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Face à la standardisation de la construction courante qui tend de plus en plus à se généraliser, sont apparues de nombreuses propositions individuelles - et non institutionnelles - pour un habitat autre, différent, vivant, plus respectueux de l'homme et de la nature. Et pourtant, les règles draconiennes imposées en France aux habitations familiales tendent à asphyxier(...)
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Face à la standardisation de la construction courante qui tend de plus en plus à se généraliser, sont apparues de nombreuses propositions individuelles - et non institutionnelles - pour un habitat autre, différent, vivant, plus respectueux de l'homme et de la nature. Et pourtant, les règles draconiennes imposées en France aux habitations familiales tendent à asphyxier(...)
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Face à la standardisation de la construction courante qui tend de plus en plus à se généraliser, sont apparues de nombreuses propositions individuelles - et non institutionnelles - pour un habitat autre, différent, vivant, plus respectueux de l'homme et de la nature. Et pourtant, les règles draconiennes imposées en France aux habitations familiales tendent à asphyxier dans l'œuf, toute innovation et toute synergie entre le site choisi, le concept architectural et bioclimatique, la réalisation technique et économique, et les projets de vie des futurs habitants. Des années 1950 à nos jours, "Maisons vivantes", livre-manifeste, présente les idées, les projets, les réalisations d'hommes et de femmes de nationalités différentes, architectes, artistes, autoconstructeurs, qui ont choisi délibérément de révéler et de vivre leurs rêves, leurs valeurs, leurs interrogations en les concrétisant dans des espaces d'habitation. Ces créateurs - Hundertwasser, Guy Rottier, Antti Lovag, James Wines, Zaha Hadid, François Roche, Coop. Himmelb(l)au, UN Studio... - parcourent le vaste champ des pratiques prospectives, mais montrent également combien, à l'inverse de leurs sœurs du passé, ces utopies sont tout à fait réalisables. Qu'elles soient nichées dans les arbres, creusées dans la roche, qu'elles vivent au rythme des saisons ou grandissent avec les familles qui les occupent, ces maisons vivantes inventent un mode de "vivre et habiter" autrement.
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Face à la standardisation de la construction courante qui tend de plus en plus à se généraliser, sont apparues de nombreuses propositions individuelles - et non institutionnelles - pour un habitat autre, différent, vivant, plus respectueux de l'homme et de la nature. Et pourtant, les règles draconiennes imposées en France aux habitations familiales tendent à asphyxier dans l'œuf, toute innovation et toute synergie entre le site choisi, le concept architectural et bioclimatique, la réalisation technique et économique, et les projets de vie des futurs habitants. Des années 1950 à nos jours, "Maisons vivantes", livre-manifeste, présente les idées, les projets, les réalisations d'hommes et de femmes de nationalités différentes, architectes, artistes, autoconstructeurs, qui ont choisi délibérément de révéler et de vivre leurs rêves, leurs valeurs, leurs interrogations en les concrétisant dans des espaces d'habitation. Ces créateurs - Hundertwasser, Guy Rottier, Antti Lovag, James Wines, Zaha Hadid, François Roche, Coop. Himmelb(l)au, UN Studio... - parcourent le vaste champ des pratiques prospectives, mais montrent également combien, à l'inverse de leurs sœurs du passé, ces utopies sont tout à fait réalisables. Qu'elles soient nichées dans les arbres, creusées dans la roche, qu'elles vivent au rythme des saisons ou grandissent avec les familles qui les occupent, ces maisons vivantes inventent un mode de "vivre et habiter" autrement.
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May 2006, Paris
May 2006, Paris
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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"The edifice complex" explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in(...)
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"The edifice complex" explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in(...)
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The edifice complex : how the rich and powerful shape the world
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"The edifice complex" explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end. This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us.
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"The edifice complex" explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end. This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us.
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May 2006, London, New York
May 2006, London, New York
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Asplund was the chief architect for the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930 which stood for five months, before all the halls, pavilions,(...)
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Asplund was the chief architect for the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930 which stood for five months, before all the halls, pavilions,(...)
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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January 2005, Madrid
January 2005, Madrid
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Asplund : the Stockholm exhibition, 1930
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Asplund was the chief architect for the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930 which stood for five months, before all the halls, pavilions, advertising mast, restaurants and houses were torn down and sold for scrap. The exhibition is re-examined with the aid of documents, models and photographs.
