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Architectures + architectes contemporains

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Un ouvrage destiné à un large public, très documenté, réaliste et concret, ouvert aux dernières recherches technologiques et environnementales, un panorama international offrant un regard nouveau et chaleureux sur la fabuleuse effervescence architecturale de notre temps. Une analyse sans complaisance de la situation de l'architecture d'aujourd'hui, de sa pratique professionnelle et du rôle de ses multiples commanditaires publics et privés, qui permet de mieux regarder, comprendre et aimer l'architecture contemporaine. Un panorama d'une centaine de réalisations caractéristiques de ce début de XXIe siècle contournant les phénomènes de starisation, de style ou de mode. Classement par types de construction : éducation, habitat, équipement, culture, loisirs, travail, religion. Diplômé de Sciences Po Paris, Jacques Bosser est auteur, journaliste et traducteur anglais-français de plus de 100 ouvrages. Il a collaboré à différents magazines comme Architectural Digest, Maison Française, Connaissance des Arts ou Geo et s'intéresse à l'histoire culturelle des formes et en particulier à l'architecture, au design et à l'histoire des jardins.

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Khéops : la fin du secret

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Depuis Champollion, des dizaines d'ouvrages se sont succédé à propos des grandes pyramides d'Egypte. Si certains auteurs avouaient ne pas comprendre comment les maîtres d'œuvre avaient procédé pour édifier l'une des sept merveilles du monde, d'autres n'hésitèrent pas à avancer des théories manquant souvent de réalisme, ou même farfelues. André Legleye s'est penché sur ce sujet et nous révèle comment, avec les moyens de l'époque, les Egyptiens ont mis en œuvre une méthode simple mais pleine d'astuce et de génie pour réaliser de telles prouesses architecturales. Ce livre attire l'attention sur une performance humaine impressionnante et dans laquelle réside certainement le miracle des pyramides.

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Architecture of shame

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In 'Architecture of Shame' the author 'reveals' little-known details about famous buildings around the world, such as how India's Taj Mahal was intended to have two domes and that the Eiffel Tower, in France, once wore fig leaves. Some of the information is startling and unheard of, not least because they were drawn from the author's vivid imagination. Each of the 28 chapters features a building of significant historical interest and tells an alternative background story behind its development and construction in a mischevious blend of leg-pull and tall tales. Also included are the author's original illustrations of what might have been.

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100 ideas that changed architecture

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Starting with the basic building 'components' of door, window, column and beam and the Classical orders, this inspiring book goes on to explore historical architectural movements such as the Picturesque and Beaux-Arts, innovative materials such as steel and reinforced concrete, technical innovations, such as the lift and electric lighting, through to modern movements such as Universal Design and Deconstruction. Arranged in a broadly chronological order, these architectural ideas are presented through informative text and arresting visuals, exploring when each idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.

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What adults don't know about architecture

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Children are rarely introduced properly to architecture, but there are in fact few subjects more important—because the quality of the architecture that surrounds us has such an impact on our mood and sense of well-being. The bitter truth is that in modern times we’ve built a world that’s far too often ugly or charmless—and we’ve done so because very few people ever feel they have the right to comment on what gets built around them. This is a chance for the next generation to develop the tools to talk about architecture with confidence, knowledge, and passion. It tells us about what a satisfying building is, what makes a street enticing (or not), why some cities are charming and others repel us—and how we might build going forward in a way that will reliably delight and uplift us. This engaging guide is designed to help children (and their favorite adults) to understand how buildings work and how we might create the better looking world we all crave and deserve.

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Two hundred and fifty things an architect should know

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By turns poetic and humorous, practical and wise, this book is a celebration of the craft of architecture. A posthumous book by critic, architect, urban theorist, and educator, Michael Sorkin (1948-2020), this publication is filled with details that architects love to obsess over, from the expected (golden ratio and the seismic code) to the unexpected (the heights of folly and the prismatic charms of Greek islands.)

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Chronologie de l'architecture : des cercles de pierre aux gratte-ciel

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Organisé de façon chronologique, cet ouvrage présente les monuments du monde les plus remarquables, en les mettant en relation avec les événements historiques, les bouleversements sociaux, les développements économiques et les innovations technologiques qui les ont façonnés. Des pages d'approfondissement permettent de se familiariser avec les ?gures ou les changements qui ont marqué l'architecture. Grâce à cette frise chronologique complète, le lecteur pourra visualiser l'évolution des styles et identi?er les différents courants.

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100 Years of Architecture

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Through archival and full-colour photography, plans and architectural drawings, the book illustrates the changing nature of architecture and its expansion during this period from the early developments of concrete and steel, through the eruption of Modernism to the provocative arguments of Postmodernism in the 1980s, right up to today’s superstars and global brands.

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100 buildings every student should know

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For this volume, over forty internationally renowned architects and educators—from Peter Eisenman and the late Zaha Hadid to Rafael Moneo and Cesar Pelli—were asked to list the top 100 twentieth-century architectural projects they would teach to students. The contributors were encouraged to select built projects where formal, spatial, technological, and organizational concepts responded to dynamic historical, cultural, social, and political circumstances. The capacity of these buildings to resist, adapt, and invent new typologies solidifies their timeless relevance to future challenges.

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How to read modern buildings: a crash course in architecture of the modern era

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This volume takes the reader on a tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks of each architectural style and how to recognize them in the buildings. From Art Deco and Arts and Crafts through Bauhaus, the International Style, and Modernism to today’s environmental architecture and the rise and fall of the “starchitect”, all the major architectural movements from the 1900s to the present day are traced through their classic buildings. Examining the key architectural elements and hidden details of each style, we learn what to look for and where to look for it.