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Stone maps the force, vivacity, and stories within our most mundane matter, stone. For too long stone has served as an unexamined metaphor for the really real: blunt factuality, nature s curt rebuke. Yet, medieval writers knew that stones drop with fire from the sky, emerge through the subterranean lovemaking of the elements, tumble along riverbeds from Eden, partner with(...)
Stone: an ecology of the inhuman
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Stone maps the force, vivacity, and stories within our most mundane matter, stone. For too long stone has served as an unexamined metaphor for the really real: blunt factuality, nature s curt rebuke. Yet, medieval writers knew that stones drop with fire from the sky, emerge through the subterranean lovemaking of the elements, tumble along riverbeds from Eden, partner with the masons who build worlds with them. Such motion suggests an ecological enmeshment and an almost creaturely mineral life.Although geological time can leave us reeling, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen argues that stone s endurance is also an invitation to apprehend the world in other than human terms.
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C3 336: new hospital (ity)
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Hospitals are this issue’s focus, with notable new projects such as the Zurich Children’s Hospital by Herzog & de Meuron, the Institute of Advanced Medical Techniques in Seville by MGM Arquitectos, and two projects by C.F. Møller Architects, the Haraldsplass Hospital and Akershus University Hospital. The related field of public safety forms a second theme, with profiles(...)
C3 336: new hospital (ity)
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Hospitals are this issue’s focus, with notable new projects such as the Zurich Children’s Hospital by Herzog & de Meuron, the Institute of Advanced Medical Techniques in Seville by MGM Arquitectos, and two projects by C.F. Møller Architects, the Haraldsplass Hospital and Akershus University Hospital. The related field of public safety forms a second theme, with profiles of the Saint-Denis Police Station by X-TU Architects, the Emergency Building in Reus by ACXT Architects, the Margreid Fire Birgade (In the Rock) by Bergmeister Wolf Architekten, and others. Also included is a special section on Steven Holl and an essay by Alison Killing on the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
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Hunch no 4 2001/2002
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Jump from Ground Zero to Koolhaas’s “Jewel Box in Vegas” with Jeff Derksen. Unravel the “Genetic Codes of The Wild City” with the STEALTH Group in Belgrade and John Thackara of Doors of Perception. Let Oscar Niemeyer tell you why “We’re all Screwed”. Discover the “Razzmatazz Formula of Times Square” with Javier Rojas and Nanne de Ru. Witness the first (and the last?)(...)
Hunch no 4 2001/2002
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Jump from Ground Zero to Koolhaas’s “Jewel Box in Vegas” with Jeff Derksen. Unravel the “Genetic Codes of The Wild City” with the STEALTH Group in Belgrade and John Thackara of Doors of Perception. Let Oscar Niemeyer tell you why “We’re all Screwed”. Discover the “Razzmatazz Formula of Times Square” with Javier Rojas and Nanne de Ru. Witness the first (and the last?) “Columns of Fire” with Thomas A. P. van Leeuwen. Dig up Gert-Jan Willemse’s “Design for a World Without People” with Pier Vittorio Aureli and Saskia Kloosterboer, and then decide whether the architectural debate in Holland is about “Nothingness or Nothing at All”.
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Like every year, the yearbook offers a selection of the best buildings completed in Spain, taking stock of the high-quality of Spanish projects in spite of the political and economic uncertainty that has marked the period. The list this year includes public works, like the auditoriums by Paredes Pedrosa in Lugo and by Álvaro Siza in Llinars del Vallès; refurbishment(...)
AV Monographs 193-194: Spain yearbook
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Like every year, the yearbook offers a selection of the best buildings completed in Spain, taking stock of the high-quality of Spanish projects in spite of the political and economic uncertainty that has marked the period. The list this year includes public works, like the auditoriums by Paredes Pedrosa in Lugo and by Álvaro Siza in Llinars del Vallès; refurbishment projects, like Casal Balaguer in Palma, by Flores & Prats, or of the old Fire Station of Barcelona, by Roldán & Berengué; environmental interventions, like the Norvento Headquarters in Lugo, by Francisco Mangado. Furthermore, the volume features the twelve most noteworthy buildings completed around the world in the year.
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The hanging of Angélique
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Writer, historian and poet Afua Cooper tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734 and condemned to die a brutal death. In a powerful retelling of Angélique's story—now supported by archival illustrations—Cooper builds on 15 years of research to shed new light on a(...)
