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This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist "minimum dwelling", exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society. It reappraises the often-overlooked 2nd and 3rd CIAM conferences (1929-31), addressing their engagement with the "minimum dwelling" and revealing them both as milestones in(...)
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This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist "minimum dwelling", exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society. It reappraises the often-overlooked 2nd and 3rd CIAM conferences (1929-31), addressing their engagement with the "minimum dwelling" and revealing them both as milestones in(...)
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The minimum dwelling revisited: CIAM's practical utopia (1928-1931)
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This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist "minimum dwelling", exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society. It reappraises the often-overlooked 2nd and 3rd CIAM conferences (1929-31), addressing their engagement with the "minimum dwelling" and revealing them both as milestones in the organisation's annals and as seminal moments in the history of interwar modernism. Split into two parts, ''The Minimum Dwelling'' Revisited first takes a genealogical approach to explore the provenance of the concept of "minimum dwelling" prior to the 2nd and 3rd CIAM conferences, it then traces the proceedings of the two conferences themselves. Addressing the origins of the "minimum dwelling" concept but also its legacies, and serving as a corrective to the overemphasis on 4th CIAM conference and the Athens Charter, the book is essential reading for scholars researching urban design during the Interwar period.
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This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist "minimum dwelling", exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society. It reappraises the often-overlooked 2nd and 3rd CIAM conferences (1929-31), addressing their engagement with the "minimum dwelling" and revealing them both as milestones in the organisation's annals and as seminal moments in the history of interwar modernism. Split into two parts, ''The Minimum Dwelling'' Revisited first takes a genealogical approach to explore the provenance of the concept of "minimum dwelling" prior to the 2nd and 3rd CIAM conferences, it then traces the proceedings of the two conferences themselves. Addressing the origins of the "minimum dwelling" concept but also its legacies, and serving as a corrective to the overemphasis on 4th CIAM conference and the Athens Charter, the book is essential reading for scholars researching urban design during the Interwar period.
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Tadao Ando: Light and Space
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Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando’s monograph series with Phaidon, "Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light" (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and photographer Richard Pare. Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, and concluding with the Bourse de Commerce project, located in Paris, the book(...)
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Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando’s monograph series with Phaidon, "Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light" (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and photographer Richard Pare. Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, and concluding with the Bourse de Commerce project, located in Paris, the book(...)
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Tadao Ando: Light and Space
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Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando’s monograph series with Phaidon, "Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light" (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and photographer Richard Pare. Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, and concluding with the Bourse de Commerce project, located in Paris, the book features Pare’s stunning photographs of 28 contemporary projects in locations around the world, including Japan, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Italy, and the United States. Pare’s images, most of which have never been published, expertly capture Ando’s quietly powerful approach to architectural design. Created in close collaboration with Ando and his studio, Light and Space opens with a foreword by the architect, an introduction by architect Dominique Perrault, and four original drawings Ando created specifically for this book, printed on thin tissue paper.
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Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando’s monograph series with Phaidon, "Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light" (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and photographer Richard Pare. Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, and concluding with the Bourse de Commerce project, located in Paris, the book features Pare’s stunning photographs of 28 contemporary projects in locations around the world, including Japan, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Italy, and the United States. Pare’s images, most of which have never been published, expertly capture Ando’s quietly powerful approach to architectural design. Created in close collaboration with Ando and his studio, Light and Space opens with a foreword by the architect, an introduction by architect Dominique Perrault, and four original drawings Ando created specifically for this book, printed on thin tissue paper.
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Courtyard homes
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Courtyards are the heart of the home. Serving as centerpieces around which the rest of the living spaces flow, these private, tranquil spaces offer a connection to the sky and earth. This captivating global survey invites readers into 20 extraordinary contemporary courtyard residences, each uniquely designed to integrate the natural environment into everyday life.(...)
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Courtyards are the heart of the home. Serving as centerpieces around which the rest of the living spaces flow, these private, tranquil spaces offer a connection to the sky and earth. This captivating global survey invites readers into 20 extraordinary contemporary courtyard residences, each uniquely designed to integrate the natural environment into everyday life.(...)
