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This intimate portrait of eight houses by the Maine architect Carol A. Wilson illustrates how "local" is an idea as close to architecture as it is to food. Focusing on climate, seasons, views, local materials, the ecological history of building sites, and collaborations with local artisans, Wilson crafts exquisitely designed and built houses that celebrate the beauty of(...)
Northern exposure: works of Carol A. Wilson Architect
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This intimate portrait of eight houses by the Maine architect Carol A. Wilson illustrates how "local" is an idea as close to architecture as it is to food. Focusing on climate, seasons, views, local materials, the ecological history of building sites, and collaborations with local artisans, Wilson crafts exquisitely designed and built houses that celebrate the beauty of New England and the power of architecture to combine modern forms with a traditional built landscape. Following introductory texts by Enrico Pinna and Juhani Pallasmaa, and a conversation between Wilson and John Leroux, each project opens with a foldout of plans---transitioning from hand-drawn to computer-aided---and information about the house, before culminating in a selection of exterior, interior, and detail photographs. The book closes with an interview in twenty questions that elaborates on Wilson's working principles and the history of her studio for the past thirty years.
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SOM journal 5
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Since 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has set the standard for corporate design, producing some of the most iconic buildings of the last century and shaping cities throughout the world. SOM, a small-format volume, amply illustrated and (of course) beautifully designed, places the firm's production in the context of critical discussion among some of the profession's(...)
SOM journal 5
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Since 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has set the standard for corporate design, producing some of the most iconic buildings of the last century and shaping cities throughout the world. SOM, a small-format volume, amply illustrated and (of course) beautifully designed, places the firm's production in the context of critical discussion among some of the profession's leading thinkers: artists, engineers, architectural critics and architects themselves.
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Understanding architecture
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Understanding Architecture addresses the basic principles of architecture. The volume is organized in 12 series of chapters based on a key architectural themes - including space, time, matter, gravity, light, silence, dwelling, ritual, memory, landscape, and place. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay, and includes a wide variety of historical examples from(...)
octobre 2012
Understanding architecture
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Understanding Architecture addresses the basic principles of architecture. The volume is organized in 12 series of chapters based on a key architectural themes - including space, time, matter, gravity, light, silence, dwelling, ritual, memory, landscape, and place. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay, and includes a wide variety of historical examples from around the world, followed by in-depth analysis of 6 key buildings that further exemplify the theme of that chapter.
Som journal 7
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Som journal 7 includes the essays “Notes on the Techno-Aesthetic Evolution of High-Rise Form, 1896–1997” by Kenneth Frampton, “The Myth of Natural Growth II” by Thomas van Leeuwan, “Building Tall” by William Baker, “Emergence and the Power of One” by Mark Sarkisian, and “How the Leopard Got Its Spots: Lever House as a Skyscraper” by Nicholas Adams.
Som journal 7
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Som journal 7 includes the essays “Notes on the Techno-Aesthetic Evolution of High-Rise Form, 1896–1997” by Kenneth Frampton, “The Myth of Natural Growth II” by Thomas van Leeuwan, “Building Tall” by William Baker, “Emergence and the Power of One” by Mark Sarkisian, and “How the Leopard Got Its Spots: Lever House as a Skyscraper” by Nicholas Adams.
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Le regard des sens
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Qu'est ce qui fait qu'un dessin, séduisant sur la table à dessin ou l'écran d'ordinateur, est décevant une fois construit? La réponse est à chercher dans la domination - le règne - de la vue dans notre civilisation technicienne et consumériste. La négligence des autres sens a perverti la pratique de l'architecture. L'auteur relate d'abord l'histoire de la progression de(...)
