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In the spring of 1966, the architects Umberto Riva and Luisa Castiglioni, the flaneur Enzo Muzii and the art patron Hans Deichmann hired a car in San Francisco in which to travel the length and breadth of the United States and photograph the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others. They visited California and the South(...)
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November 2024
Luisa Castiglioni, Hans Deichmann, Enzo Muzii, Umberto Riva : USA 1966
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In the spring of 1966, the architects Umberto Riva and Luisa Castiglioni, the flaneur Enzo Muzii and the art patron Hans Deichmann hired a car in San Francisco in which to travel the length and breadth of the United States and photograph the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others. They visited California and the South (Phoenix, Dallas, New Orleans and Atlanta) before heading up to Chicago and Philadelphia, only to reach New York after a month on the road. A Grand Tour comprising cities, architecture, deserts and encounters. An educational journey, but also a discoveryof America in its heyday, captured in magnificent black and white by a group of cultured European travellers. That journey became issue 17 of Zodiac, the international architecture magazine published by Olivetti, while the contact sheets containing the photographs of the four travellers has re-emerged only recently.
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The extravagant villas designed between the 1960s and 1980s by Italian architect Mario Galvagni (1928-2020) for prosperous Lombard families. Suspended shell structures, underground living rooms and luminous domes. On the Lombard plain between the Ticino valley and the industrial outskirts of Milan, ensconced amid fields of crops, lies Inveruno, home to the architecture(...)
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November 2024
Temples for Industrious Lombards : Architecture by Mario Galvagni in Inveruno
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The extravagant villas designed between the 1960s and 1980s by Italian architect Mario Galvagni (1928-2020) for prosperous Lombard families. Suspended shell structures, underground living rooms and luminous domes. On the Lombard plain between the Ticino valley and the industrial outskirts of Milan, ensconced amid fields of crops, lies Inveruno, home to the architecture of Mario Galvagni, designed between the 1960s and 1980s for local industrial families. These villas would host large dinner parties and masked balls, as captured in the photographs unearthed from Gianni Saracchi's archive. Each house is unique while still sharing something with the others: each is a temple where the industrious Lombard lives with his family and hosts fruitful business meetings.
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Contested Landscapes is dedicated to different rural regions—their landscapes, their producers, and their work. The paths of the family of the artist Sandra Schäfer and those of the famous German photographer August Sander cross in the Westerwald, a rural area in Germany shaped by farming and mining.
Sandra Schäfer: Contested landscapes
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Contested Landscapes is dedicated to different rural regions—their landscapes, their producers, and their work. The paths of the family of the artist Sandra Schäfer and those of the famous German photographer August Sander cross in the Westerwald, a rural area in Germany shaped by farming and mining.
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Du Big Bang au silence absolu, de l’écholocalisation des chauves-souris à la Symphonie n° 11 de Chostakovitch, en passant par les grésillements d’un disque vinyle, les crépitements d’une aurore boréale ou encore la longue résonance d’un bonsho japonais, les quarante-huit chapitres d’ « Une histoire naturelle des sons » nous font prêter l’oreille au monde fascinant des(...)
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Une histoire naturelle des sons : Notes sur l'audible
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Du Big Bang au silence absolu, de l’écholocalisation des chauves-souris à la Symphonie n° 11 de Chostakovitch, en passant par les grésillements d’un disque vinyle, les crépitements d’une aurore boréale ou encore la longue résonance d’un bonsho japonais, les quarante-huit chapitres d’ « Une histoire naturelle des sons » nous font prêter l’oreille au monde fascinant des sonorités qui nous entourent. Avec sa prodigieuse érudition scientifique et son sens unique du merveilleux, Caspar Henderson nous ouvre la voie des espaces sonores méconnus ou inaccessibles, plus généralement de l’aventure des sons, qu’ils appartiennent à des temps très anciens, ou qu’ils demeurent l’objet de spéculations scientifiques — quand ils ne relèvent pas carrément de la science-fiction.
Polluer, c'est coloniser
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Salué comme incontournable dès sa parution en anglais, Polluer, c’est coloniser est d’abord un livre de méthode, qui cherche à définir une éthique, une manière collective d’être au monde. Au fil d’une enquête sur l’histoire, la conception et la réglementation de la pollution engendrée par les plastiques, il montre que cette dernière n’est pas une expression ou un effet du(...)
Environment and environmental theory
December 2024
Polluer, c'est coloniser
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Salué comme incontournable dès sa parution en anglais, Polluer, c’est coloniser est d’abord un livre de méthode, qui cherche à définir une éthique, une manière collective d’être au monde. Au fil d’une enquête sur l’histoire, la conception et la réglementation de la pollution engendrée par les plastiques, il montre que cette dernière n’est pas une expression ou un effet du colonialisme mais la mise en œuvre de rapports coloniaux à la terre, rapports que peuvent involontairement reproduire des militant·es et des scientifiques animé·es des meilleures intentions. Mais, éthique ne voulant pas dire leçon de morale, l’ouvrage rejette les jugements expéditifs et les idées toutes faites. La clé réside dans l’attention aux lieux : parce qu’une méthode est toujours située, inscrite dans des relations particulières à des territoires, elle est investie d’une responsabilité particulière vis-à-vis d’eux. S’appuyant sur un travail mené à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Max Liboiron propose de bâtir une science anticoloniale, avec le double souci d’échapper aux cadres de pensée uniformisants et de livrer des enseignements dont d’autres, ailleurs, pourront s’emparer.
