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The stepped terraced house is a type of building that meets modern housing requirements: it is economical and offers ample living space with the comfort of terrace and garden. Rising to popularity with the advent of new social movements it was forgotten with the progressive erosion of the new ideas of society and relegated them to obscurity or even to their(...)
Luxury for everyone: milestones in European stepped terrace housing
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The stepped terraced house is a type of building that meets modern housing requirements: it is economical and offers ample living space with the comfort of terrace and garden. Rising to popularity with the advent of new social movements it was forgotten with the progressive erosion of the new ideas of society and relegated them to obscurity or even to their disqualification as eyesores. Yet the enduring satisfaction of residents and ecological advantages of green houses make terraced housing as attractive as ever. The buildings studied in the book are not only architectural icons today; even today, one can still learn from them about what residential buildings need. One proponent of this building style was Harry Gluck; part of his text pleading the case for a green city is printed here.
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Friedrich Weinwurm, a contemporary of Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe or Walter Gropius and one of the most noteworthy architects of Slovakia, can be ranked among the leading representatives of the interwar Central European architectural avant-garde. His legacy of several dozen designed and completed office buildings, single-family houses, villas and housing complexes(...)
Friedrich Weinwurm, architect
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Friedrich Weinwurm, a contemporary of Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe or Walter Gropius and one of the most noteworthy architects of Slovakia, can be ranked among the leading representatives of the interwar Central European architectural avant-garde. His legacy of several dozen designed and completed office buildings, single-family houses, villas and housing complexes (Nová Doba, Unitas) forms an oeuvre attracting admiration today. His progressive social program and clear principles for architectural design influenced the Slovak architectural scene of the 1920s and 1930s more than the work of any other architect. The publication contains a comparison between Weinwurm´s work and its contemporary efforts on both the local and international levels, as well as its integration into the context of the domestic and broader European architectural situation.
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Parcours : Le Corbusier
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Parcourir l'oeuvre de Le Corbusier, depuis ses premières villas à la Chaux-de-Fonds jusqu'aux bâtiments majeurs de l'après-guerre (l'Unité d'habitation de Marseille, le couvent de La Tourette), parcourir les différents types de programmes auxquels l'architecte a été confronté (habitation individuelle, logement social, bâtiment public civil ou religieux), et surtout(...)
Parcours : Le Corbusier
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Parcourir l'oeuvre de Le Corbusier, depuis ses premières villas à la Chaux-de-Fonds jusqu'aux bâtiments majeurs de l'après-guerre (l'Unité d'habitation de Marseille, le couvent de La Tourette), parcourir les différents types de programmes auxquels l'architecte a été confronté (habitation individuelle, logement social, bâtiment public civil ou religieux), et surtout parcourir chacun de ces bâtiments par une approche progressive à l'aide de plans-séquences photographiques, pour percevoir toute la richesse des espaces intérieurs et visualiser, tel l'usager, la qualité architecturale du lieu, mélange de géométrie et d'émotion, de matière et de lumière. Chaque projet est lui-même l'occasion de revisiter la pensée de Le Corbusier, à travers ses écrits, ses croquis et dessins préparatoires et de mettre ainsi en perspective l'édifice avec l'ensemble de la production passée ou à venir de l'architecte.
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The first issue of the legendary architecture journal "Pencil Points" appeared in 1920 as "a journal for the drafting room." Born out of "The Architectural Review", and merged with "Progressive Architecture" in 1943, "Pencil Points" became the leading voice in architectural and graphic design when modernism flourished, introducing key players from America and Europe. It(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
janvier 1900, New York
Pencil points reader : a journal for the drafting room, 1920-1943
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The first issue of the legendary architecture journal "Pencil Points" appeared in 1920 as "a journal for the drafting room." Born out of "The Architectural Review", and merged with "Progressive Architecture" in 1943, "Pencil Points" became the leading voice in architectural and graphic design when modernism flourished, introducing key players from America and Europe. It also established the agenda in architectural theory: multivolume pieces by John Harbeson, Talbot Hamlin, Hugh Ferris, and others dealt with major issues that are still relevant today - architectural education and practice, small-house design and portable housing, city planning, and the influence (or not) of modernism. Items like George Nelson's series of reports from Europe in the early 1930's, H. Van Buren Magonigle's diatribes against modernism, and a glossary of École des Beaux-Arts terms sit side-by-side with the best architectural drawings and photographs of the 20th century. "Pencil Points Reader" re-publishes the most important essays from the journal's 23 years, arranged chronologically, and offers an insider's introduction by John Morris Dixon, the former executive editor of "Progressive Architecture".
