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Rotterdam based office KAAN Architecten presents fifteen of their major works, including the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in The Hague and the Amsterdam Courthouse
Portraits: 15 buildings KAAN Architecten
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Rotterdam based office KAAN Architecten presents fifteen of their major works, including the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in The Hague and the Amsterdam Courthouse
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December 2022
Architecture Monographs
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Ce livre traite de l’habitat temporaire, flexible et de nécessité à travers l’architecture, l’art, le design et l’humanitaire. À la fois catalogue de l’exposition du même nom présentée à Genève en 2022 et recueil de textes historiques et inédits sur ces domaines, cette publication aborde les diverses questions de l’habitat individuel grâce à des prototypes et des(...)
Open house: designing spaces for living / Conçevoir des espaces à vivre
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Ce livre traite de l’habitat temporaire, flexible et de nécessité à travers l’architecture, l’art, le design et l’humanitaire. À la fois catalogue de l’exposition du même nom présentée à Genève en 2022 et recueil de textes historiques et inédits sur ces domaines, cette publication aborde les diverses questions de l’habitat individuel grâce à des prototypes et des expérimentations originales. This volume deals with temporary, flexible and necessity housing through architecture, art, design and humanitarianism. Both a catalog of the eponymous exhibition presented in Geneva in 2022 and a collection of historical and unpublished texts on these fields, this book addresses the various issues of individual housing through prototypes and original experiments.
Residential Architecture
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A contemporary reminder of the importance of the carpenter and wood in Japanese architecture. When Japanese architecture is mentioned today, images of temples or pagodas generally come to mind. Others may think of more contemporary works: massive modular walls of rough concrete poured in place and bearing imprints of their formwork in the manner of Ando Tadao, the(...)
Architectural Theory
April 2022
The carpenter and the architect
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A contemporary reminder of the importance of the carpenter and wood in Japanese architecture. When Japanese architecture is mentioned today, images of temples or pagodas generally come to mind. Others may think of more contemporary works: massive modular walls of rough concrete poured in place and bearing imprints of their formwork in the manner of Ando Tadao, the lighter structures of Ito Toyo and Sejima Kazuyo, or the finely wrought facades of Kuma Kengo. A generational chasm and, rather surprisingly, even a historical one seems to have opened up between the emblematic images of traditional Japanese architecture, in which wood is the material of choice, and more current and innovative work, in which its use has been reduced. Even though the carpenter has long been the lead builder, contemporary architectural culture appears to have forgotten this reservoir of construction experience accumulated over centuries.
Architectural Theory
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The Rolex Learning Center at EPFL Lausanne opened in 2010. Designed by Pritzker Prize laureates SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa) from Japan, it soon became one of the more well-known buildings of recent times. In this book, akin to an architectural novella, Christophe Van Gerrewey tells the variegated story of this piece of architecture—from many points of view,(...)
Higher knowledge: SANAA's Rolex Learning Center at EPFL since 2010
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The Rolex Learning Center at EPFL Lausanne opened in 2010. Designed by Pritzker Prize laureates SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa) from Japan, it soon became one of the more well-known buildings of recent times. In this book, akin to an architectural novella, Christophe Van Gerrewey tells the variegated story of this piece of architecture—from many points of view, with some unexpected twists, and accompanied by unusual images. Through Higher Knowledge, the Rolex Learning Center emerges not only as a remarkable architectural achievement, but also as a building that contains knowledge, and that can speak to us in different ways.
Architecture Monographs
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This illustrated biography tells the story of Gropius's life, beginning with his shattering experiences in World War One, his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler, the establishment of the Bauhaus, and the tragic death of their daughter Manon. After Gropius's agonized decision to leave Nazi Germany in 1933, the book explores his life in exile in London and then(...)
Walter Gropius: illustrated biography
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This illustrated biography tells the story of Gropius's life, beginning with his shattering experiences in World War One, his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler, the establishment of the Bauhaus, and the tragic death of their daughter Manon. After Gropius's agonized decision to leave Nazi Germany in 1933, the book explores his life in exile in London and then his move to America in 1937, where he lived and worked until his death in 1969. This is the first comprehensive illustrated biography of one of Modern architecture's most important figures.
Architecture Monographs
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This is the first authoritative biography to cover all aspects of Fuller’s career. Drawing on meticulous research, dozens of interviews, and thousands of unpublished documents, Nevala-Lee has produced a riveting portrait that transcends the myth of Fuller as an otherworldly generalist. It reconstructs the true origins of his most famous inventions, including the Dymaxion(...)
