Ben Johnson : Foster in view
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For more than thrity years Ben Johnson the artist has been documenting the work of Norman Foster the architect in photographs that have frequently served as source material for Johnson's own neo-realist paintings. This book is a reocord of this body of work. Included here are photographs of Foster,s most celebrated projects, from the Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts,(...)
Ben Johnson : Foster in view
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For more than thrity years Ben Johnson the artist has been documenting the work of Norman Foster the architect in photographs that have frequently served as source material for Johnson's own neo-realist paintings. This book is a reocord of this body of work. Included here are photographs of Foster,s most celebrated projects, from the Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the restoration of the Reichstag, and the Great Court at the British Museum, to airports in Hong Kong and Beijing.
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The Great Gardens of China shows both the visual splendors of China’s finest gardens and explains their ideas and techniques. Beginning with an introduction to Chinese beliefs and the historical development of garden design, this book discusses the basic aesthetics and landscaping elements—architecture, rock stacking, waterscapes, plants, borders, and scenic(...)
The great gardens of China: History, concepts, techniques
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The Great Gardens of China shows both the visual splendors of China’s finest gardens and explains their ideas and techniques. Beginning with an introduction to Chinese beliefs and the historical development of garden design, this book discusses the basic aesthetics and landscaping elements—architecture, rock stacking, waterscapes, plants, borders, and scenic routes—used in Chinese garden design. The author also describes specific gardens, from the Summer Palace in Beijing and the gardens of Suzhou—Lion Grove, Humble Administrator’s, Lingering, and Master-of-Nets Gardens—to the lesser known.
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236 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 37 cm
New York : Collins Publishers in association with I. Shapiro, 1987.
A day in the life of the Soviet Union / photographed by 100 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 15, 1987 ; project directors, Rick Smolan and David Cohen.
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New York : Collins Publishers in association with I. Shapiro, 1987.
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This publication illuminates the dynamic relationship between the visual media, particularly film and theater, and the planning and development of cities in China and Taiwan, from the emergence of the People’s Republic in 1949 to the staging of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Yomi Braester argues that the transformation of Chinese cities in recent decades is a result not(...)
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Painting the city red : Chinese cinema and the urban contract
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This publication illuminates the dynamic relationship between the visual media, particularly film and theater, and the planning and development of cities in China and Taiwan, from the emergence of the People’s Republic in 1949 to the staging of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Yomi Braester argues that the transformation of Chinese cities in recent decades is a result not only of China’s abandonment of Maoist economic planning in favor of capitalist globalization but also of a shift in visual practices. Rather than simply reflect urban culture, movies and stage dramas have facilitated the development of new perceptions of space and time, representing the future city variously as an ideal socialist city, a metropolis integrated into the global economy, and a site for preserving cultural heritage. Drawing on extensive archival research, interviews with leading filmmakers and urban planners, and close readings of scripts and images, Braester describes how films and stage plays have promoted and opposed official urban plans and policies as they have addressed issues such as demolition-and-relocation plans, the preservation of vernacular architecture, and the global real estate market. He shows how the cinematic rewriting of historical narratives has accompanied the spatial reorganization of specific urban sites, including Nanjing Road in Shanghai; veterans’ villages in Taipei; and Tiananmen Square, centuries-old courtyards, and postmodern architectural landmarks in Beijing.
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"The photograph of a single building has some similarity to an individual portrait," says Thomas Struth, who has been photographing architecture for nearly four decades, and accordingly, he likens the image of a place or a street to a group portrait. Unconscious Places presents Thomas Struth’s photographs of streets in all parts of the world: narrow lanes in Edinburgh and(...)
Thomas Struth: Unconscious places
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"The photograph of a single building has some similarity to an individual portrait," says Thomas Struth, who has been photographing architecture for nearly four decades, and accordingly, he likens the image of a place or a street to a group portrait. Unconscious Places presents Thomas Struth’s photographs of streets in all parts of the world: narrow lanes in Edinburgh and Naples, satellite towns in Pyongyang, thoroughfares in Lima and Los Angeles, grand boulevards in St. Petersburg, New York, and Beijing. Frequently devoid of people, Struth’s urban landscapes are also a critical depiction of different human habitats.
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New China architecture
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The transformation of China in the last decade is symbolized by its architecture. This book documents both the stunning designs of famed architects and the emergence of a whole new generation of Chinese architects. The selected projects cover a broad range of residential homes, public buildings, office towers and the adaptive reuse of older city precincts. The buildings(...)
