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The first issue of the "Writingplace" journal builds upon the discussion initiated in "Writingplace: Investigations in Architecture and Literature" in 2016, specifically focusing on literature used in the international pedagogy of architecture and urban design.
Architectural Theory
March 2019
Writingplace: literary methods in architectural education
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The first issue of the "Writingplace" journal builds upon the discussion initiated in "Writingplace: Investigations in Architecture and Literature" in 2016, specifically focusing on literature used in the international pedagogy of architecture and urban design.
Architectural Theory
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In the late 1970s Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) was commissioned by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to create an artwork for the lobby of a new office building underway in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Kelly responded with one of his most ambitious artworks to date, ''Color Panels for a Large Wall,'' an 18-panel painting executed in two versions. The larger, at(...)
Ellsworth Kelly: Color panels for a large wall
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In the late 1970s Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) was commissioned by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to create an artwork for the lobby of a new office building underway in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Kelly responded with one of his most ambitious artworks to date, ''Color Panels for a Large Wall,'' an 18-panel painting executed in two versions. The larger, at over 125 feet wide, was the biggest painting he had ever made, and its trajectory would pass through not just Cincinnati but also Amsterdam, New York and Munich before ending up at its permanent home, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where it has been prominently installed in the I.M. Pei–designed East Building since 2004.The smaller version, over 30 feet wide, remained in the artist's possession. This catalog tells the complete story of these two remarkable paintings.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Written by a mathematician, a poet and a mathematician-poet, this 1969 guide to the ancient Japanese game of Go was not only the first such guide to be published in France (and thereby introduced the centuries-old game of strategy into that country) but something of a subtle Oulipian guidebook to writing strategies and tactics. Translated for the first time, this(...)
A short treatise inviting the reader to discover the subtle art of Go
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Written by a mathematician, a poet and a mathematician-poet, this 1969 guide to the ancient Japanese game of Go was not only the first such guide to be published in France (and thereby introduced the centuries-old game of strategy into that country) but something of a subtle Oulipian guidebook to writing strategies and tactics. Translated for the first time, this treatise outlines the history of Go, the rules for playing it, some central tactics and strategies for playing it and overcoming the threats posed by an opponent, general information and trivia, and a glossary that ranges from Atari (check) to Yose (the end of a match).
Literature and poetry
Resurgence of organicism
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The exhibition Resurgence of Organicism originated as a graduate seminar taught by Sarah Bonnemaison at Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture. In Fall 2018, graduate architecture students investigated the history and theory of organicism—through a close reading of Caroline van Eck’s seminal book on the topic— to understand its architectural manifestations over the(...)
Resurgence of organicism
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The exhibition Resurgence of Organicism originated as a graduate seminar taught by Sarah Bonnemaison at Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture. In Fall 2018, graduate architecture students investigated the history and theory of organicism—through a close reading of Caroline van Eck’s seminal book on the topic— to understand its architectural manifestations over the course of centuries, and created an exhibition and accompanying catalogue.
Contemporary Architecture
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Illustrations, personal notebook pages and watercolors complement this collection of the thoughts and writings of urban designer and architect Kees Christiaanse.
Kees Christiaanse: Textbook. Collected texts on the built environment 1990-2018
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Illustrations, personal notebook pages and watercolors complement this collection of the thoughts and writings of urban designer and architect Kees Christiaanse.
Architectural Theory
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"Echoes of a Land" features contributions by 21 participants, architects and designers as a proposal for the Mexican Pavilion at the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in 2018. Curated by Mexican architect Gabriela Etchegaray, the pavilion integrates the work of emerging and established Mexican architects.
Echoes of a land. Biennal di Venezia 2018
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"Echoes of a Land" features contributions by 21 participants, architects and designers as a proposal for the Mexican Pavilion at the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in 2018. Curated by Mexican architect Gabriela Etchegaray, the pavilion integrates the work of emerging and established Mexican architects.
Biennial
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This book chronicles a 10-year study conducted by architect, educator and urban planner Ana Rosa Chagas Cavalcanti, in which she studies the informal settlements of underprivileged communities in Brazil by inhabiting the spaces herself. This research underscores labor as the key factor determining the nature of such spaces.
Housing shaped by labour: the architecture of scarcity in informal settlements
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This book chronicles a 10-year study conducted by architect, educator and urban planner Ana Rosa Chagas Cavalcanti, in which she studies the informal settlements of underprivileged communities in Brazil by inhabiting the spaces herself. This research underscores labor as the key factor determining the nature of such spaces.
Collective Housing
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Using the case study of Moravia, Colombia, this book presents an alternative approach to urban planning for similar neighborhoods, focusing largely on the participation of local residents. Essays and international examples of this method contextualize the Moravia project.
Collective Housing
March 2019
Moravia manifesto: coding strategies for informal neighbourhoods
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Using the case study of Moravia, Colombia, this book presents an alternative approach to urban planning for similar neighborhoods, focusing largely on the participation of local residents. Essays and international examples of this method contextualize the Moravia project.
Collective Housing
Creative heritage
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"Creative Heritage" documents the ideas of urban planners, architects, artists and economic and ecological experts who have worked together to create the Hannover Creative Heritage Agenda. The book compiles contributions from 42 authors, including Filipe Barata, UNESCO Chair and sponsor of the Creative Heritage initiative.
April 2019
Creative heritage
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"Creative Heritage" documents the ideas of urban planners, architects, artists and economic and ecological experts who have worked together to create the Hannover Creative Heritage Agenda. The book compiles contributions from 42 authors, including Filipe Barata, UNESCO Chair and sponsor of the Creative Heritage initiative.
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The emergence of densely populated towns within extremely rural landscapes is the hallmark of urbanization in Ethiopia. This book examines one such town, Amdework. The authors construct a profile that reveals a broader geographic view of the processes that underpin the functioning, growth and development of this town.
Architecture since 1900, Africa
April 2019
Metabolism of an emerging town in Ethiopia: the case of Amdework
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The emergence of densely populated towns within extremely rural landscapes is the hallmark of urbanization in Ethiopia. This book examines one such town, Amdework. The authors construct a profile that reveals a broader geographic view of the processes that underpin the functioning, growth and development of this town.
Architecture since 1900, Africa