Metropolis
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Metropolis, c’est un tour du monde de vingt huit villes des plus aimées! Attractions touristiques, immeubles et architecture iconiques, points chaud culturels, lieux et personnages célèbres. 32 villes : Montréal, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Paris, Londres, Moscou, Berlin, Zurich, Rome, Stockholm, Barcelone, Amsterdam,(...)
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Metropolis, c’est un tour du monde de vingt huit villes des plus aimées! Attractions touristiques, immeubles et architecture iconiques, points chaud culturels, lieux et personnages célèbres. 32 villes : Montréal, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Paris, Londres, Moscou, Berlin, Zurich, Rome, Stockholm, Barcelone, Amsterdam, Athènes, Istanbul, Le Caire, Fès, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Tokyo, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Bombay, Seoul, Jakarta, Sydney et Auckland.
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Gardens of empire : botanical institutions of the Victorian British empire / Donal P. McCracken.
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x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
London ; Washington : Leicester University Press, 1997.
Gardens of empire : botanical institutions of the Victorian British empire / Donal P. McCracken.
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London ; Washington : Leicester University Press, 1997.
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208 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
London : RIBA Publishing, [2024], ©2024
Protest architecture : structures of civil resistance / Nick Newman.
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208 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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London : RIBA Publishing, [2024], ©2024
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This publication introduces forty recent projects by Japan's hottest retail designer with an extraordinary selection of interior designs for boutiques and retail outlets from high-end luxury space to mega stores in Japan, Great Britain, France, the United States and Hong Kong. Masamichi Katayama skillfully integrates diverse interior design elements including light,(...)
Wonderwall Masamichi Katayama projects # 2
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This publication introduces forty recent projects by Japan's hottest retail designer with an extraordinary selection of interior designs for boutiques and retail outlets from high-end luxury space to mega stores in Japan, Great Britain, France, the United States and Hong Kong. Masamichi Katayama skillfully integrates diverse interior design elements including light, furniture, material and proportion in a unique and unrivalled fashion that translates into flawless design, comfort and functionality.
Design Monographs
Cities without ground
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Hong Kong is a city without ground. This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no ground plane) and culturally (there is no concept of ground). Density obliterates figure-ground in the city, and in turn re-defines public-private spatial relationships. Perception of distance and time is distorted through compact networks of pedestrian infrastructure,(...)
Contemporary Asian Architecture
December 2012
Cities without ground
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Hong Kong is a city without ground. This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no ground plane) and culturally (there is no concept of ground). Density obliterates figure-ground in the city, and in turn re-defines public-private spatial relationships. Perception of distance and time is distorted through compact networks of pedestrian infrastructure, public transport and natural topography in the urban landscape
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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527 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 31 cm
New York : Rizzoli, 2002.
Kohn Pedersen Fox : architecture and urbanism, 1993-2002 / edited by Ian Luna and Kenneth Powell ; essays by Carol H. Krinsky and Kenneth Powell ; introduction by Joseph Giovannini.
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New York : Rizzoli, 2002.
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Massimiliano Fuksas is one of the most influential Italian architects working today. This volume demonstrates how he has achieved this status: 36 built and unbuilt projects, each fully documented with superb photographs, models, drawings, and sketches. Fuksas' most recent works include the Emporio Armani flagship store in Hong Kong, the Jaffa Peace Center, and the(...)
Massimiliano Fuksas : works and projects, 1970-2005
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Massimiliano Fuksas is one of the most influential Italian architects working today. This volume demonstrates how he has achieved this status: 36 built and unbuilt projects, each fully documented with superb photographs, models, drawings, and sketches. Fuksas' most recent works include the Emporio Armani flagship store in Hong Kong, the Jaffa Peace Center, and the Congress Center in EUR, Rome. An essay by Fuksas, a biographical chronology, and a selected bibliography complete this monograph.
Architecture Monographs
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Posing philosophical questions at the outset, the publication “Being Chinese in Architecture” features seven different projects by Rocco Design in Greater China. The work ranges from single house to residential complex, hotel, cultural building to urban planning - Distorted Courtyard House by the Great Wall, Bamboo Pavilion at Berlin/Hong Kong, Giu-gen-tong Villa in(...)
January 2004, Hong Kong
Being Chinese in architecture : recent works in China by Rocco Design
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Posing philosophical questions at the outset, the publication “Being Chinese in Architecture” features seven different projects by Rocco Design in Greater China. The work ranges from single house to residential complex, hotel, cultural building to urban planning - Distorted Courtyard House by the Great Wall, Bamboo Pavilion at Berlin/Hong Kong, Giu-gen-tong Villa in Shanghai, Boao Canal Village, Hotel project in Chengdu, Beijing Central Business District, and the new winning project Museum of Guangdong.
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January 2004, Hong Kong
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Sixty years ago, Henning Larsen established a practice with a simple foundational ethos: people come first. Although the Danish architect passed away in 2013, his studio continues to be guided by an adaptive approach to Nordic modernism that operates across a broad range of global contexts and communities. This book presents a selection of recent projects, including the(...)
It begins with curiosity: Works by Henning Larsen Architects
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Sixty years ago, Henning Larsen established a practice with a simple foundational ethos: people come first. Although the Danish architect passed away in 2013, his studio continues to be guided by an adaptive approach to Nordic modernism that operates across a broad range of global contexts and communities. This book presents a selection of recent projects, including the Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall, Siemens Corporate HQ, French International School of Hong Kong, Moesgaard Museum, and more.
Architecture Monographs
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231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Montréal, Québec : Canadian Centre for Architecture ; Berlin : Jovis Berlin GmbH, [2021], ©2021
The things around us : 51N4E and Rural Urban Framework / edited by Francesco Garutti.
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Montréal, Québec : Canadian Centre for Architecture ; Berlin : Jovis Berlin GmbH, [2021], ©2021