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During the midcentury period, Michigan attracted visionary architects, designers, and theorists, including Alexander Girard. While much has been written about Girard’s vibrantly colored and patterned textiles for Herman Miller, the story of his Detroit period (1937–53)—encompassing interior and industrial design, exhibition curation, and residential architecture—has not(...)
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During the midcentury period, Michigan attracted visionary architects, designers, and theorists, including Alexander Girard. While much has been written about Girard’s vibrantly colored and patterned textiles for Herman Miller, the story of his Detroit period (1937–53)—encompassing interior and industrial design, exhibition curation, and residential architecture—has not(...)
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Alexander Girard, architect: Creating midcentury modern masterpieces
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During the midcentury period, Michigan attracted visionary architects, designers, and theorists, including Alexander Girard. While much has been written about Girard’s vibrantly colored and patterned textiles for Herman Miller, the story of his Detroit period (1937–53)—encompassing interior and industrial design, exhibition curation, and residential architecture—has not been told. "Alexander Girard, Architect: Creating Midcentury Modern Masterpieces" by Deborah Lubera Kawsky is the first comprehensive study of Girard’s exceptional architectural projects, specifically those concentrated in the ultra-traditional Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe.
Alexander Girard, architect: Creating midcentury modern masterpieces
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During the midcentury period, Michigan attracted visionary architects, designers, and theorists, including Alexander Girard. While much has been written about Girard’s vibrantly colored and patterned textiles for Herman Miller, the story of his Detroit period (1937–53)—encompassing interior and industrial design, exhibition curation, and residential architecture—has not been told. "Alexander Girard, Architect: Creating Midcentury Modern Masterpieces" by Deborah Lubera Kawsky is the first comprehensive study of Girard’s exceptional architectural projects, specifically those concentrated in the ultra-traditional Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe.
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June 2018
June 2018
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Mies van der Rohe
Mies van der Rohe
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This book records the stages of the architect's distinguished career from the Bauhaus to Chicago, from Detroit to Montreal, and finally to New York and the famous Seagram Building.
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This book records the stages of the architect's distinguished career from the Bauhaus to Chicago, from Detroit to Montreal, and finally to New York and the famous Seagram Building.
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Mies van der Rohe
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This book records the stages of the architect's distinguished career from the Bauhaus to Chicago, from Detroit to Montreal, and finally to New York and the famous Seagram Building.
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This book records the stages of the architect's distinguished career from the Bauhaus to Chicago, from Detroit to Montreal, and finally to New York and the famous Seagram Building.
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January 1900, London
January 1900, London
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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The book covers 222 species that flourish without human assistance or approval. While it covers the area bounded by Montreal, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Detroit, it is broadly applicable to temperate urban environments across North America.
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The book covers 222 species that flourish without human assistance or approval. While it covers the area bounded by Montreal, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Detroit, it is broadly applicable to temperate urban environments across North America.
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Wild urban plants of the northeast
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The book covers 222 species that flourish without human assistance or approval. While it covers the area bounded by Montreal, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Detroit, it is broadly applicable to temperate urban environments across North America.
Wild urban plants of the northeast
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The book covers 222 species that flourish without human assistance or approval. While it covers the area bounded by Montreal, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Detroit, it is broadly applicable to temperate urban environments across North America.
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January 2010
January 2010
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Urban Landscapes
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volumes : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25-29 cm
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1997-2020]
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1997-2020]
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The papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. Supplementary series.
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The papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. Supplementary series.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1997-2020]
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In Design After Decline, Brent D. Ryan chronicles the fraught and intermittently successful rebuilding of Detroit and Philadelphia in recent decades, concluding that small-scale strategies must give way to a revived combination of innovative urban design and social planning.
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In Design After Decline, Brent D. Ryan chronicles the fraught and intermittently successful rebuilding of Detroit and Philadelphia in recent decades, concluding that small-scale strategies must give way to a revived combination of innovative urban design and social planning.
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Design after decline: how America rebuilds shrinking cities
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In Design After Decline, Brent D. Ryan chronicles the fraught and intermittently successful rebuilding of Detroit and Philadelphia in recent decades, concluding that small-scale strategies must give way to a revived combination of innovative urban design and social planning.
Design after decline: how America rebuilds shrinking cities
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In Design After Decline, Brent D. Ryan chronicles the fraught and intermittently successful rebuilding of Detroit and Philadelphia in recent decades, concluding that small-scale strategies must give way to a revived combination of innovative urban design and social planning.
