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Près de la moitié des bâtiments construits par Hector Guimard sont détruits (21 sur 53) ; d'autres seront condamnés par la spéculation immobilière et l'indifférence des pouvoirs publics.Etayé par des archives photographiques inédites, Guimard Perdu raconte l'histoire d'un malentendu entre lui artiste et des spectateurs distraits. Soixante ans après sa disparition, Hector(...)
Architecture Monographs
October 2003, Paris
Guimard perdu : histoire d'une méprise
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Près de la moitié des bâtiments construits par Hector Guimard sont détruits (21 sur 53) ; d'autres seront condamnés par la spéculation immobilière et l'indifférence des pouvoirs publics.Etayé par des archives photographiques inédites, Guimard Perdu raconte l'histoire d'un malentendu entre lui artiste et des spectateurs distraits. Soixante ans après sa disparition, Hector Guimard est enfin considéré comme l'un des acteurs majeurs de l'architecture française du XXe siècle.
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Malgré un espace urbain de plus en plus saturé, l'architecture en matière d'habitat individuel trouve encore à Paris une place pour exister. Chaque année, suite essentiellement à des démolitions ou des restructurations, il s'y construit de nouvelles maisons particulières. Les seize réalisations sélectionnées ici, ont vu le jour au cours des dix dernières années. Toutes(...)
Maisons d'architectes à Paris
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Malgré un espace urbain de plus en plus saturé, l'architecture en matière d'habitat individuel trouve encore à Paris une place pour exister. Chaque année, suite essentiellement à des démolitions ou des restructurations, il s'y construit de nouvelles maisons particulières. Les seize réalisations sélectionnées ici, ont vu le jour au cours des dix dernières années. Toutes différentes par le dessin, la taille, les matériaux employés, elles proposent une large palette de la création architecturale contemporaine.
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"Montréal : a written city in twelve parts" gathers twelve narratives from the latest group of participants in Ricardo Castro's Critical Writing Seminar in the graduate program in History and Theory at the McGill School of Architecture. Each piece varies in tone, structure, and conceptual flavour, reflecting a different way of experiencing Montréal.
Architecture de Montréal
September 2003, Montréal
Montréal : a written city in twelve pieces
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"Montréal : a written city in twelve parts" gathers twelve narratives from the latest group of participants in Ricardo Castro's Critical Writing Seminar in the graduate program in History and Theory at the McGill School of Architecture. Each piece varies in tone, structure, and conceptual flavour, reflecting a different way of experiencing Montréal.
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"Figure/Ground: A Design Conversation", is a collection of six dialogues on design between Scott Johnson and William Fain, the principals of Johnson Fain Partners of Los Angeles. Covering a broad range of topics, the conversations center on such themes as the globalization of architecture, the impact of the Internet, the issue of "big architecture" vs. urban design, and(...)
Architectural Theory
March 2004, Los Angeles
Figure / Ground : a design conversation with Scott Johnson and Bill Fain
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"Figure/Ground: A Design Conversation", is a collection of six dialogues on design between Scott Johnson and William Fain, the principals of Johnson Fain Partners of Los Angeles. Covering a broad range of topics, the conversations center on such themes as the globalization of architecture, the impact of the Internet, the issue of "big architecture" vs. urban design, and the role of historicism in design. Along the way, Johnson and Fain find inspiration in jazz improvisation, Noam Chomsky, Roman urbanism, passive solar heating in China, Catholic monasticism, and Native American spirituality. The dialogues are illustrated with photographs of recent work by the firm, including their plan for central Beijing, and the new Native American Center in Oklahoma City.
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We see so many mediocre office building designs that it is easy to forget just how complex and innovative a well-made one can be. Such is the case with the headquarters for the Belgian financial firm CNP (Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille) in Charleroi, Belgium. Designed by the office of Belgian architect Philippe Samyn, the CNP Headquarters is a masterwork of(...)
Architecture Monographs
March 2004, New York
Groupe Frère CNP headquarters by Philippe Samyn and Partners
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We see so many mediocre office building designs that it is easy to forget just how complex and innovative a well-made one can be. Such is the case with the headquarters for the Belgian financial firm CNP (Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille) in Charleroi, Belgium. Designed by the office of Belgian architect Philippe Samyn, the CNP Headquarters is a masterwork of ecologically oriented construction and refined aesthetics. In this monograph el-Khoury and Pasnik document the rich and dramatic architectural vocabulary of this project.
