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At the inaugural festivities of the Moscow Palace of Young Pioneers in 1962, a Soviet news agency enthusiastically reported, “In this house, the walls will teach!” Propagandistic, yes, but this prescriptive attitude about the potential of architecture to shape modern life was implicit in much of the architecture of the 20th century. This collection of 12 essays and 24(...)
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Walls that teach: on the architecture of youth centres
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At the inaugural festivities of the Moscow Palace of Young Pioneers in 1962, a Soviet news agency enthusiastically reported, “In this house, the walls will teach!” Propagandistic, yes, but this prescriptive attitude about the potential of architecture to shape modern life was implicit in much of the architecture of the 20th century. This collection of 12 essays and 24 case studies from leading architects and academics examines the architecture and programming of mid-century youth centers across Europe, from Utrecht to Manchester. The organization of these centers around leisure activities partially concealed their educational (and ultimately political) goals: their pedagogical power could be found not only in their physical design, but also in the way they were used and inhabited by the children themselves. Contributors include Tom Avermaete, Peter Blundell Jones, Jennifer Mack, Susan Reid, Sue Robertson, Piet Vollaard and many others.
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Mali, in North Africa, is home to the largest building made out of clay; the structure only took one year to complete. For the construction of Neuschwanstein Castle, 465 tons of marble were hefted to the Alps to the building site. The Atomium in Brussels boasts the longest escalators in Europe. The largest mosque in the world is as big as 56 football fields. "The(...)
The illustrated atlas of architecture and marvelous monuments
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Mali, in North Africa, is home to the largest building made out of clay; the structure only took one year to complete. For the construction of Neuschwanstein Castle, 465 tons of marble were hefted to the Alps to the building site. The Atomium in Brussels boasts the longest escalators in Europe. The largest mosque in the world is as big as 56 football fields. "The illustrated atlas of architecture and marvelous monuments" presents a world of breathtaking buildings and their incredible stories through illustrated maps and engaging factsheets. Sarah Tavernier and Alexandre Verhille have already deftly shown with "Legendary routes of the world" that they are experts in showcasing the biggest and the best. Now, for "The illustrated atlas of architecture and marvelous monuments", they researched the longest bridges, tallest towers, the most impressive cultural sites, and plenty of curiosities. Exciting facts are woven together with a myriad of architectural styles; the material feats are skillfully and artfully placed upon bold maps, situating the constructions within a geographic context.
Littérature jeunesse
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Compiled in this book are 115 creative concepts, from beach clubs, hotels and oceanfront homes to sea baths, urban beaches and art installations. Page after page, "Beachlife" offers examples of design, architecture and art that enhance the recreational and residential functions of waterfront sites across the globe.
mai 2008, Amsterdam
Beachlife : interior design and architecture at the seaside
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Compiled in this book are 115 creative concepts, from beach clubs, hotels and oceanfront homes to sea baths, urban beaches and art installations. Page after page, "Beachlife" offers examples of design, architecture and art that enhance the recreational and residential functions of waterfront sites across the globe.
Systèmes vivants et paysage: technologies et matériaux évolutifs pour l'architecture du paysage
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Cette publication propose un grand nombre de technologies et de matériaux d’un nouveau type pour l’architecture du paysage. Les projets et les matériaux présentés ici résultent d’un travail étroit entre concepteurs, ingénieurs, scientifiques et écologues. L’ouvrage, dans une approche à la fois théorique et pratique, est centré sur les technologies appliquées à la(...)
Théorie du paysage
mai 2007, Basel, Boston, Berlin
Systèmes vivants et paysage: technologies et matériaux évolutifs pour l'architecture du paysage
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Cette publication propose un grand nombre de technologies et de matériaux d’un nouveau type pour l’architecture du paysage. Les projets et les matériaux présentés ici résultent d’un travail étroit entre concepteurs, ingénieurs, scientifiques et écologues. L’ouvrage, dans une approche à la fois théorique et pratique, est centré sur les technologies appliquées à la croissance, aux flux, au climat et aux phénomènes météorologiques. Matériaux et technologies sont mis en relation selon leurs modes de fonctionnement, les processus envisagés et leurs propriétés. Les 36 projets internationaux et les 23 matériaux innovants sont accompagnés par des croquis détaillés et des photos de leur réalisation. Sont abordés également les systèmes complexes tels que les structures de croissance verticale, la prévention des inondations, les installations d’infiltration des eaux pluviales et de réduction de l’érosion des sols. Les exemples de projets sont l’œuvre, entre autres, de West 8 (Pays-Bas), GROSS.MAX (Grande Bretagne), Weiss-Manfredi Architects (USA), Kathryn Gustafson (USA) et Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten (Suisse).
