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The rapid development of "information technology" has also effected the layout and planning of our towns. Increasingly, physical structures are being covered with a veneer of visual-virtual light architecture which makes use of the new media to alter existing buildings and quarters, enriching and enhancing them. The townscape of tomorrow will become a huge, multilayered(...)
Light architecture : the new edge city
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The rapid development of "information technology" has also effected the layout and planning of our towns. Increasingly, physical structures are being covered with a veneer of visual-virtual light architecture which makes use of the new media to alter existing buildings and quarters, enriching and enhancing them. The townscape of tomorrow will become a huge, multilayered screen, which will draw the passers-by into an interactive electronic world.
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History of form*z
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Developed in 1989, the software Form*Z has become an important digital tool for architects when exploring three dimensional objects, in particular when designing spaces which have complex shapes and multiple curved surfaces, which do not adher to Cartesian geometry and cannot be depicted by traditional CAD programs. This book outlines the development, qualities and the(...)
History of form*z
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Developed in 1989, the software Form*Z has become an important digital tool for architects when exploring three dimensional objects, in particular when designing spaces which have complex shapes and multiple curved surfaces, which do not adher to Cartesian geometry and cannot be depicted by traditional CAD programs. This book outlines the development, qualities and the future potential of this ingenious program, and the genuine contribution it has made to architectural design is illustrated by projects from Roto Architects, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Siegel Diamond Architecture, Stanley Saitowitz Office, Form 4 amongst others.
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To create these daring designs, Gehry makes extensive use of the latest electronic tools, physical models are transformed into digital models using software and hardware which has been adapted from the space industry and medical research. This book provides a colourful insight into Gehry’s design methods and the creative process behind his fantastic buildings.
Digital Gehry : material resistance, digital construction
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To create these daring designs, Gehry makes extensive use of the latest electronic tools, physical models are transformed into digital models using software and hardware which has been adapted from the space industry and medical research. This book provides a colourful insight into Gehry’s design methods and the creative process behind his fantastic buildings.
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The subject of the book is an architectural encounter with the psyche, the starting point being an intervention in a solitary confinement cell of a psychiatric clinic in 1997. Crumbling edges, shifting perceptions, a world of confinement and liberated space, ... a network of thoughts and illusions, ... "sequences" describes the development of architectonic structures in(...)
Sequences : saw only the moon
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The subject of the book is an architectural encounter with the psyche, the starting point being an intervention in a solitary confinement cell of a psychiatric clinic in 1997. Crumbling edges, shifting perceptions, a world of confinement and liberated space, ... a network of thoughts and illusions, ... "sequences" describes the development of architectonic structures in an in-between world of unstable equilibrium. Architecture, art, psychiatry, psychology and philosophy are all linked by perception. By means of pictures, drawings and (thought) models, the different layers are exposed. The book has no beginning and no end, it offers an insight into various sequences involved in the design process
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November 2001, Vienne
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Michael Sorkin was commissioned by the University of Chicago in 1988 to produce an "alternative" master plan for its architectural revitalization. His studio had barely begun before they were dropped from the process. In the capacity of concerned alumnus, however, Sorkin and his group soldiered on and proposed schemes, shown here in models and colorful drawings.
Pamphlet architecture #22 : other plans
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Michael Sorkin was commissioned by the University of Chicago in 1988 to produce an "alternative" master plan for its architectural revitalization. His studio had barely begun before they were dropped from the process. In the capacity of concerned alumnus, however, Sorkin and his group soldiered on and proposed schemes, shown here in models and colorful drawings.
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November 2001, New York
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Along with his current research project titled "Drawing indeterminate architecture, indeterminate drawings of architecture" Nat Chard presents for the first time a comprehensive monographic documentation of his work within the scope of the Consequence Book Series on Fresh Architecture. The books contains texts from Peter Cook and Marc Armengaud and numerous colored(...)
Nat Chard : drawing indeterminate architecture, indeterminate drawings of architecture
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Along with his current research project titled "Drawing indeterminate architecture, indeterminate drawings of architecture" Nat Chard presents for the first time a comprehensive monographic documentation of his work within the scope of the Consequence Book Series on Fresh Architecture. The books contains texts from Peter Cook and Marc Armengaud and numerous colored illustrations.
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British council Nairobi
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A new council office, designed by Squire and Partners, opened in Nairobi in November 2004. The design utilises the local climate and orientation to passively control the building’s environment and has evolved from Squire and Partners’ ethos of contextual modernism. The practice works hard with site locations, aspect and orientation to develop proposals that are both(...)
British council Nairobi
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A new council office, designed by Squire and Partners, opened in Nairobi in November 2004. The design utilises the local climate and orientation to passively control the building’s environment and has evolved from Squire and Partners’ ethos of contextual modernism. The practice works hard with site locations, aspect and orientation to develop proposals that are both appropriate and culturally of their 'place’. The design responds specifically to both the culture of the British council in East Africa and the site context of central Nairobi to create a dramatic, beautiful space. The British Council’s Visual Arts Department commissioned a site specific work for the new building from artist David Tremlett who was invited to contribute wall drawings to the front and back elevations and to the main corridors leading to the teaching areas within the building. The drawings of rubbed pigment and varnish highlight accentuate the flat planes of the building and the colours harmonise with the vibrant richness of the Kenyan soil, vegetation and sky.
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Cette publication a été réalisée dans le cadre de "Michael Snow : Windows", une exposition de la commissaire Martha Langford organisée en collaboration avec Le mois de la photo à Montréal et présentée à la Galerie de l'UQAM.
Michael Snow : souffle solaire/solar breath
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Cette publication a été réalisée dans le cadre de "Michael Snow : Windows", une exposition de la commissaire Martha Langford organisée en collaboration avec Le mois de la photo à Montréal et présentée à la Galerie de l'UQAM.
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The exhibition 'Austrian architektur' provides insights into the abundant and multifaceted scene composed of young Austrian architects. Characteristic of these architectural entreprises are their experimental approaches and their forging ahead into new fields of architectural creation.
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June 2005, Berlin
Austria architektur : Sieben Debuts aus Osterreich
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The exhibition 'Austrian architektur' provides insights into the abundant and multifaceted scene composed of young Austrian architects. Characteristic of these architectural entreprises are their experimental approaches and their forging ahead into new fields of architectural creation.
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With a title that refers to the development of ideas through one’s own initiative, "Marble Fairbanks : bootstrapping" is an examination of the techniques of pattern and performance in the speculative and built work of the New York architecture firm. This book approaches those organizational issues with pictorial and written documentation of three recent architectural(...)
Marble Fairbanks : bootstrapping (MAP 12)
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With a title that refers to the development of ideas through one’s own initiative, "Marble Fairbanks : bootstrapping" is an examination of the techniques of pattern and performance in the speculative and built work of the New York architecture firm. This book approaches those organizational issues with pictorial and written documentation of three recent architectural projects: Marble Fairbanks' proposal for the Fashion Institute of Technology Campus Extension in New York, Housing Ecologies, an urban housing scheme, and their award-winning entry for the Chicago Public Schools Competition. The complexity of these issues is also examined in a thought-provoking conversation with Marble Fairbanks and Reinhold Martin, editor of the journal Grey Room and author of The Organizational Complex. "Bootstrapping" concludes with architect Michael Bell’s essay on subjectivity, urbanism, and architecture in Marble Fairbanks' work, and is the latest addition to the Michigan Architecture Papers publication series of Charles and Ray Eames lectures given by contemporary architects.
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October 2005, Ann Arbor
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