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Architecture of shame
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In 'Architecture of Shame' the author 'reveals' little-known details about famous buildings around the world, such as how India's Taj Mahal was intended to have two domes and that the Eiffel Tower, in France, once wore fig leaves. Some of the information is startling and unheard of, not least because they were drawn from the author's vivid imagination. Each of the(...)
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In 'Architecture of Shame' the author 'reveals' little-known details about famous buildings around the world, such as how India's Taj Mahal was intended to have two domes and that the Eiffel Tower, in France, once wore fig leaves. Some of the information is startling and unheard of, not least because they were drawn from the author's vivid imagination. Each of the(...)
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May 2020
May 2020
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Architecture of shame
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In 'Architecture of Shame' the author 'reveals' little-known details about famous buildings around the world, such as how India's Taj Mahal was intended to have two domes and that the Eiffel Tower, in France, once wore fig leaves. Some of the information is startling and unheard of, not least because they were drawn from the author's vivid imagination. Each of the 28 chapters features a building of significant historical interest and tells an alternative background story behind its development and construction in a mischevious blend of leg-pull and tall tales. Also included are the author's original illustrations of what might have been.
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In 'Architecture of Shame' the author 'reveals' little-known details about famous buildings around the world, such as how India's Taj Mahal was intended to have two domes and that the Eiffel Tower, in France, once wore fig leaves. Some of the information is startling and unheard of, not least because they were drawn from the author's vivid imagination. Each of the 28 chapters features a building of significant historical interest and tells an alternative background story behind its development and construction in a mischevious blend of leg-pull and tall tales. Also included are the author's original illustrations of what might have been.
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May 2020
May 2020
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239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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New York : Bauer and Dean Publishers, [2018], ©2018
New York : Bauer and Dean Publishers, [2018], ©2018
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Making America modern : interior design in the 1930s / Marilyn F. Friedman.
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239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Making America modern : interior design in the 1930s / Marilyn F. Friedman.
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New York : Bauer and Dean Publishers, [2018], ©2018
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Cairo : histories of a city
Cairo : histories of a city
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In this publication, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and(...)
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In this publication, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and(...)
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May 2011
May 2011
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Cairo : histories of a city
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In this publication, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of its architecture and urban form. In twelve vignettes, accompanied by drawings, photographs, and maps, AlSayyad details the shifts in Cairo’s built environment through stories of important figures who marked the cityscape with their personal ambitions and their political ideologies. The city is visually reconstructed and brought to life not only as a physical fabric but also as a social and political order—a city built within, upon, and over, resulting in a present-day richly layered urban environment. Each chapter attempts to capture a defining moment in the life trajectory of a city loved for all of its evocations and contradictions. Throughout, AlSayyad illuminates not only the spaces that make up Cairo but also the figures that shaped them, including its chroniclers, from Herodotus to Mahfouz, who recorded the deeds of great and ordinary Cairenes alike. He pays particular attention to how the imperatives of Egypt's various rulers and regimes—from the pharaohs to Sadat and beyond—have inscribed themselves in the city that residents navigate today.
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In this publication, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of its architecture and urban form. In twelve vignettes, accompanied by drawings, photographs, and maps, AlSayyad details the shifts in Cairo’s built environment through stories of important figures who marked the cityscape with their personal ambitions and their political ideologies. The city is visually reconstructed and brought to life not only as a physical fabric but also as a social and political order—a city built within, upon, and over, resulting in a present-day richly layered urban environment. Each chapter attempts to capture a defining moment in the life trajectory of a city loved for all of its evocations and contradictions. Throughout, AlSayyad illuminates not only the spaces that make up Cairo but also the figures that shaped them, including its chroniclers, from Herodotus to Mahfouz, who recorded the deeds of great and ordinary Cairenes alike. He pays particular attention to how the imperatives of Egypt's various rulers and regimes—from the pharaohs to Sadat and beyond—have inscribed themselves in the city that residents navigate today.
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May 2011
May 2011
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The library book / photographs and afterword by Thomas R. Schiff ; introduction by Alberto Manguel.
The library book / photographs and afterword by Thomas R. Schiff ; introduction by Alberto Manguel.
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231 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 37 cm
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New York, N.Y. : Aperture, [2017], ©2017.
New York, N.Y. : Aperture, [2017], ©2017.
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The library book / photographs and afterword by Thomas R. Schiff ; introduction by Alberto Manguel.
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231 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 37 cm
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New York, N.Y. : Aperture, [2017], ©2017.
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192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
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Mulgrave, Vic. : Images Pub. Group, 1999.
Mulgrave, Vic. : Images Pub. Group, 1999.
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Architecture for the gods / Michael J. Crosbie.
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192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Architecture for the gods / Michael J. Crosbie.
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Mulgrave, Vic. : Images Pub. Group, 1999.
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344 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 x 31 cm
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New York : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
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The elements of modern architecture : understanding contemporary buildings / Antony Radford, Selen Morkoç and Amit Srivastava.
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344 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 x 31 cm
The elements of modern architecture : understanding contemporary buildings / Antony Radford, Selen Morkoç and Amit Srivastava.
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344 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 x 31 cm
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New York : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
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319 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 35 cm
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319 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 35 cm
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Berlin : Braun, 2012., ©2012
Berlin : Braun, 2012., ©2012
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Facades : design, construction & technology / Lara Menzel.
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319 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 35 cm
Facades : design, construction & technology / Lara Menzel.
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Berlin : Braun, 2012., ©2012
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367 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 23 cm.
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Berlin : Jovis, [2015], ©2015
Berlin : Jovis, [2015], ©2015
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Six canonical projects by Rem Koolhaas : essays on the history of ideas / by Ingrid Böck.
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367 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 23 cm.
Six canonical projects by Rem Koolhaas : essays on the history of ideas / by Ingrid Böck.
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Berlin : Jovis, [2015], ©2015
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xi, 259 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013], ©2013
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013], ©2013
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New architecture on Indigenous lands / Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka.
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xi, 259 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
New architecture on Indigenous lands / Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka.
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013], ©2013
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Why do design? What is design for? In a world of dwindling natural resources, exhausted social and political systems, and an overload of information there are many urgent reasons to reimagine the design discipline, and there is a growing need to look at design education. Learning and unlearning should become part of an ongoing educational practice. We need new proposals(...)
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Why do design? What is design for? In a world of dwindling natural resources, exhausted social and political systems, and an overload of information there are many urgent reasons to reimagine the design discipline, and there is a growing need to look at design education. Learning and unlearning should become part of an ongoing educational practice. We need new proposals(...)
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Design as learning: a school of schools reader
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Why do design? What is design for? In a world of dwindling natural resources, exhausted social and political systems, and an overload of information there are many urgent reasons to reimagine the design discipline, and there is a growing need to look at design education. Learning and unlearning should become part of an ongoing educational practice. We need new proposals for how to organize society, how to structure our governments, how to live with, not against, the planet, how to sift fact from fiction, how to relate to each other, and frankly, how to simply survive.
Design as learning: a school of schools reader
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Why do design? What is design for? In a world of dwindling natural resources, exhausted social and political systems, and an overload of information there are many urgent reasons to reimagine the design discipline, and there is a growing need to look at design education. Learning and unlearning should become part of an ongoing educational practice. We need new proposals for how to organize society, how to structure our governments, how to live with, not against, the planet, how to sift fact from fiction, how to relate to each other, and frankly, how to simply survive.
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February 2019
February 2019
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Museology
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