Asplund : the Stockholm exhibition, 1930
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Asplund was the chief architect for the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930 which stood for five months, before all the halls, pavilions, advertising mast, restaurants and houses were torn down and sold for scrap. The exhibition is re-examined with the aid of documents, models and photographs.
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January 2005, Madrid
January 2005, Madrid
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Despite the intolerable costs of climate change and inevitably declining oil, natural gas and uranium reserves, the vast majority of cities and urban communities are planned and managed as if such existential crises did not exist. Hence the transition from fossil fuel dominated cities to an urban future marked by a radically new, renewable energy infrastructure requires(...)
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Despite the intolerable costs of climate change and inevitably declining oil, natural gas and uranium reserves, the vast majority of cities and urban communities are planned and managed as if such existential crises did not exist. Hence the transition from fossil fuel dominated cities to an urban future marked by a radically new, renewable energy infrastructure requires(...)
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Renewable city : a comprehensive guide to an urban revolution
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Despite the intolerable costs of climate change and inevitably declining oil, natural gas and uranium reserves, the vast majority of cities and urban communities are planned and managed as if such existential crises did not exist. Hence the transition from fossil fuel dominated cities to an urban future marked by a radically new, renewable energy infrastructure requires entirely new tools and frames of decision-making. This is an original guide to an entirely unprecedented urban transformation, to cities and towns powered by renewable energy. Squarely focused on action, it supports design, planning and management decisions and serves as a practical guide to practitioners, academics and political leaders in communities and cities worldwide, as a useful and well-structured reference text. It is built on the most successful of past and present urban sustainability trends and emerging infrastructure directions, presenting renewable energy applications as offering new and inevitable approaches to urban infrastructure planning and the design of cities.
Renewable city : a comprehensive guide to an urban revolution
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Despite the intolerable costs of climate change and inevitably declining oil, natural gas and uranium reserves, the vast majority of cities and urban communities are planned and managed as if such existential crises did not exist. Hence the transition from fossil fuel dominated cities to an urban future marked by a radically new, renewable energy infrastructure requires entirely new tools and frames of decision-making. This is an original guide to an entirely unprecedented urban transformation, to cities and towns powered by renewable energy. Squarely focused on action, it supports design, planning and management decisions and serves as a practical guide to practitioners, academics and political leaders in communities and cities worldwide, as a useful and well-structured reference text. It is built on the most successful of past and present urban sustainability trends and emerging infrastructure directions, presenting renewable energy applications as offering new and inevitable approaches to urban infrastructure planning and the design of cities.
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January 2007, Chichester
January 2007, Chichester
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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This hands-on guide to designing environmentally buildings contains practical information on green product selection, product specification, and construction processes ; what green building materials are, where it is possible to find them, and the way to use them effectively. This edition includes updated information on leed requirements and how to integrate them into the(...)
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This hands-on guide to designing environmentally buildings contains practical information on green product selection, product specification, and construction processes ; what green building materials are, where it is possible to find them, and the way to use them effectively. This edition includes updated information on leed requirements and how to integrate them into the(...)
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Green building materials : a guide to product selection and speculation - second edition
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This hands-on guide to designing environmentally buildings contains practical information on green product selection, product specification, and construction processes ; what green building materials are, where it is possible to find them, and the way to use them effectively. This edition includes updated information on leed requirements and how to integrate them into the specifications process and new sections on commissioning and on construction waste management. Other features are guidelines on how to evaluate the "greenness" of building materials, helpful sample forms to aid in selecting and specifying materials, and a brief history of relevant environmental legislation.
Green building materials : a guide to product selection and speculation - second edition
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This hands-on guide to designing environmentally buildings contains practical information on green product selection, product specification, and construction processes ; what green building materials are, where it is possible to find them, and the way to use them effectively. This edition includes updated information on leed requirements and how to integrate them into the specifications process and new sections on commissioning and on construction waste management. Other features are guidelines on how to evaluate the "greenness" of building materials, helpful sample forms to aid in selecting and specifying materials, and a brief history of relevant environmental legislation.
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February 2006, Hoboken
February 2006, Hoboken
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Green Architecture
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This publication combines traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural(...)
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This publication combines traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural(...)