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Courtyards are the heart of the home. Serving as centerpieces around which the rest of the living spaces flow, these private, tranquil spaces offer a connection to the sky and earth. This captivating global survey invites readers into 20 extraordinary contemporary courtyard residences, each uniquely designed to integrate the natural environment into everyday life. Illustrated with more than 150 colour photographs, "Courtyard Homes" features a diverse range of homes designed by distinguished architects and designers from around the world, including Craig Steely Architecture, mwworks, Mary English and Xavier Vendrell Architects, Leckie Studio, Práctica Arquitectura, Shieh Arquitetos Associados, Fria Folket + Hanna Michelson, Matharoo Associates, Ted’A Arquitectes, Pham Huu Son Architects, Eliza Blair Architecture and Studio MKN, and Breakspear Architects.
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Courtyards are the heart of the home. Serving as centerpieces around which the rest of the living spaces flow, these private, tranquil spaces offer a connection to the sky and earth. This captivating global survey invites readers into 20 extraordinary contemporary courtyard residences, each uniquely designed to integrate the natural environment into everyday life. Illustrated with more than 150 colour photographs, "Courtyard Homes" features a diverse range of homes designed by distinguished architects and designers from around the world, including Craig Steely Architecture, mwworks, Mary English and Xavier Vendrell Architects, Leckie Studio, Práctica Arquitectura, Shieh Arquitetos Associados, Fria Folket + Hanna Michelson, Matharoo Associates, Ted’A Arquitectes, Pham Huu Son Architects, Eliza Blair Architecture and Studio MKN, and Breakspear Architects.
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Charleroi, the denigrated capital of the Belgian hinterland, is the unlikely new paradigm for a contemporary city. What seems an incoherent jumble of manmade exuberance—a byproduct of modernity, really—transcends the infamous architectural dichotomy between the centre and the periphery. This is the Large City; dispersed and decentralised, it embraces its post-industrial(...)
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Charleroi, the denigrated capital of the Belgian hinterland, is the unlikely new paradigm for a contemporary city. What seems an incoherent jumble of manmade exuberance—a byproduct of modernity, really—transcends the infamous architectural dichotomy between the centre and the periphery. This is the Large City; dispersed and decentralised, it embraces its post-industrial(...)
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Everything Without Content 251. The large city
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Charleroi, the denigrated capital of the Belgian hinterland, is the unlikely new paradigm for a contemporary city. What seems an incoherent jumble of manmade exuberance—a byproduct of modernity, really—transcends the infamous architectural dichotomy between the centre and the periphery. This is the Large City; dispersed and decentralised, it embraces its post-industrial condition. An artificial nature where zero-kilometre food production, electric bikes and trail running enable everyone to live large. Without nostalgia for its industrial ruins, nor contempt for modernity, the city was the subject of a year-long studio led by Kersten Geers at the Academy of Architecture USI in Mendrisio. As a form of “applied theory”, the book presents students’ projects—an imaginary city—coupled with some real projects: Megafactory by OFFICE and Palais des Expositions by Architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck & AgwA. The book features photographs of Charleroi by Stefano Graziani.
Everything Without Content 251. The large city
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Charleroi, the denigrated capital of the Belgian hinterland, is the unlikely new paradigm for a contemporary city. What seems an incoherent jumble of manmade exuberance—a byproduct of modernity, really—transcends the infamous architectural dichotomy between the centre and the periphery. This is the Large City; dispersed and decentralised, it embraces its post-industrial condition. An artificial nature where zero-kilometre food production, electric bikes and trail running enable everyone to live large. Without nostalgia for its industrial ruins, nor contempt for modernity, the city was the subject of a year-long studio led by Kersten Geers at the Academy of Architecture USI in Mendrisio. As a form of “applied theory”, the book presents students’ projects—an imaginary city—coupled with some real projects: Megafactory by OFFICE and Palais des Expositions by Architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck & AgwA. The book features photographs of Charleroi by Stefano Graziani.