Environment and environmental theory
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Suzel Balez fait la synthèse des connaissances et débats contemporains sur les relations entre lieux et odeurs et propose des clefs pour la conceptior olfactive spatialisée. Elle offre une référence à ceux qui souhaitent penser les espaces de façon multisensorielle et un outil de réflexion sur ses pratique à tout « odorisateur » qu'il soit artiste, metteur en scène ou(...)
Fragrances architecturales : L'expérience olfactive des lieux
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Suzel Balez fait la synthèse des connaissances et débats contemporains sur les relations entre lieux et odeurs et propose des clefs pour la conceptior olfactive spatialisée. Elle offre une référence à ceux qui souhaitent penser les espaces de façon multisensorielle et un outil de réflexion sur ses pratique à tout « odorisateur » qu'il soit artiste, metteur en scène ou commercial. Après un état des obstacles à la pensée des ambiances odorantes, l'auteure propose un concept interdisciplinaire, l'effet odorant, permettant la compréhension comme la conception des phénomènes odorants situés. Les bases d'une telle conception spatiolfactive sont alors explorées en prenant en compte les matériaux mis en oeuvre et leurs positionnements, relativement à leurs surfaces d'échange avec l'air ambiant, ses trajets et ses compositions. Inscrite dans une pensée multisensorielle des lieux, ces réflexions renvoient aux bouleversements environnementaux et à la manière de les prendre en compte dans la conception spatiale.
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Stranger than fiction
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Imagine the history of the twentieth-century novel recounted with the urgency and intimacy of a novel. That's what Edwin Frank, the legendary editor who has run the New York Review Books publishing imprint since its inception, does in "Stranger than fiction". With penetrating insight and originality, Frank introduces us to books, some famous, some little-known, from the(...)
Stranger than fiction
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Imagine the history of the twentieth-century novel recounted with the urgency and intimacy of a novel. That's what Edwin Frank, the legendary editor who has run the New York Review Books publishing imprint since its inception, does in "Stranger than fiction". With penetrating insight and originality, Frank introduces us to books, some famous, some little-known, from the whole course of the century and from around the world. Starting with Dostoevsky's "Notes from underground" of 1864, Frank shows how its twitchy, self-undermining, and never-satisfied narrator established a voice that would echo through the coming century. He illuminates the political vision of H. G. Wells's science fiction, Colette and Andre Gide's subversions of traditional gender roles, and Gertrude Stein's untethering of the American sentence.
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''Japanese Paper Craft'' encourages crafters of all skill levels to create their own custom pieces that are practical, decorative, and imbued with meaning. ''Japanese Paper Craft'' begins with an overview of the tools and materials needed to make the projects, along with simple basic techniques such as gluing corners and spines and sewing bindings. It then progresses(...)
Japanese paper craft: A guide to making your own books, notepads and keepsakes
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''Japanese Paper Craft'' encourages crafters of all skill levels to create their own custom pieces that are practical, decorative, and imbued with meaning. ''Japanese Paper Craft'' begins with an overview of the tools and materials needed to make the projects, along with simple basic techniques such as gluing corners and spines and sewing bindings. It then progresses through 30 projects, divided into three groups: writing, organizing and archiving. Practical step-by-step photos and detailed diagrams make it easy to craft items like flip books, sketchbooks, scrapbooks and more. Projects are accompanied by tips on the best tools, techniques and materials to use, whichensure that each one will be a success.
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"Modern architecture: The basics" examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century. Broad definitions of modernity and postmodernity introduce the book, which comprises 24 short thematic chapters looking at the concepts behind the development of modern and postmodern(...)
Modern architecture: The basics
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"Modern architecture: The basics" examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century. Broad definitions of modernity and postmodernity introduce the book, which comprises 24 short thematic chapters looking at the concepts behind the development of modern and postmodern architecture. These include major historical movements, key figures, and evolving building typologies. There is also an emphasis on the changing city during the 19th and 20th centuries. Approaches to representation and its impacts on architecture are studied, along with the changing global role of architecture as cultural expression. The book introduces new topics, including gender, race, postcolonialism, and indigeneity.
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In the early 2000s, a remarkable renewal of Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood began. Designed as a garden city" in the 1940s, the area gained a reputation over the decades as a "no go" zone. In 2005, Toronto's City Council approved a revitalization that would effectively turn Regent Park into one of the city's "go to" neighbourhoods. Through captivating narrative that(...)
Rhythms of change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization
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In the early 2000s, a remarkable renewal of Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood began. Designed as a garden city" in the 1940s, the area gained a reputation over the decades as a "no go" zone. In 2005, Toronto's City Council approved a revitalization that would effectively turn Regent Park into one of the city's "go to" neighbourhoods. Through captivating narrative that transcends urban planning, architecture, community development, and business, "Rhythms of change" explores the revitalization journey through the eyes of Mitchell Cohen-a social activist, a musician, and the visionary CEO of The Daniels Corporation. The Regent Park revitalization is now the gold standard for reimagining and transforming stigmatized neighbourhoods. Cohen's firsthand account unveils key elements underlying an extraordinary metamorphosis into a healthy, resilient, and inclusive community.
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