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Entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe siècle, la région de Milan connaît une intense période d’art et d’architecture qui se manifeste à travers des villas : on voit éclore en effet un nombre important de résidences réalisées par une aristocratie éclairée. Aboutissement des activités productives du territoire, les villas étaient une synthèse d’exigences économiques, expressives et(...)
Villas de charme dans la province de Milan
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Entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe siècle, la région de Milan connaît une intense période d’art et d’architecture qui se manifeste à travers des villas : on voit éclore en effet un nombre important de résidences réalisées par une aristocratie éclairée. Aboutissement des activités productives du territoire, les villas étaient une synthèse d’exigences économiques, expressives et symboliques, mais définissaient également un style de vie et une vision du monde : une philosophie du “vivre sain” en contact avec la nature, au milieu des études et des plaisirs tournés vers un otium foisonnant. Les “ville di delizia” (nous devons cette appellation du XVIIIe siècle à Marc’Antonio Dal Re et à Pietro Verri) représentent un phénomène marquant de l’histoire de l’architecture et de la décoration et, plus généralement, de l’histoire de la culture et du goût : le patriciat de la grande ville lombarde (sans seigneur et sans cour) a souhaité projeter ses propres attentes et se célébrer lui-même dans ces villas.
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The Austrian sociologist Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was one of the seminal figures of the 20th-century Modern Movement. Member of the Vienna Circle, Founder of the Museum of Society and Economy, inventor of the famous ISOTYPE pictorial system, and champion of the Unity of Science movement, Neurath's lifelong identification with collectivity and the concept of the global(...)
Otto Neurath: the language of the global polis
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The Austrian sociologist Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was one of the seminal figures of the 20th-century Modern Movement. Member of the Vienna Circle, Founder of the Museum of Society and Economy, inventor of the famous ISOTYPE pictorial system, and champion of the Unity of Science movement, Neurath's lifelong identification with collectivity and the concept of the global polis put him in contact with the leading intellectuals, architects and artists of his time, from Adolf Loos to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, from Sigfried Giedion to Le Corbusier, from graphic designer Gerd Arntz to architect and urban designer Cornelis van Eesteren. This book traces Neurath's global understanding of the modern metropolis as a global polis, representing an idea about collectivity premised on cultural and linguistic universality. Although much attention has been given to Neurath's achievements in the field of graphic design and philosophy, he has never been treated in the context of urbanism and architecture.
Urban Theory
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NYSR produces the Portfolio every few years, both as a showcase of the very best in contemporary architectural illustration, and as a resource for architects, developers, and designers who wish to commission renderings of their own. This edition is by far the largest we have produced to date, and features over 360 color renderings by 46 top illustrators, a foreword by(...)
January 2005, New York
Rendering: NYSR portfolio of architectural & interior
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NYSR produces the Portfolio every few years, both as a showcase of the very best in contemporary architectural illustration, and as a resource for architects, developers, and designers who wish to commission renderings of their own. This edition is by far the largest we have produced to date, and features over 360 color renderings by 46 top illustrators, a foreword by Alan Ritchie of Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects, and contact information for each artist. The illustrators featured in the NYSR Portfolio represent a broad array of styles and techniques; from traditional media such as watercolor and gouache, to digital renderings, to hybrid renderings that combine computer and hand work. As a design professional, you know that renderings are often the most public face of your project prior to construction. The right rendering can help sell your ideas to clients, prospective tenants, regulatory bodies, and communities. Within the Portfolio, it is our hope that you will find the right illustrator for your project.
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Rethinking the significance of films including "Pillow Talk," "Rear Window," and "The Seven Year Itch," Pamela Robertson Wojcik examines the popularity of the "apartment plot," her term for stories in which the apartment functions as a central narrative device. From the baby boom years into the 1970s, the apartment plot was not only key to films; it also surfaced in TV(...)
