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The desert is a huge paradox. Beneath its outward appearance of immensity and silence, are the sounds of various experiments, mysteries, and utopias. The setting of outrageous true histories, entertainment oases founded on consumerism and play, and the secret staging of military power, the desert is far from empty. Instead, it is full of activity: unexpected, uninhibited,(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
December 2005, Barcelona
Desert America: Territory of paradox
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The desert is a huge paradox. Beneath its outward appearance of immensity and silence, are the sounds of various experiments, mysteries, and utopias. The setting of outrageous true histories, entertainment oases founded on consumerism and play, and the secret staging of military power, the desert is far from empty. Instead, it is full of activity: unexpected, uninhibited, and excessive. Not subject to barriers and seemingly free of the formal, ideological or cultural ties of global society, the desert cultivates alternate architectures, urbanisms, and built phenomena. Through photographs, essays, and history, this book emerges as an exploration of some of these phenomena and the protagonists that made them possible.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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A l'heure où le design et la qualité de vie sont souvent associés, être une " ville de design " offre à la fois un puissant levier de communication et un positionnement porteur de croissance économique. Mais qu'est-ce qu'une ville de design ? Et comment le devient-on ? Si Anvers, Glasgow, Lisbonne, Montréal, Saint-Etienne, Stockholm et Times Square New York ont réussi à(...)
Nouvelles villes de design / new design cities
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A l'heure où le design et la qualité de vie sont souvent associés, être une " ville de design " offre à la fois un puissant levier de communication et un positionnement porteur de croissance économique. Mais qu'est-ce qu'une ville de design ? Et comment le devient-on ? Si Anvers, Glasgow, Lisbonne, Montréal, Saint-Etienne, Stockholm et Times Square New York ont réussi à se positionner comme " nouvelles villes de design ", c'est qu'elles ont élaboré et mis en place des politiques et programmes favorisant la qualité en design sur leur territoire. Construit autour d'études de cas, cet ouvrage analyse les actions et événements à l'origine de l'émergence de ces sept villes en tant que ville de design. Appuyé sur les réflexions de François Barré, Saskia Sassen et John Thackara, il réunit également les points de vue d'élus, de designers réputés, ou appartenant à la relève, et de citoyens engagés.
Architecture de Montréal
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Max Huber (1919—92) is one of the most significant graphic designers of the twentieth century. In this comprehensive monograph, the first to be published, the authors trace and illustrate Huber's entire career, from his early years in Switzerland to his more mature work in Italy. This fully illustrated survey of his work demonstrates that Huber was among the first to(...)
Graphic Designers, Monographs
January 2005, London, New York
Max Huber
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Max Huber (1919—92) is one of the most significant graphic designers of the twentieth century. In this comprehensive monograph, the first to be published, the authors trace and illustrate Huber's entire career, from his early years in Switzerland to his more mature work in Italy. This fully illustrated survey of his work demonstrates that Huber was among the first to apply the aesthetics of the avant-garde to a corporate and commercial environment, creating formal solutions that he would go on to use throughout his life.
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Gordon Matta-Clark
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Born in New York and trained in architecture, Gordon Matta-Clark is most famous for his slicing through façades, walls and floors of derelict buildings. This 'deconstructing' gesture, provocative and extreme, turns architecture into astonishing sculptures, where the mass of the building is entwined with the light and air that penetrate it. Matta-Clark's interventions are(...)
January 2006, New York / London
Gordon Matta-Clark
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Born in New York and trained in architecture, Gordon Matta-Clark is most famous for his slicing through façades, walls and floors of derelict buildings. This 'deconstructing' gesture, provocative and extreme, turns architecture into astonishing sculptures, where the mass of the building is entwined with the light and air that penetrate it. Matta-Clark's interventions are always grounded in social or political convictions. Some of his projects include opening a restaurant (Food, 1971)in the SoHo in New York, purchasing at auction fractions of unusable urban land in New York (Reality Properties: Fake Estates, 1973), dispensing oxygen to passersby in the streets of New York from a self-made cart (Fresh Air Cart, 1972), and other visionary urban projects that he conceived as a founding member of the New York-based Anarchitecture group.
Roman Signer
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Since the mid 1970s Roman Signer has examined the forces of the elements – air, fire, earth and water – in a combination of performance (documented by photography and video) and sculpture (the physical remains of his acts). With a Dadaist love for the absurd, his artworks include Race (1981), in which the artist races a rocket across a field (hopelessly behind from the(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
June 2006, London
Roman Signer
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Since the mid 1970s Roman Signer has examined the forces of the elements – air, fire, earth and water – in a combination of performance (documented by photography and video) and sculpture (the physical remains of his acts). With a Dadaist love for the absurd, his artworks include Race (1981), in which the artist races a rocket across a field (hopelessly behind from the outset, the artist loses by nearly the entire length); Action at Hotel Weissbad (1992), in which an ordinary table is shot out a hotel window, the resulting photographs showing a table flying incongruously over a sleepy Swiss village; Power of Rain (1974), in which rainwater gathers slowly in a funnel until its force shatters a block of plaster; and Bicycle with Rockets (1991), the photographs of which show a fiery bicycle flying through the gallery like a demon comet. Often Signer will exhibit in the gallery the remains of an event not witnessed by the public, such as four empty barrels and a violently splattered wall, the remains of an explosion of paint in the gallery space (Portrait Gallery, 1993), or four sand piles with perfectly round craters on each, the neat result of four simultaneous explosions at their peaks (Cones of Sand, 1988). Roman Signer’s work has been exhibited at major venues across Europe and North America, as well as important international exhibitions such as Documenta 8 (1987), Skulptur Projekte in Munster (1997) and the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), in which he represented Switzerland.
