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L'Europe est une entité culturelle façonnée par les civilisations grecque et romaine, le christianisme, les Lumières... De la Suède à l'Espagne, de la France à la Russie, sont explorés des lieux emblématiques qui révèlent des lignes de clivage et des points communs. Ces lieux sont évoqués à travers leur histoire politique, religieuse, sociale ; chacun de ces lieux a sa(...)
Europe, lieux communs : cafés, gares, jardins publics...
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L'Europe est une entité culturelle façonnée par les civilisations grecque et romaine, le christianisme, les Lumières... De la Suède à l'Espagne, de la France à la Russie, sont explorés des lieux emblématiques qui révèlent des lignes de clivage et des points communs. Ces lieux sont évoqués à travers leur histoire politique, religieuse, sociale ; chacun de ces lieux a sa charge symbolique, nourrit un imaginaire littéraire, cinématographique, pictural... Chacun de ces lieux dit quelque chose de l'Europe d'aujourd'hui.
Théorie de l’architecture
Style
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The enduring influence of the architect Gottfried Semper (1803-79) derives less from his monumental buildings in Dresden, Zurich, and Vienna than from his "Style in the technical and tectonic arts" (1860-63). Semper's landmark survey of the motives giving rise to the technical arts (textiles, ceramics, carpentry, masonry) explores the symbolic and material preconditions(...)
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The enduring influence of the architect Gottfried Semper (1803-79) derives less from his monumental buildings in Dresden, Zurich, and Vienna than from his "Style in the technical and tectonic arts" (1860-63). Semper's landmark survey of the motives giving rise to the technical arts (textiles, ceramics, carpentry, masonry) explores the symbolic and material preconditions of style. An extended inquiry into the inner principles of artistic form, this work altered the intellectual field for aesthetics and art history and stands as a vital document in the construction of modern architectural theory. Translated by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Michael Robinson, with an introduction by Harry Francis Mallgrave.
Théorie de l’architecture
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This book examines the development of Vancouver’s unique approach to zoning, planning, and urban design from its inception in the early 1970's to its maturity in the management of urban change at the beginning of the twenty-first century. By the late 1990's, Vancouver had established a reputation in North America for its planning achievement, especially for its creation(...)
The Vancouver achievement : urban planning and design
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This book examines the development of Vancouver’s unique approach to zoning, planning, and urban design from its inception in the early 1970's to its maturity in the management of urban change at the beginning of the twenty-first century. By the late 1990's, Vancouver had established a reputation in North America for its planning achievement, especially for its creation of a participative, responsive, and design-led approach to urban regeneration and redevelopment. This system has other important features: an innovative approach to megaproject planning, a system of cost and amenity levies on major schemes, a participative CityPlan process to underpin active neighbourhood planning, and a sophisticated panoply of design guidelines. These systems, processes, and their achievements place Vancouver at the forefront of international planning practice. "The Vancouver Achievement" explains the evolution and evaluates the outcomes of Vancouver’s unique system of discretionary zoning. The introductory chapters set the context for the study: they cover the invention and refinement of this system in the reform movement, its development of policies, guidelines, and control processes, and its translation into official development plans and neighbourhood design in the 1970's. Subsequent chapters focus upon the downtown, waterfront megaprojects, single-family neighbourhoods, the city-wide strategic planning programme (CityPlan), pressures for reform of control processes, and current downtown and inner city developments, especially issues of affordable housing, social exclusion, and multiple deprivation. The concluding chapter summarizes "The Vancouver Achievement," explains the keys to its success, and evaluates its design success against internationally accepted criteria.
Architecture du Canada
Building/art
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Building/Art discusses changing ideas about the nature and function of the city as an essential cultural network, one that each of its inhabitants participates in, whether consciously or unconsciously. The city acts as a backdrop to everyday life and influences the ways in which individuals interact with a greater cultural community. How would life be different for us as(...)
Architecture du Canada
décembre 2003, Calgary
Building/art
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Building/Art discusses changing ideas about the nature and function of the city as an essential cultural network, one that each of its inhabitants participates in, whether consciously or unconsciously. The city acts as a backdrop to everyday life and influences the ways in which individuals interact with a greater cultural community. How would life be different for us as individuals if we lived in a different kind of city? What interventions can be made at an architectural level to make our city a more engaging place to live? In this theoretical discussion and visual display of urbanism, vital connections are made between modernism as an international movement and its manifestations in Canadian architecture. With contributions from experts in diverse fields of inquiry, Building/Art offers a discussion of the dynamic relationship between form and culture in word and picture.
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The Scottish architect, designer and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) was one of the early pioneers of modern architecture and design. His multifaceted œuvre is an important link between the movement towards artistic reform in Britain and continental Modernism. Mackintosh’s avant-garde designs for the Glasgow school of art, the legendary Willow tea rooms or(...)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868-1928
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The Scottish architect, designer and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) was one of the early pioneers of modern architecture and design. His multifaceted œuvre is an important link between the movement towards artistic reform in Britain and continental Modernism. Mackintosh’s avant-garde designs for the Glasgow school of art, the legendary Willow tea rooms or the Hill house in Helensburgh are a blend of functional simplicity and poetic decorative details. The result is a cool elegance which combines "mysticism and aestheticism with a strong touch of lilac ... and a gentle sensuality". In addition to his architectural works, this book focuses on Mackintosh’s famous interiors and also on his often neglected textile designs and watercolours.