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Celebrated as the world’s most innovative city in 2013, Medellín is the quintessential symbol for urban metamorphosis. What makes it a reference model lies as much in its exceptional public facilities and infrastructure as it does in the socially driven, progressive urban policies and bold formats for cooperation. Medellín: Topography of Knowledg is an exhibition and(...)
Medellin: topography of knowledge
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Celebrated as the world’s most innovative city in 2013, Medellín is the quintessential symbol for urban metamorphosis. What makes it a reference model lies as much in its exceptional public facilities and infrastructure as it does in the socially driven, progressive urban policies and bold formats for cooperation. Medellín: Topography of Knowledg is an exhibition and programme that will investigate and disseminate lessons from the Medellín Model, bringing together the diverse range of actors behind it.
Dutch architects 5
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"Dutch Architects 5" is the internationally recognized authoritative survey of recent projects by more than a hundred of Holland's most successful architects and interior designers. Each architectural firm presents its latest projects in full colour illustrations, supported by comprehensive project information and informative company profiles. Representative of a code of(...)
Dutch architects 5
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"Dutch Architects 5" is the internationally recognized authoritative survey of recent projects by more than a hundred of Holland's most successful architects and interior designers. Each architectural firm presents its latest projects in full colour illustrations, supported by comprehensive project information and informative company profiles. Representative of a code of modern architectural ideals, the works are progressive, aesthetically pleasing, environmentally responsible, and highly functional. Projects range from low budget to highly sophisticated, special purpose constructions and cover the broadest possible spectrum of residential and commercial commissions.
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During the years after the September Revolution of 1868, Barcelona experienced tremendous industrial growth and emerged as the most politically and culturally progressive city in Spain. "Barcelona and Modernity" examines this remarkable seventy-one-year period, when Barcelona also reigned as one of the most dynamic centres of modernist art and architecture in Europe.(...)
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Barcelona and Modernity : Picasso, Gaudi, Miro, Dali
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During the years after the September Revolution of 1868, Barcelona experienced tremendous industrial growth and emerged as the most politically and culturally progressive city in Spain. "Barcelona and Modernity" examines this remarkable seventy-one-year period, when Barcelona also reigned as one of the most dynamic centres of modernist art and architecture in Europe. Focusing on the Catalan Renaixença, Modernisme, Noucentisme, avant-garde movements of the early 20th century, and artistic reactions to the Spanish Civil War, essays by an extraordinary team of scholars offer new insights into the work of such Catalan artists as Antoni Gaudí, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Salvador Dalí, among others, by setting them in context with the art of their teachers, colleagues, and rivals. With approximately 350 works in a variety of media—painting, sculpture, photography, furniture, decorative arts, and architectural design — this book also explores how Catalan artists derived inspiration from local traditions while contributing their own innovations to international modernism.
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Après la génération des pionniers du Mouvement moderne, Louis Kahn a sans doute été l'architecte le plus novateur de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Ses œuvres aussi bien que ses positions théoriques ont révolutionné la façon de penser et de construire l'architecture, et ouvert une nouvelle direction de recherche à des générations d'architectes. Formé par Paul Cret à la(...)