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Tacita Dean
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The intricately associative works of Berlin-based English artist Tacita Dean (b.1965) combine film, video, installation, audio and drawing. Dean explores the ways that chance and coincidence influence daily life by archiving forgotten fragments of history and constructing narratives that connect past and present, fact and fiction, private histories and larger events.
Contemporary Art Monographs
March 2006, London
Tacita Dean
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The intricately associative works of Berlin-based English artist Tacita Dean (b.1965) combine film, video, installation, audio and drawing. Dean explores the ways that chance and coincidence influence daily life by archiving forgotten fragments of history and constructing narratives that connect past and present, fact and fiction, private histories and larger events.
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The only residence built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in America, Farnsworth House (1948-51) exemplifies the central tenet both of the International Style, be inverting the conventions of traditional architecture, and of Mies` own design philosophy. Commissioned by Dr Edith Farnsworth to build a weekend retreat, Mies designed the house as an envelope of glass and steel(...)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe : Farnsworth house
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The only residence built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in America, Farnsworth House (1948-51) exemplifies the central tenet both of the International Style, be inverting the conventions of traditional architecture, and of Mies` own design philosophy. Commissioned by Dr Edith Farnsworth to build a weekend retreat, Mies designed the house as an envelope of glass and steel floating over the Illinois Fox River flood plain. Its spare interior was intended for a simpler, cleaner, and healthier lifestyle. Even before its completion, however, architect and client had fallen out over expenses and practical problems with the house, and by the time Lord Palumbo bought it in 1972, Farnsworth had changed many of the interior elements dictated so precisely by Mies. Following a ruinous flood in 1996, the house has been faithfully reconstructed to its original conception. Richly illustrated with detailed drawings and specially commissioned photography, this latest book provides an in depth account of this icon of twentieth century Modernist architecture.
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September 2005, London
Architecture Monographs
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This volume contains a collection of the key essays on and by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), one of the most influential and prolific architects of the 20th century. The individual essays focus on specific aspects of Wright's work, analyzing buildings and projects in order to explain the general principles of Wright's much-debated design methods. Included are previously(...)
Architecture Monographs
October 2005, London, New York
On and by Frank Lloyd Wright : a primer of architectural principles
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This volume contains a collection of the key essays on and by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), one of the most influential and prolific architects of the 20th century. The individual essays focus on specific aspects of Wright's work, analyzing buildings and projects in order to explain the general principles of Wright's much-debated design methods. Included are previously published contributions from well-known historians and Wright scholars such as Kenneth Frampton, Colin Rowe and Gwendolyn Wright, as well as new commentary from the book`s editor. This volume brings together in one place decades of important scholarship on Wright and his architectural principles, making it an essential reader for students of architecture and enthusiasts of Wright's work.
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Future systems
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This book presents a selection of work from the past twenty-five years - much of it previously unpublished. It celebrates the accomplishments for which Future Systems are recognized today, as well as looking at the more recent proposals and concepts that continue their forward-looking philosophy. Organized according to theme, this book presents well-known works in a(...)
Future systems
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This book presents a selection of work from the past twenty-five years - much of it previously unpublished. It celebrates the accomplishments for which Future Systems are recognized today, as well as looking at the more recent proposals and concepts that continue their forward-looking philosophy. Organized according to theme, this book presents well-known works in a new light, permitting a new appreciation of Future Systems' oeuvre today.
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June 2006, London
Architecture Monographs
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Modern Japanese House
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"Modern Japanese house" is an overview of recent domestic design trends in Japan and features an array of projects from a variety of architects, both known and new to the international architecture scene. The projects are divided into five chapters - Tiny houses, Inside/ outside, Multi generation houses, Work/play, and Vacation houses - that reflect the issues particular(...)
Contemporary Asian Architecture
October 2005, London / New York
Modern Japanese House
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"Modern Japanese house" is an overview of recent domestic design trends in Japan and features an array of projects from a variety of architects, both known and new to the international architecture scene. The projects are divided into five chapters - Tiny houses, Inside/ outside, Multi generation houses, Work/play, and Vacation houses - that reflect the issues particular to residential design in Japan. Architects featured include Kazuyo Sejima, Jun Aoki, Shigeru Ban, Hitoshi Abe and Shuhei Endo, as well as lesser known practitioners such as Nobuaki Furuya and Hiroshii Nakao, among others.
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October 2005, London / New York
Contemporary Asian Architecture