The hanging of Angélique
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Writer, historian and poet Afua Cooper tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734 and condemned to die a brutal death. In a powerful retelling of Angélique's story—now supported by archival illustrations—Cooper builds on 15 years of research to shed new light on a rebellious Portuguese-born black woman who refused to accept her indentured servitude. At the same time, Cooper completely demolishes the myth of a benign, slave-free Canada, revealing a damning 200- year-old record of legally and culturally endorsed slavery.
Architecture de Montréal
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Ephemeral phenomena like fire, precipitation, shade, and wind have emerged as important contemporary protagonists for environmental design due to their dynamic impact on buildings and cities. The importance of including these forces in architecture has gained rapid momentum in the global quest for sustainability. This book investigates the history, theory and applications(...)
Green Architecture
November 2021
Drawing climate: visualising invisible elements of architecture
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Ephemeral phenomena like fire, precipitation, shade, and wind have emerged as important contemporary protagonists for environmental design due to their dynamic impact on buildings and cities. The importance of including these forces in architecture has gained rapid momentum in the global quest for sustainability. This book investigates the history, theory and applications of climatic design in the built environment examining architecture and landscapes from various time periods. "Dry", "Wet", "Cool" and "Hot" divide the book into categories through which a wide array of representational topics are covered —from dust storms and clouds, to ice and bushfires. A concluding section presents project examples for exploratory application in the design of architecture.
Green Architecture
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75 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 19 cm
Berlin : Aedes, [2021]
Working Title : BRICK : kister scheithauer gross / Herausgeber: Kristin Feireiss & Hans-Jürgen Commerell ; Übersetzung, Amy Klement.
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Berlin : Aedes, [2021]
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From the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert to the ghost town of Bodie, the painted churches of Sucevita in Romania, and a fire festival in a Japanese village, Michael Webb has ventured far afield in search of the rare and beautiful. He recalls memorable experiences of people and places over eight decades of travel around the world, and some of the buildings and(...)
Moving around: a lifetime of wandering
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From the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert to the ghost town of Bodie, the painted churches of Sucevita in Romania, and a fire festival in a Japanese village, Michael Webb has ventured far afield in search of the rare and beautiful. He recalls memorable experiences of people and places over eight decades of travel around the world, and some of the buildings and landscapes that have left a lasting impression. It's getting harder to find places that have not been commercialized and overwhelmed by mass tourism, but they can still be found, even in the most popular destinations. Webb's recommendations should inspire you to get off the beaten track and make your own discoveries.
Journeys
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This volume opens a door into the fascinating world of architecture. Buildings of every shape and size, and from all corners of the world populate this book that introduces children to history’s most iconic architectural feats and the people behind them. Young readers will learn how Christopher Wren reconstructed an 11th-century cathedral after London’s great fire of(...)
13 architects children should know
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This volume opens a door into the fascinating world of architecture. Buildings of every shape and size, and from all corners of the world populate this book that introduces children to history’s most iconic architectural feats and the people behind them. Young readers will learn how Christopher Wren reconstructed an 11th-century cathedral after London’s great fire of 1666 to become the St Paul’s Cathedral that we know today, and how its dome survived the Blitz. They will find out how Thomas Jefferson, in building his plantation, Monticello, created a new architecture for a new nation. They will be introduced to the genius of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Zaha Hadid.
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"Tall wood buildings" have been at the foreground of innovative building practice in urban contexts for a number of years. From London to Stockholm, from Vancouver to Melbourne timber buildings of up to 20 storeys have been built, are under construction or being considered. This dynamic trend was enabled by developments in the material itself, prefabrication and more(...)
Tall wood buildings: design, construction and performance
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"Tall wood buildings" have been at the foreground of innovative building practice in urban contexts for a number of years. From London to Stockholm, from Vancouver to Melbourne timber buildings of up to 20 storeys have been built, are under construction or being considered. This dynamic trend was enabled by developments in the material itself, prefabrication and more flexibility in fire regulations. The low CO2 footprint of wood - often regionally sourced - is another strong argument in its favour. This publication explains the typical construction types such as panel systems, frame and hybrid systems. An international selection of 13 case studies is documented in detail with many specially prepared construction drawings, demonstrating the range of the technology.
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