Architecture and Film, Set Design
November 2010
The apartment plot : urban living in American film and popular culture, 1945 to 1975
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Rethinking the significance of films including "Pillow Talk," "Rear Window," and "The Seven Year Itch," Pamela Robertson Wojcik examines the popularity of the "apartment plot," her term for stories in which the apartment functions as a central narrative device. From the baby boom years into the 1970s, the apartment plot was not only key to films; it also surfaced in TV shows, Broadway plays, literature, and comic strips, from "The Honeymooners" and" The Mary Tyler Moore Show "to" Subways are for Sleeping "and" Apartment 3-G." By identifying the apartment plot as a film genre, Wojcik reveals affinities between movies generally viewed as belonging to such distinct genres as film noir, romantic comedy, and melodrama. She analyzes the apartment plot as part of a mid-twentieth-century urban discourse, showing how it offers a vision of home centered on values of community, visibility, contact, mobility, impermanence, and porousness that contrasts with views of home as private, stable, and family-based.
Architecture and Film, Set Design
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Pigeon languages our cities. When a speckled grey pigeon is trapped by artists and spray-painted in a miniature car wash, and released as an ultramarine green pigeon streaking through a public space, what happens to the "flying rat"? How do we really know we have seen what we think we have seen? How is our perception always trapped and released? "Some pigeons are more(...)
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July 2015
Some pigeons are more equal than others
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Pigeon languages our cities. When a speckled grey pigeon is trapped by artists and spray-painted in a miniature car wash, and released as an ultramarine green pigeon streaking through a public space, what happens to the "flying rat"? How do we really know we have seen what we think we have seen? How is our perception always trapped and released? "Some pigeons are more equal than others" began as an artwork by Julius von Bismarck and Julian Charrière and is now a book which treats the on-going art work as a place of contact with poets, philosophers, historians, architects, and other species. This book examines our relationship to the world and history in a non-human-centered way; an urban manifesto evolving ideas on the role of public domains and the encounter with contemporary art today. With contributions by Ben Marcus, CA Conrad, Craig Dworkin, Lyn Hejinian, Marjorie Welish, Juliana Spahr, Ian Bogost, David Graham Burnett, Claudia Roden, Olafur Eliasson, and others.
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Le musée du quai Branly
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L’ouverture du musée du quai Branly est l’aboutissement d’un rêve déjà ancien : celui de Claude Lévi-Strauss d’abord, d’André Malraux ensuite et enfin celui né de la rencontre entre Jacques Chirac, passionné depuis toujours par les arts du bout du monde, et Jacques Kerchache, auteur du manifeste «Les chefs-d’œuvre du monde entier naissent libres et égaux en droit». De(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
October 2006, Paris
Le musée du quai Branly
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L’ouverture du musée du quai Branly est l’aboutissement d’un rêve déjà ancien : celui de Claude Lévi-Strauss d’abord, d’André Malraux ensuite et enfin celui né de la rencontre entre Jacques Chirac, passionné depuis toujours par les arts du bout du monde, et Jacques Kerchache, auteur du manifeste «Les chefs-d’œuvre du monde entier naissent libres et égaux en droit». De cette ferveur commune pour les arts non occidentaux est née l’idée de créer un lieu qui rende aux cultures minoritaires leur juste place dans les institutions muséales de la France. Dès 1995, le président de la République m’a demandé de conduire un groupe de réflexion sur ce futur musée. Le projet ne s’est pas fait en un jour, il a suscité des débats, traversé des tempêtes, rencontré des détracteurs, nourri des passions. L’accueil enthousiaste que le public réserve au musée du quai Branly depuis son ouverture est bien plus qu’une récompense, c’est la démonstration qu’une telle institution répond à une attente réelle et légitime et que ceux qui l’ont voulue avaient compris cette nécessité culturelle. Le projet architectural du musée du quai Branly est atypique. Il témoigne de la maturité du travail de Jean Nouvel. Répondant à des exigences spécifiques en matière d’image, d’identité, d’accessibilité et d’insertion urbaine, bénéficiant d’un site exceptionnel, à l’ombre de la tour Eiffel, il joue sur l’émotion, le dépaysement, la joie de la découverte. Le bâtiment, par son architecture novatrice, incarne parfaitement les ambitions qui étaient au cœur de ce grand projet : la tolérance, la reconnaissance et le respect des différences. Affirmation du refus d’une conception étriquée des savoirs et d’une hiérarchie des arts établie au détriment des productions artistiques des autres continents, il illustre l’engagement de la France voulu par Jacques Chirac en faveur de la diversité culturelle. C’est au contact des artistes, chercheurs et muséologues étrangers que se tisseront maintenant des liens durables avec la communauté scientifique et culturelle internationale. C’est aussi au contact des peuples autochtones que se forgera une appréhension plus juste de la manière de présenter et de faire vivre leurs patrimoines. Souhaitons que l’échange de ces regards et de ces questionnements nourrisse et enrichisse cette jeune et belle institution. Jacques Friedmann, Président d’honneur
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329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016., ©2016
La mise en tourisme des territoires dans le monde arabe / sous la direction de Boualem Kadri et Djamal Benhacine.