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February 2014
February 2014
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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For sixty years Fletcher Steele practiced landscape architecture as a fine art, designing nearly seven hundred gardens, from Boston to Detroit, and New Brunswick, Canada, to Asheville, North Carolina. Often brilliant, always original, Steele’s work is considered by many to constitute the essential link between nineteenth-century Beaux-Arts formalism and modern landscape design.
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For sixty years Fletcher Steele practiced landscape architecture as a fine art, designing nearly seven hundred gardens, from Boston to Detroit, and New Brunswick, Canada, to Asheville, North Carolina. Often brilliant, always original, Steele’s work is considered by many to constitute the essential link between nineteenth-century Beaux-Arts formalism and modern landscape design.
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Landscape Architecture, Monographs
Landscape Architecture, Monographs
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August 2003, Amherst, Mass.
August 2003, Amherst, Mass.
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Fletcher Steele, landscape architect : an account of the gardenmaker's life, 1885 - 1971
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For sixty years Fletcher Steele practiced landscape architecture as a fine art, designing nearly seven hundred gardens, from Boston to Detroit, and New Brunswick, Canada, to Asheville, North Carolina. Often brilliant, always original, Steele’s work is considered by many to constitute the essential link between nineteenth-century Beaux-Arts formalism and modern landscape design.
Fletcher Steele, landscape architect : an account of the gardenmaker's life, 1885 - 1971
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For sixty years Fletcher Steele practiced landscape architecture as a fine art, designing nearly seven hundred gardens, from Boston to Detroit, and New Brunswick, Canada, to Asheville, North Carolina. Often brilliant, always original, Steele’s work is considered by many to constitute the essential link between nineteenth-century Beaux-Arts formalism and modern landscape design.
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August 2003, Amherst, Mass.
August 2003, Amherst, Mass.
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Landscape Architecture, Monographs
Landscape Architecture, Monographs
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Architect and artist Marshall Brown is making space for the future by remixing the legacy of modern architecture in this exploration of his visionary urban ideas, brought to life through extraordinary collages, drawings, models, and photographs. Groundbreaking architect Marshall Brown presents a vision of the future through cross-disciplinary explorations that(...)
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Architect and artist Marshall Brown is making space for the future by remixing the legacy of modern architecture in this exploration of his visionary urban ideas, brought to life through extraordinary collages, drawings, models, and photographs. Groundbreaking architect Marshall Brown presents a vision of the future through cross-disciplinary explorations that(...)
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Recurrent visions: The architecture of Marshall Brown projects
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Architect and artist Marshall Brown is making space for the future by remixing the legacy of modern architecture in this exploration of his visionary urban ideas, brought to life through extraordinary collages, drawings, models, and photographs. Groundbreaking architect Marshall Brown presents a vision of the future through cross-disciplinary explorations that leverage the possibilities of scale, media, and time in this survey of three unique projects. With an introduction by curator Karen Kice, discover Brown's work through a deep dive into his seminal projects for New York, Chicago, and Detroit. ''Recurrent visions'' journeys into the cities, places, and spaces of the future crafted by the hands of today, with contributions from today's leading architectural thinkers, Monica Ponce de Leon, Joseph Becker, Allison Glenn, and Adrienne Brown, featuring three projects: UNITY Plan for the MTA Vanderbilt Rail Yards, Brooklyn; Dequindre Civic Academy, Detroit; Smooth Growth Urbanism, Chicago.
Recurrent visions: The architecture of Marshall Brown projects
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Architect and artist Marshall Brown is making space for the future by remixing the legacy of modern architecture in this exploration of his visionary urban ideas, brought to life through extraordinary collages, drawings, models, and photographs. Groundbreaking architect Marshall Brown presents a vision of the future through cross-disciplinary explorations that leverage the possibilities of scale, media, and time in this survey of three unique projects. With an introduction by curator Karen Kice, discover Brown's work through a deep dive into his seminal projects for New York, Chicago, and Detroit. ''Recurrent visions'' journeys into the cities, places, and spaces of the future crafted by the hands of today, with contributions from today's leading architectural thinkers, Monica Ponce de Leon, Joseph Becker, Allison Glenn, and Adrienne Brown, featuring three projects: UNITY Plan for the MTA Vanderbilt Rail Yards, Brooklyn; Dequindre Civic Academy, Detroit; Smooth Growth Urbanism, Chicago.
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June 2022
June 2022
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Are we the world?
Are we the world?
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Part six of the Design and Politics series compares the Randstad region with São Paulo, Istanbul and Detroit, and speculates about alternative visions for city planning and idealistic architectural intervention for the cities involved. Are We the World? is not only a plea for a central role for city planning, and an active exchange of ideas, but primarily for new(...)
