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Thisbook presents the oeuvre of Douglas Garofalo, principal of Garofalo Architects, internationally renowned for its innovative residential, commercial, institutional, and public building projects. With a list of clients that includes the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Hyde Park Art Center, and the Smart Museum of Art at the(...)
A+D series : Douglas Garofalo
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Thisbook presents the oeuvre of Douglas Garofalo, principal of Garofalo Architects, internationally renowned for its innovative residential, commercial, institutional, and public building projects. With a list of clients that includes the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Hyde Park Art Center, and the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, the firm has also designed a number of private residences and played a significant role in Chicago’s urban design and public planning.
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The disappearance of urban squares and public spaces in many European cities has led to a critical awareness of the social significance of this traditional zone of community exchange. Boris Podrecca has played a great part in the recent cultivation of urban zones. His designs for squares in Verona, Salzburg, and Piran subtly reflect contemporary modes of living in public(...)
Architecture, monographies
novembre 2003, Vienna / New York
Boris Podrecca : public spaces
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The disappearance of urban squares and public spaces in many European cities has led to a critical awareness of the social significance of this traditional zone of community exchange. Boris Podrecca has played a great part in the recent cultivation of urban zones. His designs for squares in Verona, Salzburg, and Piran subtly reflect contemporary modes of living in public spaces. This book offers comprehensive coverage of 40 projects and work executed in Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia.
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novembre 2003, Vienna / New York
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John Wardle is one of Australia's leading contemporary architects. This book surveys his practice's 21-year history, taking the reader through the recognized small masterpieces through to recent major works. The Wardle philosophy and practice is explored by Leon van Schaik, Andrew Hutson, Paul Carter, Chris McAuliffe and Davina Jackson, with a photostudy of projects, a(...)
Volume: John Wardle architects
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John Wardle is one of Australia's leading contemporary architects. This book surveys his practice's 21-year history, taking the reader through the recognized small masterpieces through to recent major works. The Wardle philosophy and practice is explored by Leon van Schaik, Andrew Hutson, Paul Carter, Chris McAuliffe and Davina Jackson, with a photostudy of projects, a pictorial catalogue of works and photo essays of what Wardle dubs "the theatre of occupation" and "the theatre of construction".
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mars 2008
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This publication provides not only a chronological survey of Barragan's surviving work, but also a look at three urban realities that provided the context of his work. Cited as an inspiration by contemporary architects Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas, among others, Barragan succeeded in creating his own version of modernism, infused with the warmth and vibrancy(...)
Barragàn guide, second edition
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This publication provides not only a chronological survey of Barragan's surviving work, but also a look at three urban realities that provided the context of his work. Cited as an inspiration by contemporary architects Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas, among others, Barragan succeeded in creating his own version of modernism, infused with the warmth and vibrancy of his native Mexico. This second edition updates the previous edition with new photos and a more comprehensive bibliography.
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Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect is a high-quality reprint of the first monograph ever written on Lewerentz and his work. Originally published in 1985 in Swedish, this legendary book tells the story of his life and presents his entire body of work through a combination of texts, photographs, drawings, and plans. This edition sets Lewerentz in a contemporary context through a(...)
Sigurd Lewerentz, architect 1885-1975
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Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect is a high-quality reprint of the first monograph ever written on Lewerentz and his work. Originally published in 1985 in Swedish, this legendary book tells the story of his life and presents his entire body of work through a combination of texts, photographs, drawings, and plans. This edition sets Lewerentz in a contemporary context through a concluding essay on his work and legacy by the German-Chinese architect, critic, and professor Wilfried Wang.
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The Langham, Chicago hotel is to be located within Chicago's landmark 52-story IBM Building, which is the last skyscraper designed by Mies van der Rohe.Last Is More: Mies, IBM and the Transformation of Chicago covers the transformational process of designing and inserting a contemporary 21st-century luxury hotel into 20th-century Mies skyscraper; the tension of(...)
Last is more : Mies, IBM, and the transformation of Chicago
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The Langham, Chicago hotel is to be located within Chicago's landmark 52-story IBM Building, which is the last skyscraper designed by Mies van der Rohe.Last Is More: Mies, IBM and the Transformation of Chicago covers the transformational process of designing and inserting a contemporary 21st-century luxury hotel into 20th-century Mies skyscraper; the tension of retrofitting such a space; and how this impacts on the architectural legacies of Mies and IBM in Chicago.
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A co-founder in the 1960s of the influential metabolism movement in Japan, which promoted adaptable structures, Kurokawa has recently articulated his theory of symbiosis, in which he examines the contemporary shift from machine-age values to more organic environments. This retrospective book spans his career, illuminating the continuity, originality, and humanity of his(...)
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août 2005, Berlin
Kisho Kurokawa : metabolism and symbiosis
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A co-founder in the 1960s of the influential metabolism movement in Japan, which promoted adaptable structures, Kurokawa has recently articulated his theory of symbiosis, in which he examines the contemporary shift from machine-age values to more organic environments. This retrospective book spans his career, illuminating the continuity, originality, and humanity of his work. Covered here are less-familiar early designs and current undertakings of astounding proportions, like Zhengdong New District in China, a planned city of 15,000 people.
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Glass houses
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''Glass houses'' presents 50 architect designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. The international selection includes early modernist houses from the 1930s, such as Philip Johnson’s Glass House and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, and glamorous mid-century LA villas like Pierre Koenig’s Case Study #22, alongside outstanding contemporary examples, where new(...)
Glass houses
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''Glass houses'' presents 50 architect designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. The international selection includes early modernist houses from the 1930s, such as Philip Johnson’s Glass House and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, and glamorous mid-century LA villas like Pierre Koenig’s Case Study #22, alongside outstanding contemporary examples, where new innovations have made even more daring glass structures possible. Each house is celebrated with photographs that showcase the dynamic, light-filled living spaces that only glass can deliver.
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This book celebrates the era of North American barn-building known as "The golden age of barn construction," from the early 1700s to the mid-20th century. The author explores the variety of barn styles, pays tribute to the craftsmanship of their builders, and chronicles the lives and times of both the barns and those who built them. "Barn building" is illustrated(...)
Barn building : the golden age of barn construction
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This book celebrates the era of North American barn-building known as "The golden age of barn construction," from the early 1700s to the mid-20th century. The author explores the variety of barn styles, pays tribute to the craftsmanship of their builders, and chronicles the lives and times of both the barns and those who built them. "Barn building" is illustrated throughout with contemporary color interior and exterior photographs, historic black-and-white photos, and the author's own illustrations.
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"Off the grid homes" looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the grid can refer to many different aspects of energy and resource independence, from rainwater collection, to photovoltaic (PV) systems, to gray-water systems and more. Diagrams and clear explanations of(...)
Off the grid homes : case studies for sustainable living
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"Off the grid homes" looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the grid can refer to many different aspects of energy and resource independence, from rainwater collection, to photovoltaic (PV) systems, to gray-water systems and more. Diagrams and clear explanations of technologies and their appropriate applications are provided alongside the case studies that explain just how the technologies work and how they may best be applied to each individual situation.
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avril 2007, Layton
Architecture écologique