Inventor of the future: The visionary life of Buckminster Fuller
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This is the first authoritative biography to cover all aspects of Fuller’s career. Drawing on meticulous research, dozens of interviews, and thousands of unpublished documents, Nevala-Lee has produced a riveting portrait that transcends the myth of Fuller as an otherworldly generalist. It reconstructs the true origins of his most famous inventions, including the Dymaxion Car, the Wichita House, and the dome itself; his fraught relationships with his students and collaborators; his interactions with Frank Lloyd Wright, Isamu Noguchi, Clare Boothe Luce, John Cage, Steve Jobs, and many others; and his tumultuous private life, in which his determination to succeed on his own terms came at an immense personal cost. In an era of accelerating change, Fuller’s example remains enormously relevant, and his lessons for designers, activists, and innovators are as powerful and essential as ever.
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The mediterranean home
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The mediterranean home has an ongoing influence on residential architecture and interior design: from classical rural styles, to more grounded spaces that interweave form and function. Blending the inside and the outside, and bringing together traditional features with contemporary elements, Mediterranean houses connect with their environments and the local culture. This(...)
The mediterranean home
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The mediterranean home has an ongoing influence on residential architecture and interior design: from classical rural styles, to more grounded spaces that interweave form and function. Blending the inside and the outside, and bringing together traditional features with contemporary elements, Mediterranean houses connect with their environments and the local culture. This volume looks at architecture, interior design, decoration and furniture, celebrating the unique Mediterranean aesthetic that continues to inspire a sense of home and comfort around the globe.
Residential Architecture
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Se ressourcer, respirer, profiter du calme serein d'un jardin ou de la fraîcheur d'une terrasse verdoyante... Qui n'a jamais rêver de vivre au vert ? Pour un changement de vie, des vacances ou un simple week-end, ces maisons de campagne, ces appartements avec des terrasses, ces cabanes en pleine nature nous ouvrent leurs portes, nous invitant à trouver les inspirations(...)
Vivre au vert : Déco au naturel, terrasses, cabanes
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Se ressourcer, respirer, profiter du calme serein d'un jardin ou de la fraîcheur d'une terrasse verdoyante... Qui n'a jamais rêver de vivre au vert ? Pour un changement de vie, des vacances ou un simple week-end, ces maisons de campagne, ces appartements avec des terrasses, ces cabanes en pleine nature nous ouvrent leurs portes, nous invitant à trouver les inspirations pour vivre au vert avec style. Couleurs, ambiances et astuces d'architectes : au fil des pages, on pioche des idées pour s'installer en beauté dans la nature ou préparer des escapades à la campagne grâce aux reportages signés Marie-Claire Maison.
Green Architecture
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Ce livre s’adresse à un lectorat passionné par l’environnement bâti qui désire en connaître davantage sur l’organisation physique et spatiale de nos villages, de nos villes et de nos agglomérations en lien étroit avec le territoire qui les a vus naître. En plus de présenter les notions clés de la morphologie urbaine ouvrant la voie à une compréhension approfondie du mode(...)
Lire et comprendre les environnements bâtis au Québec
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Ce livre s’adresse à un lectorat passionné par l’environnement bâti qui désire en connaître davantage sur l’organisation physique et spatiale de nos villages, de nos villes et de nos agglomérations en lien étroit avec le territoire qui les a vus naître. En plus de présenter les notions clés de la morphologie urbaine ouvrant la voie à une compréhension approfondie du mode de structuration des établissements humains, l’ouvrage explique et met en application, à l’aide de plusieurs études de cas, les méthodes d’analyse de ce champ de recherche afin de lire et de caractériser les milieux bâtis du Québec. À l’heure où la crise des changements climatiques et sanitaires nous enjoint à repenser en profondeur nos façons d’habiter et de pratiquer le territoire, il est essentiel de mieux comprendre le produit de notre expérience collective en ces matières.
Architecture du Québec
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Présentation du site de Cap Moderne à Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, qui regroupe la villa E-1027, icône de l'architecture moderne créée à la fin des années 1920 par Eileen Gray, le bar-restaurant L'étoile de mer, qui contient deux peintures murales de Le Corbusier, le Cabanon construit par ce dernier ainsi que ses cinq Unités de camping. Cette édition intègre les récents travaux(...)
Cap Moderne: Eileen Gray et Le Corbusier, la modernité en bord de mer
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Présentation du site de Cap Moderne à Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, qui regroupe la villa E-1027, icône de l'architecture moderne créée à la fin des années 1920 par Eileen Gray, le bar-restaurant L'étoile de mer, qui contient deux peintures murales de Le Corbusier, le Cabanon construit par ce dernier ainsi que ses cinq Unités de camping. Cette édition intègre les récents travaux de ce site unique.
Architecture Monographs