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Part six of the Design and Politics series compares the Randstad region with São Paulo, Istanbul and Detroit, and speculates about alternative visions for city planning and idealistic architectural intervention for the cities involved. Are We the World? is not only a plea for a central role for city planning, and an active exchange of ideas, but primarily for new(...)
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Are we the world?
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Part six of the Design and Politics series compares the Randstad region with São Paulo, Istanbul and Detroit, and speculates about alternative visions for city planning and idealistic architectural intervention for the cities involved. Are We the World? is not only a plea for a central role for city planning, and an active exchange of ideas, but primarily for new political involvement.
Are we the world?
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Part six of the Design and Politics series compares the Randstad region with São Paulo, Istanbul and Detroit, and speculates about alternative visions for city planning and idealistic architectural intervention for the cities involved. Are We the World? is not only a plea for a central role for city planning, and an active exchange of ideas, but primarily for new political involvement.
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July 2012
July 2012
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Here, 18 photographers document cities from Detroit to Manila, to make a composite portrait of a city of all cities. The photographers are Sibylle Bergemann, Jörg Brüggemann, Espen Eichhöfer, Annette Hauschild, Harald Hauswald, Pepa Hristová, Andrej Krementschouk, Ute & Werner Mahler, Thomas Meyer, Dawin Meckel, Julian Röder, Frank Schinski, Jordis Antonia Schlosser, Anne(...)
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Here, 18 photographers document cities from Detroit to Manila, to make a composite portrait of a city of all cities. The photographers are Sibylle Bergemann, Jörg Brüggemann, Espen Eichhöfer, Annette Hauschild, Harald Hauswald, Pepa Hristová, Andrej Krementschouk, Ute & Werner Mahler, Thomas Meyer, Dawin Meckel, Julian Röder, Frank Schinski, Jordis Antonia Schlosser, Anne(...)
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The city: Becoming and decaying
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Here, 18 photographers document cities from Detroit to Manila, to make a composite portrait of a city of all cities. The photographers are Sibylle Bergemann, Jörg Brüggemann, Espen Eichhöfer, Annette Hauschild, Harald Hauswald, Pepa Hristová, Andrej Krementschouk, Ute & Werner Mahler, Thomas Meyer, Dawin Meckel, Julian Röder, Frank Schinski, Jordis Antonia Schlosser, Anne Schönharting, Linn Schröder, Heinrich Völkel and Maurice Weiss.
The city: Becoming and decaying
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Here, 18 photographers document cities from Detroit to Manila, to make a composite portrait of a city of all cities. The photographers are Sibylle Bergemann, Jörg Brüggemann, Espen Eichhöfer, Annette Hauschild, Harald Hauswald, Pepa Hristová, Andrej Krementschouk, Ute & Werner Mahler, Thomas Meyer, Dawin Meckel, Julian Röder, Frank Schinski, Jordis Antonia Schlosser, Anne Schönharting, Linn Schröder, Heinrich Völkel and Maurice Weiss.
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October 2010
October 2010
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Photography Collections
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The participatory city
The participatory city
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''The Participatory City'' is the first international and interdisciplinary collection of texts encompassing the whole spectrum of the debate within a wide geographical framework. Offering international perspectives on the question of urban participation, the contributors to this volume examine participatory dimensions of social housing, land-use policies, migrant rights,(...)
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''The Participatory City'' is the first international and interdisciplinary collection of texts encompassing the whole spectrum of the debate within a wide geographical framework. Offering international perspectives on the question of urban participation, the contributors to this volume examine participatory dimensions of social housing, land-use policies, migrant rights,(...)
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The participatory city
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''The Participatory City'' is the first international and interdisciplinary collection of texts encompassing the whole spectrum of the debate within a wide geographical framework. Offering international perspectives on the question of urban participation, the contributors to this volume examine participatory dimensions of social housing, land-use policies, migrant rights, environmental problems and health issues through the exploration of case studies from Chicago, Detroit, London, Mexico City and Bangalore.
The participatory city
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''The Participatory City'' is the first international and interdisciplinary collection of texts encompassing the whole spectrum of the debate within a wide geographical framework. Offering international perspectives on the question of urban participation, the contributors to this volume examine participatory dimensions of social housing, land-use policies, migrant rights, environmental problems and health issues through the exploration of case studies from Chicago, Detroit, London, Mexico City and Bangalore.
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March 2016
March 2016
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
