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"Rebuild by Design" (RBD) was developed for the "Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force" after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in 2012. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model. 'RBD' places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to(...)
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Rebuild by design: new approaches to climate change
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"Rebuild by Design" (RBD) was developed for the "Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force" after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in 2012. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model. 'RBD' places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to generate implementable solutions for a more resilient region. This book aims to reflect 'RBD', assess all its aspects, and embed it in a broader context to offer a guide for politicians, designers, researchers, activists, and others.
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"Rebuild by Design" (RBD) was developed for the "Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force" after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in 2012. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model. 'RBD' places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to generate implementable solutions for a more resilient region. This book aims to reflect 'RBD', assess all its aspects, and embed it in a broader context to offer a guide for politicians, designers, researchers, activists, and others.
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Maison d'Artiste, an unfinished icon by De Stijl. Theo van Doesburg and Cornelis van Eesteren
Maison d'Artiste, an unfinished icon by De Stijl. Theo van Doesburg and Cornelis van Eesteren
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Though it was never built, the design for the legendary artist’s house Maison d’Artiste is one of the key works of the Dutch avant-garde movement De Stijl. Created in 1923 by painter Theo van Doesburg and architect Cornelis van Eesteren for De Stijl’s first group exhibition, the Maison d’Artiste was intended to encapsulate what De Stijl aspired to: a new everyday(...)
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Though it was never built, the design for the legendary artist’s house Maison d’Artiste is one of the key works of the Dutch avant-garde movement De Stijl. Created in 1923 by painter Theo van Doesburg and architect Cornelis van Eesteren for De Stijl’s first group exhibition, the Maison d’Artiste was intended to encapsulate what De Stijl aspired to: a new everyday(...)
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Maison d'Artiste, an unfinished icon by De Stijl. Theo van Doesburg and Cornelis van Eesteren
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Though it was never built, the design for the legendary artist’s house Maison d’Artiste is one of the key works of the Dutch avant-garde movement De Stijl. Created in 1923 by painter Theo van Doesburg and architect Cornelis van Eesteren for De Stijl’s first group exhibition, the Maison d’Artiste was intended to encapsulate what De Stijl aspired to: a new everyday environment achieved through the harmonious fusion of painting and architecture. The scale model presented De Stijl’s ideal space for life and work, with a gym, a music room and a studio, as well as living spaces like guest rooms and bathrooms. Maison d’Artiste: An Unfinished Icon by De Stijl explores the revolutionary cultural importance of the design, its significance for the history of De Stijl and its place in a history of the unbuilt architecture of the 20th century.
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Though it was never built, the design for the legendary artist’s house Maison d’Artiste is one of the key works of the Dutch avant-garde movement De Stijl. Created in 1923 by painter Theo van Doesburg and architect Cornelis van Eesteren for De Stijl’s first group exhibition, the Maison d’Artiste was intended to encapsulate what De Stijl aspired to: a new everyday environment achieved through the harmonious fusion of painting and architecture. The scale model presented De Stijl’s ideal space for life and work, with a gym, a music room and a studio, as well as living spaces like guest rooms and bathrooms. Maison d’Artiste: An Unfinished Icon by De Stijl explores the revolutionary cultural importance of the design, its significance for the history of De Stijl and its place in a history of the unbuilt architecture of the 20th century.
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L’histoire de Montréal est abordée ici sous un angle distinct, celui des traces de son histoire, visibles dans l’espace urbain et dans la mémoire collective. Ces traces s’observent dans les vestiges et les bâtiments de diverses époques qui parsèment le paysage montréalais. Elles sont visibles dans les objets et les lieux de la vie quotidienne. Elles sont perpétuées dans(...)
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L’histoire de Montréal est abordée ici sous un angle distinct, celui des traces de son histoire, visibles dans l’espace urbain et dans la mémoire collective. Ces traces s’observent dans les vestiges et les bâtiments de diverses époques qui parsèment le paysage montréalais. Elles sont visibles dans les objets et les lieux de la vie quotidienne. Elles sont perpétuées dans(...)
