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Architecture must burn
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Confronted by a world afflicted by sprawl, Aaron Betsky challenges us to see architecture as a way of understanding, experimenting with and changing our physical reality. He argues passionately for a new space of freedom and imagination, proposing an entirely new way (...)
Architecture must burn
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Confronted by a world afflicted by sprawl, Aaron Betsky challenges us to see architecture as a way of understanding, experimenting with and changing our physical reality. He argues passionately for a new space of freedom and imagination, proposing an entirely new way of undoing the indiscriminate, sometimes disorderly world we have so carelessly constructed. "Architecture Must Burn" shows us an architecture of unfolding, clothing and collage. Mixing current theories about spatiality, technology, and literature, the 28 manifestos are introduced by Erik Adigard's haunting and contorted imagery.
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April 2000, Corte Madera
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Ever since the discovery of the cave, humans have made use of nature’s geological formations. Only recently, however, have developments in structural engineering made it possible to engage the earth’s surface as a building element in its own right. With an increasing awareness of our planet’s limited natural resources, the most acclaimed architectural practices from(...)
Landscrapers : building with the land
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Ever since the discovery of the cave, humans have made use of nature’s geological formations. Only recently, however, have developments in structural engineering made it possible to engage the earth’s surface as a building element in its own right. With an increasing awareness of our planet’s limited natural resources, the most acclaimed architectural practices from around the world are building into the earth and merging man-made forms with the contours of the land. The results are at once preternatural and breathtaking. From Zaha Hadid’s Tram Terminal in France to Snøhetta’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, from Future System’s hill-burrowing house in Wales to Antoine Predock’s Spencer Theater in the United States, over fifty projects displayed here expose the breadth and depth of this new direction in architecture. Aaron Betsky first considers our historical preoccupation with communing with the land through building, then four central chapters – ‘Engineered Utopias’, ‘Caves and Caverns’, ‘Unfolding the Land’ and ‘A New Nature’ – explore the ways in which ‘geotecture’ responds to, becomes a part of and yet remains distinctive within our natural landscape.
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Bare facts
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The AM NAI Prize aims to highlight the unique position and quality of young architects in the Netherlands. The nominated projects for 2006 are documented in detail in the Bare Facts publication, which also explores the context in which the buildings were created. With contributions by various critics and members of the jury, including Aaron Betsky, Mariet Schoenmakers and(...)
Bare facts
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The AM NAI Prize aims to highlight the unique position and quality of young architects in the Netherlands. The nominated projects for 2006 are documented in detail in the Bare Facts publication, which also explores the context in which the buildings were created. With contributions by various critics and members of the jury, including Aaron Betsky, Mariet Schoenmakers and Lara Schrijver, this book - like the first and second editions - provides a snapshot of the youngest generation of architects and a barometer for Dutch architecture of the future.
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November 2006, Rotterdam
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Exclusively available in single volumes at the CCA Bookstore. 2012 Architecten / Ecologicstudio / Estudio Teddy Cruz / Faustino, Bureau des Mésarchitectures / Zaha Hadid Architects / Herzog & DeMeuron and Ai Weiwei / LOT-EK / Map Office / R & SIE + DS / Topotek 1 / Madelon Vriesendorp / Lebbeus Woods, and many more. Each displayed at least on a double page.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
September 2008, Venice
Out there: architecture beyond building, volume 3: experimental architecture. La Biennale di Venezia, 11. Mostra Internazionale die Architettura
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Exclusively available in single volumes at the CCA Bookstore. 2012 Architecten / Ecologicstudio / Estudio Teddy Cruz / Faustino, Bureau des Mésarchitectures / Zaha Hadid Architects / Herzog & DeMeuron and Ai Weiwei / LOT-EK / Map Office / R & SIE + DS / Topotek 1 / Madelon Vriesendorp / Lebbeus Woods, and many more. Each displayed at least on a double page.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Exclusively available in single volumes at the CCA Bookstore. This volume documents the film installation withing the exhibition, which features film excerpts of "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang, "La cité des enfants perdus" by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, "Waterworld" by Kevin Reynolds, "The Lord of the Rings" by Peter Jackson, "The Truman Show" by Peter Weir, and many more.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
September 2008, Venice
Out there: architecture beyond building, volume 2: hall of fragments. La Biennale di Venezia, 11. Mostra Internazionale die Architettura
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Exclusively available in single volumes at the CCA Bookstore. This volume documents the film installation withing the exhibition, which features film excerpts of "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang, "La cité des enfants perdus" by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, "Waterworld" by Kevin Reynolds, "The Lord of the Rings" by Peter Jackson, "The Truman Show" by Peter Weir, and many more.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
Re-naturalisation
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As Aaron Betsky notes in his introductory essay, that while Guallart is an active member of what has been called emergent architecture, his practice goes further, generating a body of work that emerges from both physical and social – both real and digital – structures. While the architect himself suggests that the end purpose of architecture is not (solely) to build, but(...)
