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Best known for his wry and witty drawings, British artist David Shrigley has built up an artistic practice that, over the past two decades, has expanded well beyond drawing to include photography, sculpture, neon signs, animation, painting, printmaking, publishing and music. Published on the occasion of the artist's first major survey show, at London's Hayward Gallery,(...)
David Shrigley : brain activity
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Best known for his wry and witty drawings, British artist David Shrigley has built up an artistic practice that, over the past two decades, has expanded well beyond drawing to include photography, sculpture, neon signs, animation, painting, printmaking, publishing and music. Published on the occasion of the artist's first major survey show, at London's Hayward Gallery, this beautifully produced volume includes a 7" vinyl picture-disc, featuring an exclusive recording by the artist.
Contemporary Art Monographs
At home: figures
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The Home has emerged as an elementary figure in architectural research and practice over the last decade. This book highlights the variety of ways in which Home has been individually articulated and explored. In text and images it takes an original look at projects such as MVRDV's Hagen Island residential units, AZL's Slit House in Nanjing, Haus Walter in Malans by Bearth(...)
At home: figures
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The Home has emerged as an elementary figure in architectural research and practice over the last decade. This book highlights the variety of ways in which Home has been individually articulated and explored. In text and images it takes an original look at projects such as MVRDV's Hagen Island residential units, AZL's Slit House in Nanjing, Haus Walter in Malans by Bearth and Deplazes, and the Rudin house by Herzog & de Meuron.
Residential Architecture
Plan and play, play and plan
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"Visual artist" is a term with manifold variations and meanings. But how, as an artist (or designer, photographer or other "independent creator"), do you become who you are and who you would like to be? How can you guide your artistic practice? "Plan and Play, Play and Plan" invites the artist to explore their own questions about their work, using analytical models to(...)
Plan and play, play and plan
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"Visual artist" is a term with manifold variations and meanings. But how, as an artist (or designer, photographer or other "independent creator"), do you become who you are and who you would like to be? How can you guide your artistic practice? "Plan and Play, Play and Plan" invites the artist to explore their own questions about their work, using analytical models to help them determine where they stand and what they stand for.
Art Theory
An anatomy of influence
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Written by Thomas Daniell, with a foreword by Thomas Weaver and an afterword by Peter Cook, ''An Anatomy of Influence'' contains a wealth of texts and images that together elucidate the theory and practice of 12 leading Japanese architects. Rather than the usual array of exquisite yet autonomous buildings, this book focuses on the hitherto unexplored lives of their(...)
An anatomy of influence
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Written by Thomas Daniell, with a foreword by Thomas Weaver and an afterword by Peter Cook, ''An Anatomy of Influence'' contains a wealth of texts and images that together elucidate the theory and practice of 12 leading Japanese architects. Rather than the usual array of exquisite yet autonomous buildings, this book focuses on the hitherto unexplored lives of their architects, and the febrile intellectual, social and political environment in which they worked.
The city, the island
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Alice has been investigating several thematics parts of her practice and long ongoing research: islands, boats, archives, cartography, architecture, writing. This publication is a collection of contents and hints, from graphic design to sculpture, from editorial projects to database and platform - www.archives.berlin - hosting all the images and texts the research is made(...)
The city, the island
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Alice has been investigating several thematics parts of her practice and long ongoing research: islands, boats, archives, cartography, architecture, writing. This publication is a collection of contents and hints, from graphic design to sculpture, from editorial projects to database and platform - www.archives.berlin - hosting all the images and texts the research is made of. The Zine project is divided into multiple parts and written in English, Italian, and German - the three languages used during the research.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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The author considers the broad range of Matta-Clark’s ephemeral practice, from montage to actual interventions and from performance art and installation to drawing, film and video. Bringing to the fore the consistent themes and issues explored through this broad range of media, and in particular the complex notion of the "discreet violation," he reveals the continued(...)
Gordon Matta-Clark: art, architecture and the attack on modernism
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The author considers the broad range of Matta-Clark’s ephemeral practice, from montage to actual interventions and from performance art and installation to drawing, film and video. Bringing to the fore the consistent themes and issues explored through this broad range of media, and in particular the complex notion of the "discreet violation," he reveals the continued relevance of Matta-Clark’s artistic and theoretical oeuvre to the reception of artistic and architectural work today.
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May 2009
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Edited by a pioneer of the digital revolution, this new book takes its cue from the practice of mass-customization, one of the most important design and retail trends of recent years, to consider how variations on the same design idea can be applied to a broad spectrum of architectural, engineering, and construction solutions. The book has three parts: a group of essays(...)
The architecture of variation
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Edited by a pioneer of the digital revolution, this new book takes its cue from the practice of mass-customization, one of the most important design and retail trends of recent years, to consider how variations on the same design idea can be applied to a broad spectrum of architectural, engineering, and construction solutions. The book has three parts: a group of essays by leading thinkers on design; comparative studies on variation; and case studies.
Digital Architecture
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Scarpa was commissioned by Carlo Ottolenghi to design a villa for his son, situated on Lake Garda, near Bardolino, Italy. Here, this delightful project, which coincided with some of the architect’s best years of practice, is examined through colour photographs, plans and sketches. The accompanying texts, which include a short introduction to Scarpa’s career alongside(...)
To construct, to compose, Carlo Scarpa and the Villa Ottolenghi
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Scarpa was commissioned by Carlo Ottolenghi to design a villa for his son, situated on Lake Garda, near Bardolino, Italy. Here, this delightful project, which coincided with some of the architect’s best years of practice, is examined through colour photographs, plans and sketches. The accompanying texts, which include a short introduction to Scarpa’s career alongside historical and descriptive pieces, have been written by the renowned architectural historian and critic, Franceso Dal Co.
Architecture Monographs
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M8 in China showcases a range of work by eight private Chinese architectural offices whose energetic output reveals some fascinating new connections between Eastern tradition and the Western avant garde. Whether it is a museum with a facade made of bamboo-clad concrete or a tea-house sited at the foot of a mountain, all 24 selected projects in this book are impressive(...)
April 2010
M8 in China: contemporary chinese architects
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M8 in China showcases a range of work by eight private Chinese architectural offices whose energetic output reveals some fascinating new connections between Eastern tradition and the Western avant garde. Whether it is a museum with a facade made of bamboo-clad concrete or a tea-house sited at the foot of a mountain, all 24 selected projects in this book are impressive evidence of the high quality of current architectural practice in China.
Competition architecture
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Architectural competitions date back centuries. today they play an important role in architectural practice as they offer architects vital opportunities to pitch their work across the globe. Competitions also allow previously unknown designers to demonstrate their ideas and their potential by gaining exposure in the world of architecture. 100 illustrated projects(...)
Competition architecture
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Architectural competitions date back centuries. today they play an important role in architectural practice as they offer architects vital opportunities to pitch their work across the globe. Competitions also allow previously unknown designers to demonstrate their ideas and their potential by gaining exposure in the world of architecture. 100 illustrated projects displayed in this volume cover a wide scope of contemporary building types and concepts, that range from commercial to residential and educational.
Contemporary Architecture