The architecture book
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This book analyzes not just buildings themselves, but the ideas and principles that make each of the featured structures so important to the history and evolution of our built environment. From ancient and classical architecture through medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance buildings, the explosion of Baroque and Rococo, and the 19th-century "battle of the styles," to the(...)
The architecture book
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This book analyzes not just buildings themselves, but the ideas and principles that make each of the featured structures so important to the history and evolution of our built environment. From ancient and classical architecture through medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance buildings, the explosion of Baroque and Rococo, and the 19th-century "battle of the styles," to the emergence of modernism, postmodernism, and the glittering skyscrapers of the 20th and 21st centuries, the book traces the evolution of construction. Using stunning infographics and mind-maps, it shows how architects throughout history have pushed boundaries and created innovative buildings. Examples of architectural movements and styles are drawn from all over the world.
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Architects usually try to create finished buildings, i.e. coherent works of architecture for eternity. But does this claim stand up to reality? Should that be the claim at all? After all, it can’t be ruled out that the building will change after completion. Inspired by references from architectural history, art and anthropology, Kaiser Shen Studio developed various theses(...)
Atelier Kaiser Shen: Unfertige Häuser
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Architects usually try to create finished buildings, i.e. coherent works of architecture for eternity. But does this claim stand up to reality? Should that be the claim at all? After all, it can’t be ruled out that the building will change after completion. Inspired by references from architectural history, art and anthropology, Kaiser Shen Studio developed various theses at the beginning of its practice and tested them on the basis of its own projects. Central to this is the question of how buildings change in their lifespan due to external influences and what this change means for permanence in architecture and for the idea of space.
Architecture, monographies
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Looking to the most innovative talents from around the world, "Futurehouse" presents ninety private and community projects that challenge the accepted norms of our living spaces and offer a dazzling array of solutions to meet the changing needs and desires of our global society. These designers – most of whom were raised at the dawn of the digital age – are radically(...)
mai 2002, New York
Archilab's futurehouse : radical experiments in living space
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Looking to the most innovative talents from around the world, "Futurehouse" presents ninety private and community projects that challenge the accepted norms of our living spaces and offer a dazzling array of solutions to meet the changing needs and desires of our global society. These designers – most of whom were raised at the dawn of the digital age – are radically reimagining how we can live. Essays by international critics such as Frédéric Migayrou (France), Bart Lootsma (The Netherlands), Andreas Ruby (Germany), Manuel Gausa (Spain), Kyong Park (U.S.A.) and Christian Girard (France) complement the work of avant-garde and experimental architects from every corner of the globe.
Modern construction roofs
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A companion volume to "Modern Construction Handbook", "Modern Construction Roofs" is a textbook for architects and structural and environmental engineers who wish to broaden their understanding with techniques that can be applied internationally. The six chapters are organized according to the primary materials used in roof construction: metal, glass, concrete,(...)
Modern construction roofs
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A companion volume to "Modern Construction Handbook", "Modern Construction Roofs" is a textbook for architects and structural and environmental engineers who wish to broaden their understanding with techniques that can be applied internationally. The six chapters are organized according to the primary materials used in roof construction: metal, glass, concrete, timber, plastics, and fabrics. Each set of double page spreads contains drawings and annotated details that explain specific forms of roof construction. Built examples from high-profile designers are also included to illustrate specific principles. With over fifteen years experience working as an architect in facade and roof detailing, author Andrew Watts offers detailed know-how in "Modern Construction Roofs".
Matériaux et éclairage
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In line with ''The Mannerist Mind'', the essay by Francisco González de Canales, AV Proyectos 123 publishes the innovative proposals of six European studios that emerged in the post-crisis context, and which apply traditional solutions with a contemporary approach. Anna Puigjaner sits down for an interview with this magazine about these ‘'new mannerisms.’, and to discuss(...)
AV Proyectos 123: The Mannerist
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In line with ''The Mannerist Mind'', the essay by Francisco González de Canales, AV Proyectos 123 publishes the innovative proposals of six European studios that emerged in the post-crisis context, and which apply traditional solutions with a contemporary approach. Anna Puigjaner sits down for an interview with this magazine about these ‘'new mannerisms.’, and to discuss how MAIO, the office she directs with María Charneco, Alfredo Lérida and Guillermo López, shies away from classifications to defend a political practice, more sustainable and inclusive. The issue continues with the conversion of an old warehouse in Rotterdam into the new FENIX Museum, carried out by MAD Architects.