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''Of Wu-Tang and things…I’d say off the bat it’s the Ol' dirty bastard, asking me to destroy the negatives, that will never leave me. Meth showing me his new trick with eye and cap. U-god with a plaster on his face. The Rza in a bath tub at the Met hotel. Watching the entire Wu-Tang Clan getting passport pictures at Earl Court station. The Shows. The distinct smell of(...)
Eddie Otchere: Wu-Tang Clan 1994-2004
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''Of Wu-Tang and things…I’d say off the bat it’s the Ol' dirty bastard, asking me to destroy the negatives, that will never leave me. Meth showing me his new trick with eye and cap. U-god with a plaster on his face. The Rza in a bath tub at the Met hotel. Watching the entire Wu-Tang Clan getting passport pictures at Earl Court station. The Shows. The distinct smell of blunts and weed that hung in the air. Papa Wu inviting me on the coach and traveling from Putney to Kentish Town with a pit stop in Earls Court. Young dirty Bastard’s performance of Shimmy Shimmy Ya Shimmy Yam Shimmy yah. From the first encounter to my last, the Wu have never failed to disappoint. What you have here a rarified glimpse at the lead images and contact sheets of seeking out members of the Wu-Tang Clan and putting their mythos on blast. I got one shot. This was the last time we held a cipher.'' -EO
Photography monographs
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The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture: Travel Edition, presents all of the best works of architecture completed in the last five years in a convenient mini format. Each of the 1,052 projects from the comprehensive edition included a single image per building and a short text to describe it. The project entry gives the name of each building and its(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
May 2005, London
The Phaidon atlas of contemporary world architecture : travel edition
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The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture: Travel Edition, presents all of the best works of architecture completed in the last five years in a convenient mini format. Each of the 1,052 projects from the comprehensive edition included a single image per building and a short text to describe it. The project entry gives the name of each building and its architect, the location, address and contact details, and potential visiting hours. There is also a system to indicate which projects are open to the public. In addition to the forty two regional maps from the comprehensive edition, there are 27 new city maps which locate the buildings in more built up areas. The book provides a unique opportunity to visit 1,052 works of contemporary architecture in all parts of the world, from the Arctic Circle to African deserts. The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Travel Edition is an essential companion on the travels of all those interested in gaining a first hand understanding of contemporary architecture around the world.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Interest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes are healthy, safe, beautiful, and efficient. In these pages are descriptions and manufacturer contact information for more(...)
Green Architecture
September 2006, Brattleboro (VT), Gabriola Island (B.C.)
Green building products : the GreenSpec guide to residential building materials, 2nd edition
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Interest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes are healthy, safe, beautiful, and efficient. In these pages are descriptions and manufacturer contact information for more than 1,400 environmentally preferable products and materials. All phases of residential construction, from sitework to flooring to renewable energy, are covered. Products are grouped by function, and each chapter begins with a discussion of key environmental considerations, and what to look for in a green product. Over 40% revised, this updated edition includes over 120 new products. Categories of products include: Sitework and landscaping Outdoor structures Decking Foundations, footers and slabs Structural systems and components Sheathing Exterior finish and trim Roofing Doors and windows Insulation Flooring and floor coverings Interior finish and trim Caulks and adhesives Paints and coatings Mechanical systems/HVAC Plumbing, electrical and lighting Appliances Furniture and furnishings Renewable energy Distributors and retailers
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