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January 2017
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Traces de l'histoire de Montréal
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L’histoire de Montréal est abordée ici sous un angle distinct, celui des traces de son histoire, visibles dans l’espace urbain et dans la mémoire collective. Ces traces s’observent dans les vestiges et les bâtiments de diverses époques qui parsèment le paysage montréalais. Elles sont visibles dans les objets et les lieux de la vie quotidienne. Elles sont perpétuées dans le souvenir des événements du passé. Ces traces ont été produites, transmises et conservées par des générations de Montréalaises et de Montréalais. Elles sont révélées ici à travers l’œil d’artistes qui, en utilisant divers médias, en ont assuré la pérennité.
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L’histoire de Montréal est abordée ici sous un angle distinct, celui des traces de son histoire, visibles dans l’espace urbain et dans la mémoire collective. Ces traces s’observent dans les vestiges et les bâtiments de diverses époques qui parsèment le paysage montréalais. Elles sont visibles dans les objets et les lieux de la vie quotidienne. Elles sont perpétuées dans le souvenir des événements du passé. Ces traces ont été produites, transmises et conservées par des générations de Montréalaises et de Montréalais. Elles sont révélées ici à travers l’œil d’artistes qui, en utilisant divers médias, en ont assuré la pérennité.
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Collaborating with residents, Burkina Faso architect Francis Kéré places social and historical needs at the heart of his design thinking More than almost any other contemporary architect, Burkina Faso–born Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 1965) stands for the social and cultural possibilities of architecture: the innovative aspect of his work lies in his reliance on local(...)
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Collaborating with residents, Burkina Faso architect Francis Kéré places social and historical needs at the heart of his design thinking More than almost any other contemporary architect, Burkina Faso–born Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 1965) stands for the social and cultural possibilities of architecture: the innovative aspect of his work lies in his reliance on local(...)
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Francis Kéré: radically simple
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Collaborating with residents, Burkina Faso architect Francis Kéré places social and historical needs at the heart of his design thinking More than almost any other contemporary architect, Burkina Faso–born Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 1965) stands for the social and cultural possibilities of architecture: the innovative aspect of his work lies in his reliance on local residents. Kéré first made a name for himself in 2008 with his designs for Christoph Schlingensief’s Opera Village Africa, and since then he has received numerous international awards (including the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture), primarily for his building projects in his native Burkina Faso.
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Collaborating with residents, Burkina Faso architect Francis Kéré places social and historical needs at the heart of his design thinking More than almost any other contemporary architect, Burkina Faso–born Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 1965) stands for the social and cultural possibilities of architecture: the innovative aspect of his work lies in his reliance on local residents. Kéré first made a name for himself in 2008 with his designs for Christoph Schlingensief’s Opera Village Africa, and since then he has received numerous international awards (including the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture), primarily for his building projects in his native Burkina Faso.
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Cities structure our lives, resources, interactions, and identities. From Sebastiano Serlio to Rem Koolhaas, architects have used the metaphor of theater, presenting the city as stage, a comic set for comic acts, delirious city for delirious subjects, generic city for generic subjects, and so on. Today, however, we are social anywhere, actors onstage and off. So what(...)
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Cities structure our lives, resources, interactions, and identities. From Sebastiano Serlio to Rem Koolhaas, architects have used the metaphor of theater, presenting the city as stage, a comic set for comic acts, delirious city for delirious subjects, generic city for generic subjects, and so on. Today, however, we are social anywhere, actors onstage and off. So what(...)
