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The current ecological crisis brings about a new relational landscape: an unprecedented collapse of distances creates interspecies promiscuities and a crisis of the human scale. In his latest book, Nicolas Bourriaud proposes that artists are the anthropologists of this new era. Artists acknowledge the fading of the division between nature and culture, which has been the(...)
Inclusions: Aesthetics of the Capitalocene
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The current ecological crisis brings about a new relational landscape: an unprecedented collapse of distances creates interspecies promiscuities and a crisis of the human scale. In his latest book, Nicolas Bourriaud proposes that artists are the anthropologists of this new era. Artists acknowledge the fading of the division between nature and culture, which has been the matrix of segregation for millenia. Capitalism, patriarchy, slavery, social segregation, the exploitation of land, subsoil, and animals—all are based on status distinctions between subject and object. Against the commodification of natural elements, Bourriaud sees a new generation of artists calling for a molecular anthropology that studies the human effects on the universe and the interaction between humans and nonhumans. Contemporary art reconnects to archaic magic, the witches, sorcerers, and shamans of precapitalist societies. Against the devitalization of the world, art has managed to preserve certain aspects of the social function and spiritualist practices of these societies.
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Ottawa, Ontario : Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 2022., Québec, Canada : Gauvin Gatineau, [2022], ©2022
La ville inclusive : dans les pas de Caroline Andrew / sous la direction de Guy Chiasson et d'Anne Gilbert ; préface, Geneviève Tellier.
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La camera obscura : philosophie d'un appareil / Martine Bubb.
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In this third, revised edition of his eidely acclaimed book, Dr. Geoffrey Baker explains the complexities of Le Corbusier's oeuvre using a three-dimensional diagrammatic analysis to identify major themes and influences. The narrative and fine illustration, enhanced by the inclusion of color plates, cover the key buildings from the four developmental stages of his work,(...)
Le Corbusier : an analysis of form, third edition
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In this third, revised edition of his eidely acclaimed book, Dr. Geoffrey Baker explains the complexities of Le Corbusier's oeuvre using a three-dimensional diagrammatic analysis to identify major themes and influences. The narrative and fine illustration, enhanced by the inclusion of color plates, cover the key buildings from the four developmental stages of his work, making it an excellent guide for architect and student alike. Inclusion of the Pavillion Suisse in this volume reminds us of the transitional nature of this building in which the use of natural material, stone, and curved forms reveals fresh lyricism in Le Corbusier's oeuvre. Inclsuion of the Villa Shodhan in India concludes the cubic domestic progression that begins with the Maison Citrohan, developing through such key examples as the La Roche Jeanneret houses, the Villa Stein-de-Monzie, Villa Savoye, and Villa at Carthage.
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'Intimate Distance' is the first comprehensive monograph charting the career of American photographer Todd Hido. Though he has published many smaller monographs of individual bodies of work, this gathers his most iconic images for the first time and brings a fresh perspective to his oeuvre with the inclusion of many unpublished photographs.
Todd Hido: intimate distance. Twenty-five years of photographs. A chronological album
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'Intimate Distance' is the first comprehensive monograph charting the career of American photographer Todd Hido. Though he has published many smaller monographs of individual bodies of work, this gathers his most iconic images for the first time and brings a fresh perspective to his oeuvre with the inclusion of many unpublished photographs.
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Andrea Garuti: notebook
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Italian photographer Andrea Garuti (born 1965) has a passion for cityscapes, traveling around the world to capture the spirit of different cities in his light-streaked, impressionistic works. This new monograph departs from his earlier books in its inclusion of notes and drawings, which, along with his photographs, create a scrapbook travelogue.
Andrea Garuti: notebook
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Italian photographer Andrea Garuti (born 1965) has a passion for cityscapes, traveling around the world to capture the spirit of different cities in his light-streaked, impressionistic works. This new monograph departs from his earlier books in its inclusion of notes and drawings, which, along with his photographs, create a scrapbook travelogue.
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James and Nancy Duncan look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb--Bedford in Westchester County, NY--they show how the physical presentation of a place carries with it a range of markers of inclusion and exclusion.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
décembre 2003, London
Landscapes of privilege : the politics of the aesthetic in an American suburb
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James and Nancy Duncan look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb--Bedford in Westchester County, NY--they show how the physical presentation of a place carries with it a range of markers of inclusion and exclusion.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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"Voices of the land: Indigenous design and planning from the prairies" produced by the Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association (IDPSA), of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. IDPSA was founded in Fall 2019, as a platform to host honest conversations around inclusion and representation. In an effort to broaden the lens of Indigenous(...)
Architecture autochtone
juillet 2021
Voices of the land : Indigenous design and planning from the prairies
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"Voices of the land: Indigenous design and planning from the prairies" produced by the Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association (IDPSA), of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. IDPSA was founded in Fall 2019, as a platform to host honest conversations around inclusion and representation. In an effort to broaden the lens of Indigenous design and planning, IDPSA actively seeks to incorporate Indigenous values within the design community through advocating for culturally informed initiatives, programs, and curriculum. This book features 16 Indigenous students, representing a range of nations across Turtle Island, and spanning all four departments (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and City Planning) from the Faculty of Architecture. In it, you will read profiles of their members, faculty, and alumni, along with their artistic visions and designs. The intention with this publication is to ensure that these important conversations on inclusion and representation in design education continue throughout Turtle Island.
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Philosophy was born out of discussion, out of the rivalry between world views. From the philosophical ferment of the Enlightenment arose the idea of emancipation, a conflictual perspective which Marina Garcés would have us rethink. "New radical Enlightenment" lays out the need for critical dissent as a new beginning for the humanities in apocalyptic times. The productive(...)
New radical enlightenment: Philosophy for a common world
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Philosophy was born out of discussion, out of the rivalry between world views. From the philosophical ferment of the Enlightenment arose the idea of emancipation, a conflictual perspective which Marina Garcés would have us rethink. "New radical Enlightenment" lays out the need for critical dissent as a new beginning for the humanities in apocalyptic times. The productive dissent she envisions is established on the inclusion of multiple perspectives attending to common problems.
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A new book published by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction examines three progressive and influential projects by Montreal-based architects L’OEUF. Their approach to sustainable design enables social inclusion and ensures an enduring positive impact on the local community. The book tracks progress on the redevelopment of Benny Farm, the first ever Global(...)
février 2015
Community-inspired housing in Canada
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A new book published by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction examines three progressive and influential projects by Montreal-based architects L’OEUF. Their approach to sustainable design enables social inclusion and ensures an enduring positive impact on the local community. The book tracks progress on the redevelopment of Benny Farm, the first ever Global Holcim Awards Bronze winner from 2006, a follow-up project at Rosemont, and plans for the forthcoming Bois Ellen Cooperative Residence.