in Sweden, Singapore and Tokyo.
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Transit villages in the 21st century
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This book by two of America's transit experts provides the first comprehensive study of this new trend in community planning. It contains detailed case studies of emerging transit villages in the United States, as well as developed transit villages in Sweden, Singapore and Tokyo.
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This book by two of America's transit experts provides the first comprehensive study of this new trend in community planning. It contains detailed case studies of emerging transit villages in the United States, as well as developed transit villages in Sweden, Singapore and Tokyo.
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June 1996, New York
June 1996, New York
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Urban Theory
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This book is a study of the relations between the body and its technologies in modernism.
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This book is a study of the relations between the body and its technologies in modernism.
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Modernism, technology and the body : a cultural study
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This book is a study of the relations between the body and its technologies in modernism.
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This book is a study of the relations between the body and its technologies in modernism.
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March 1998, Cambridge, UK
March 1998, Cambridge, UK
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Architectural Theory
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How has the concept of wild nature changed over the milennia? And what have been the environmental consequences? The author presents an examination of humankind's relationship with the natural world through the ages - from early teomism through Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian supernaturalism to the rise of materialism and modernism.
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How has the concept of wild nature changed over the milennia? And what have been the environmental consequences? The author presents an examination of humankind's relationship with the natural world through the ages - from early teomism through Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian supernaturalism to the rise of materialism and modernism.
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The idea of wilderness : from prehistory to the age of ecology
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How has the concept of wild nature changed over the milennia? And what have been the environmental consequences? The author presents an examination of humankind's relationship with the natural world through the ages - from early teomism through Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian supernaturalism to the rise of materialism and modernism.
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How has the concept of wild nature changed over the milennia? And what have been the environmental consequences? The author presents an examination of humankind's relationship with the natural world through the ages - from early teomism through Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian supernaturalism to the rise of materialism and modernism.
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February 1993, New Haven, London
February 1993, New Haven, London
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This book, conceived as a project at the Architectural Association in London, leads a narrative through a series of architectural drawings, texts and images. At its core lies an urban proposal for the transformation of one of London's biggest and most congested traffic intersections,(...)
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This book, conceived as a project at the Architectural Association in London, leads a narrative through a series of architectural drawings, texts and images. At its core lies an urban proposal for the transformation of one of London's biggest and most congested traffic intersections,(...)
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Yellow rhythms : a roundabout for London
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This book, conceived as a project at the Architectural Association in London, leads a narrative through a series of architectural drawings, texts and images. At its core lies an urban proposal for the transformation of one of London's biggest and most congested traffic intersections, Vauxhall Cross, into a giant cross-Thames roundabout. In this book episodes of urban life, political measures and financial strategies contrast with the architectural and urban proposals that are weaved into its form. An allegorical reading of the rhythm of the junction's traffic control system structures the book: green, yellow and red episodes alternate with one another in a repetitive succession and use Levebre's analytical system of 'Rhythmanalysis' to interpret contemporary London as a force-field of rhythms with different scales and durations. Those rhythms, by which the social, political and economic powers manifest themselves, are shown to act upon the site and the individuals within it. If the rhythm of the traffic lights stands for a system of successive incidents, the transformation of the site into a roundabout suggests continuous flow capable of liberating and utilizing these urban forces. The book ends therefore by suggesting a strategic proposal in which the inner area of the roundabout becomes a laboratory, a speculative arena for the testing of alternative urban futures.
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This book, conceived as a project at the Architectural Association in London, leads a narrative through a series of architectural drawings, texts and images. At its core lies an urban proposal for the transformation of one of London's biggest and most congested traffic intersections, Vauxhall Cross, into a giant cross-Thames roundabout. In this book episodes of urban life, political measures and financial strategies contrast with the architectural and urban proposals that are weaved into its form. An allegorical reading of the rhythm of the junction's traffic control system structures the book: green, yellow and red episodes alternate with one another in a repetitive succession and use Levebre's analytical system of 'Rhythmanalysis' to interpret contemporary London as a force-field of rhythms with different scales and durations. Those rhythms, by which the social, political and economic powers manifest themselves, are shown to act upon the site and the individuals within it. If the rhythm of the traffic lights stands for a system of successive incidents, the transformation of the site into a roundabout suggests continuous flow capable of liberating and utilizing these urban forces. The book ends therefore by suggesting a strategic proposal in which the inner area of the roundabout becomes a laboratory, a speculative arena for the testing of alternative urban futures.
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October 1999, Rotterdam
October 1999, Rotterdam
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Urban Theory
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This issue of the Bauhaus University magazine examines organic, ecological, and anthropomorphic architecture.
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This issue of the Bauhaus University magazine examines organic, ecological, and anthropomorphic architecture.
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June 1997, Weimar
June 1997, Weimar
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Thesis 6 heft 1997 : ars imitatur naturam
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This issue of the Bauhaus University magazine examines organic, ecological, and anthropomorphic architecture.
Thesis 6 heft 1997 : ars imitatur naturam
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This issue of the Bauhaus University magazine examines organic, ecological, and anthropomorphic architecture.
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June 1997, Weimar
June 1997, Weimar
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Ce livre raconte l'histoire des jardins en rassemblant les textes des trois grandes traditions connues, l'Islam, l'Extrême-Orient et l'Occident.
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Ce livre raconte l'histoire des jardins en rassemblant les textes des trois grandes traditions connues, l'Islam, l'Extrême-Orient et l'Occident.
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Les jardins : paysagistes, jardiniers, poètes
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Ce livre raconte l'histoire des jardins en rassemblant les textes des trois grandes traditions connues, l'Islam, l'Extrême-Orient et l'Occident.
Les jardins : paysagistes, jardiniers, poètes
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Ce livre raconte l'histoire des jardins en rassemblant les textes des trois grandes traditions connues, l'Islam, l'Extrême-Orient et l'Occident.
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December 1998, Paris
December 1998, Paris
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Landscape Theory
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