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What is “good” architecture? This seemingly simple question is connected to a wide range of criteria—just like the radical quest for “good” food, which has produced a wealth of insights over the past few decades. This book showcases buildings whose construction has been based on simple technology, good craftsmanship and careful choice of local and natural materials, as(...)
Vegetarian architecture: case studies on building and nature
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What is “good” architecture? This seemingly simple question is connected to a wide range of criteria—just like the radical quest for “good” food, which has produced a wealth of insights over the past few decades. This book showcases buildings whose construction has been based on simple technology, good craftsmanship and careful choice of local and natural materials, as well as local development initiatives that demonstrate excellence in building quality, landscape restoration and community revitalization. The selection of case studies is broad and definitely unconventional: it encompasses Europe and Japan, and privileges lesser-known authors, unobtrusive works and marginal localities where radically fresh attitudes have been able to develop.
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This compact and accessible book is for anyone who would like to understand more about the architectural history of English churches. Clear and easy to use, the text explains the key components of church architecture—stylistic developments, functional requirements, regional variations, and arcane vocabulary. Readers can equip themselves to explore historic churches(...)
Churches: an architectural guide
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This compact and accessible book is for anyone who would like to understand more about the architectural history of English churches. Clear and easy to use, the text explains the key components of church architecture—stylistic developments, functional requirements, regional variations, and arcane vocabulary. Readers can equip themselves to explore historic churches knowledgeably, evaluate dates and restoration phases, interpret stained glass and monuments, and make their own discoveries. Written by one of the editors of the Pevsner Architectural Guides and distilling years of experience visiting churches, the book includes explanations of how to learn more from building plans, tips for further research, searching for clues, and analyzing the evidence.
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Showcasing the design of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (PFS), a leading Canadian planning, urban design and landscape architecture firm, this book consists of seven commissioned essays by foremost architects, planners, landscape architects and historians working today. Michael Van Valkenburgh introduces the book with a compelling Foreword, and each author, including Bruce(...)
Grounded: The work of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg
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Showcasing the design of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (PFS), a leading Canadian planning, urban design and landscape architecture firm, this book consists of seven commissioned essays by foremost architects, planners, landscape architects and historians working today. Michael Van Valkenburgh introduces the book with a compelling Foreword, and each author, including Bruce Kuwabara, Ken Greenberg, Doug Paterson, Julian Smith, Eduard Koegel, Jacqueline Hucker and Kelty McKinnon, touches on conceptual approaches to design that PFS takes within their practice. Each essay theme covers and explores different PFS projects from Sherbourne Park in Toronto, to Confederation Square in Ottawa, from Vimy Memorial Restoration in France to Huang Pu in China.
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Through eighteen distinctive projects set across urban, suburban, and rural spaces, this book explores how thoughtful design and awareness of local ecology can make gardens both beautiful and sustainable. Featuring interviews with designers in the United States and the United Kingdom, this survey presents the stories and lessons behind inspirational garden projects,(...)
Beyond the garden: Designing home landscapes with natural systems
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Through eighteen distinctive projects set across urban, suburban, and rural spaces, this book explores how thoughtful design and awareness of local ecology can make gardens both beautiful and sustainable. Featuring interviews with designers in the United States and the United Kingdom, this survey presents the stories and lessons behind inspirational garden projects, including stormwater conservation in the high desert of New Mexico, native woodlands restoration in coastal Maine, and land stewardship in England's Hampshire county, this comprehensive survey of eco-conscious garden designs offers guiding principles to make your landscape "greener" and will spark curiosity about the natural systems just outside your front door.
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Seoul is not a metropolis striving to develop and expand but a meta-city seeking a dedicated balance between restoration and change. In a meta-city, all individuals are valued equally and acknowledge the differences among them. The various relationships in a meta-city are not linear or hierarchical but variegated and intricate. A number of restorative public spaces serve(...)
Seoul: towards a meta-city, recent urban projects in Seoul
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Seoul is not a metropolis striving to develop and expand but a meta-city seeking a dedicated balance between restoration and change. In a meta-city, all individuals are valued equally and acknowledge the differences among them. The various relationships in a meta-city are not linear or hierarchical but variegated and intricate. A number of restorative public spaces serve to revitalize the individual health and the collective identities. The present and the past coexist and the city functions to both reminisce the past and plan for the future. Also, Seoul will constantly reflect on the city’s values and uphold the dignity of the people.
