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"Sections through a Practice: Cesar Pelli & Associates" offers a unique analysis of the diverse and significant work of Cesar Pelli & Associates. Based on a concept by Bruce Mau Design, the book draws upon the firm's entire body of work to reveal themes that cross in multiple and distinct directions. It focuses on a series of these themes, making the firm's practice(...)
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décembre 2003, Ostfildern
Sections through a practice : Cesar Pelli & Associates
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"Sections through a Practice: Cesar Pelli & Associates" offers a unique analysis of the diverse and significant work of Cesar Pelli & Associates. Based on a concept by Bruce Mau Design, the book draws upon the firm's entire body of work to reveal themes that cross in multiple and distinct directions. It focuses on a series of these themes, making the firm's practice tangible, offering a richer, truer rendering and understanding of its work. This book presents not only the work of the firm but also its innovative and collaborative approach to the design process. With essays by Joseph Giovannini on the recent work of the firm and by Hiroyuki Suzuki on its work in Japan, "Sections through a Practice" provides insight into both the latest projects of the firm as well as its broad global practice. Photographs of nearly two hundred projects, both built and designed, have been filtered by these themes to present a visual coherence and rationale for each. Bruce Mau Design's graphic approach to "Sections through a Practice" creates an individual visual approach for each theme.
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There are only a few figures in modern Czech art as legendary as the architect Jan Kotéra. In his lifetime, Kotéra was a symbol of the spirit of modernity, a pivotal role-player in early 20th-century Czech fine art culture. A student of Otto Wagner, friend of Josef Hoffman and early member of the Viennese Secession, Kotéra brought international standards to(...)
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août 2003, Prague
Jan Kotéra, 1871 - 1923 : the founder of modern Czech architecture
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There are only a few figures in modern Czech art as legendary as the architect Jan Kotéra. In his lifetime, Kotéra was a symbol of the spirit of modernity, a pivotal role-player in early 20th-century Czech fine art culture. A student of Otto Wagner, friend of Josef Hoffman and early member of the Viennese Secession, Kotéra brought international standards to Czechoslovakia, introducing his country's architects to the work of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright while retaining an interest in folk structures. Some of his most notable structures and designs include the City Museum in Hradec Králové, the Mácha villa in Bechyne, his own villa and studio in Vinohrady, and his housing colony for railway employees in Louny.
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Wright-sized houses
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Frank Lloyd Wright spent most of his career addressing the problems of houses intended for individuals or small families of modest means. Diane Maddex takes the reader inside a selection of his small houses from across the country, many of them newly photographed by Alan Weintraub, turning the spotlight on Wright's ingenious solutions to make these homes look and feel(...)
Wright-sized houses
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Frank Lloyd Wright spent most of his career addressing the problems of houses intended for individuals or small families of modest means. Diane Maddex takes the reader inside a selection of his small houses from across the country, many of them newly photographed by Alan Weintraub, turning the spotlight on Wright's ingenious solutions to make these homes look and feel large. Today, with the country seduced by the charms of the simple, easily maintained house or cozy cottage, Wright¹s inventions are more relevant than ever. From the Stockman House (1908) of Mason City, Iowa, a recently restored Prairie house based on Wright "Fireproof House for $5,000," to the Peterson Cottage (1958) of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, a lakeside retreat of just 880 square feet, these homes are filled with practical ideas and inspiration on how to build small.
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The disappearance of urban squares and public spaces in many European cities has led to a critical awareness of the social significance of this traditional zone of community exchange. Boris Podrecca has played a great part in the recent cultivation of urban zones. His designs for squares in Verona, Salzburg, and Piran subtly reflect contemporary modes of living in public(...)
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novembre 2003, Vienna / New York
Boris Podrecca : public spaces
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The disappearance of urban squares and public spaces in many European cities has led to a critical awareness of the social significance of this traditional zone of community exchange. Boris Podrecca has played a great part in the recent cultivation of urban zones. His designs for squares in Verona, Salzburg, and Piran subtly reflect contemporary modes of living in public spaces. This book offers comprehensive coverage of 40 projects and work executed in Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia.