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June 2025
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Mes convictions
Mes convictions
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ?(...)
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ?(...)
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Mes convictions
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ? Associant réflexions théoriques, prises de parole, textes poétiques, visions pour des projets,« Mes convictions » constitue la révélation d’une pratique littéraire continue, demeurée largement secrète et désormais rendue publique.
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Dès ses débuts, Jean Nouvel élabore une vision de son art dans la cité et compose des textes qui sont autant de contributions à une pensée humaniste. Soucieux depuis cinquante ans des enjeux de l’architecture, il pose sans relâche la question philosophique et politique : l’art de l’architecture peut-il permettre à chacun de vivre mieux et à tous de vivre ensemble ? Associant réflexions théoriques, prises de parole, textes poétiques, visions pour des projets,« Mes convictions » constitue la révélation d’une pratique littéraire continue, demeurée largement secrète et désormais rendue publique.
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August 2025
August 2025
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This publication is a full-scale reproduction of Ken Isaacs' 1974 book ''How to Build your Own Living Structures''. It is accompanied by an essay by Susan Snodgrass, critic and teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, who recontextualizes this emblematic work of the 1970s. A manual for creating various modular structures around the concept of the "matrix", it also(...)
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This publication is a full-scale reproduction of Ken Isaacs' 1974 book ''How to Build your Own Living Structures''. It is accompanied by an essay by Susan Snodgrass, critic and teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, who recontextualizes this emblematic work of the 1970s. A manual for creating various modular structures around the concept of the "matrix", it also(...)
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December 2025
December 2025
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Ken Isaacs: How to build your own living structures
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This publication is a full-scale reproduction of Ken Isaacs' 1974 book ''How to Build your Own Living Structures''. It is accompanied by an essay by Susan Snodgrass, critic and teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, who recontextualizes this emblematic work of the 1970s. A manual for creating various modular structures around the concept of the "matrix", it also provides an opportunity to immerse oneself in the philosophy of this pioneering architect, whose thinking in many respects resonates strongly with our own times.
Ken Isaacs: How to build your own living structures
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This publication is a full-scale reproduction of Ken Isaacs' 1974 book ''How to Build your Own Living Structures''. It is accompanied by an essay by Susan Snodgrass, critic and teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, who recontextualizes this emblematic work of the 1970s. A manual for creating various modular structures around the concept of the "matrix", it also provides an opportunity to immerse oneself in the philosophy of this pioneering architect, whose thinking in many respects resonates strongly with our own times.
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December 2025
December 2025
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This book chronicles the fourth academic year of the studio led by Kersten Geers at the Academy of Architecture USI in Mendrisio. It was produced as a counterpart to Experiments in Thickness, a book which focused on the work of Giancarlo de Carlo in Urbino. As a means of grappling with that elephant in the room—the modern project—and its perceived failure of good(...)
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This book chronicles the fourth academic year of the studio led by Kersten Geers at the Academy of Architecture USI in Mendrisio. It was produced as a counterpart to Experiments in Thickness, a book which focused on the work of Giancarlo de Carlo in Urbino. As a means of grappling with that elephant in the room—the modern project—and its perceived failure of good(...)
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Everything without content 241: A modernist ending
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This book chronicles the fourth academic year of the studio led by Kersten Geers at the Academy of Architecture USI in Mendrisio. It was produced as a counterpart to Experiments in Thickness, a book which focused on the work of Giancarlo de Carlo in Urbino. As a means of grappling with that elephant in the room—the modern project—and its perceived failure of good intentions, all the projects gathered here are an update of sorts. Abstract overarching narratives were updated as premises for projects in Milan, De Carlo’s campus in Urbino was updated to accommodate current student population, and unrealised projects in Milan were revived to create a radically contemporary urbanity. But this was not an exercise in nostalgia and retrieval of the lost cause, as much as seeking an opportunity in a modernist ending.
