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The architectural awareness and experience of space, and its creative use can profit greatly from certain aspects of “games” and the related technology. Here the author investigates a fascinating contribution of avant-garde art to the construction of space in the field of electronic games and arcades, beginning with "New Babylon", moving through the radical suggestions of(...)
Game zone : playgrounds between virtual scenarios and reality
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The architectural awareness and experience of space, and its creative use can profit greatly from certain aspects of “games” and the related technology. Here the author investigates a fascinating contribution of avant-garde art to the construction of space in the field of electronic games and arcades, beginning with "New Babylon", moving through the radical suggestions of the 1960's and 1970's to the commercial and experimental examples of contemporary amusement arcades. Also considered are the virtual worlds of video games which are growing increasingly complex. The book reveals in a critical way how important the element of “play” has become in today’s digital architectonic designs.
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Hitoshi Abe on-the-spot
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Published to celebrate the annual John Dinkeloo Memorial Lecture by Hitoshi Abe on March 28, 2005 at the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning.
Hitoshi Abe on-the-spot
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Published to celebrate the annual John Dinkeloo Memorial Lecture by Hitoshi Abe on March 28, 2005 at the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning.
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Swiss shapes
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Since the nineties Swiss architecture has gained worldwide recognition beyond mere circles of experts. With its minimalist masterpieces between Basel and the Grisons, the so called Swiss Box achieved highest acclaim. In the meantime, a new generation of young architects has left the path to abstraction and turned to new objectives: Moving interest from surface to space(...)
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January 1900, Berlin
Swiss shapes
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Since the nineties Swiss architecture has gained worldwide recognition beyond mere circles of experts. With its minimalist masterpieces between Basel and the Grisons, the so called Swiss Box achieved highest acclaim. In the meantime, a new generation of young architects has left the path to abstraction and turned to new objectives: Moving interest from surface to space marks the works on display. Selected were projects presenting in exemplary fashion these new spatial, functional, constructive, ecological and urban planning qualities.
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North meets south
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Une cuillère en bois clair finlandais fait l’écho d’une cuillère en bois sombre nigérien, une chaise danoise de forme organique ressemble à un meuble d’artisanat de la Côte d’Ivoire, un aplat d’imprimé Marimekko devient ethnique associé à un indigo optique à motif de feuille de bananier, un échantillon de tissus folklorique suédois reflète un morceau de tissage kente,(...)
North meets south
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Une cuillère en bois clair finlandais fait l’écho d’une cuillère en bois sombre nigérien, une chaise danoise de forme organique ressemble à un meuble d’artisanat de la Côte d’Ivoire, un aplat d’imprimé Marimekko devient ethnique associé à un indigo optique à motif de feuille de bananier, un échantillon de tissus folklorique suédois reflète un morceau de tissage kente, tandis qu’une couverture graphique lapon repose confortablement près d’une couverture marocaine… Avec le dialogue est-ouest stagnant dans une mentalité isolationniste et une politique patriotique, le monde progresse vers une nouvelle vague… Ce livre n’est pas juste une mise en scène surprenante, taquinant nos yeux et chatouillant nos sens, mais un challenge d’ampleur géo-politique; un dialogue entre les continents, un échange de tradition et de commerce, un manifeste pour la rencontre des esprits. Ce jeune siècle verra le Nord et le Sud s’embrasser, déclenchant une inspiration pour des décennies à venir, vers un modernisme à la fois archaïque et contemporain.
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June 2006, Paris
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For forty years now, the architectural partnership of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners has been actve internationally. Volkwin Marg is on of the founders. He is neither a constructivist nor a deconstructivist, but inderstands architecture as a master builder's art. He bridges the cultural gap between rational technology and sensuous art by architectural-artistic synthesis of(...)
