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En abordant la cartographie sous l’angle des objets qu’elle représente, ce nouveau dossier se propose de montrer leur extrême diversité, loin de l’image habituelle qui voue les cartes à la représentation du réel le plus tangible : cartographie d’une ville disparue, Vicina sur le Danube ; cartographie du mouvement : la bataille de Vyborg (1790) ; l’atlas sphéroïdal de(...)
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Revue de la bibliothèque nationale de France no 24 : la cartographie
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En abordant la cartographie sous l’angle des objets qu’elle représente, ce nouveau dossier se propose de montrer leur extrême diversité, loin de l’image habituelle qui voue les cartes à la représentation du réel le plus tangible : cartographie d’une ville disparue, Vicina sur le Danube ; cartographie du mouvement : la bataille de Vyborg (1790) ; l’atlas sphéroïdal de Garnier ; une carte pour le passage de Vénus en 1874…
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En abordant la cartographie sous l’angle des objets qu’elle représente, ce nouveau dossier se propose de montrer leur extrême diversité, loin de l’image habituelle qui voue les cartes à la représentation du réel le plus tangible : cartographie d’une ville disparue, Vicina sur le Danube ; cartographie du mouvement : la bataille de Vyborg (1790) ; l’atlas sphéroïdal de Garnier ; une carte pour le passage de Vénus en 1874…
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October 2006, Paris
October 2006, Paris
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Architectural Drawing
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Présenté tête-bêche, "Je me souviens de Bruxelles" est un double ouvrage consacré de manière originale et séduisante à la région de Bruxelles-Capitale et à ses dix-neuf communes qui, ensemble, composent la ville de Bruxelles, cité créative, contrastée, multiculturelle, souvent paradoxale et toujours agréable à vivre. Il n'y a pas d'avenir sans mémoire. Les souvenirs(...)
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Présenté tête-bêche, "Je me souviens de Bruxelles" est un double ouvrage consacré de manière originale et séduisante à la région de Bruxelles-Capitale et à ses dix-neuf communes qui, ensemble, composent la ville de Bruxelles, cité créative, contrastée, multiculturelle, souvent paradoxale et toujours agréable à vivre. Il n'y a pas d'avenir sans mémoire. Les souvenirs(...)
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Je me souviens de Bruxelles : dix-neuf écrivains se racontent en ville
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Présenté tête-bêche, "Je me souviens de Bruxelles" est un double ouvrage consacré de manière originale et séduisante à la région de Bruxelles-Capitale et à ses dix-neuf communes qui, ensemble, composent la ville de Bruxelles, cité créative, contrastée, multiculturelle, souvent paradoxale et toujours agréable à vivre. Il n'y a pas d'avenir sans mémoire. Les souvenirs évoqués ici éclairent sur un mode intime et ludique le passé et le présent de la capitale de l'Union européenne. Ce livre émouvant et souvent drôle se présente comme un ouvrage de référence pour le public belge et étranger, et comme une déclaration poétique et politique en faveur de la tolérance. La première partie de l'ouvrage propose des fragments autobiographiques inédits, nés sous la plume de dix-neuf écrivains belges et étrangers : Philippe BLASBAND - Jean-Baptiste BARONIAN - Gaston COMPÈRE - Francis DANNEMARK - Jacques DE DECKER - Marie DESPLECHIN - François EMMANUEL - Thomas GUNZIG - Jacqueline HARPMAN - Kristien HEMMERECHTS - Stefan HERTMANS - Pierre MERTENS - Jean-Luc OUTERS - Benoît PEETERS - Lambert SCHLECHTER - Marie-Ève STÉNUIT - Oscar van den BOOGAARD - Geert van ISTENDAEL - Henri VERNES. Ces textes sont accompagnés de vingt-trois photos originales de Yves FONCK. Plus «populaire» et colorée, la seconde partie de l'ouvrage se présente tel un melting-pot de témoignages truculents (plus de 300 micro-souvenirs récoltés auprès de Bruxellois jeunes et moins jeunes, de souche ou d'adoption), de croquis, de dessins, de peintures ou de collages réalisés par le peintre et dessinateur Chris DE BECKER.