Architecture, monographies
Learning from Palladio
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In this book, Branko Mitrovic rethinks traditionally held views on Palladio's approach to spacial composition, facade design, detailing, proportions, and use of the classical order. Nearly 200 photographs and illustrations showcase a broad selection of Palladian structures and styles, supplemented by digital renderings, views, and site plans.
Learning from Palladio
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In this book, Branko Mitrovic rethinks traditionally held views on Palladio's approach to spacial composition, facade design, detailing, proportions, and use of the classical order. Nearly 200 photographs and illustrations showcase a broad selection of Palladian structures and styles, supplemented by digital renderings, views, and site plans.
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Paul Tournon (1881-1964) a été un protagoniste de l’architecture française du XXe siècle. Il a réalisé des pavillons d’exposition, des groupes scolaires ou hospitaliers, des immeubles d’habitation, des usines, des banques, des monastères ainsi que de nombreuses églises importantes à Paris et dans les colonies (Saint-Esprit à Paris, l’église de Villemomble, celle(...)
Architecture, monographies
février 2004, Sprimont
Paul Tournon architecte 1881-1964 : le moderniste sage
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Paul Tournon (1881-1964) a été un protagoniste de l’architecture française du XXe siècle. Il a réalisé des pavillons d’exposition, des groupes scolaires ou hospitaliers, des immeubles d’habitation, des usines, des banques, des monastères ainsi que de nombreuses églises importantes à Paris et dans les colonies (Saint-Esprit à Paris, l’église de Villemomble, celle d’Elisabethville, la cathédrale de Casablanca, etc.). Toutefois, malgré les projets prestigieux et considérables qui lui ont été confiés, Tournon suit le destin plus général de l’architecture traditionaliste à laquelle il appartient : son nom est, effectivement, presqu’inconnu et son œuvre est pratiquement absente des grandes synthèses historiographiques de l’architecture contemporaine. Cette étude se propose de rendre une place adéquate au personnage de Paul Tournon au sein d’un cadre interprétatif exempt de tout prévention idéologique mais tenant compte des catégories idéales d’art et de valeur auxquelles Tournon était lui-même attentif. Moderniste " sage ", prudent et mesuré, guidé par une foi religieuse profonde, Paul Tournon incarne parfaitement esprit de son temps comme cas emblématique de l’union entre les valeurs de la tradition et l’acceptation des ressources offertes par la modernité qui caractérise une bonne part de la culture architecturale traditionaliste.
Architecture, monographies
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For years, architects have enjoyed the challenge of incorporating lightweight structures -- fabrics, tents, canopies, membranes, and so on -- into their designs. Such materials are a welcome boon to architectural creativity, allowing designers to envision spaces that take innovative shapes and interact with their surroundings in ways unattainable with conventional(...)
The magic of tents : transforming space
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For years, architects have enjoyed the challenge of incorporating lightweight structures -- fabrics, tents, canopies, membranes, and so on -- into their designs. Such materials are a welcome boon to architectural creativity, allowing designers to envision spaces that take innovative shapes and interact with their surroundings in ways unattainable with conventional materials. Recent years have seen an increase in the use of such structures, in part because advances in computer technology have made it easier to render and model such projects, and in part because such structures are ideally suited to today's increasing concerns about environmentalism and sustainability. The Magic of Tents showcases innovative uses of lightweight, tented structures from across the United States and around the world -- from an Arizona school to an Istanbul bank, from a Miami nightclub on the beach to a private home in Germany, from corporate headquarters in Los Angeles to offices in Oslo, and many more! The book features both residential and commercial projects, projects with both exterior and interior usages, projects where the tented element is the driving component of the design, and projects that incorporate lightweight structures to accent or address a specific need. Endlessly flexible, nurturing of creativity, cost- and energy-conscious, tented structures are an ideal means to address many concerns of modern architecture -- a creative means to not only define space, but also to transform it into something to meet all sorts of design needs, for projects both grand and small.
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Architecture miniature
Tree houses by architects
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In this volume, tree houses of fantasy become reality as we explore 20 actual tree houses from around the world. While providing many of the comforts of a home on the ground, they add the advantages of a gentle swaying and the spectacular, leafy views that only a tree house can offer. These projects exhibit gorgeous designs that utilize innovative materials and methods(...)
Tree houses by architects
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In this volume, tree houses of fantasy become reality as we explore 20 actual tree houses from around the world. While providing many of the comforts of a home on the ground, they add the advantages of a gentle swaying and the spectacular, leafy views that only a tree house can offer. These projects exhibit gorgeous designs that utilize innovative materials and methods of construction.
Architecture écologique
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Cottages : new style
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Placing particular emphasis on interior design, this book displays beautiful decoration as well as focusing on the design of such very cottage-like elements as fireplaces, porches, and kitchens. The cottages presented have been selected for their excellence in design, innovative use of materials and methods of construction. Each case study includes interior and exterior(...)
Cottages : new style
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Placing particular emphasis on interior design, this book displays beautiful decoration as well as focusing on the design of such very cottage-like elements as fireplaces, porches, and kitchens. The cottages presented have been selected for their excellence in design, innovative use of materials and methods of construction. Each case study includes interior and exterior photography by some of the finest architectural photographers working today; drawings include site plans, details, and floor plans.
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mai 2004, New York
Architecture résidentielle