Louis I. Kahn : la construction poétique de l'espace
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Après la génération des pionniers du Mouvement moderne, Louis Kahn a sans doute été l'architecte le plus novateur de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Ses œuvres aussi bien que ses positions théoriques ont révolutionné la façon de penser et de construire l'architecture, et ouvert une nouvelle direction de recherche à des générations d'architectes. Formé par Paul Cret à la méthode classique des Beaux-Arts, nourri des recherches de Le Corbusier, il est fasciné par les expérimentations de Buckminster Fuller comme par l'art des peintres Josef Albers et De Kooning ; il tire profit de toutes ces influences pour élaborer peu à peu une architecture dans laquelle modernité et intemporalité se confondent. Le projet du nouveau plan urbain de Philadelphie, le musée d'Art moderne de l'université de Yale, le petit bâtiment d'entrée du Jewish Community Center sont, avec les laboratoires de recherche Jonas Salk à La Jolla, le musée Kimbell à Fort Worth ou l'institut indien de management à Ahmedabad, quelques-uns des exemples qui illustrent sa démarche, soucieuse de débarrasser l'architecture de son rôle fonctionnel pour mettre en œuvre une véritable poétique de l'espace. À l'inverse d'une monographie chronologique, la présente étude se déplace librement dans l'espace et le temps afin de cerner au mieux la construction progressive d'un langage architectural complexe. De nombreuses citations de textes de Kahn, dont certains inédits en français, ainsi que des documents originaux provenant des archives de la Fondation Kahn de Philadelphie étaient cet ouvrage, fruit de plusieurs années de recherches, de voyages et d'entretiens .
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Joseph Eichler was a pioneering developer who defied conventional wisdom by hiring progressive architects to design modernist homes for the growing middle class of the 1950s. He was known for his innovations, including "built-ins" for streamlined kitchen work, for introducing a multipurpose room adjacent to the kitchen, and for the classic atrium that melded the indoors(...)
Eichler : modernism rebuilds the American dream
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Joseph Eichler was a pioneering developer who defied conventional wisdom by hiring progressive architects to design modernist homes for the growing middle class of the 1950s. He was known for his innovations, including "built-ins" for streamlined kitchen work, for introducing a multipurpose room adjacent to the kitchen, and for the classic atrium that melded the indoors with the outdoors. For nearly twenty years, Eichler Homes built thousands of dwellings in California, acquiring national and international acclaim. Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream examines Eichler's legacy as seen in his original homes and in the revival of the Modernist movement, which continues to grow today. The homes that Eichler built were modern in concept and expression, and yet comfortable for living. Eichler's work left a legacy of design intergrity and set standards for housing developers that remain unparalleled in the history of American building. This book captures and illustrates that legacy with impressive detail, engaging history, firsthand recollections about Eichler and his vision, and 250 photographs of Eichler homes in their prime.
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En mai 1911, Le Corbusier débute un voyage qui le mènera à Prague, Vienne, Budapest, Istanbul, mont Athos, Athènes, puis Pompéi et Pise avant de regagner la Suisse où il construira, en souvenir de ses impressions, deux villas : l'une surnommée blanche et l'autre turque. Trois aspects caractérisent cet ouvrage et éclairent son importance : ses qualités purement(...)
Le Corbusier: Voyage d'Orient, 1910-1911
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En mai 1911, Le Corbusier débute un voyage qui le mènera à Prague, Vienne, Budapest, Istanbul, mont Athos, Athènes, puis Pompéi et Pise avant de regagner la Suisse où il construira, en souvenir de ses impressions, deux villas : l'une surnommée blanche et l'autre turque. Trois aspects caractérisent cet ouvrage et éclairent son importance : ses qualités purement littéraires, la progressive transformation de la personnalité de l'auteur au fil du parcours, le rôle de ces leçons dans son processus de conception tout au long de sa vie. Ce voyage éclaire le rapport de l'auteur entre inspiration et création. Hormis le récit qu'il tire de ses découvertes, Le Corbusier remplit plusieurs carnets de dessins, croquis et annotations (certaines pages sont reproduites dans l'ouvrage). Sa vie durant, il retournera à ces études de l'année 1911 pour ressourcer sa créativité et y puiser la matrice de ses formes nouvelles. Le récit est accompagné d'une postface analysant le rôle des voyages dans le travail de Le Corbusier et d'une introduction présentant le contexte de ce déplacement.
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