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Présenté tête-bêche, "Je me souviens de Bruxelles" est un double ouvrage consacré de manière originale et séduisante à la région de Bruxelles-Capitale et à ses dix-neuf communes qui, ensemble, composent la ville de Bruxelles, cité créative, contrastée, multiculturelle, souvent paradoxale et toujours agréable à vivre. Il n'y a pas d'avenir sans mémoire. Les souvenirs évoqués ici éclairent sur un mode intime et ludique le passé et le présent de la capitale de l'Union européenne. Ce livre émouvant et souvent drôle se présente comme un ouvrage de référence pour le public belge et étranger, et comme une déclaration poétique et politique en faveur de la tolérance. La première partie de l'ouvrage propose des fragments autobiographiques inédits, nés sous la plume de dix-neuf écrivains belges et étrangers : Philippe BLASBAND - Jean-Baptiste BARONIAN - Gaston COMPÈRE - Francis DANNEMARK - Jacques DE DECKER - Marie DESPLECHIN - François EMMANUEL - Thomas GUNZIG - Jacqueline HARPMAN - Kristien HEMMERECHTS - Stefan HERTMANS - Pierre MERTENS - Jean-Luc OUTERS - Benoît PEETERS - Lambert SCHLECHTER - Marie-Ève STÉNUIT - Oscar van den BOOGAARD - Geert van ISTENDAEL - Henri VERNES. Ces textes sont accompagnés de vingt-trois photos originales de Yves FONCK. Plus «populaire» et colorée, la seconde partie de l'ouvrage se présente tel un melting-pot de témoignages truculents (plus de 300 micro-souvenirs récoltés auprès de Bruxellois jeunes et moins jeunes, de souche ou d'adoption), de croquis, de dessins, de peintures ou de collages réalisés par le peintre et dessinateur Chris DE BECKER.
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March 2006, Bègles
March 2006, Bègles
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Né en 1964, Ernesto Neto vit à Rio de Janeiro, où il a étudié à la Escola de Artes Visais Pargua Lage. Figure majeure de la création brésilienne actuelle, Ernesto Neto se démarque par la singularité avec laquelle il traite les notions de corps et d'espace.
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Né en 1964, Ernesto Neto vit à Rio de Janeiro, où il a étudié à la Escola de Artes Visais Pargua Lage. Figure majeure de la création brésilienne actuelle, Ernesto Neto se démarque par la singularité avec laquelle il traite les notions de corps et d'espace.
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Ernesto Leto : Leviathan Toth
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Né en 1964, Ernesto Neto vit à Rio de Janeiro, où il a étudié à la Escola de Artes Visais Pargua Lage. Figure majeure de la création brésilienne actuelle, Ernesto Neto se démarque par la singularité avec laquelle il traite les notions de corps et d'espace.
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Né en 1964, Ernesto Neto vit à Rio de Janeiro, où il a étudié à la Escola de Artes Visais Pargua Lage. Figure majeure de la création brésilienne actuelle, Ernesto Neto se démarque par la singularité avec laquelle il traite les notions de corps et d'espace.
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November 2006, Paris
November 2006, Paris
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Contemporary Art Monographs
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Les frontières font débat en Europe : frontières extérieures de l'Union, frontières entre pays, parfois même frontières à l'intérieur de certains pays. Aussi, les discours sur les frontières abondent, pour en décrier l'archaïsme général ou en demander de plus efficaces, ou sur les frontières pertinentes à instaurer ; voire sur les liens entre travail de couture réalisé(...)
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Les frontières font débat en Europe : frontières extérieures de l'Union, frontières entre pays, parfois même frontières à l'intérieur de certains pays. Aussi, les discours sur les frontières abondent, pour en décrier l'archaïsme général ou en demander de plus efficaces, ou sur les frontières pertinentes à instaurer ; voire sur les liens entre travail de couture réalisé(...)
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Transportation, Tourism, Migration
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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September 2006, La Tour d'Aigues
September 2006, La Tour d'Aigues
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Après les frontières, avec la frontière : nouvelles dynamiques transfrontalières en Europe
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Les frontières font débat en Europe : frontières extérieures de l'Union, frontières entre pays, parfois même frontières à l'intérieur de certains pays. Aussi, les discours sur les frontières abondent, pour en décrier l'archaïsme général ou en demander de plus efficaces, ou sur les frontières pertinentes à instaurer ; voire sur les liens entre travail de couture réalisé par les coopérations transfrontalières et besoin de barrières à renforcer sur les bordures externes... Pour les auteurs de ce livre, plutôt que de vivre l'après des frontières politiques, nous sommes face à un gigantesque chantier territorial. Des dynamiques fines et complexes se mettent en place à différents niveaux, retravaillant les échelles territoriales, bousculant des espaces frontaliers, questionnant les identités locales et nationales. Cet ouvrage examine ces processus de recomposition frontalière. Les diverses contributions analysent la morphologie, les acteurs de ces espaces, les définitions identitaires ainsi que les mobilités qui les fondent. Elles révèlent que les frontières internes de l'Europe sont aujourd'hui des laboratoires où s'inventent de nouvelles territorialités. Territorialités hybrides, mobiles et complexes, où se redéfinissent les fondements de l'unité, les identités et les différences. Des territorialités européennes actuelles qui font - aussi et nécessairement - avec les frontières.