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A Situation constructed from loose and overlapping social and architectural aggregates: MOS Venice Biennale 2016
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Cities structure our lives, resources, interactions, and identities. From Sebastiano Serlio to Rem Koolhaas, architects have used the metaphor of theater, presenting the city as stage, a comic set for comic acts, delirious city for delirious subjects, generic city for generic subjects, and so on. Today, however, we are social anywhere, actors onstage and off. So what happens when the city no longer structures us, or when basic urban elements—streets, buildings, facades, and addresses—have been augmented, superimposed, and untethered by or replaced through technology? First presented at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, A Situation Constructed from Loose and Overlapping Social and Architectural Aggregates is a playful investigation into urban alternatives. Employing neither the holistic worldview of mapping nor the isolated islands of architectural typology, MOS imagines a proposal where the city is everywhere.…
A Situation constructed from loose and overlapping social and architectural aggregates: MOS Venice Biennale 2016
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Cities structure our lives, resources, interactions, and identities. From Sebastiano Serlio to Rem Koolhaas, architects have used the metaphor of theater, presenting the city as stage, a comic set for comic acts, delirious city for delirious subjects, generic city for generic subjects, and so on. Today, however, we are social anywhere, actors onstage and off. So what happens when the city no longer structures us, or when basic urban elements—streets, buildings, facades, and addresses—have been augmented, superimposed, and untethered by or replaced through technology? First presented at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, A Situation Constructed from Loose and Overlapping Social and Architectural Aggregates is a playful investigation into urban alternatives. Employing neither the holistic worldview of mapping nor the isolated islands of architectural typology, MOS imagines a proposal where the city is everywhere.…
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Chaos and culture: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural center
Chaos and culture: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural center
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In 2006 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced its gift of a new cultural center in Athens to house both Greek National Library and the Greek National Opera House within a forty-acre landscaped public park. Two years later, with designers and engineers in place and the project underway, the Greek economy collapsed. In "Chaos and culture", Victoria Newhouse weaves a(...)
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In 2006 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced its gift of a new cultural center in Athens to house both Greek National Library and the Greek National Opera House within a forty-acre landscaped public park. Two years later, with designers and engineers in place and the project underway, the Greek economy collapsed. In "Chaos and culture", Victoria Newhouse weaves a(...)
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Chaos and culture: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural center
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In 2006 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced its gift of a new cultural center in Athens to house both Greek National Library and the Greek National Opera House within a forty-acre landscaped public park. Two years later, with designers and engineers in place and the project underway, the Greek economy collapsed. In "Chaos and culture", Victoria Newhouse weaves a fascinating narrative of how a philanthropist and an extraordinary design team became convinced that architecture could serve as a beacon of hope amid Greece’s economic crisis and political upheaval. With meticulous methodology of primary research, interviews with designers, and historic context, Newhouse describes the decade-long process leading to the creation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), an $800 million dollar project that became the symbol of recovery and survival. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) cannot but assume unusual cultural significance, standing as it does on a hill in view of the Parthenon (to the north) and Faliro Bay (to the south). Newhouse further situates the project within the modern history of Athens, beginning with Greece’s independence in 1832, and reaches back much earlier to describe two-thousand-year old cemeteries unearthed on the site. Aerial views by the photographer Iwan Baan are among the 200 photographs and drawings documenting the process and context of the SNFCC.
Chaos and culture: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural center
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In 2006 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced its gift of a new cultural center in Athens to house both Greek National Library and the Greek National Opera House within a forty-acre landscaped public park. Two years later, with designers and engineers in place and the project underway, the Greek economy collapsed. In "Chaos and culture", Victoria Newhouse weaves a fascinating narrative of how a philanthropist and an extraordinary design team became convinced that architecture could serve as a beacon of hope amid Greece’s economic crisis and political upheaval. With meticulous methodology of primary research, interviews with designers, and historic context, Newhouse describes the decade-long process leading to the creation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), an $800 million dollar project that became the symbol of recovery and survival. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) cannot but assume unusual cultural significance, standing as it does on a hill in view of the Parthenon (to the north) and Faliro Bay (to the south). Newhouse further situates the project within the modern history of Athens, beginning with Greece’s independence in 1832, and reaches back much earlier to describe two-thousand-year old cemeteries unearthed on the site. Aerial views by the photographer Iwan Baan are among the 200 photographs and drawings documenting the process and context of the SNFCC.
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Quelles sont les principales préoccupations des Québécois? Quels sont les projets et les enjeux qu'ils perçoivent comme étant les plus risqués? Qu'en est-il de la confiance qu'ils accordent aux autorités publiques? Ces questions et bien d'autres sont posées depuis 2011 aux Québécois à travers le Baromètre CIRANO qui compile les résultats d'enquêtes réalisées annuellement(...)
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Quelles sont les principales préoccupations des Québécois? Quels sont les projets et les enjeux qu'ils perçoivent comme étant les plus risqués? Qu'en est-il de la confiance qu'ils accordent aux autorités publiques? Ces questions et bien d'autres sont posées depuis 2011 aux Québécois à travers le Baromètre CIRANO qui compile les résultats d'enquêtes réalisées annuellement(...)