Everything without content 241: A modernist ending
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This book chronicles the fourth academic year of the studio led by Kersten Geers at the Academy of Architecture USI in Mendrisio. It was produced as a counterpart to Experiments in Thickness, a book which focused on the work of Giancarlo de Carlo in Urbino. As a means of grappling with that elephant in the room—the modern project—and its perceived failure of good intentions, all the projects gathered here are an update of sorts. Abstract overarching narratives were updated as premises for projects in Milan, De Carlo’s campus in Urbino was updated to accommodate current student population, and unrealised projects in Milan were revived to create a radically contemporary urbanity. But this was not an exercise in nostalgia and retrieval of the lost cause, as much as seeking an opportunity in a modernist ending.
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January 2025
January 2025
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Contemporary Architecture
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Dirty Old River
Dirty Old River
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"Dirty Old River" brings together twelve essays penned by Tom Emerson over the past two decades. Written on very different occasions as contributions to books or articles in magazines, they explore a wide range of topics through the lens of architecture. The book’s title is borrowed from the British rock band The Kinks’ cult song “Waterloo Sunset” to symbolize a journey(...)
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"Dirty Old River" brings together twelve essays penned by Tom Emerson over the past two decades. Written on very different occasions as contributions to books or articles in magazines, they explore a wide range of topics through the lens of architecture. The book’s title is borrowed from the British rock band The Kinks’ cult song “Waterloo Sunset” to symbolize a journey(...)
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"Dirty Old River" brings together twelve essays penned by Tom Emerson over the past two decades. Written on very different occasions as contributions to books or articles in magazines, they explore a wide range of topics through the lens of architecture. The book’s title is borrowed from the British rock band The Kinks’ cult song “Waterloo Sunset” to symbolize a journey through the interweaving of culture, imagination, and the built environment. Naturally, Emerson writes about architecture: how it is designed, drawn, and built. Yet he also turns his attention to other, wider fields, from the transformation of materials to the nuances of human creativity, the explosive early works of his celebrated fellow architect Frank O. Gehry, and the intimate craftsmanship behind the literary spaces of French writer Georges Perec.
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"Dirty Old River" brings together twelve essays penned by Tom Emerson over the past two decades. Written on very different occasions as contributions to books or articles in magazines, they explore a wide range of topics through the lens of architecture. The book’s title is borrowed from the British rock band The Kinks’ cult song “Waterloo Sunset” to symbolize a journey through the interweaving of culture, imagination, and the built environment. Naturally, Emerson writes about architecture: how it is designed, drawn, and built. Yet he also turns his attention to other, wider fields, from the transformation of materials to the nuances of human creativity, the explosive early works of his celebrated fellow architect Frank O. Gehry, and the intimate craftsmanship behind the literary spaces of French writer Georges Perec.
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May 2025
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Le besoin d'isoler les bâtiments existants est une opportunité architecturale. Cette étude explore les langages architecturaux émergents de l'acte d'isoler et interroge la position et l'épaisseur des matériaux dans les projets de rénovation du patrimoine. Elle prend pour terrain d'étude la Région Bruxelles-Capitale, et pour matière à penser le mélange chaux-chanvre. Le(...)
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Le besoin d'isoler les bâtiments existants est une opportunité architecturale. Cette étude explore les langages architecturaux émergents de l'acte d'isoler et interroge la position et l'épaisseur des matériaux dans les projets de rénovation du patrimoine. Elle prend pour terrain d'étude la Région Bruxelles-Capitale, et pour matière à penser le mélange chaux-chanvre. Le(...)
