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This is the only book to thoroughly document the world's finest examples of Brutalist architecture. More than 850 buildings - existing and demolished, classic and contemporary - are organized geographically into nine continental regions.
Atlas of Brutalist architecture
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This is the only book to thoroughly document the world's finest examples of Brutalist architecture. More than 850 buildings - existing and demolished, classic and contemporary - are organized geographically into nine continental regions.
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Parce qu'il n'y a aucune raison que la seule bonne architecture soit celle d'hier. Parce qu'il n'y a aucune raison que la qualité, le rêve, et l'audace courbent l'échine devant les seuls impératifs de rentabilité. Parce qu'il n'y a pas de raison que notre architecture témoigne moins de notre identité que nos joueuses de tennis, nos chorégraphes ou notre enrobé drainant. (...)
Qui a peur de l'architecture? : livre blanc de l'architecture contemporaine en communauté française de Belgique
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Parce qu'il n'y a aucune raison que la seule bonne architecture soit celle d'hier. Parce qu'il n'y a aucune raison que la qualité, le rêve, et l'audace courbent l'échine devant les seuls impératifs de rentabilité. Parce qu'il n'y a pas de raison que notre architecture témoigne moins de notre identité que nos joueuses de tennis, nos chorégraphes ou notre enrobé drainant. En somme, parce qu'il n'y a aucune raison que nous soyons les seuls au monde à qui l'architecture fait peur. -Juan d'Oultremont
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Curved: bending architecture
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Contemporary architects are breaking conventions and creating volumes inspired by organic forms, where curves and undulating lines transform buildings into spectacular landmarks that challenge our perception of architecture. The examples of curvaceous designs gathered in Curved demonstrate the visual expressiveness of ovoid, sinusoid, and wave-like shapes that harmonise(...)
Curved: bending architecture
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Contemporary architects are breaking conventions and creating volumes inspired by organic forms, where curves and undulating lines transform buildings into spectacular landmarks that challenge our perception of architecture. The examples of curvaceous designs gathered in Curved demonstrate the visual expressiveness of ovoid, sinusoid, and wave-like shapes that harmonise with their surrounding landscapes. Featuring projects by Tadao Ando, BIG, Herzog & de Meuron, MAD Architects, Kengo Kuma, Steven Holl, UNStudio, and Zaha Hadid Architects among others.
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The bones of architecture
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Beyond the many elements that make up a building’s appearance, its physical preconditions remain the most important. Buildings are subject to fundamental and immutable laws that impose shapes, patterns, orders, and constraints. "The Bones of Architecture" investigates the cultivation of structures for architecture. Several European architects and engineers present their(...)
The bones of architecture
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Beyond the many elements that make up a building’s appearance, its physical preconditions remain the most important. Buildings are subject to fundamental and immutable laws that impose shapes, patterns, orders, and constraints. "The Bones of Architecture" investigates the cultivation of structures for architecture. Several European architects and engineers present their works and approaches while reflecting on rules, strategies, and methods in structural design. Various design strategies are explored through selected projects by 6A Architects, Rui Furtado, Bruther Architects, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, Alejandro Bernabeu, Brandlhuber+, and Ingegneri Pedrazzini Guidotti.
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Atlas of world architecture
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We are living in a time of constantly changing global perspectives. This compendium presents a global perspective for contemporary architecture. It is both a reference work and source of inspiration, with 500 carefully chosen projects from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas frm the past five years which are portrayed with texts, drawings and photos. The Atlas(...)
Atlas of world architecture
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We are living in a time of constantly changing global perspectives. This compendium presents a global perspective for contemporary architecture. It is both a reference work and source of inspiration, with 500 carefully chosen projects from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas frm the past five years which are portrayed with texts, drawings and photos. The Atlas of World Architecture gives a detailed overview of today’s architecture between international trends, regional traditions, functional demands and individual styles. Particular emphasis is placed on presenting high-quality masterpieces so far unknown alongside cutting-edge highlights of contemporary building culture. From the selection of projects of a wide range of typologies a global vision emerges.
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X agendas for architecture
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''X Agendas for Architecture'' considers the recent developments in the agendas for architecture, inviting a range of contributors into a structured discourse to highlight issues and extend questions on the necessity of architectural agendas. Considering the recent developments on this topic, this speculative publication hopes to collate ideas from architectural(...)
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August 2016
X agendas for architecture
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''X Agendas for Architecture'' considers the recent developments in the agendas for architecture, inviting a range of contributors into a structured discourse to highlight issues and extend questions on the necessity of architectural agendas. Considering the recent developments on this topic, this speculative publication hopes to collate ideas from architectural professionals to the up-and-coming generation of agenda-makers and use their knowledge over these current issues of agenda to create a book of seminal discourse for any architecture enthusiast.
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540 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Paris : Publications de la Sorbonne, 2007.
Guerre du toit et modernité architecturale : loger l'employé sous la république de Weimar / Christine Mengin.
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Paris : Publications de la Sorbonne, 2007.
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20th-Century World Architecture portrays, for the first time, an overview of the finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and 1999. The unprecedented global scope of this collection of over 750 key buildings juxtaposes architectural icons with regional masterpieces. Specially designed and commissioned graphics at the start of the atlas(...)
20th century world architecture
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20th-Century World Architecture portrays, for the first time, an overview of the finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and 1999. The unprecedented global scope of this collection of over 750 key buildings juxtaposes architectural icons with regional masterpieces. Specially designed and commissioned graphics at the start of the atlas explore the changing economic and political contexts of architectural production throughout this fascinating century, and highlight the flow of architectural ideas and architects around the globe. The selection of projects brilliantly illustrates the built outcomes of these formal and cultural influences in every corner of the world, with some surprising revelations. Divided into six world regions and 29 sub-regions, over 80 countries are represented. The collection is the result of a rigorous selection process and the input of more than 150 specialists from around the world, ensuring that each region has benefited from expert advice.
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255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Caen : FRAC Basse-Normandie, ©1998.
Melvin Charney : parcours de la réinvention = about reinvention / Jean-François Chevrier, Johanne Lamoureux, Jun Teshigawara.
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Caen : FRAC Basse-Normandie, ©1998.
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"Black: architecture in monochrome" casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe,(...)
Black: architecture in monochrome
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"Black: architecture in monochrome" casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.
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