Le regard des sens
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Qu'est ce qui fait qu'un dessin, séduisant sur la table à dessin ou l'écran d'ordinateur, est décevant une fois construit? La réponse est à chercher dans la domination - le règne - de la vue dans notre civilisation technicienne et consumériste. La négligence des autres sens a perverti la pratique de l'architecture. L'auteur relate d'abord l'histoire de la progression de la domination de l'oeil dans la culture occidentale depuis les Grecs, avant d'analyser le rôle des autres sens dans l'expérience architecturale
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Erieta Attali : In extremis
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Israeli photographer Erieta Attali (born 1966) is a cartographer of contemporary global architecture, focusing upon the relationship between building types and the landscapes they inhabit. Attentive to subtle changes in light and weather conditions, Attali illuminates unlikely affinities between projects in seemingly disparate locales from the Chilean desert to the Norwegian arctic.
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Erieta Attali : In extremis
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Israeli photographer Erieta Attali (born 1966) is a cartographer of contemporary global architecture, focusing upon the relationship between building types and the landscapes they inhabit. Attentive to subtle changes in light and weather conditions, Attali illuminates unlikely affinities between projects in seemingly disparate locales from the Chilean desert to the Norwegian arctic.
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The Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (HEART) in Herning, Denmark, inhabits a new building designed by American architect Steven Holl, who was drawn to the project by the institution's collection of works by the Italian Conceptual artist Piero Manzoni. Holl's complex museum is surrounded by a landscape of hills and ponds that meshes with his structures; the single-story(...)
Steven Holl: Heart, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art
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The Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (HEART) in Herning, Denmark, inhabits a new building designed by American architect Steven Holl, who was drawn to the project by the institution's collection of works by the Italian Conceptual artist Piero Manzoni. Holl's complex museum is surrounded by a landscape of hills and ponds that meshes with his structures; the single-story building itself, with its natural light and innovative roof construction, refers to the formal vocabulary of the 1960s factory opposite. In reference to its origins, an overhead view of the museum recalls outstretched shirtsleeves while the façade resembles wrinkled fabric.
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SOM journal 6
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SOM Journal 6 features Thomas Herzog on solar energy; a reprint of Manuel de Solà Morales's pivotal text on urban planning; Robert Polidori's photo essay documenting the slums surrounding the Mumbai airport; the Director of the Glasgow School of Art discussing the seminal building of Charles Rennie Mackintosh; and much else.
SOM journal 6
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SOM Journal 6 features Thomas Herzog on solar energy; a reprint of Manuel de Solà Morales's pivotal text on urban planning; Robert Polidori's photo essay documenting the slums surrounding the Mumbai airport; the Director of the Glasgow School of Art discussing the seminal building of Charles Rennie Mackintosh; and much else.
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Architecture is usually analysed and taught as a discipline that articulates space and geometry, but the mental impact of architecture arises significantly from its image quality that integrates the various aspects and dimensions of experience into a singular, internalised and remembered entity. The material reality is fused with our mental and imaginative realm. The(...)
The embodied image : imagination and imagery in architecture
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Architecture is usually analysed and taught as a discipline that articulates space and geometry, but the mental impact of architecture arises significantly from its image quality that integrates the various aspects and dimensions of experience into a singular, internalised and remembered entity. The material reality is fused with our mental and imaginative realm. The book is organised into five main parts that look at in turn: the image in contemporary culture; language, thought and the image; the many faces of the image; the poetic image; and finally the architectural image. The Embodied Image is illustrated with over sixty images in pairs, which are diverse in subject. Artworks span Michelangelo and Vermeer to Gordon Matta-Clark and architecture takes in Modern Masters such as Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto, as well as significant contemporary works by Steven Holl and Daniel Libeskind.
Théorie de l’architecture
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The Eyes of the Skin has become a classic of architectural theory and consists of two extended essays. The first surveys the historical development of the ocular-centric paradigm in western culture since the Greeks, and its impact on the experience of the world and the nature of architecture. The second examines the role of the other senses in authentic architectural(...)
Pallasmaa : the eyes of the skin, architecture and the senses (3rd edition)
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The Eyes of the Skin has become a classic of architectural theory and consists of two extended essays. The first surveys the historical development of the ocular-centric paradigm in western culture since the Greeks, and its impact on the experience of the world and the nature of architecture. The second examines the role of the other senses in authentic architectural experiences, and points the way towards a multi-sensory architecture which facilitates a sense of belonging and integration.
Théorie de l’architecture