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Barrault Pressacco : Form Follows Insulation
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Le besoin d'isoler les bâtiments existants est une opportunité architecturale. Cette étude explore les langages architecturaux émergents de l'acte d'isoler et interroge la position et l'épaisseur des matériaux dans les projets de rénovation du patrimoine. Elle prend pour terrain d'étude la Région Bruxelles-Capitale, et pour matière à penser le mélange chaux-chanvre. Le projet s'organise autour de deux volets complémentaires. Le premier concerne la pratique. Il propose une enquête visant à établir un état de l'art et de la technique autour de la mise en oeuvre d'une telle isolation naturelle en Belgique, et identifie les filières et les ressources locales. Le second volet, théorique et expérimental, met à l'épreuve trois archétypes bruxellois, choisis pour la diversité de leur époque, de leur type et de leur échelle. À travers une série d'expérimentations formelles, ces bâtiments de logements sont rénovés et transformés à la lumière de nouvelles nécessités thermiques, matérielles et architecturales. Dans ce contexte, l'isolant ne se limite plus à un rôle technique : il devient l'un des déterminants de la forme, du plan et des usages désormais actualisés. C'est dans ce changement de paradigme que prend sens la formule « Form follows insulation », consacrant l'isolant comme un élément structurant du projet et un nouvel agent de conception.
Barrault Pressacco : Form Follows Insulation
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Le besoin d'isoler les bâtiments existants est une opportunité architecturale. Cette étude explore les langages architecturaux émergents de l'acte d'isoler et interroge la position et l'épaisseur des matériaux dans les projets de rénovation du patrimoine. Elle prend pour terrain d'étude la Région Bruxelles-Capitale, et pour matière à penser le mélange chaux-chanvre. Le projet s'organise autour de deux volets complémentaires. Le premier concerne la pratique. Il propose une enquête visant à établir un état de l'art et de la technique autour de la mise en oeuvre d'une telle isolation naturelle en Belgique, et identifie les filières et les ressources locales. Le second volet, théorique et expérimental, met à l'épreuve trois archétypes bruxellois, choisis pour la diversité de leur époque, de leur type et de leur échelle. À travers une série d'expérimentations formelles, ces bâtiments de logements sont rénovés et transformés à la lumière de nouvelles nécessités thermiques, matérielles et architecturales. Dans ce contexte, l'isolant ne se limite plus à un rôle technique : il devient l'un des déterminants de la forme, du plan et des usages désormais actualisés. C'est dans ce changement de paradigme que prend sens la formule « Form follows insulation », consacrant l'isolant comme un élément structurant du projet et un nouvel agent de conception.
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This publication is based on an illustrated talk presented by architect and historian Fernanda Canales in June 2024 at the Vitra Design Museum as part of the Barragán Lecture series. It focuses on the Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902–88), whose work occupies a permanent place in the canon of 20th-century architecture and continues to fascinate architectural scholars,(...)
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This publication is based on an illustrated talk presented by architect and historian Fernanda Canales in June 2024 at the Vitra Design Museum as part of the Barragán Lecture series. It focuses on the Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902–88), whose work occupies a permanent place in the canon of 20th-century architecture and continues to fascinate architectural scholars,(...)
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Barragan outside Barragan: A journey through trips, books, exhibitions and friends
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This publication is based on an illustrated talk presented by architect and historian Fernanda Canales in June 2024 at the Vitra Design Museum as part of the Barragán Lecture series. It focuses on the Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902–88), whose work occupies a permanent place in the canon of 20th-century architecture and continues to fascinate architectural scholars, connoisseurs and enthusiasts. Barragán strove for an "emotional architecture," claiming that "any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake." He used raw materials such as stone or wood, and his preference for hidden light sources gives his interiors a particularly subtle and lyrical atmosphere. In her lecture, Canales deftly interweaves Barragán's biography with his major built works, which are characterized by a skillful approach to spatial and chromatic atmospheres and environments.
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This publication is based on an illustrated talk presented by architect and historian Fernanda Canales in June 2024 at the Vitra Design Museum as part of the Barragán Lecture series. It focuses on the Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902–88), whose work occupies a permanent place in the canon of 20th-century architecture and continues to fascinate architectural scholars, connoisseurs and enthusiasts. Barragán strove for an "emotional architecture," claiming that "any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake." He used raw materials such as stone or wood, and his preference for hidden light sources gives his interiors a particularly subtle and lyrical atmosphere. In her lecture, Canales deftly interweaves Barragán's biography with his major built works, which are characterized by a skillful approach to spatial and chromatic atmospheres and environments.
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