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Les frontières font débat en Europe : frontières extérieures de l'Union, frontières entre pays, parfois même frontières à l'intérieur de certains pays. Aussi, les discours sur les frontières abondent, pour en décrier l'archaïsme général ou en demander de plus efficaces, ou sur les frontières pertinentes à instaurer ; voire sur les liens entre travail de couture réalisé par les coopérations transfrontalières et besoin de barrières à renforcer sur les bordures externes... Pour les auteurs de ce livre, plutôt que de vivre l'après des frontières politiques, nous sommes face à un gigantesque chantier territorial. Des dynamiques fines et complexes se mettent en place à différents niveaux, retravaillant les échelles territoriales, bousculant des espaces frontaliers, questionnant les identités locales et nationales. Cet ouvrage examine ces processus de recomposition frontalière. Les diverses contributions analysent la morphologie, les acteurs de ces espaces, les définitions identitaires ainsi que les mobilités qui les fondent. Elles révèlent que les frontières internes de l'Europe sont aujourd'hui des laboratoires où s'inventent de nouvelles territorialités. Territorialités hybrides, mobiles et complexes, où se redéfinissent les fondements de l'unité, les identités et les différences. Des territorialités européennes actuelles qui font - aussi et nécessairement - avec les frontières.
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September 2006, La Tour d'Aigues
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Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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Conceived by architect Charles W. Moore and begun in the context of social activism and dramatic institutional change during the 1960s, the Yale Building Project has contributed to the education of many of this country’s leading architects, serving as the model for "design-build" programs at universities nationwide. "The Yale Building Project : The First 40 Years" is the(...)
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Conceived by architect Charles W. Moore and begun in the context of social activism and dramatic institutional change during the 1960s, the Yale Building Project has contributed to the education of many of this country’s leading architects, serving as the model for "design-build" programs at universities nationwide. "The Yale Building Project : The First 40 Years" is the(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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March 2007, New Haven, London
March 2007, New Haven, London
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The Yale building project : the first 40 years
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Conceived by architect Charles W. Moore and begun in the context of social activism and dramatic institutional change during the 1960s, the Yale Building Project has contributed to the education of many of this country’s leading architects, serving as the model for "design-build" programs at universities nationwide. "The Yale Building Project : The First 40 Years" is the first comprehensive history of this important initiative. Every year since 1967, graduate students in the Yale School of Architecture have designed and constructed a building for a community–based client. This book documents each of the projects alongside essays that situate the program in its historical context, from students’ journeys to rural Appalachia to build community centers and a health clinic, to pavilions and recreational structures constructed throughout Connecticut, and affordable housing built in New Haven. Describing a program that has had a profound effect on American architectural culture, this book will serve as a valuable resource for architects, historians, students, and community planners.
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Conceived by architect Charles W. Moore and begun in the context of social activism and dramatic institutional change during the 1960s, the Yale Building Project has contributed to the education of many of this country’s leading architects, serving as the model for "design-build" programs at universities nationwide. "The Yale Building Project : The First 40 Years" is the first comprehensive history of this important initiative. Every year since 1967, graduate students in the Yale School of Architecture have designed and constructed a building for a community–based client. This book documents each of the projects alongside essays that situate the program in its historical context, from students’ journeys to rural Appalachia to build community centers and a health clinic, to pavilions and recreational structures constructed throughout Connecticut, and affordable housing built in New Haven. Describing a program that has had a profound effect on American architectural culture, this book will serve as a valuable resource for architects, historians, students, and community planners.
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March 2007, New Haven, London
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A prominent practitioner, an influential theorist, and an esteemed educator, the architect Peter Eisenman today stands at the center of architectural discourse and debate. This book, a companion volume to "Eisenman inside out : selected writings, 1963–1988", gathers a selection of his later writings. In these texts Eisenman undertakes theoretical analyses, close readings(...)
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A prominent practitioner, an influential theorist, and an esteemed educator, the architect Peter Eisenman today stands at the center of architectural discourse and debate. This book, a companion volume to "Eisenman inside out : selected writings, 1963–1988", gathers a selection of his later writings. In these texts Eisenman undertakes theoretical analyses, close readings(...)