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Green Architecture
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April 2005, Chichester
April 2005, Chichester
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Alternative construction : contemporary natural building methods
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This publication combines traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural alternatives match the strength and durability of many mainstream construction materials. This book examines a broad range of traditional and modern natural construction methods, including straw-bale, light-clay, cob, adobe, rammed earth and pisé, earthbag, earth-sheltered, bamboo, and hybrid systems. It also covers key ecological design principles, as well as current engineering and building code requirements. Experts on each building system have contributed core chapters that explore the history, development, climatic appropriateness, environmental benefits, performance characteristics, construction techniques, and structural design principles for each method. More than 200 visuals depict both construction processes and completed structures. An extensive resource guide shows where to go for further information, training, and research. In an increasingly resource-conscious era, alternative construction is truly an idea whose time has come. Whether you're an architect, designer, student, or homeowner, this book will help you to combine indigenous building materials with modern construction systems and design standards to create low-impact, high-quality buildings that meet the highest levels of comfort, health, and safety.
Alternative construction : contemporary natural building methods
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This publication combines traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural alternatives match the strength and durability of many mainstream construction materials. This book examines a broad range of traditional and modern natural construction methods, including straw-bale, light-clay, cob, adobe, rammed earth and pisé, earthbag, earth-sheltered, bamboo, and hybrid systems. It also covers key ecological design principles, as well as current engineering and building code requirements. Experts on each building system have contributed core chapters that explore the history, development, climatic appropriateness, environmental benefits, performance characteristics, construction techniques, and structural design principles for each method. More than 200 visuals depict both construction processes and completed structures. An extensive resource guide shows where to go for further information, training, and research. In an increasingly resource-conscious era, alternative construction is truly an idea whose time has come. Whether you're an architect, designer, student, or homeowner, this book will help you to combine indigenous building materials with modern construction systems and design standards to create low-impact, high-quality buildings that meet the highest levels of comfort, health, and safety.
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April 2005, Chichester
April 2005, Chichester
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Green Architecture
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Joseph Gandy’s life is in many respects the familiar saga of genius unrecognized. Upon his death he seemed to the world, and to himself, a failure. Having begun his career with high hopes, great imagination and exceptional talent, he ended it in a state of neglect and obscurity. A century and a half later Gandy is recognized as one of the most original figures of(...)
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Joseph Gandy’s life is in many respects the familiar saga of genius unrecognized. Upon his death he seemed to the world, and to himself, a failure. Having begun his career with high hopes, great imagination and exceptional talent, he ended it in a state of neglect and obscurity. A century and a half later Gandy is recognized as one of the most original figures of(...)
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Joseph Gandy : an architectural visionary in Georgian England
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Joseph Gandy’s life is in many respects the familiar saga of genius unrecognized. Upon his death he seemed to the world, and to himself, a failure. Having begun his career with high hopes, great imagination and exceptional talent, he ended it in a state of neglect and obscurity. A century and a half later Gandy is recognized as one of the most original figures of English romanticism. Works such as "Pandemonium" or "Tomb of Merlin" have a hypnotic power that he brought to bear on Sir John Soane’s bizarre "Monk’s Parlour" at his renowned house-musuem in Lincoln’s Inn and on the lost masterpiece of Soane’s Bank of England in the City of London, buildings that we have come to see through Gandy’s eyes. Brian Lukacher, the acknowledged authority on Gandy, has now written the definitive life of this architect-artist who exemplified the cultural temper of the romantic period. It is a fresh, deeply researched biography and a critical assessment of Gandy’s work in its historical context. It is a tragic story but also an inspiring one, and a significant episode in the history of the architectural imagination and the visual arts during the nineteenth century.
Joseph Gandy : an architectural visionary in Georgian England
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Joseph Gandy’s life is in many respects the familiar saga of genius unrecognized. Upon his death he seemed to the world, and to himself, a failure. Having begun his career with high hopes, great imagination and exceptional talent, he ended it in a state of neglect and obscurity. A century and a half later Gandy is recognized as one of the most original figures of English romanticism. Works such as "Pandemonium" or "Tomb of Merlin" have a hypnotic power that he brought to bear on Sir John Soane’s bizarre "Monk’s Parlour" at his renowned house-musuem in Lincoln’s Inn and on the lost masterpiece of Soane’s Bank of England in the City of London, buildings that we have come to see through Gandy’s eyes. Brian Lukacher, the acknowledged authority on Gandy, has now written the definitive life of this architect-artist who exemplified the cultural temper of the romantic period. It is a fresh, deeply researched biography and a critical assessment of Gandy’s work in its historical context. It is a tragic story but also an inspiring one, and a significant episode in the history of the architectural imagination and the visual arts during the nineteenth century.
