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Titre:
Les pharaons bâtisseurs

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Dès 2800 avant J.-C., et ce pendant trois millénaires, la vallée du Nil, du delta jusqu'à la Nubie, fut un immense chantier sous la conduite de pharaons rivalisant d'ambition les uns avec les autres. Pyramides, temples, tombeaux, chapelles, cités grandioses, palais, forteresses, toutes ces constructions participent d'un même esprit qui leur confère un caractère unique. Cet ouvrage propose une synthèse claire et accessible de l'architecture pharaonique. L'auteur s'appuye sur des données historiques et archéologiques afin de nous révéler la signification spirituelle de cette architecture aussi bien que les techniques de construction et les mystères qui demeurent. Il nous permet de comprendre pourquoi et surtout comment l'art égyptien, qui n'a cessé de fleurir et de renaître pendant trois mille ans, a produit certains des plus grands chefs-d'œuvre de l'humanité. Les sites de Guizeh, Saqqarah, Karnak, Louxor, la Vallée des Rois, Abou Simbel, Edfou, Dendéra, Philae se livrent à nous par l'image et le texte pour notre plus grand plaisir.

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Cairo : histories of a city

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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In this publication, Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of its architecture and urban form. In twelve vignettes, accompanied by drawings, photographs, and maps, AlSayyad details the shifts in Cairo’s built environment through stories of important figures who marked the cityscape with their personal ambitions and their political ideologies. The city is visually reconstructed and brought to life not only as a physical fabric but also as a social and political order—a city built within, upon, and over, resulting in a present-day richly layered urban environment. Each chapter attempts to capture a defining moment in the life trajectory of a city loved for all of its evocations and contradictions. Throughout, AlSayyad illuminates not only the spaces that make up Cairo but also the figures that shaped them, including its chroniclers, from Herodotus to Mahfouz, who recorded the deeds of great and ordinary Cairenes alike. He pays particular attention to how the imperatives of Egypt's various rulers and regimes—from the pharaohs to Sadat and beyond—have inscribed themselves in the city that residents navigate today.

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The future of architecture since 1889

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Jean-Louis Cohen, one of today's most distinguished architectural historians and critics, gives an authoritative and compelling account of the twentieth century, tracing an arc from industrialization through computerization, and linking architecture to developments in art, technology, urbanism and critical theory. Encompassing both well-known masters and previously neglected but significant architects, this book also reflects Cohen's deep knowledge of architecture across the globe, and in places such Eastern Europe and colonial Africa and South America that have rarely been included in histories of this period.

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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 around the world, followed by in-depth analysis of 6 key buildings that further exemplify the theme of that chapter.

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Key buildings from prehistory to the present: plans, sections, and elevations

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This book features around 150 of the most important buildings in the history of world architecture - from the pyramids and Parthenon to some of the most significant recent constructions.

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L'Architecture au futur depuis 1889

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Une histoire de l’architecture du XXe siècle en un volume. Écrite par un éminent spécialiste de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme, également auteur, critique, commissaire d’expositions et professeur reconnu. L’ouvrage présente constructions, projets, plans, croquis et publications de maîtres célèbres et de personnalités redécouvertes.

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How to read bridges

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This book is a visual guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles and engineering techniques of all types of bridges, from ancient Roman arch bridges and nineteenth-century truss bridges prevalent in the United States, to the latest high-design cantilever and suspension bridges of the moment. It explores the elegant and varied ways in which engineers and architects have designed ever longer yet less heavy bridges, devising new methods of construction along the way.

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Savants et aventuriers en Égypte: de l'Antiquité au XXe siècle

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Depuis l'Antiquité, ils sont nombreux, artistes, savants, aventuriers, archéologues, à avoir parcouru ce pays fascinant qu'est l'Egypte. En rapportant dans leurs bagages des objets, des images, des textes, ils ont contribué à la redécouverte de l'Egypte ancienne. De chapitre en chapitre, on progresse dans le livre du nord au sud, du Delta à la Nubie, en suivant le cours du Nil. En passant par Le Caire, Karnak, la Vallée des Rois ou Abou Simbel, l'auteur nous entraîne dans le sillage de ces hommes et de ces femmes qui ont exploré, dessiné, photographié l'Egypte et ses richesses.

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How to read New York: a crash course in Big Apple architecture

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Charting both the key technical developements and aesthetic movements that have influenced architecture in the Big Apple, this publication explores the evolution of New York's celebrated skyline, from the Chrysler Building to the Trump Tower and beyond. It also examines the main architectural styles of the city and explains both the form and function of New York's architectural icons using detailed illustrations and authoritative text.

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Icons of world architecture

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Drawing on photographs from his archive, which he accompanies with explanatory texts, Werner Blaser demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception. He describes the relation between the Finnish landscape and the works of Aalto; shows how Calatravas uses natural principles in his architecture; reveals how Piano works with light. He also considers traditional Chinese and Indian architecture, and the relation between archetype and image and the element of silence.