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Architecture Monographs
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April 2007, New Haven, London
April 2007, New Haven, London
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Peter Eisenman : written into the void, selected writings, 1990-2004
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A prominent practitioner, an influential theorist, and an esteemed educator, the architect Peter Eisenman today stands at the center of architectural discourse and debate. This book, a companion volume to "Eisenman inside out : selected writings, 1963–1988", gathers a selection of his later writings. In these texts Eisenman undertakes theoretical analyses, close readings of his own works, and innovative assessments of the designs and writings of other architects and critics. In an introduction to the volume, Jeffrey Kipnis looks closely at Eisenman’s approach toward language and writing, a practice in which architecture itself becomes a form of written theory, as well as at his context within a critical canon that includes Jacques Derrida and Rosalind Krauss. Presenting the range of Eisenman’s important contributions to architectural theory, this collection of nineteen essays provides insight into the architect’s own understandings and methodologies and offers provocative challenges for his readers.
Peter Eisenman : written into the void, selected writings, 1990-2004
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A prominent practitioner, an influential theorist, and an esteemed educator, the architect Peter Eisenman today stands at the center of architectural discourse and debate. This book, a companion volume to "Eisenman inside out : selected writings, 1963–1988", gathers a selection of his later writings. In these texts Eisenman undertakes theoretical analyses, close readings of his own works, and innovative assessments of the designs and writings of other architects and critics. In an introduction to the volume, Jeffrey Kipnis looks closely at Eisenman’s approach toward language and writing, a practice in which architecture itself becomes a form of written theory, as well as at his context within a critical canon that includes Jacques Derrida and Rosalind Krauss. Presenting the range of Eisenman’s important contributions to architectural theory, this collection of nineteen essays provides insight into the architect’s own understandings and methodologies and offers provocative challenges for his readers.
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April 2007, New Haven, London
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The great wall of China
The great wall of China
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Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by traditional Chinese art,(...)
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Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by traditional Chinese art,(...)
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Photography monographs
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April 2007, New Haven / London
April 2007, New Haven / London
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The great wall of China
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Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by traditional Chinese art, history, and philosophy. Combining a unique blend of traditional and contemporary technical processes, Chen's richly evocative photographs at once celebrate the remarkable series of building campaigns that produced the Wall and memorialize the thousands of conscripted labourers whose lives were sacrificed to its construction. One of the most striking features of Chen's photographs is their unexpected variety of perspectives and moods, capturing the vicissitudes of weather, time, and human history that have acted upon it. By excluding the people, highways, factories, and modern buildings that encroach on and daily destroy sections of the Wall, however, Chen eliminates major aspects of the Wall's present reality from his pictures. In a thoughtful essay and interview with the artist, Anne Wilkes Tucker probes the meanings of such omissions and guides the reader through Chen's extraordinary images. "The Great Wall of China" is essential reading for photographers, historians, and travellers.
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Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by traditional Chinese art, history, and philosophy. Combining a unique blend of traditional and contemporary technical processes, Chen's richly evocative photographs at once celebrate the remarkable series of building campaigns that produced the Wall and memorialize the thousands of conscripted labourers whose lives were sacrificed to its construction. One of the most striking features of Chen's photographs is their unexpected variety of perspectives and moods, capturing the vicissitudes of weather, time, and human history that have acted upon it. By excluding the people, highways, factories, and modern buildings that encroach on and daily destroy sections of the Wall, however, Chen eliminates major aspects of the Wall's present reality from his pictures. In a thoughtful essay and interview with the artist, Anne Wilkes Tucker probes the meanings of such omissions and guides the reader through Chen's extraordinary images. "The Great Wall of China" is essential reading for photographers, historians, and travellers.
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April 2007, New Haven / London
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Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities. With examples drawn principally from North America, Europe and Japan, "Planning the good community" explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It compares the movement for urban renaissance(...)
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Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities. With examples drawn principally from North America, Europe and Japan, "Planning the good community" explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It compares the movement for urban renaissance(...)
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Planning the good community : new urbanism in theory and practice
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Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities. With examples drawn principally from North America, Europe and Japan, "Planning the good community" explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It compares the movement for urban renaissance in Europe with the New Urbanism of the United States and Canada, and asks whether the concerns that drive today’s planning theory – issues like power, democracy, spatial patterns and globalisation - receive adequate attention in new urban approaches. The issue of aesthetics is also raised, as the author questions whether communities must be more than just attractive in order to be good. With the benefit of twenty years’ hindsight and a world-wide perspective, this book offers the reader unparalleled insight as well as a rigorous and considered critical analysis.