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May 2006, London
May 2006, London
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Ce traité offre une synthèse moderne des connaissances permettant de bâtir en terre crue. Il est l'aboutissement des travaux théoriques et pratiques développés depuis 1973 par les membres du groupe CRATerre qui s'est forgé une réputation internationale incontestée. La construction en terre est présentée ici comme une alternative crédible et fiable au sein d'une nouvelle(...)
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Ce traité offre une synthèse moderne des connaissances permettant de bâtir en terre crue. Il est l'aboutissement des travaux théoriques et pratiques développés depuis 1973 par les membres du groupe CRATerre qui s'est forgé une réputation internationale incontestée. La construction en terre est présentée ici comme une alternative crédible et fiable au sein d'une nouvelle(...)
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Traité de construction en terre
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Ce traité offre une synthèse moderne des connaissances permettant de bâtir en terre crue. Il est l'aboutissement des travaux théoriques et pratiques développés depuis 1973 par les membres du groupe CRATerre qui s'est forgé une réputation internationale incontestée. La construction en terre est présentée ici comme une alternative crédible et fiable au sein d'une nouvelle stratégie du développement. Cet ouvrage permet d'assimiler de façon claire et vivante les acquis et les savoir-faire propres à de nombreuses cultures traditionnelles ainsi que les découvertes scientifiques, technologiques et industrielles les plus récentes. Les auteurs proposent de multiples conseils pratiques permettant d'acquérir une parfaite maîtrise des chantiers en s'appuyant sur toute la gamme de matériels et de systèmes constructifs utilisables aujourd'hui. Cette imposante documentation est complétée par 600 illustrations de Fabienne Dath, architecte. Préface de Jean Dethier.
Traité de construction en terre
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Ce traité offre une synthèse moderne des connaissances permettant de bâtir en terre crue. Il est l'aboutissement des travaux théoriques et pratiques développés depuis 1973 par les membres du groupe CRATerre qui s'est forgé une réputation internationale incontestée. La construction en terre est présentée ici comme une alternative crédible et fiable au sein d'une nouvelle stratégie du développement. Cet ouvrage permet d'assimiler de façon claire et vivante les acquis et les savoir-faire propres à de nombreuses cultures traditionnelles ainsi que les découvertes scientifiques, technologiques et industrielles les plus récentes. Les auteurs proposent de multiples conseils pratiques permettant d'acquérir une parfaite maîtrise des chantiers en s'appuyant sur toute la gamme de matériels et de systèmes constructifs utilisables aujourd'hui. Cette imposante documentation est complétée par 600 illustrations de Fabienne Dath, architecte. Préface de Jean Dethier.
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March 2006, Marseille
March 2006, Marseille
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition "Absent architectures of the 20th century" which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Kiesler's 'Endless house' was never realised but is reconstructed here with the aid of documents, models, sketches and plans.
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition "Absent architectures of the 20th century" which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Kiesler's 'Endless house' was never realised but is reconstructed here with the aid of documents, models, sketches and plans.
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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October 2004, Madrid
October 2004, Madrid
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Kiesler : la casa sin fin / endless house, 1950-1959
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition "Absent architectures of the 20th century" which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Kiesler's 'Endless house' was never realised but is reconstructed here with the aid of documents, models, sketches and plans.
Kiesler : la casa sin fin / endless house, 1950-1959
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition "Absent architectures of the 20th century" which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Kiesler's 'Endless house' was never realised but is reconstructed here with the aid of documents, models, sketches and plans.
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October 2004, Madrid
October 2004, Madrid
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Fisac's most important building assembling voids, the Jorba laboratories in Madrid is never demolished but is reconstructed here with the(...)
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Fisac's most important building assembling voids, the Jorba laboratories in Madrid is never demolished but is reconstructed here with the(...)
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Fisac : ensamble con vacio / assembly with voids, 1959-1968
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Fisac's most important building assembling voids, the Jorba laboratories in Madrid is never demolished but is reconstructed here with the aid of photographs, documents, models, sketches and plans.
Fisac : ensamble con vacio / assembly with voids, 1959-1968
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Part of a series of project notebooks accompanying the exhibition “Absent architectures of the 20th century” which examines architectural projects from the last century that were never built, have been drastically altered or demolished. Fisac's most important building assembling voids, the Jorba laboratories in Madrid is never demolished but is reconstructed here with the aid of photographs, documents, models, sketches and plans.
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October 2004, Madrid
October 2004, Madrid
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
