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Gritty Brits presents the work of six emerging architectural practices--all based in London, and all building within the complex setting of the British capital. Featuring the work of Adjaye/Associates, Caruso St John Architects, FAT [Fashion Architecture Taste], Níall McLaughlin Architects, muf and Sergison Bates architects, this succinct and vibrant study investigates(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
June 2007, Pittsburg
Gritty Brits : new London architecture
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Gritty Brits presents the work of six emerging architectural practices--all based in London, and all building within the complex setting of the British capital. Featuring the work of Adjaye/Associates, Caruso St John Architects, FAT [Fashion Architecture Taste], Níall McLaughlin Architects, muf and Sergison Bates architects, this succinct and vibrant study investigates five projects from each practice in photographs, drawings and plans.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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A radical new perspective on cities and urbanism Slums, informal settlements, and other unplanned habitats are seen as the antithesis of the metropolis. Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, founders of the design practice ''urbz'', explore how such neighbourhoods and their inhabitants have been unfairly dismissed when they should in fact be under-stood as partners in(...)
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Home grown city: Reclaiming the metropolis for its users
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A radical new perspective on cities and urbanism Slums, informal settlements, and other unplanned habitats are seen as the antithesis of the metropolis. Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, founders of the design practice ''urbz'', explore how such neighbourhoods and their inhabitants have been unfairly dismissed when they should in fact be under-stood as partners in the story of cities and urban development.
Grey room 68
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Grey Room brings together scholarly and theoretical articles from the fields of architecture, art, media, and politics to forge a cross-disciplinary discourse uniquely relevant to contemporary concerns. Featuring original articles, translations, interviews, dossiers, and academic exchanges, Grey Room's emphasis on aesthetic practice and historical and theoretical(...)
Grey room 68
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Grey Room brings together scholarly and theoretical articles from the fields of architecture, art, media, and politics to forge a cross-disciplinary discourse uniquely relevant to contemporary concerns. Featuring original articles, translations, interviews, dossiers, and academic exchanges, Grey Room's emphasis on aesthetic practice and historical and theoretical discourse appeals to a wide range of readers, including architects, artists, scholars, students, and critics.
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Basic colour is a guide to colour mixing and colour theory for students, artists and designers. Logical, easy-to-follow diagrams, tonal charts, complementary scales, colour-wheel exercises and colour tricks, will help you to mix colours and expand your colour vocabulary. Jane de Sausmarez, teaches colour theory and practice in the Conservation Department of the City &(...)
Basic colour: a practical handbook
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Basic colour is a guide to colour mixing and colour theory for students, artists and designers. Logical, easy-to-follow diagrams, tonal charts, complementary scales, colour-wheel exercises and colour tricks, will help you to mix colours and expand your colour vocabulary. Jane de Sausmarez, teaches colour theory and practice in the Conservation Department of the City & Guilds of London Art School.
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October 2008, London
Colour Theory and Design
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Through observations, arguments, and detailed project explorations these diverse contributors describe new models of practice and reorganizations of labor for the 21st century. Chapters include a reconsideration of craft in light of digital fabrication; an exploration of new methods of collaboration; an analysis of changes in contracts and standards; and an assessment of(...)
Building (in) the future: recasting labor in architecture
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Through observations, arguments, and detailed project explorations these diverse contributors describe new models of practice and reorganizations of labor for the 21st century. Chapters include a reconsideration of craft in light of digital fabrication; an exploration of new methods of collaboration; an analysis of changes in contracts and standards; and an assessment of the new market realities of mass production and customization.
Architectural Theory
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Bringing together experts from research and practice, 'Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization' presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational(...)
Shell structures for architecture: form finding and optimization
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Bringing together experts from research and practice, 'Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization' presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational techniques to develop complex curved structural surfaces, in the form of mathematics, computer algorithms, and design case studies.
Engineering Structures
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Constant Nieuwenhuys (1920-2005) is primarily known as the co-founder of the international Cobra group and as the initiator and maker of the New Babylon project. This publication sheds light, for the first time, on a third influential period in his artistic practice, during which he made the journey from Cobra to New Babylon, continually reinventing himself along the way.
Contemporary Art Monographs
May 2016
Constant: space and colour. From Cobra to New Babylon
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Constant Nieuwenhuys (1920-2005) is primarily known as the co-founder of the international Cobra group and as the initiator and maker of the New Babylon project. This publication sheds light, for the first time, on a third influential period in his artistic practice, during which he made the journey from Cobra to New Babylon, continually reinventing himself along the way.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Presentation examining fifty years of works and projects from German architect Peter Lanz, whose practice ranges from residential houses, public and commercial offices and buildings to the planning of a whole urban district for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. This publication reflects on the development of this architect and at the same time documents part of German(...)
Architecture Monographs
September 2005, Hamburg
Lanz architekten : bauten und projekte / buildings and projects
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Presentation examining fifty years of works and projects from German architect Peter Lanz, whose practice ranges from residential houses, public and commercial offices and buildings to the planning of a whole urban district for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. This publication reflects on the development of this architect and at the same time documents part of German architectural history.
Architecture Monographs
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Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, Alvar Aalto designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. This book brings together Aalto’s key works to introduce the architect as a champion of(...)
Aalto
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Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, Alvar Aalto designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. This book brings together Aalto’s key works to introduce the architect as a champion of environmentally sound, progressive design, with a deep-rooted sense of home.
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A.MAG 26 : Tomoaki Uno
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This issue is dedicated to Tomoaki Uno. Uno founded his practice in Nagoya in 1990 and has since gained a reputation for great attention for detail, accuracy, and pureness of form. This approach is reflected both technically and emotionally in the twelve works featured in this issue, which offers an intimate and close reading of the Japanese architect’s approach to design.
A.MAG 26 : Tomoaki Uno
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This issue is dedicated to Tomoaki Uno. Uno founded his practice in Nagoya in 1990 and has since gained a reputation for great attention for detail, accuracy, and pureness of form. This approach is reflected both technically and emotionally in the twelve works featured in this issue, which offers an intimate and close reading of the Japanese architect’s approach to design.
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