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These 659 posters, assembled for the first time in one album, offer a veritable journey through Québec’s social history and political imagination of the past four decades. This book is the result of a collaboration between the founders of the Centre de recherche en imagerie populaire (CRIP) and the publisher of Cumulus Press. This collection of union, political,(...)
Architecture du Québec
December 2007, Montréal
Picture this! Posters of social movements in Québec 1966-2007
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These 659 posters, assembled for the first time in one album, offer a veritable journey through Québec’s social history and political imagination of the past four decades. This book is the result of a collaboration between the founders of the Centre de recherche en imagerie populaire (CRIP) and the publisher of Cumulus Press. This collection of union, political, community, feminist, sociocultural and anti-globalization posters brings to our collective memory the popular struggles that have marked the history of social movements in Québec. It gives a voice to those who, through the strength of their commitment and creativity, have contributed to a more humane, just and democratic world. These images taken from the streets are much more than a mirror of our combined aspirations: they are an invitation to move ever forward. The posters portray demanding, accusatory, irreverent and hopeful actions and offer as many original—sometimes radical—proposals on how to improve the lives of our society’s downtrodden, mistreated, exploited and marginalized groups and individuals.
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Mies van der Rohe
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Extrait de la préface: «Les pages qui suivent pouvaient paraître insolentes lors de la première édition de ce livre en 1994. Tenter de ressembler en un volume aussi resserré la densité et l'ampleur de la contribution de Ludwig Mies van der Rohe à l'architecture du xxe siècle n'était pas moins ardue une douzaine d'années plus tard. Après des décennies d'une production(...)
Mies van der Rohe
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Extrait de la préface: «Les pages qui suivent pouvaient paraître insolentes lors de la première édition de ce livre en 1994. Tenter de ressembler en un volume aussi resserré la densité et l'ampleur de la contribution de Ludwig Mies van der Rohe à l'architecture du xxe siècle n'était pas moins ardue une douzaine d'années plus tard. Après des décennies d'une production critique atone, les positions doctrinales, la biographie et le travail projectuel de l'architecte avaient été accompagné ou suivi le centenaie de sa naissance, commémoré en 1986 en Europe et aux États-Unis. Jusqu'à cette date et en dépit des rares aperçus inventifs offerts ici ou là, la configuration généralement admise de l'oeuvre de Mies van der Rohe se réduisait en effet à un bouquet clairsemé d'oeuvres et à une collection d'aphorismes usés par leur répétition ou par leur détournement.
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Can the Greater Vancouver region accommodate sustainably an expected doubling and aging population for 2056? "Sustainability by design : a vision for a region of 4 million" addresses the challenge of maintaining livability while accommodating population and demographic change in a stakeholder-driven, effective and implementable way – a vision key to building a sustainable(...)
Green Architecture
September 2007, Vancouver
Sustainability by design : a vision for a region of 4 million
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Can the Greater Vancouver region accommodate sustainably an expected doubling and aging population for 2056? "Sustainability by design : a vision for a region of 4 million" addresses the challenge of maintaining livability while accommodating population and demographic change in a stakeholder-driven, effective and implementable way – a vision key to building a sustainable Greater Vancouver region.
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China on paper
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At the dawn of the era of global trade, an extraordinary range of illustrated books, prints, and maps not only afforded Europeans glimpses of imperial China's cultural and material riches but also brought Western science, religion, and art to Chinese scholars and emperors. Produced in an atmosphere of mutual curiosity and collaboration, these works proposed China and(...)
Architectural Theory
September 2007, Los angeles
China on paper
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At the dawn of the era of global trade, an extraordinary range of illustrated books, prints, and maps not only afforded Europeans glimpses of imperial China's cultural and material riches but also brought Western science, religion, and art to Chinese scholars and emperors. Produced in an atmosphere of mutual curiosity and collaboration, these works proposed China and Europe as similarly distant and exotic civilizations with parallel histories and at least some values in common. China on paper opens a window on these vibrant and largely unexamined exchanges whereby the denizens of two vast regions created visions of themselves and each other in a newly expanded world.
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September 2007, Los angeles
Architectural Theory
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Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention. EcoCities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's biosphere. Unique in(...)
