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Bay by the turn of the century. But in 1912, backed by some of the country’s leading financiers and industrialists, MIT officials purchased an undeveloped tract of land in Cambridge, launching a long and complex review of proposals for a new quadrangle. Based largely on the recommendation of John D. Rockefeller Jr., the commission was awarded to MIT and the École des(...)
Designing MIT: Bosworth's new tech
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Bay by the turn of the century. But in 1912, backed by some of the country’s leading financiers and industrialists, MIT officials purchased an undeveloped tract of land in Cambridge, launching a long and complex review of proposals for a new quadrangle. Based largely on the recommendation of John D. Rockefeller Jr., the commission was awarded to MIT and the École des Beaux-Arts-trained architect William Welles Bosworth, known for his AT Building in Manhattan, and Kykuit, the Rockefeller mansion in Tarrytown, New York. Designing MIT is the first book to detail Bosworth’s challenges in the planning and construction of the Institute’s unique Cambridge campus. Beginning with an examination of the competing project proposals—from Steven Child, an emerging landscape designer and student of Frederick Law Olmstead; Desiré Despradelle, Chairman of the Department of Architecture at MIT and a leading Beaux-Arts stylist; Ralph Adams Cram, noted for his gothic West Point campus; and John Freeman, one of the country’s leading civil engineers—Mark M. Jarzombek provides a captivating cross-section of the architectural debates of the time. Though Bosworth’s considerable social and political finesse enabled him to land the commission and balance varied competing interests, he found his classically oriented vision challenged by engineer John Freeman, proponent of Frederick W. Taylor’s new principle of Scientific Management. However strained, the conflict ultimately resulted in a far more innovative design than either individual approach, employing new European concepts of industrialism, efficiency, and aesthetics in academic structures.
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L'histoire du théâtre de l'Odéon, le plus ancien " théâtre-monument " de Paris, inauguré en avril 1782, témoigne au plus haut point des évolutions et des événements de la société française. Sur plus de deux siècles, à travers l'Odéon, il est possible de croiser l'histoire de la création théâtrale, des révolutionnaires aux romantiques, jusqu'à Lluis Pasqual, Georges(...)
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L'Odéan: Un théâtre dans l'histoire
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L'histoire du théâtre de l'Odéon, le plus ancien " théâtre-monument " de Paris, inauguré en avril 1782, témoigne au plus haut point des évolutions et des événements de la société française. Sur plus de deux siècles, à travers l'Odéon, il est possible de croiser l'histoire de la création théâtrale, des révolutionnaires aux romantiques, jusqu'à Lluis Pasqual, Georges Lavaudant, Olivier Py, avec l'histoire de la politique culturelle et celle de la politique nationale. Mêlant ces chronologies et ces approches, cet ouvrage veut placer l'Odéon, tel un personnage dont on entreprendrait la biographie aventureuse, au centre d'une ambitieuse histoire culturelle. Il mêle dans sa forme l'histoire, les archives et les images, et monte l'un avec l'autre un récit nourri de documents, ourlé de spectacles et de portraits, ambitieux dans son approche historique, avec un ruban d'images.
Restaurants au Japon
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Ce livre expose des projets réalisés les concepteurs dernier cri et les propriétaires de restaurant branché à la recherche d'inspiration pour développer des concepts de restaurants uniques, sophistiqués et exceptionnels. Restaurants au Japon s'élève au rang de témoin de l'expérience visuelle du dînes Entièrement imprimé en couleur, cet ouvrage présente des aménagements(...)
Restaurants au Japon
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Ce livre expose des projets réalisés les concepteurs dernier cri et les propriétaires de restaurant branché à la recherche d'inspiration pour développer des concepts de restaurants uniques, sophistiqués et exceptionnels. Restaurants au Japon s'élève au rang de témoin de l'expérience visuelle du dînes Entièrement imprimé en couleur, cet ouvrage présente des aménagements visuellement renversants incluant les dernières tendances. Chaque projet est illustré par des images accompagnées de textes de présentation et de commentaires utiles.
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The Classroom shows how furniture designers from the late nineteenth century to the present have strived to enliven the classroom experience for children, telling for the first time the history of this neglected area of furniture design. The book is based on the collection of the VS school museum in Tauberbischofsheim, which houses a unique collection of school furniture(...)
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The classroom: From the late 19th Century until the present day
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The Classroom shows how furniture designers from the late nineteenth century to the present have strived to enliven the classroom experience for children, telling for the first time the history of this neglected area of furniture design. The book is based on the collection of the VS school museum in Tauberbischofsheim, which houses a unique collection of school furniture from Germany and abroad. Through this collection, it draws out the history of educational theory and school architecture over the past hundred years, tracing the ascent of a child-centered approach to education and attendant developments in design, as well as such topics as the use of propaganda in Soviet- and Nazi-era schools. Chairs, desks, classrooms and entire schools by Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Jean-Baptiste Mathon, Jean Prouvé, Eero + Eliel Saarinen and Bruno Taut are abundantly illustrated and examined. The Classroom looks back over this history and looks forward to possible future developments.