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The second volume of the Modern Landscapes series examines the evolution of Pittsburgh's first modern garden plaza. Completed in 1955 from a design by the acclaimed landscape design firm Simonds & Simonds and architects Mitchell & Ritchey, Mellon Square functioned as an urban oasis that provided downtown office workers a much-needed respite from the city's infamous smoke(...)
Mellon square: discovering a modern masterpiece
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The second volume of the Modern Landscapes series examines the evolution of Pittsburgh's first modern garden plaza. Completed in 1955 from a design by the acclaimed landscape design firm Simonds & Simonds and architects Mitchell & Ritchey, Mellon Square functioned as an urban oasis that provided downtown office workers a much-needed respite from the city's infamous smoke pollution. Now, more than six decades later, Mellon Square is undergoing a major restoration by Patricia O Donnell of Heritage Landscapes that aims to restore this urban garden and help revitalize downtown Pittsburgh. Featuring new photography and archival material, Mellon Square is the only book to showcase the development of this iconic urban landscape.
Théorie du paysage
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378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, ©2001.
The genius of Robert Adam : his interiors / Eileen Harris.
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New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, ©2001.
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Between 2010 and 2020, Caruso St John expanded its reputation for sensitive and characterful architecture through a remarkable range of projects. Major buildings in the heart of Swiss, German, and Belgian cities explored the role urban landmarks can play in the present day, while smaller domestic projects provided the opportunity for experiments in restoration, materials,(...)
Caruso St John, Collected Works: Volume 3, 2010-2020
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Between 2010 and 2020, Caruso St John expanded its reputation for sensitive and characterful architecture through a remarkable range of projects. Major buildings in the heart of Swiss, German, and Belgian cities explored the role urban landmarks can play in the present day, while smaller domestic projects provided the opportunity for experiments in restoration, materials, and colour. Transforming buildings for reuse – from beloved public institutions to longabandoned industrial sites – became a focal point for the practice as it sought to emphasise its work with the existing rather than contribute to the escalating production of new construction. Their designs for memorials, exhibitions, and museums further developed this engagement with memory and an aliveness to the past.
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Twenty years after its restoration, this is how the history of the Cappella del Barolo, or Cappella delle Brunate, can be summed up: a "rainbow among the hills" that enchants with its colours and its almost magical aura - whether you discover it by chance during a bicycle ride or whether you go looking for it on purpose. A simple version of the facts, however, is not(...)
The Chapel of Barolo by Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett. The last eclipse of the millennium.
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Twenty years after its restoration, this is how the history of the Cappella del Barolo, or Cappella delle Brunate, can be summed up: a "rainbow among the hills" that enchants with its colours and its almost magical aura - whether you discover it by chance during a bicycle ride or whether you go looking for it on purpose. A simple version of the facts, however, is not enough to recount such a mysterious place that has become legendary; and it is indeed a legend that Andrea Bajani relates in this book, a narration with many possible versions and protagonists, in order to rediscover the uncertain, and thus even more fascinating, history of the Chapel.
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Architecture, monographies
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''L'architecture vivante'', the French-language quarterly magazine for avant-garde architecture, was published in France from 1923 to 1932. In 2006 Editions Imbernon published the first identical reissue of a famous special edition of the magazine, the 1929 winter issue devoted to E.1027 House by the Sea, the iconic villa designed by Eileen Gray. At the time this was(...)
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Eileen Gray & Jean Badovici: E1027- Maison en bord de mer
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''L'architecture vivante'', the French-language quarterly magazine for avant-garde architecture, was published in France from 1923 to 1932. In 2006 Editions Imbernon published the first identical reissue of a famous special edition of the magazine, the 1929 winter issue devoted to E.1027 House by the Sea, the iconic villa designed by Eileen Gray. At the time this was within the context of the rescue and restoration of the villa, initiated by the Fondation Le Corbusier and the French Ministry of Culture, among others. This second reissue, published in 2015 and with English translations of the original French texts, marks a new phase for the site as it is opened to the public.