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Architecture du Québec
Architecture du Québec
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January 2017
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Perception des risques au Québec: baromètre Cirano 2017
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Quelles sont les principales préoccupations des Québécois? Quels sont les projets et les enjeux qu'ils perçoivent comme étant les plus risqués? Qu'en est-il de la confiance qu'ils accordent aux autorités publiques? Ces questions et bien d'autres sont posées depuis 2011 aux Québécois à travers le Baromètre CIRANO qui compile les résultats d'enquêtes réalisées annuellement et administrées par Léger auprès d'un échantillon de 1000 répondants représentatif de la population du Québec.
Perception des risques au Québec: baromètre Cirano 2017
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Quelles sont les principales préoccupations des Québécois? Quels sont les projets et les enjeux qu'ils perçoivent comme étant les plus risqués? Qu'en est-il de la confiance qu'ils accordent aux autorités publiques? Ces questions et bien d'autres sont posées depuis 2011 aux Québécois à travers le Baromètre CIRANO qui compile les résultats d'enquêtes réalisées annuellement et administrées par Léger auprès d'un échantillon de 1000 répondants représentatif de la population du Québec.
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The Serpentine Architecture Program expands for 2016, with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion. The Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is an unzipped wall that is transformed from straight line to three-dimensional space, creating a dramatic structure that by day houses a café and by night becomes a space for the Serpentine’s Park Nights(...)
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The Serpentine Architecture Program expands for 2016, with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion. The Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is an unzipped wall that is transformed from straight line to three-dimensional space, creating a dramatic structure that by day houses a café and by night becomes a space for the Serpentine’s Park Nights(...)
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Contemporary Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
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May 2017
May 2017
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Serpentine Pavilion and summer houses 2016. BIG, Kunlé Adeyemi, Yona Friedman, Barkow Leib
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The Serpentine Architecture Program expands for 2016, with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion. The Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is an unzipped wall that is transformed from straight line to three-dimensional space, creating a dramatic structure that by day houses a café and by night becomes a space for the Serpentine’s Park Nights performance program. Kunlé Adeyemi’s Summer House is an inverse replica of Queen Caroline’s Temple—a tribute to its robust form, space and material, recomposed into a new sculptural object. Barkow Leibinger were inspired by another, now extinct, 18th-century pavilion also designed by William Kent, which rotated and offered 360-degree views of the Park. Yona Friedman’s Summer House takes the form of a modular structure that can be assembled and disassembled. Asif Khan’s design is inspired by the fact that Queen Caroline’s Temple was positioned in a way that would allow it to catch the sunlight from the Serpentine lake.
Serpentine Pavilion and summer houses 2016. BIG, Kunlé Adeyemi, Yona Friedman, Barkow Leib
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The Serpentine Architecture Program expands for 2016, with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion. The Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is an unzipped wall that is transformed from straight line to three-dimensional space, creating a dramatic structure that by day houses a café and by night becomes a space for the Serpentine’s Park Nights performance program. Kunlé Adeyemi’s Summer House is an inverse replica of Queen Caroline’s Temple—a tribute to its robust form, space and material, recomposed into a new sculptural object. Barkow Leibinger were inspired by another, now extinct, 18th-century pavilion also designed by William Kent, which rotated and offered 360-degree views of the Park. Yona Friedman’s Summer House takes the form of a modular structure that can be assembled and disassembled. Asif Khan’s design is inspired by the fact that Queen Caroline’s Temple was positioned in a way that would allow it to catch the sunlight from the Serpentine lake.
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Il est enfin admis ouvertement que Le Corbusier était un fasciste bon teint. On tolère ses mensonges et sa mégalomanie. On sourit en le voyant mépriser ses (riches) clients. Un observateur impartial découvrira vite qu’il n’a rien inventé, gommant les auteurs dont il s’est attribué les idées. La seule réelle compétence de Le Corbusier fut la promotion de son image publique(...)
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Il est enfin admis ouvertement que Le Corbusier était un fasciste bon teint. On tolère ses mensonges et sa mégalomanie. On sourit en le voyant mépriser ses (riches) clients. Un observateur impartial découvrira vite qu’il n’a rien inventé, gommant les auteurs dont il s’est attribué les idées. La seule réelle compétence de Le Corbusier fut la promotion de son image publique(...)