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Constructing the Ineffable examines the construction of houses of worship across continents and from the perspective of multiple faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Baha'i. It addresses how sacred buildings such as churches, mosques, synagogues, and memorials are viewed in the context of contemporary architecture and religious practice. Featuring more(...)
Constructing the ineffable: Contemporary sacred architecture
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Constructing the Ineffable examines the construction of houses of worship across continents and from the perspective of multiple faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Baha'i. It addresses how sacred buildings such as churches, mosques, synagogues, and memorials are viewed in the context of contemporary architecture and religious practice. Featuring more than a dozen essays by a broad range of leading international architects, historians, and theologians, this book offers a fundamental exploration of defining and understanding contemporary sacred spaces.It also invites readers to consider the powerful influence of religion on civic life and to discuss the role that design and construction play in religious buildings.
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The latest architecture and design of restaurants and bars, from L.A. to Tokyo, is the focus of this book. Whether the challenge is merely placing furniture in a simple space, or an ambitious structural project, restaurants and bars are the sites of our most expressive architecture; more ephemeral than larger facilities or entire buildings, they are more apt to capture(...)
Architecture now: Restaurants and bars
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The latest architecture and design of restaurants and bars, from L.A. to Tokyo, is the focus of this book. Whether the challenge is merely placing furniture in a simple space, or an ambitious structural project, restaurants and bars are the sites of our most expressive architecture; more ephemeral than larger facilities or entire buildings, they are more apt to capture the mood of the times. From a skyscraper rooftop in Bangkok to a beachfront in Brazil, here are places where design, architecture, food and drink come together in inspiring combinations ranging from minimalist to extravagantly Baroque.
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Illustrated with current and archival photographs, drawings, and maps, this publication traces the development of the two UNB campuses. From its tentative wood-frame structures to landmark buildings such as the Richard J. Currie Centre at UNB Fredericton and the University Commons building at UNBSJ, Leroux captures the personalities of UNB's builders and architects and(...)
Building a university : the architecture of UNB
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Illustrated with current and archival photographs, drawings, and maps, this publication traces the development of the two UNB campuses. From its tentative wood-frame structures to landmark buildings such as the Richard J. Currie Centre at UNB Fredericton and the University Commons building at UNBSJ, Leroux captures the personalities of UNB's builders and architects and the character and value of their built legacy.
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This reference book captures recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of sustainable hospital architecture. The contemporary hospital is viewed in the context of global climate change, the planet’s diminishing natural resources and the spiralling cost of operating healthcare facilities.
Innovations in hospital architecture
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This reference book captures recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of sustainable hospital architecture. The contemporary hospital is viewed in the context of global climate change, the planet’s diminishing natural resources and the spiralling cost of operating healthcare facilities.
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This updated, extended edition presents a variety of summer residences and saunas, on sites ranging from the archipelago and the Finnish lake district to the fells in the north. More than 40 uniquely designed buildings are explored, representing the best in contemporary Finnish holiday home and sauna architecture.
Villas and saunas in Finland, 2nd edition
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This updated, extended edition presents a variety of summer residences and saunas, on sites ranging from the archipelago and the Finnish lake district to the fells in the north. More than 40 uniquely designed buildings are explored, representing the best in contemporary Finnish holiday home and sauna architecture.
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Dès 1981, surgit l'idée de créer une salle de concert dévolue aux spectacles de variétés et de rock, élargis aux musiques populaires. La France est en effet dépourvue de ce genre d'équipement. L'objectif principal est de faire connaître à un large public la richesse des musiques actuelles, au sein d'un lieu adapté et de grande capacité. Inventé par les professionnels du(...)
Les zénith en France: histoire de 1984 à nos jours
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Dès 1981, surgit l'idée de créer une salle de concert dévolue aux spectacles de variétés et de rock, élargis aux musiques populaires. La France est en effet dépourvue de ce genre d'équipement. L'objectif principal est de faire connaître à un large public la richesse des musiques actuelles, au sein d'un lieu adapté et de grande capacité. Inventé par les professionnels du spectacle Daniel Colling et Daniel Keravec, le concept de Zénith est né. Il se concrétise par la réalisation du premier projet de ce type, conçu par les architectes Philippe Chaix et Jean Paul Morel, le Zénith de Paris, érigé au Parc de la Villette en 1984. Suivront seize autres édifices bâtis dans différentes villes, comme Montpellier (1986), Toulon (1992), Pau (1992), Nancy (1993), etc. jusqu'aux trois derniers construits à Strasbourg, Saint-Étienne et Amiens. Pour les villes concernées, être dotées d'un Zénith représente une fierté et un gage de succès qui demeurent toujours d'actualité. Chaque salle, qui fait l'objet d'un traitement architectural particulier, est dessinée par un architecte de renom, tels que le suisse Bernard Tschumi, le hollandais Rem Koolhaas ou l'italien Massimiliano Fuksas.