Ecocities
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Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention. EcoCities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's biosphere. Unique in the literature is the book's insight that the form of the city really matters - and that it is within our ability to change it, and crucial that we do. Further, that the ecocity within its bioregion is comprehensible and do-able, and can produce a healthy and potentially happy future. EcoCities describes the place of the city in evolution, nature and history. It pays special attention to the key question of accessibility and transportation, and outlines design principles for the ecocity. The reader is encouraged to plunge in to its economics and politics: the kinds of businesses, planning and leadership required. The book then outlines the tools by which a gradual transition to the ecocity could be accomplished. Throughout, this new edition is generously illustrated with the author's own inspired visions of what such rebuilt cities might actually look like.
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Earth - sheltered houses
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Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. It describes the benefits of sheltering a home with earth, including the added comfort and energy efficiency from the moderating influence of the earth on the home's temperature - keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer - low maintenance, and(...)
Earth - sheltered houses
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Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. It describes the benefits of sheltering a home with earth, including the added comfort and energy efficiency from the moderating influence of the earth on the home's temperature - keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer - low maintenance, and the protection against fire, sound, earthquake and storm afforded by the earth. Extra benefits from adding an earth or other living roof option include greater longevity of the roof substrate, fine aesthetics, and environmental harmony.
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The coming energy crisis caused by a peak in global oil and natural gas production will profoundly affect the lives of all North Americans. As the price of these vital fuels rises, homeowners will scramble to cut their fuel bills. Two options for meeting the upcoming challenge are dramatic improvements in home energy efficiency and efforts to tap into clean, affordable,(...)
The homeowner's guide to renewable energy
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The coming energy crisis caused by a peak in global oil and natural gas production will profoundly affect the lives of all North Americans. As the price of these vital fuels rises, homeowners will scramble to cut their fuel bills. Two options for meeting the upcoming challenge are dramatic improvements in home energy efficiency and efforts to tap into clean, affordable, renewable energy resources to heat and cool homes, to provide hot water and electricity, and even to cook. These measures can result in huge savings and a level of energy independence. The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy gives readers sufficient knowledge to hire and communicate effectively with contractors and, for those wanting do installations themselves, it recommends more detailed manuals. With a complete resource listing, this well-illustrated and accessible guide is a perfect companion for illuminating the coming dark age.
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Ando Tadao
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Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Drew Philip calls his buildings "land art" that "struggle to emerge from the earth." He is the only architect to have won the discipline`s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. His name is Tadao Ando, and he is one of the world`s(...)
Architecture Monographs
January 1900, Hong Kong, Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid
Ando Tadao
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Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Drew Philip calls his buildings "land art" that "struggle to emerge from the earth." He is the only architect to have won the discipline`s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. His name is Tadao Ando, and he is one of the world`s greatest living architects. Combining influences from Japanese tradition with the best of Modernism, Ando has developed a completely unique building aesthetic that makes use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and nature in a way that has never been witnessed elsewhere in architecture. This book provides the perfect introduction to Ando`s work, including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces throughout Japan, and in France, Italy, Spain, and the USA.
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Printed in two colors throughout and richly illustrated with more than six hundred photographs and duotones of these architects’ most important works, Building the West tells the stories, discovers the hopes and aspirations, and celebrates the successes and accomplishments of the early architects of British Columbia as it illustrates their lives and careers, many of which(...)
Building the west : The early architects of British Columbia
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Printed in two colors throughout and richly illustrated with more than six hundred photographs and duotones of these architects’ most important works, Building the West tells the stories, discovers the hopes and aspirations, and celebrates the successes and accomplishments of the early architects of British Columbia as it illustrates their lives and careers, many of which extended along the North American west coast from California to Alaska. Starting before the first flood of colonists in the gold rush of 1858, it follows the lives of almost four hundred individuals first drawn to British Columbia by the opportunities of frontier settlement.
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September 2007, Vancouver
Architecture in Canada
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In The designer's atlas of sustainability, Ann Thorpe takes readers on an appealing visual tour of the landscape of sustainability to show it is critical to the work of the designers, ranging from architects to graphic artists. The designer's atlas encourages �development that cultivates environmental and social conditions that will support human well-being(...)
Green Architecture
February 2007, Washington, Covelo, London
The designer's atlas of sustainability : Charting the conceptual landscape through economy, ecology, and culture
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In The designer's atlas of sustainability, Ann Thorpe takes readers on an appealing visual tour of the landscape of sustainability to show it is critical to the work of the designers, ranging from architects to graphic artists. The designer's atlas encourages �development that cultivates environmental and social conditions that will support human well-being indefinitely.� Designers and consumers alike will be intrigued by the connections the author reveals between our material comfort, our emotional well-being, and the health of our planet. The Designer's atlas is a powerfull reference and source of new ideas for anyone interested in harmonizing our human and natural systems.
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