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Misère de l'espace moderne: la production de Le Corbusier et ses conséquences
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Il est enfin admis ouvertement que Le Corbusier était un fasciste bon teint. On tolère ses mensonges et sa mégalomanie. On sourit en le voyant mépriser ses (riches) clients. Un observateur impartial découvrira vite qu’il n’a rien inventé, gommant les auteurs dont il s’est attribué les idées. La seule réelle compétence de Le Corbusier fut la promotion de son image publique au détriment de la qualité de son œuvre construite – catastrophique. Mais de tout cela on ne tire aucune conséquence, la plupart des critiques refusant de voir le monde cauchemardesque qu’il voulait édifier. Ce qui n’aurait aucune importance si Le Corbusier n’était devenu le modèle pour les architectes de l’après-guerre qui ont couvert la France de barres et tours en béton. Et si, aujourd’hui, ses théories ne faisaient les affaires des bureaucrates de Chine et de Russie.
Misère de l'espace moderne: la production de Le Corbusier et ses conséquences
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Il est enfin admis ouvertement que Le Corbusier était un fasciste bon teint. On tolère ses mensonges et sa mégalomanie. On sourit en le voyant mépriser ses (riches) clients. Un observateur impartial découvrira vite qu’il n’a rien inventé, gommant les auteurs dont il s’est attribué les idées. La seule réelle compétence de Le Corbusier fut la promotion de son image publique au détriment de la qualité de son œuvre construite – catastrophique. Mais de tout cela on ne tire aucune conséquence, la plupart des critiques refusant de voir le monde cauchemardesque qu’il voulait édifier. Ce qui n’aurait aucune importance si Le Corbusier n’était devenu le modèle pour les architectes de l’après-guerre qui ont couvert la France de barres et tours en béton. Et si, aujourd’hui, ses théories ne faisaient les affaires des bureaucrates de Chine et de Russie.
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Architectural Theory
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In 1950, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru invited legendary French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier to embark on one of the greatest experiments in urban planning history: to build a new capital Chandigarh, a city whose monumental modernism promised to free India from the fetters of colonial tradition. 'six decades after its founding and on the eve of its becoming a(...)
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In 1950, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru invited legendary French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier to embark on one of the greatest experiments in urban planning history: to build a new capital Chandigarh, a city whose monumental modernism promised to free India from the fetters of colonial tradition. 'six decades after its founding and on the eve of its becoming a(...)
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Chandigarh revealed: Le Corbusier's city today
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In 1950, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru invited legendary French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier to embark on one of the greatest experiments in urban planning history: to build a new capital Chandigarh, a city whose monumental modernism promised to free India from the fetters of colonial tradition. 'six decades after its founding and on the eve of its becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, photographer and Chandigarh resident Shaun Fynn was granted unprecedented access to turn his lens on Le Corbusier's city and capture what is rarely seen: the living metropolis behind the master plan. Fynn's captivating images of the city and its inhabitants reveal how the poetry of the architect's compositions has been shaped by the tumult of everyday life. Alongside descriptions of the city's architectural highlights, Chandigarh Revealed features a foreword by Le Corbusier authority Maristella Casciato, an essay by architectural historian Vikram ditya Prak sh, an interview with M. N. Sharma one of two surviving members of Le Corbusier's team and custom-designed maps to orient readers.
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In 1950, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru invited legendary French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier to embark on one of the greatest experiments in urban planning history: to build a new capital Chandigarh, a city whose monumental modernism promised to free India from the fetters of colonial tradition. 'six decades after its founding and on the eve of its becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, photographer and Chandigarh resident Shaun Fynn was granted unprecedented access to turn his lens on Le Corbusier's city and capture what is rarely seen: the living metropolis behind the master plan. Fynn's captivating images of the city and its inhabitants reveal how the poetry of the architect's compositions has been shaped by the tumult of everyday life. Alongside descriptions of the city's architectural highlights, Chandigarh Revealed features a foreword by Le Corbusier authority Maristella Casciato, an essay by architectural historian Vikram ditya Prak sh, an interview with M. N. Sharma one of two surviving members of Le Corbusier's team and custom-designed maps to orient readers.
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