Revues
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Architect Lise Juel expresses how “Melancholy as a concept has been a useful perspective in understanding artists and artworks, but it remains underexposed in the field of architecture.” And yet, she continues, this is “not melancholic in its negative sense, but in the sense of a thoughtful and pensive approach to life.” Seventeen houses in Denmark are featured in this(...)
A+U 562 07:17 Melancholy & Dwelling - Contemporary Houses In Denmark
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Architect Lise Juel expresses how “Melancholy as a concept has been a useful perspective in understanding artists and artworks, but it remains underexposed in the field of architecture.” And yet, she continues, this is “not melancholic in its negative sense, but in the sense of a thoughtful and pensive approach to life.” Seventeen houses in Denmark are featured in this issue, along with more than a dozen architectural offices that in turn reflect this melancholic perspective through their work, key to understanding Danish architectural practice, both traditionally and in the present. With work by Jeppe Utzon, LETH & GORI, Primus Architects, Atelier Lise Juel, and more.
Revues
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Six projects by Barozzi Veiga, founded in Barcelona in 2004, are featured in this edition, among them a music school in Brunico, a dance school in Zürich, the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, and the House in Cretas, Teruel. The magazine, which names the architects as a Spanish studio with the greatest international potential, also reflects on how they aim to(...)
AV Proyectos 073: Dossier Barozzi Vega
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Six projects by Barozzi Veiga, founded in Barcelona in 2004, are featured in this edition, among them a music school in Brunico, a dance school in Zürich, the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, and the House in Cretas, Teruel. The magazine, which names the architects as a Spanish studio with the greatest international potential, also reflects on how they aim to combine a building’s autonomy with the context’s specific conditions. Also in this issue, an overview of the Spanish winners of Europan 13. One third of the awards went to Spanish teams, whether set up abroad or through international partnerships, who tackled “The Adaptable City II” with marked enthusiasm.
Revues
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This book is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa's largest city into urban theory on its own terms. The volume's essays include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in the city, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary(...)
septembre 2008, Durham
Johannesburg: the elusive metropolis
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This book is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa's largest city into urban theory on its own terms. The volume's essays include an investigation of representation and self-stylization in the city, an ethnographic examination of friction zones and practices of social reproduction in inner-city Johannesburg, and a discussion of the economic and literary relationship between Johannesburg and Maputo, Mozambique's capital. One contributor considers how Johannesburg's cosmopolitan sociability enabled the anti-colonial projects of Ghandi and Mandela. Journalists, artists, architects, writers, and scholars bring contemporary Johannesburg to life in ten short pieces including reflections on music and megamalls, nightlife, living as foreigners in the city, and built spaces.
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The Castro Theatre, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Headquarters, 450 Sutter Medico-Dental Building – these masterpieces of San Francisco’s Art Deco heritage are the work of one man: Timothy Pflueger. While his contemporaries looked to beaux arts traditions to rebuild the city, he brought exotic Mayan, Asian, and Egyptian forms to buildings ranging from simple(...)
Architecture, monographies
octobre 2008, New York
Art deco San Francisco: the architecture of Timothy Pflueger
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The Castro Theatre, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Headquarters, 450 Sutter Medico-Dental Building – these masterpieces of San Francisco’s Art Deco heritage are the work of one man: Timothy Pflueger. While his contemporaries looked to beaux arts traditions to rebuild the city, he brought exotic Mayan, Asian, and Egyptian forms to buildings ranging from simple cocktail lounges to the city’s first skyscrapers. Pflueger was one of the city’s most prolific architects during his 40-year career. Therese Poletti tells the fascinating story of Pflueger’s life and work in "Art Deco San Francisco". In lively detail, she relates how Pflueger built extravagant compositions in metal, concrete, and glass.
Architecture, monographies
Festival Architecture
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This book focuses on the ephemeral architecture built for festivals and shows how these constructions played a role in the development of Western architectural and urban theory. Festival architecture has allowed architects to experiment with new ideas, new forms and new spatial arrangements. The book is arranged in historical periods from Antiquity to the modern era. The(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
janvier 2008, New York, London
Festival Architecture
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This book focuses on the ephemeral architecture built for festivals and shows how these constructions played a role in the development of Western architectural and urban theory. Festival architecture has allowed architects to experiment with new ideas, new forms and new spatial arrangements. The book is arranged in historical periods from Antiquity to the modern era. The analyses of specific festivals are set in relation to contemporary ideas and theories in architecture and urban design and essays focus on either architecture or urban design. The wealth of illustrations depict many unusual and rarely seen images from European festival tradition. The contributors are well-known architectural historians and art historians.
Théorie de l’architecture