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New Forms: plans and details for contemporary architects

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From double-curvature shapes to geometrically demanding structures, twenty projects by the world's most exciting practices are shown in exacting detail through specially drawn plans, sections and elevations.

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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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The encyclopedia of ancient Egyptian architecture

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This illustrated volume surveys the ancient world's most remarkable architecture. Dieter Arnold, a leading expert on Egyptian building and design, includes more than 300 illustrations and 600 alphabetically arranged entries spanning every type of building and every aspect of construction and design. He provides separate entries for each of the major Egyptian sites, from Abu Simbel in the south to Cleopatra's palaces in Alexandria. These document ordinary towns and houses as well as monuments as varied as the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari, and the great temples that line the Upper Nile. Other entries cover materials,from reed and mud-brick to sandstone and granite, and construction techniques, including pyramid building and the erection of obelisks. The accessible text also addresses the symbolic meanings of various types of building, the importance of building orientation, and myriad architectural features, such as columns and false doors.

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The future of architecture in 100 buildings

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The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect Marc Kushner, draws on his position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture.

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Petit manuel d'architecture : pour penser et travailler comme un grand architecte

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Croquis, plans, détails, éléments du bâti, proportions, circulation, exposition, isolation… Ce petit manuel illustré présente les notions clés de l’architecture ainsi que les savoir-faire et les savoir-être essentiels des grands architectes. D’où vient l’inspiration ? Quelles bonnes habitudes de travail adopter ? Comment se conçoit puis se défend un projet convaincant ? Véritable kit de survie pour le jeune architecte qui apprendra à travailler comme un professionnel et à présenter sans peine ses idées face à un jury ou un client, cet ouvrage permettra également au passionné de découvrir les coulisses et de percer les mystères d’un métier fascinant.

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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.)