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novembre 2003, Vienna / New York
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The Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest and most important masterpieces. Built in the prairie style, this large residential complex was designed, landscaped, and extensively furnished by the architect. The history of its creation, recorded in over 400 letters exchanged between Wright and Martin, forms a fascinating(...)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House : architecture as portraiture
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The Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest and most important masterpieces. Built in the prairie style, this large residential complex was designed, landscaped, and extensively furnished by the architect. The history of its creation, recorded in over 400 letters exchanged between Wright and Martin, forms a fascinating biography not only of the house but of its architect and client. In this detailed account of the Martin House commission, Jack Quinan mines the Wright-Martin correspondence, along with the physical artifacts and architectural remains of the house, which is currently under restoration, to investigate Wright's often-made claim that his buildings "portray" their clients. The author presents an account of one of Wright's greatest works of "architecture as portraiture" that lends new insight into the ambitions and working methods of this much-studied architect.
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The storm and the fall
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the(...)
The storm and the fall
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the Fall, Woods brings his visions to a new depth, moving them from feverishly rendered drawings to three-dimensional space. The book focuses on two recent Woods installations - one at the Houghton Gallery at New York’s Cooper Union, the other at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris.
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"UN Studio/Erasmus Bridge" explores the eponymous Rotterdam bridge that brought UN Studio, the Dutch firm of Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, into the architectural spotlight. This volume features extensive photographic documentation by Hans Jurgen Commerell.
mai 2004, New York
UN Studio : Erasmus bridge / source books in architecture 4
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"UN Studio/Erasmus Bridge" explores the eponymous Rotterdam bridge that brought UN Studio, the Dutch firm of Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, into the architectural spotlight. This volume features extensive photographic documentation by Hans Jurgen Commerell.
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"Bernard Tschumi/Zénith de Rouen" provides a detailed presentation of Bernard Tschumi's recently completed concert hall and exhibition complex in Rouen, France. This is the third in the new "Source Books in Architecture" series from Ohio State University.
Architecture, monographies
septembre 2003, New York
Bernard Tschumi : Zenith de Rouen / source books in architecture 3
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"Bernard Tschumi/Zénith de Rouen" provides a detailed presentation of Bernard Tschumi's recently completed concert hall and exhibition complex in Rouen, France. This is the third in the new "Source Books in Architecture" series from Ohio State University.
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This richly illustrated book examines the houses designed by Alvaro Siza, one of the masters of contemporary architecture. The 28 villas represent an important aspect of Siza's career, where his distinctive ideas on home design translate into a wider conversation on living today and modern architecture. Each construction is narrated by Alvaro Siza through his short(...)
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février 2004, Milano
Alvaro Siza : private houses 1954-2004
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This richly illustrated book examines the houses designed by Alvaro Siza, one of the masters of contemporary architecture. The 28 villas represent an important aspect of Siza's career, where his distinctive ideas on home design translate into a wider conversation on living today and modern architecture. Each construction is narrated by Alvaro Siza through his short poetic writings, a technical description, and a series of sketches. Also included are accounts written by Siza's clients, which bear witness to the complex dialogue behind the design of each house.
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février 2004, Milano
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Founded in Florence in 1966, Superstudio challenged the modernist orthodoxy that architecture and technological advances could improve the world by creating alternative visions of the future in photo-montages, sketches, collages and films. The five members of Superstudio: Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, Gian Piero Frassinelli, Alessandro Magris, Roberto Magris and Adolfo(...)
Superstudio: life without objects
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Founded in Florence in 1966, Superstudio challenged the modernist orthodoxy that architecture and technological advances could improve the world by creating alternative visions of the future in photo-montages, sketches, collages and films. The five members of Superstudio: Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, Gian Piero Frassinelli, Alessandro Magris, Roberto Magris and Adolfo Natalini-were equally pessimistic about politics and its ability to solve mounting social, cultural and environmental problems. This Fall 2003 New York exhibition catalogue, drawn from Superstudio's archive and curated in collaboration with members of the group, will revisit its work and trace its influence on subsequent generations of architects. "Superstudio: Life without Objects" collects nearly 200 of the group's most important images, collages, storyboards and critical writings. White monuments crossing over entire landscapes and cities, vast grid groundplanes spreading over infinite beaches populated by wandering hippies: these are some of the more evocative images that consolidated their fame as vanguard architects. In 1972, MoMA invited them to participate in one of the largest exhibitions in its history, built around Italian design and architecture. With essays from Peter Lang and William Menking, the book is designed to provide the reader with the most detailed account of this avant-garde design group and their lively assault on modernism.
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