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"Let us listen to the counsels of American engineers. But let us beware of American architects!" declared Le Corbusier, who like other European architects of his time believed that he saw in the work of American industrial builders a model of the way architecture should develop. It was a vision of an ideal world, a "concrete Atlantis" made up of daylight factories and(...)
A concrete atlantis: U.S. industrial buildings and European modern archtiecture 1900-1925
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"Let us listen to the counsels of American engineers. But let us beware of American architects!" declared Le Corbusier, who like other European architects of his time believed that he saw in the work of American industrial builders a model of the way architecture should develop. It was a vision of an ideal world, a "concrete Atlantis" made up of daylight factories and grain elevators. In a book that suggests how good Modern was before it went wrong, Reyner Banham details the European discovery of this concrete Atlantis and examines a number of striking architectural instances where aspects of the International Style are anticipated by US industrial buildings.
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Noted urban historian Robert Fishman traces the story of the suburb from its origins in nineteenth-century London to its twentieth-century demise in decentralized cities like Los Angeles.
Bourgeois utopias : the rise and fall of suburbia
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Noted urban historian Robert Fishman traces the story of the suburb from its origins in nineteenth-century London to its twentieth-century demise in decentralized cities like Los Angeles.
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March 1989, New York
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Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture--architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a(...)
Architecture without architects
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Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture--architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community experience. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators on the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of people are among the unexpected phenomena he brings to light. The beauty of "primitive" architecture has often been dismissed as accidental, but today we recognize in it an art form that has resulted from human intelligence applied to uniquely human modes of life. Indeed, Rudofsky sees the philosophy and practical knowledge of the untutored builders as untapped sources of inspiration for industrial man trapped in his chaotic cities.
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Originally published in cloth in 1994.
A sense of place, a sense of time
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Originally published in cloth in 1994.
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March 1996, New Haven
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La Charte d'Athènes
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Vieille de plus d'un quart de siècle la charte d'athènes reste en tous points à l'ordre du jour : qu'il s'agisse de l'habitation, des loisirs, du travail, de la circulation ou encore de la sauvegarde du patrimoine historique des villes, les observations sur lesquelles est fondé ce manifeste montrent que le chaos est entré dans les villes et y demeure.
La Charte d'Athènes
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Vieille de plus d'un quart de siècle la charte d'athènes reste en tous points à l'ordre du jour : qu'il s'agisse de l'habitation, des loisirs, du travail, de la circulation ou encore de la sauvegarde du patrimoine historique des villes, les observations sur lesquelles est fondé ce manifeste montrent que le chaos est entré dans les villes et y demeure.
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January 1971
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Postcolonial space(s)
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The eight essays in this collection explore new languages for rethinking contemporary architectural and urban conditions in the postcolonial world.
Postcolonial space(s)
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The eight essays in this collection explore new languages for rethinking contemporary architectural and urban conditions in the postcolonial world.
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May 1997, New York
Architectural Theory
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L’architecture est un art ignoré. Par son texte et ses illustrations, l’ouvrage de Bruno Zevi constitue non seulement une histoire thématique de l’architecture depuis les Grecs jusqu’à Le Corbusier et Wright, mais surtout une explication de cet art. Qu’est-ce qui est de l’architecture? Qu’est-ce qui n’en est pas? L’intérêt de ce volume est de nous révéler cette notion(...)
Apprendre à voir l'architecture
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L’architecture est un art ignoré. Par son texte et ses illustrations, l’ouvrage de Bruno Zevi constitue non seulement une histoire thématique de l’architecture depuis les Grecs jusqu’à Le Corbusier et Wright, mais surtout une explication de cet art. Qu’est-ce qui est de l’architecture? Qu’est-ce qui n’en est pas? L’intérêt de ce volume est de nous révéler cette notion d’espace, élément fondamental de l’architecture.
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L'architecture au corps
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Dans cette rencontre entre philosophes et architectes autour de la question du corps, il s'agit de penser l'architecture dans sa réalité anthropologique, éthique et esthétique et non pas uniquement à partir d'une vision formelle, structurale et fonctionnaliste. Ce livre contient une vingtaine d'essais écrits par des auteurs tels que Marc Perelman, Alberto(...)
Architectural Theory
October 1997, Bruxelles
L'architecture au corps
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Dans cette rencontre entre philosophes et architectes autour de la question du corps, il s'agit de penser l'architecture dans sa réalité anthropologique, éthique et esthétique et non pas uniquement à partir d'une vision formelle, structurale et fonctionnaliste. Ce livre contient une vingtaine d'essais écrits par des auteurs tels que Marc Perelman, Alberto Pérez-Gomez et Chris Younès.
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October 1997, Bruxelles
Architectural Theory
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This book presents a cultural history of the quintessential American obsession with the well-kept lawn.
The lawn : a history of an American obsession
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This book presents a cultural history of the quintessential American obsession with the well-kept lawn.
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May 1994, Washington D.C.
Landscape Theory
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Objects of Desire looks at the appearance of consumer goods in the 200 years since the introduction of mechanized production, whether in Josiah Wedgewood's use of neo-classicism for his industrially manufactured pottery or the development of appropriate forms for wirelesses. The argument is illustrated with examples ranging from penknives to computers and from sewing(...)
Objects of desire: design and society since 1750
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Objects of Desire looks at the appearance of consumer goods in the 200 years since the introduction of mechanized production, whether in Josiah Wedgewood's use of neo-classicism for his industrially manufactured pottery or the development of appropriate forms for wirelesses. The argument is illustrated with examples ranging from penknives to computers and from sewing machines to railway carriages. In opening up new ways of appraising the man-made world around us, Objects of Desire is required reading for anyone who has any involvement with design and a revealing document about our society. 272 black-and-white illustrations
Design Theory