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Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities. With examples drawn principally from North America, Europe and Japan, "Planning the good community" explores new urban approaches in a wide range of settings. It compares the movement for urban renaissance in Europe with the New Urbanism of the United States and Canada, and asks whether the concerns that drive today’s planning theory – issues like power, democracy, spatial patterns and globalisation - receive adequate attention in new urban approaches. The issue of aesthetics is also raised, as the author questions whether communities must be more than just attractive in order to be good. With the benefit of twenty years’ hindsight and a world-wide perspective, this book offers the reader unparalleled insight as well as a rigorous and considered critical analysis.
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January 2006, New York
January 2006, New York
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Arriving in the United States in 1914, Viennese-born Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) brought with him an outsider's fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for forging a uniquely American design aesthetic. In the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism. This authoritative book draws on an extensive(...)
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Arriving in the United States in 1914, Viennese-born Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) brought with him an outsider's fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for forging a uniquely American design aesthetic. In the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism. This authoritative book draws on an extensive(...)
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Paul T. Frankl and modern American design
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Arriving in the United States in 1914, Viennese-born Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) brought with him an outsider's fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for forging a uniquely American design aesthetic. In the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism. This authoritative book draws on an extensive collection of unpublished documents and family papers and photographs to provide the first full account of Frankl's life and ideas. The book also explores the history of modern American design and the extent of Frankl's influence on its trajectory. In the early 1920s, Frankl opened a New York City shop that became an epicentre of American modernism. Over the next decades, his work encompassed everything from individual pieces of furniture and decorative accessories to entire interiors, and his style continuously evolved, from early 'Skyscraper' furniture to relaxed and casual designs favoured by the Hollywood elite in the 1930s to manufactured pieces for the mass market in the 1950s. The book charts the impact of Frankl's ideas on merchants and consumers, on his fellow designers, and on the changing look of American homes and workplaces. With close to 170 illustrations, "Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design" is an essential reference on 20th-century design.
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Arriving in the United States in 1914, Viennese-born Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) brought with him an outsider's fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for forging a uniquely American design aesthetic. In the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism. This authoritative book draws on an extensive collection of unpublished documents and family papers and photographs to provide the first full account of Frankl's life and ideas. The book also explores the history of modern American design and the extent of Frankl's influence on its trajectory. In the early 1920s, Frankl opened a New York City shop that became an epicentre of American modernism. Over the next decades, his work encompassed everything from individual pieces of furniture and decorative accessories to entire interiors, and his style continuously evolved, from early 'Skyscraper' furniture to relaxed and casual designs favoured by the Hollywood elite in the 1930s to manufactured pieces for the mass market in the 1950s. The book charts the impact of Frankl's ideas on merchants and consumers, on his fellow designers, and on the changing look of American homes and workplaces. With close to 170 illustrations, "Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design" is an essential reference on 20th-century design.
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May 2007, New Haven / London
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Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908�1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings(...)
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Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908�1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings(...)
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Building a new europe : Portraits of modern architects
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Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908�1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings together for the first time. The subjects of Nelson�s essays include figures both major (Mies van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier) and minor (Helweg-Moeller and Ivar Tengbom). All of these architects would soon be affected by World War II�they would be put out of work or seek new careers abroad. Nelson�s essays spark fascinating questions about the canon of modernism: how would circumstances in the pre-war years cause some architects to rise and others to fall? Accompanied by a comprehensive introduction and a wide selection of archival photographs, many never before published, this unique study is a significant contribution to the history of modern architecture. George Nelson served as the design director of Herman Miller from 1946 to 1972. His books include Chairs: 20th Century Landmarks in Design and Tomorrow�s House.
Building a new europe : Portraits of modern architects
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Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908�1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings together for the first time. The subjects of Nelson�s essays include figures both major (Mies van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier) and minor (Helweg-Moeller and Ivar Tengbom). All of these architects would soon be affected by World War II�they would be put out of work or seek new careers abroad. Nelson�s essays spark fascinating questions about the canon of modernism: how would circumstances in the pre-war years cause some architects to rise and others to fall? Accompanied by a comprehensive introduction and a wide selection of archival photographs, many never before published, this unique study is a significant contribution to the history of modern architecture. George Nelson served as the design director of Herman Miller from 1946 to 1972. His books include Chairs: 20th Century Landmarks in Design and Tomorrow�s House.
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February 2007, New Haven, Londres
February 2007, New Haven, Londres
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Modernism
Modernism