Théorie du paysage
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In the 1960s and 1970s large, high-technology, inpatient oriented hospitals reflected the central role of such facilities in an expanding healthcare system. But hospital architecture and the healthcare system have vastly changed since then, in profound and unpredicted ways. This book explores for the first time how and why acute care hospitals and the often related(...)
janvier 1900, New Haven/London
Healthcare architecture in an era of radical transformation
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In the 1960s and 1970s large, high-technology, inpatient oriented hospitals reflected the central role of such facilities in an expanding healthcare system. But hospital architecture and the healthcare system have vastly changed since then, in profound and unpredicted ways. This book explores for the first time how and why acute care hospitals and the often related psychiatric facilities, retirement communities, and community clinics have been transformed during the final decades of the twentieth century. The authors also consider utopian visions of unbuilt work and look ahead to the possible healthcare landscape of the future: "health villages," home-based care for the aging and aged population, and cyberclinics and virtual hospitals.
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janvier 1900, New Haven/London
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The book includes modern-day projects for well-known trademarks like Canal+, Mercedes, Renault, Zanussi, Smart, Camper, Nike, Issey Miyake and Bang & Olufsen, which were implemented by professional designers and other creative artists, such as Zaha Hadid, La Fura dels Baus, Robert Wilson, Tara, Droog Design, Konstantin Grcic, Mariscal, Ingo Maurer and Dani Freixes.
janvier 1900, Barcelona
Space-identity-company : ephemeral architecture and corporate events
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The book includes modern-day projects for well-known trademarks like Canal+, Mercedes, Renault, Zanussi, Smart, Camper, Nike, Issey Miyake and Bang & Olufsen, which were implemented by professional designers and other creative artists, such as Zaha Hadid, La Fura dels Baus, Robert Wilson, Tara, Droog Design, Konstantin Grcic, Mariscal, Ingo Maurer and Dani Freixes.
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Across five centuries of Russian history, Russian leaders have used architecture to project unity, identity, and power. Church architecture has inspired national cohesion and justified political control while representing the claims of religion in brick, wood, and stone. The architectural vocabulary of the Soviet state celebrated industrialization, mechanization, and(...)
Histoire jusqu’à 1900
mai 2003, Ithaca and London
Architectures of Russian identity 1500 to the present
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Across five centuries of Russian history, Russian leaders have used architecture to project unity, identity, and power. Church architecture has inspired national cohesion and justified political control while representing the claims of religion in brick, wood, and stone. The architectural vocabulary of the Soviet state celebrated industrialization, mechanization, and communal life. Buildings and landscapes have expressed utopian urges as well as lofty spiritual goals. Country houses and memorials have encoded their own messages. In Architectures of Russian Identity, James Cracraft and Daniel Rowland gather a group of authors from a wide variety of backgrounds—including history and architectural history, linguistics, literary studies, geography, and political science—to survey the political and symbolic meanings of many different kinds of structures. Fourteen heavily illustrated chapters demonstrate the remarkable fertility of the theme of architecture, broadly defined, for a range of fields dealing with Russia and its surrounding territories. The authors engage key terms in contemporary historiography—identity, nationality, visual culture—and assess the applications of each in Russian contexts.
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"A Civilian Occupation" is the first attempt by Israeli architects, scholars, journalists, and photographers to highlight the role of Israeli architecture in the Middle East conflict.
Histoire jusqu'à 1900, Asie
septembre 2003, New York
A civilian occupation : the politics of Israeli architecture
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"A Civilian Occupation" is the first attempt by Israeli architects, scholars, journalists, and photographers to highlight the role of Israeli architecture in the Middle East conflict.
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Bringing together scholarship in diverse fields including architecture, geography, folklore, anthropology, and urban studies, the seventeen essays in this volume confirm the transformations now occuring in the study of vernacular architecture. Moving away from a single vision of vernacular architecture that consisted only of handmade structures built in traditional forms(...)
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janvier 1998, Knoxville, Tenn.
Exploring everyday landscapes : perspectives in vernacular architecture, VI
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Bringing together scholarship in diverse fields including architecture, geography, folklore, anthropology, and urban studies, the seventeen essays in this volume confirm the transformations now occuring in the study of vernacular architecture. Moving away from a single vision of vernacular architecture that consisted only of handmade structures built in traditional forms and materials for everyday use, the scholars included in this collection are exploring a wider variety of forms and landscapes from company towns to grand expositions.
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Histoire jusqu’à 1900
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Sposored by the St. Louis chapter of the AIA, this guide book includes over 500 photographs, elevation drawings, plans, diagrams, and maps. Each entry gives the address, architect, and construction date, as well as descriptive and historic information about the site.
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mars 1989, Columbia, Missouri
A guide to the architecture of St. Louis
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Sposored by the St. Louis chapter of the AIA, this guide book includes over 500 photographs, elevation drawings, plans, diagrams, and maps. Each entry gives the address, architect, and construction date, as well as descriptive and historic information about the site.
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mars 1989, Columbia, Missouri
Guides des villes