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"When I was thirty, the first generation of architects that one looked upon to was L Corbusier; the second was jean Prouvé and Josép-Luis Sert; next were George Candilis, Shadrach Woods, and Alexis Josic. These were the people you were talking about, and the connection between them were observable. Even though between these generations there wasn't any copying in a(...)
Architecture Monographs
June 2004, New York
Peter Smithson : conversations with students, a space for our generation
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"When I was thirty, the first generation of architects that one looked upon to was L Corbusier; the second was jean Prouvé and Josép-Luis Sert; next were George Candilis, Shadrach Woods, and Alexis Josic. These were the people you were talking about, and the connection between them were observable. Even though between these generations there wasn't any copying in a stylistic sense, there was a kind of moral overlap. That's the curiosity. There's not a hint stylistically in their work but there is a moral position." -Peter Smithson
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Through a series of competitions, speculative commissions, and built work, FOA's first monograph is structured to reflect the development of their specific attitude and as a compendium of the technical arsenal that they use to within their practice. With the spirit of scientific classification, the genesis of an architectural project is identified within a series of(...)
Phylogenesis: foa's ark, Foreign Office Architects
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Through a series of competitions, speculative commissions, and built work, FOA's first monograph is structured to reflect the development of their specific attitude and as a compendium of the technical arsenal that they use to within their practice. With the spirit of scientific classification, the genesis of an architectural project is identified within a series of phylum, actualized and simultaneously virtualized, in their specific application to the unique conditions of a project's location. Phylogenesis also includes a collection of texts from several critics who investigate related topics that touch upon different aspects of FOA's discourse.
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This book is a retrospective documentation of this achievement, detailin the plans and projects that Stirling executed right up until his death. Critical apparaisals, technical data and extensive illustrations record many important buildings, including the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.
Architecture Monographs
January 1994, New York
James Stirling, Michael Wilford and associates: buildings and projects 1975-1992
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This book is a retrospective documentation of this achievement, detailin the plans and projects that Stirling executed right up until his death. Critical apparaisals, technical data and extensive illustrations record many important buildings, including the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.
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De Portzamparc et Sollers se connaissent depuis vingt ans et parlent ensemble de leurs passions communes : la poésie, l'architecture. C'est l'événement du 11 Septembre qui ouvre ce dialogue sur cette interrogation béante face à laquelle cela nous a laissé : à quelle destruction avons nous assisté ce jour-là ? Est-ce la fin d'un monde, et de quel monde ? Pourquoi,(...)
Architectural Theory
September 2003, Paris
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De Portzamparc et Sollers se connaissent depuis vingt ans et parlent ensemble de leurs passions communes : la poésie, l'architecture. C'est l'événement du 11 Septembre qui ouvre ce dialogue sur cette interrogation béante face à laquelle cela nous a laissé : à quelle destruction avons nous assisté ce jour-là ? Est-ce la fin d'un monde, et de quel monde ? Pourquoi, comment a-t-on inventé la rue ? le café ? la place ? La musique est-elle de même essence que l'architecture ? Préface de Hélène Bleskine qui a pensé, originellement, à cette rencontre entre l'architecte et l'écrivain.
Architectural Theory
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During McKim, Mead & White's most creative period (1879-1915), the firm received nearly 1,000 commissions. This book documents the non-residential works, including the Boston Public Library, Newport Casino, the second Madison Square Garden, the Washington Memorial Arch, the Morgan Library, the campuses of Columbia and Harvard universities, Pennsylvania Station in New(...)
Architecture Monographs
October 2003, New York
McKim, Mead & White : the masterworks
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During McKim, Mead & White's most creative period (1879-1915), the firm received nearly 1,000 commissions. This book documents the non-residential works, including the Boston Public Library, Newport Casino, the second Madison Square Garden, the Washington Memorial Arch, the Morgan Library, the campuses of Columbia and Harvard universities, Pennsylvania Station in New York, Bank of Montreal, American Academy in Rome, the Century Association, and the Harvard, Metropolitan, and University clubs in New York, among others.
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