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Candida Höfer in Mexico
Candida Höfer in Mexico
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In 2014, Candida Höfer (b. Eberswalde, Germany, 1944; lives and works in Cologne) traveled to Mexico, visiting the eight cities Ciudad de México, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tepotzotlán, Tlacochahuaya, and Tonantzintla, where she photographed old and new libraries, theaters and opera houses, churches and museums, poorhouses and palaces. Most of the pictures(...)
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In 2014, Candida Höfer (b. Eberswalde, Germany, 1944; lives and works in Cologne) traveled to Mexico, visiting the eight cities Ciudad de México, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tepotzotlán, Tlacochahuaya, and Tonantzintla, where she photographed old and new libraries, theaters and opera houses, churches and museums, poorhouses and palaces. Most of the pictures(...)
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Candida Höfer in Mexico
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In 2014, Candida Höfer (b. Eberswalde, Germany, 1944; lives and works in Cologne) traveled to Mexico, visiting the eight cities Ciudad de México, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tepotzotlán, Tlacochahuaya, and Tonantzintla, where she photographed old and new libraries, theaters and opera houses, churches and museums, poorhouses and palaces. Most of the pictures are organized by symmetry along a central axis, a characteristic feature of her art. If these works suggest her training with Hilla and Bernd Becher, who taught photography in Düsseldorf- she is now the best known of their students- others show a "new" Candida Höfer: oldfashioned offices, weatherbeaten walls, and simple stores as well as a few expertly captured details of façades, floors, and interiors.
Candida Höfer in Mexico
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In 2014, Candida Höfer (b. Eberswalde, Germany, 1944; lives and works in Cologne) traveled to Mexico, visiting the eight cities Ciudad de México, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tepotzotlán, Tlacochahuaya, and Tonantzintla, where she photographed old and new libraries, theaters and opera houses, churches and museums, poorhouses and palaces. Most of the pictures are organized by symmetry along a central axis, a characteristic feature of her art. If these works suggest her training with Hilla and Bernd Becher, who taught photography in Düsseldorf- she is now the best known of their students- others show a "new" Candida Höfer: oldfashioned offices, weatherbeaten walls, and simple stores as well as a few expertly captured details of façades, floors, and interiors.
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December 2016
December 2016
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
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Showcasing the award-winning Austrian architect and the renowned wood-building tradition of his homeland, this volume presents 18 wooden structures masterminded by Hermann Kaufmann, ranging from farms and industrial edifices to community centers and restored monasteries. Each building promotes energy economy, ecological sustainability, a connection with harmonious forms,(...)
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Showcasing the award-winning Austrian architect and the renowned wood-building tradition of his homeland, this volume presents 18 wooden structures masterminded by Hermann Kaufmann, ranging from farms and industrial edifices to community centers and restored monasteries. Each building promotes energy economy, ecological sustainability, a connection with harmonious forms,(...)
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Herman Kaufmann: Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
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Showcasing the award-winning Austrian architect and the renowned wood-building tradition of his homeland, this volume presents 18 wooden structures masterminded by Hermann Kaufmann, ranging from farms and industrial edifices to community centers and restored monasteries. Each building promotes energy economy, ecological sustainability, a connection with harmonious forms, and fine workmanship. Offering a fresh look at a personality who was an innovator and an upholder of tradition, this monograph features a variety of photographs and illustrations, exploring sites such as the Zerlauth House, the Elma Alp Vacation Home, the Metzler Timber Warehouse and Offices, and the Mühlweg apartment block in Vienna. An essay by Otto Kapfinger that describes the fundamental premises of Kaufmann’s designs is also included.
Herman Kaufmann: Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010
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Showcasing the award-winning Austrian architect and the renowned wood-building tradition of his homeland, this volume presents 18 wooden structures masterminded by Hermann Kaufmann, ranging from farms and industrial edifices to community centers and restored monasteries. Each building promotes energy economy, ecological sustainability, a connection with harmonious forms, and fine workmanship. Offering a fresh look at a personality who was an innovator and an upholder of tradition, this monograph features a variety of photographs and illustrations, exploring sites such as the Zerlauth House, the Elma Alp Vacation Home, the Metzler Timber Warehouse and Offices, and the Mühlweg apartment block in Vienna. An essay by Otto Kapfinger that describes the fundamental premises of Kaufmann’s designs is also included.
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April 2011
April 2011
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Conditions is a new Scandinavian magazine focusing on the conditions of architecture and Urbanism. Presenting new perspectives, in the way of conceiving and analyzing designs, works and theory for architecture. In pre-modern epochs, renewal of practice was always initiated by looking backwards, as a return to the fundamentals. The cult of the new/young first came(...)
