Homme de lettres
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Un réservoir de formes, à destination des graphistes, des designers, des typographes, étudiants et professionnels. Une exploration des objets et des paysages apparemment ordinaires où nos regards prennent forme. Des histoires de graphisme, faites d'archives, de travaux personnels, de recherches, de photographies, de dessins. Un créateur de signes, un homme de lettres,(...)
Homme de lettres
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Un réservoir de formes, à destination des graphistes, des designers, des typographes, étudiants et professionnels. Une exploration des objets et des paysages apparemment ordinaires où nos regards prennent forme. Des histoires de graphisme, faites d'archives, de travaux personnels, de recherches, de photographies, de dessins. Un créateur de signes, un homme de lettres, disparu trop tôt, à qui ses pairs rendent hommage dans cette monographie traversée par le monde.
Montréal confidential
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Presented in its original pocketbook format, this entertaining account documents the 1950s nightlife of Canada’s second largest city. Based on the original chronicle from the era, this overview’s spirited prose complements a vast collection of archival photographs, vividly depicting the people and places of Montreal’s underbelly. From glamorous cabarets and lush(...)
Montréal confidential
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Presented in its original pocketbook format, this entertaining account documents the 1950s nightlife of Canada’s second largest city. Based on the original chronicle from the era, this overview’s spirited prose complements a vast collection of archival photographs, vividly depicting the people and places of Montreal’s underbelly. From glamorous cabarets and lush restaurants, this exploration demonstrates why this city has been named one of the most colorful communities on the continent.
Architecture de Montréal
Tile envy
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Introduced and curated by tile maker and curator, Deborah Osburn, Tile Envy is an exploration of the most beautiful tile designs around the world today. Sixty key personalities are profiled, ranging from established names like Herzog and de Meuron and Rob Ryan, to emerging designers such as Michelle Weinberg. Clear descriptions of the tiles and their makers are(...)
Tile envy
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Introduced and curated by tile maker and curator, Deborah Osburn, Tile Envy is an exploration of the most beautiful tile designs around the world today. Sixty key personalities are profiled, ranging from established names like Herzog and de Meuron and Rob Ryan, to emerging designers such as Michelle Weinberg. Clear descriptions of the tiles and their makers are accompanied by photography, capturing the breadth and variety of work that's going on.
Matériaux et éclairage
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The publication provides insights on the key aspects of Frei Otto work. At its heart was the search for natural designs and an exploration of form-finding and self-development processes. As such he created a whole universe of ideas using membrane, net and convertible roofs with umbrellas, gridshells, and pneumatic structures. The book introduces his key works and (...)
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septembre 2015
Frei Otto: a life of research, construction and inspiration
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The publication provides insights on the key aspects of Frei Otto work. At its heart was the search for natural designs and an exploration of form-finding and self-development processes. As such he created a whole universe of ideas using membrane, net and convertible roofs with umbrellas, gridshells, and pneumatic structures. The book introduces his key works and highlights how his ideas were adopted and continued throughout the world.
Architecture, monographies
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The book offers an exploration of intersecting concerns of urban residents and scholars today that include social relations and diversity, public space and civic life, privatization and suburbanization and economic and cultural globalization. At a moment when cities around the world are undertaking similar efforts to revitalize their centers, Sound, Space, and the City(...)
Sound, space and the city: civic performance in downtown Los Angeles
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The book offers an exploration of intersecting concerns of urban residents and scholars today that include social relations and diversity, public space and civic life, privatization and suburbanization and economic and cultural globalization. At a moment when cities around the world are undertaking similar efforts to revitalize their centers, Sound, Space, and the City conveys the underlying tensions of such projects and their relevance for understanding urban futures.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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Today we take living in cities, with all their attractions and annoyances, for granted. But when did humans first come together to live in large groups, creating an urban landscape? What were these places like to inhabit? More than simply a history of ancient cities, this volume also reveals the art and architecture created by our ancestors, and provides an exploration of(...)
Cities that shaped the ancient world
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Today we take living in cities, with all their attractions and annoyances, for granted. But when did humans first come together to live in large groups, creating an urban landscape? What were these places like to inhabit? More than simply a history of ancient cities, this volume also reveals the art and architecture created by our ancestors, and provides an exploration of the origins of urbanism, politics, culture, and human interaction.
Histoire jusqu’à 1900
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Each of the eight compact volumes in the boxed set features cycle-friendly neighborhoods in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and more, complete with itineraries, cycle maps, and cyclist-friendly places to visit. The guides are aimed at people interested in casual exploration, but there is also information for hardcore racing enthusiasts. Designed with the cyclist in(...)
City cycling Europe : box set
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Each of the eight compact volumes in the boxed set features cycle-friendly neighborhoods in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and more, complete with itineraries, cycle maps, and cyclist-friendly places to visit. The guides are aimed at people interested in casual exploration, but there is also information for hardcore racing enthusiasts. Designed with the cyclist in mind, the slim paperbacks will fit easily into a backpack or back pocket.
Guides des villes
Writingplace journal for architecture and literature 7: Taking place, reflections on fieldwork
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The magazine 'Writingplace Journal for Architecture and Literature'' is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on architecture and literature. This journal is a vehicle for the Writingplace platform to continue its exploration of the productive relationship between architecture and literature. This issue ''Taking Place'', brings to the fore a number of(...)
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Writingplace journal for architecture and literature 7: Taking place, reflections on fieldwork
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The magazine 'Writingplace Journal for Architecture and Literature'' is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on architecture and literature. This journal is a vehicle for the Writingplace platform to continue its exploration of the productive relationship between architecture and literature. This issue ''Taking Place'', brings to the fore a number of reflections on fieldwork that recently took place in urban environments, exploring the moment when reflection turns into action.
Théorie de l’architecture
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Between 1945 and 1965 the practice of Robert Royston designed a series of parks in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using forms inspired by twentieth-century avant-garde painting and sculpture he adroitly shaped these landscapes as recreational opportunities for generations to come. Comprehensively illustrated the book provides new insights into Royston's exploration of the(...)
Modern public gardens: Robert Royston and the suburban park
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Between 1945 and 1965 the practice of Robert Royston designed a series of parks in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using forms inspired by twentieth-century avant-garde painting and sculpture he adroitly shaped these landscapes as recreational opportunities for generations to come. Comprehensively illustrated the book provides new insights into Royston's exploration of the landscape form as well as contributing more generally to the sociological understanding of post-war suburbia.
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mai 2007
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Topography
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An exploration of the architectural relationship between the inhabited and natural landscapes. Charting a different path from the usual urban/rural design strategies, the research and teaching practice of Richard Black and Martin Hook has worked through alternative ways of reading the landscape as a generator for architectural projects. By investigating mapping, drawing,(...)
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Topography
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An exploration of the architectural relationship between the inhabited and natural landscapes. Charting a different path from the usual urban/rural design strategies, the research and teaching practice of Richard Black and Martin Hook has worked through alternative ways of reading the landscape as a generator for architectural projects. By investigating mapping, drawing, diagramming and photography they construct an alternative reading of place, making familiar places strange and strange places familiar.