Konstruktion und deutung / structure and intention
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For forty years now, the architectural partnership of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners has been actve internationally. Volkwin Marg is on of the founders. He is neither a constructivist nor a deconstructivist, but inderstands architecture as a master builder's art. He bridges the cultural gap between rational technology and sensuous art by architectural-artistic synthesis of structural form-finding and interpretative form-giving. For him, the understanding of rational structure, and the understandability of architectural formal languages are the two sides of one and the same coin called architecture. The building and projects presented in this catalogue - stadiums, sports arenas, trade-fair complexes, bridges and towers - demonstrate the architect's joy in crative designing in co-operation with structural engineers.
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"Armed surfaces" presents DRD Lab's investigations into contemporary reality and a new typology for living. An analysis of transitional moments in daily life instigates a re-examination of Modern Functionalism as an ideology of standardisation and normalcy. The DRD Lab uses theory, spatial and cultural analysis, dynamic measurement, temporal positioning and their(...)
Dagmar Richter / DR_D : armed surfaces (serial books architecture & urbanism 5)
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"Armed surfaces" presents DRD Lab's investigations into contemporary reality and a new typology for living. An analysis of transitional moments in daily life instigates a re-examination of Modern Functionalism as an ideology of standardisation and normalcy. The DRD Lab uses theory, spatial and cultural analysis, dynamic measurement, temporal positioning and their collected data to develop a non-standard diagram which exposes the new role of architectural surfaces as 'performing surfaces'. This concept is explored through a series of research-oriented projects which include 'custom mass produced' contemporary housing, a performance induced landscape and an urban frontage. In the diverse projects which she undertakes, Richter seeks to radically reinvent urban design through a game of 'retracing' and 'restitution', founded in the notion that information is what qualifies space. The book explores new solutions to architecture and planning exposing an alternative view of architecture.
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This catalogue varies from the exhibition content and mirrors Ai Weiwei's position towards urban growth in China. His architectural interventions are visualized by interviews, great illustrations and documentary photographs made by Eduard Kögel.
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October 2007, Berlin
Ai Weiwei Beijing Fake Design in the Village
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This catalogue varies from the exhibition content and mirrors Ai Weiwei's position towards urban growth in China. His architectural interventions are visualized by interviews, great illustrations and documentary photographs made by Eduard Kögel.
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October 2007, Berlin
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House Visitors' Center Competition includes design proposals by ARO, Brian Healy, Schwartz/Silver, Office dA, and Toshiko Mori with essays by Paul Goldberger and Kent Kleinman.
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January 1900, Buffalo
On Wright Darwin D. Martin House visitor's center competition
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House Visitors' Center Competition includes design proposals by ARO, Brian Healy, Schwartz/Silver, Office dA, and Toshiko Mori with essays by Paul Goldberger and Kent Kleinman.
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Transfert du suège de la Croix-Rouge Française sur le site de l'ancien hôpital Broussais. Transfer of la Croix-Rouge Française headquarters onto the site of the former Broussais hospital.
Reichen & Roberts architectes : reflets & transparences - Croix-Rouge française
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Transfert du suège de la Croix-Rouge Française sur le site de l'ancien hôpital Broussais. Transfer of la Croix-Rouge Française headquarters onto the site of the former Broussais hospital.
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Since its formation in 1995 by Patrick Beaucé and Bernard Cache, Ojectile is working on technologies for a 'Non-Standard Architecture'. That means, that the architectural project consists of a 'model' with its primary elements varying on the basis of invariant relations between them. With Fast-wood: a Brouillon Project Objectile presents for the first time a(...)
Objectile 6 (consequence series on fresh architecture) Fast-Wood: a brouillon project
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Since its formation in 1995 by Patrick Beaucé and Bernard Cache, Ojectile is working on technologies for a 'Non-Standard Architecture'. That means, that the architectural project consists of a 'model' with its primary elements varying on the basis of invariant relations between them. With Fast-wood: a Brouillon Project Objectile presents for the first time a comprehensive survey of their current work within the scope of the Consequence Book Series on Fresh Architecture.
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