New China architecture
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The transformation of China in the last decade is symbolized by its architecture. This book documents both the stunning designs of famed architects and the emergence of a whole new generation of Chinese architects. The selected projects cover a broad range of residential homes, public buildings, office towers and the adaptive reuse of older city precincts. The buildings featured include skyscrapers in Shanghai, the dazzling new designs for the Beijing Olympic Games venues, innovative private houses such as those at the Commune by the Great Wall and the now mandatory gleaming new airports and city landmarks. Photography by Patrick Bingham-Hall.
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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AV Proyectos 118 collects the latest projects by Dorte Mandrup, the Danish architect who works on projects that set out to intervene with care for urban and natural contexts. The issue also includes the winning and shortlisted proposals in the two competitions held in Spain over the last months: the refurbishment of the station of Chamartín in Madrid, finally won by b720,(...)
AV Proyectos 118: Dorte Mandrup
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AV Proyectos 118 collects the latest projects by Dorte Mandrup, the Danish architect who works on projects that set out to intervene with care for urban and natural contexts. The issue also includes the winning and shortlisted proposals in the two competitions held in Spain over the last months: the refurbishment of the station of Chamartín in Madrid, finally won by b720, UNStudio, and Esteyco; and the conversion of the former convent of St. Clare into the Museum of Pontevedra, commissioned to Nieto Sobejano. The construction section covers Snøhetta’s proposal for the new Beijing sub-center library.
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This instalment of the Recent Project series returns to the work of renowned architect Tadao Ando, presenting both realised and unbuilt projects in splendid detail. In his opening essay, Ando discusses the changes that recent developments in computer technology have brought to his practice, yet also how architecture’s manifestation belongs to human power. Two interviews(...)
Tadao ando: GA recent project 2
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This instalment of the Recent Project series returns to the work of renowned architect Tadao Ando, presenting both realised and unbuilt projects in splendid detail. In his opening essay, Ando discusses the changes that recent developments in computer technology have brought to his practice, yet also how architecture’s manifestation belongs to human power. Two interviews with Ando elaborate on his recent outlook, while more than 20 projects illustrate his mastery. Among them, the RGS Center in Monterrey, the Yuan Museum in Beijing, the Hansol Museum in Wonju, houses in Mangalore and Venice, proposals for urban space in San Marino and Osaka, and more.
Architecture Monographs
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This issue features DnA, the Beijing-based firm led by architect Xu Tiantian. Since 2004, DnA has been designing public buildings that bridge culture, industry, and infrastructure in rural China. Prior to launching her own office, Xu worked for several design firms in the United States and the Netherlands, including OMA. The magazine features 25 works by DnA, organised(...)
A+U 650: DnA Renewing the Chinese countryside
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This issue features DnA, the Beijing-based firm led by architect Xu Tiantian. Since 2004, DnA has been designing public buildings that bridge culture, industry, and infrastructure in rural China. Prior to launching her own office, Xu worked for several design firms in the United States and the Netherlands, including OMA. The magazine features 25 works by DnA, organised into four clusters located near China’s south-eastern coast: repurposing abandoned quarries in Jinyun County, revitalising Fujian ‘tulou’ (rural dwellings unique to the Hakka Chinese subgroup), public facilities in Songyang County, and the creation of a cultural museum to showcase local traditions on Meizhou Island.
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GA : Kengo Kuma 2006-2012
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This large-format monograph on the famed Japanese architect covers six years of theory and practice through an exhaustive look at over 60 projects, from large (V at Dundee, Sanlitum SOHO in Beijing) to small (Sake no Hana in London, Lake House). Kengo Kuma is known for achieving a new kind of transparency in architecture, and is not bound by using only traditional light(...)
GA : Kengo Kuma 2006-2012
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This large-format monograph on the famed Japanese architect covers six years of theory and practice through an exhaustive look at over 60 projects, from large (V at Dundee, Sanlitum SOHO in Beijing) to small (Sake no Hana in London, Lake House). Kengo Kuma is known for achieving a new kind of transparency in architecture, and is not bound by using only traditional light materials. Included is his essay, Small Architecture, which gives valuable insight into his view that great disasters, not the progress of technology, have been architectures driving force throughout history, with the most recent example being the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
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