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January 2009, Beijing
Re-naturalisation
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As Aaron Betsky notes in his introductory essay, that while Guallart is an active member of what has been called emergent architecture, his practice goes further, generating a body of work that emerges from both physical and social – both real and digital – structures. While the architect himself suggests that the end purpose of architecture is not (solely) to build, but also to define environments where human life can be organised. To support these observations, such projects as Denia Mountain, the Spanish Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010, the Keelung Maritime Plaza and Fugee Port in Taiwan, the Cambrils Sea Apartments and the Sociopolis Masterplan, Valencia are examined. Seventeen works and projects are presented in total, accompanied by essays, texts, photographs and elaborate technical drawings. Texts in English/Chinese
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Architecture in Detail series.
Drager house : Berkeley, California 1994, Frankllin D. Israel
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Architecture in Detail series.
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May 1996, London
Architecture Monographs
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Cofounder of the Droog Design collective, the Dutch designer, art historian, critic and curator Renny Ramakers (born 1946) has championed the notion of furniture and industrial design as a reimagination of today's world for more than three decades, combining virtual technologies and social media with the craft of design to develop new social relations. When Droog first(...)
Renny Ramakers: rethinking design, curator of change. Droog design collective
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Cofounder of the Droog Design collective, the Dutch designer, art historian, critic and curator Renny Ramakers (born 1946) has championed the notion of furniture and industrial design as a reimagination of today's world for more than three decades, combining virtual technologies and social media with the craft of design to develop new social relations. When Droog first exhibited at the Milan furniture fair in 1993, its assemblies of found materials and witty forms instantly changed the landscape of design. Since then, Ramakers has worked with makers and creators to move beyond slick objects and toward critical projects that open our eyes to our multifaceted realities while bringing great access and joy to users.
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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This book provides a clear insight into the role and significance of Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Authors of international repute from beyond the province of architecture examine OMA's work in the light of social and economic developments. The many facets of Koolhaas come under review: his take on architectural theory and the conceptual(...)
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November 2003, Rotterdam
What is OMA : considering Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture
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This book provides a clear insight into the role and significance of Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Authors of international repute from beyond the province of architecture examine OMA's work in the light of social and economic developments. The many facets of Koolhaas come under review: his take on architectural theory and the conceptual apparatus he employs, his vision of urbanism and the contemporary city, the designs put into practice by OMA and the research projects of the AMO think-tank, which exist outside the immediate boundaries of architecture. Essays by Aaron Betsky, Ian Buruma, H.J.A. Hofland, Okwui Enwezor, Neil Leach, Matthew Stadler, Bruce Sterling, and Bart Verschaffel. Excerpts by Jean Attali, René Boomkens, Fredric Jameson, Fritz Neumeyer, Michael Sorkin, Anthony Vidler, and Sarah Whiting.
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Blox by OMA Architects
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BLOX opened its doors on the Copenhagen waterfront in 2018. Funded and built by the philanthropic association Realdania and designed by Dutch architects OMA, the building is a programmatic mix of functions that creates a new destination in this very central and challenging location. BLOX hosts the Danish Architecture Centre and also BLOXHUB, an interdisciplinary(...)
Blox by OMA Architects
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BLOX opened its doors on the Copenhagen waterfront in 2018. Funded and built by the philanthropic association Realdania and designed by Dutch architects OMA, the building is a programmatic mix of functions that creates a new destination in this very central and challenging location. BLOX hosts the Danish Architecture Centre and also BLOXHUB, an interdisciplinary environment promoting innovation and sustainable urban development. This monograph offers an in-depth look at the project and its context, and includes essays by Aaron Betsky and Carsten Thau, plus conversations with representatives of OMA, Realdania, and the Danish Architecture Centre.
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