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Conditions is a new Scandinavian magazine focusing on the conditions of architecture and Urbanism. Presenting new perspectives, in the way of conceiving and analyzing designs, works and theory for architecture. In pre-modern epochs, renewal of practice was always initiated by looking backwards, as a return to the fundamentals. The cult of the new/young first came(...)
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Conditions 9: New knowledge, new practices?
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Conditions is a new Scandinavian magazine focusing on the conditions of architecture and Urbanism. Presenting new perspectives, in the way of conceiving and analyzing designs, works and theory for architecture. In pre-modern epochs, renewal of practice was always initiated by looking backwards, as a return to the fundamentals. The cult of the new/young first came with modernity. Are young offices still obsessed with the ideas of idols, former employers and teachers? Or are young practices in architecture today considered to be especially innovative? Are they generating new knowledge or just recycling winning formulas? If truly innovative new practices still exist, from what fields of knowledge do they get their input?
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Conditions is a new Scandinavian magazine focusing on the conditions of architecture and Urbanism. Presenting new perspectives, in the way of conceiving and analyzing designs, works and theory for architecture. In pre-modern epochs, renewal of practice was always initiated by looking backwards, as a return to the fundamentals. The cult of the new/young first came with modernity. Are young offices still obsessed with the ideas of idols, former employers and teachers? Or are young practices in architecture today considered to be especially innovative? Are they generating new knowledge or just recycling winning formulas? If truly innovative new practices still exist, from what fields of knowledge do they get their input?
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January 2012
January 2012
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Although his best-known project was the World Trade Center in New York City, Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) worked to create moments of surprise, serenity, and delight in distinctive buildings around the world. In his adopted home of Detroit, where he lived and worked for the last half of his life, Yamasaki produced many important designs that(...)
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Although his best-known project was the World Trade Center in New York City, Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) worked to create moments of surprise, serenity, and delight in distinctive buildings around the world. In his adopted home of Detroit, where he lived and worked for the last half of his life, Yamasaki produced many important designs that(...)
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Yamasaki in Detroit: a search for serenity
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Although his best-known project was the World Trade Center in New York City, Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) worked to create moments of surprise, serenity, and delight in distinctive buildings around the world. In his adopted home of Detroit, where he lived and worked for the last half of his life, Yamasaki produced many important designs that range from public buildings to offices and private residences. In Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity, author John Gallagher presents both a biography of Yamasaki-or Yama as he was known-and an examination of his working practices, with an emphasis on the architect's search for a style that would express his artistic goals.
Yamasaki in Detroit: a search for serenity
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Although his best-known project was the World Trade Center in New York City, Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) worked to create moments of surprise, serenity, and delight in distinctive buildings around the world. In his adopted home of Detroit, where he lived and worked for the last half of his life, Yamasaki produced many important designs that range from public buildings to offices and private residences. In Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity, author John Gallagher presents both a biography of Yamasaki-or Yama as he was known-and an examination of his working practices, with an emphasis on the architect's search for a style that would express his artistic goals.
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October 2015
October 2015
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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[England] : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Watford : Studio Trade Plates Ltd.
[England] : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Watford : Studio Trade Plates Ltd.
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Overseas building notes : information on housing, building and planning in tropical and sub-tropical countries.
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volumes ; 30 cm
Overseas building notes : information on housing, building and planning in tropical and sub-tropical countries.
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[England] : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Watford : Studio Trade Plates Ltd.
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10 pages ; 28 cm
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Washington : National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1979.
Washington : National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1979.
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List of state newsletters on historic preservation / [compiled by the staff of the] Library, Office of Preservation Services.
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10 pages ; 28 cm
List of state newsletters on historic preservation / [compiled by the staff of the] Library, Office of Preservation Services.
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Washington : National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1979.
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[New York] : PPP Editions, 2003.
[New York] : PPP Editions, 2003.
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After and before : documenting the bomb.
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After and before : documenting the bomb.
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[New York] : PPP Editions, 2003.
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New York City [model].
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1 model : metal, felt ; 9 x 12 x 8 cm.
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[between 1931 and 1970]
[between 1931 and 1970]
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New York City [model].
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1 volume (unpaged : 32 unnumbered pages) : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm.
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London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962 (London : Curwen Press)
London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962 (London : Curwen Press)
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Early printers' marks / Victoria & Albert Museum.
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1 volume (unpaged : 32 unnumbered pages) : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm.
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London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962 (London : Curwen Press)
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iv, 57 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
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Bangkok : Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia, 1977.
Bangkok : Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia, 1977.
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Ventilation of wide-span schools in the hot, humid tropics / by Ishwar Chand.
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iv, 57 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Ventilation of wide-span schools in the hot, humid tropics / by Ishwar Chand.
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Bangkok : Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia, 1977.
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