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The modern world was created through the combination and complex interactions of five grand transitions: demographic, agricultural and dietary, energy, and economic. They have made many intensifying demands on the environment, resulting in ecosystemic degradation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, and eventually change on the planetary level, with global warming being the(...)
Grand transitions: How the modern world was made
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The modern world was created through the combination and complex interactions of five grand transitions: demographic, agricultural and dietary, energy, and economic. They have made many intensifying demands on the environment, resulting in ecosystemic degradation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, and eventually change on the planetary level, with global warming being the most worrisome development. This book traces the genesis of these transitions, their interactions and complicated progress as well as their outcomes and impacts, explaining how the modern world was made—and then offers a forward-thinking examination of some key unfolding transitions and appraising their challenges and possible results.
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périodiques
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The award-winning Sri Lankan architectural firm led by Palinda Kannangara is known for an experiential architecture that hinges on simplicity and connection with the natural environment. Its work has been recognised for a personalised approach, contextual sensitivity, experimental material use, and a minimalism reflective of the Sri Lankan ethos. Started in 2005,(...)
El Croquis 212 : Palinda Kannangara
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The award-winning Sri Lankan architectural firm led by Palinda Kannangara is known for an experiential architecture that hinges on simplicity and connection with the natural environment. Its work has been recognised for a personalised approach, contextual sensitivity, experimental material use, and a minimalism reflective of the Sri Lankan ethos. Started in 2005, Kannangara’s practice often works on small-scale projects which connect with the region, climate, and landscape using locally available materials and technology. This issue features twelve works, including several houses, a wellness retreat, holiday bungalows, an artist’s retreat, and staff quarters for a wind power plant.
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janvier 2022
El Croquis
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In this book, renowned photographer Emmet Gowin presents stunning aerial images of center-pivot irrigation systems in the western and midwestern United States. This type of farming involves a method of watering crops in which equipment rotates around a centrally drilled well, creating enormous, distinct circles of irrigated land, often in the midst of dry terrain. Through(...)
Emmet Gowin: the one hundred circle farm
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In this book, renowned photographer Emmet Gowin presents stunning aerial images of center-pivot irrigation systems in the western and midwestern United States. This type of farming involves a method of watering crops in which equipment rotates around a centrally drilled well, creating enormous, distinct circles of irrigated land, often in the midst of dry terrain. Through a faithful yet personal photographic survey, Gowin’s powerful images not only bear witness to the ambitions humans wield in shaping the landscape, but also attest to how such primal elements—circles, pivots, and lines—symbolize water depletion and the fragile environment.
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Cooking sections: offsetted
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This publication traces the emergence of the valuation of nature. The book by the artist duo Cooking Sections unpacks forms of dispossession that are becoming more common through the protection—not only destruction—of natural environments. Through a series of artistic and architectural interventions, The book ties into current struggles for climate justice worldwide,(...)
Cooking sections: offsetted
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This publication traces the emergence of the valuation of nature. The book by the artist duo Cooking Sections unpacks forms of dispossession that are becoming more common through the protection—not only destruction—of natural environments. Through a series of artistic and architectural interventions, The book ties into current struggles for climate justice worldwide, contesting neoliberalism as a savior of its own ecological contradictions. It challenges conservation models based on “natural capital,” while proposing new spatial tactics to de-financialize the environment. Besides a photographic documentary and the works by Cooking Sections, the book assembles numerous contributions by interdisciplinary artists and scientists.
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Besides new projects by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and JKMM Architects, this issue includes a special feature on civic architecture in an age of transition, introduced by an article on the legacy of civic space by Gihan Karunaratne. The feature includes four examples of optimistic 21st-century projects: the Urban Environment House by Lahdelma(...)
C3 417: Civic Architecture in Transition
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Besides new projects by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and JKMM Architects, this issue includes a special feature on civic architecture in an age of transition, introduced by an article on the legacy of civic space by Gihan Karunaratne. The feature includes four examples of optimistic 21st-century projects: the Urban Environment House by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Bodø City Hall by Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde, Province of Antwerp Headquarters by Xaveer De Geyter Architects, and Kiruna Town Hall by Henning Larsen. A feature on dwellings presents work by Bak Gordon, Studio Billy Maynard, Ludwig Godefroy, and Barclay & Crousse.
Revues
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Environmental disasters and severe weather due to climate change have had an increasingly direct impact on our homes. But the way in which America builds its homes is part of the problem. This deeply researched history of sustainable design standards in building codes explores how public policy, standard-setting trade associations, and financial incentives influence the(...)
The greening of America's building codes: promises and paradoxes
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Environmental disasters and severe weather due to climate change have had an increasingly direct impact on our homes. But the way in which America builds its homes is part of the problem. This deeply researched history of sustainable design standards in building codes explores how public policy, standard-setting trade associations, and financial incentives influence the ways in which the construction of our homes impacts the environment. It exposes how the socioeconomic and political forces that influenced early building code development continue to define the character of current building codes and, by extension, determine how we regulate environmental impact and define sustainability today.
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With the help of the neologism ''resortization,'' this issue discusses the structural transformation currently underway in the domain of art, which compels it to resemble a resort-like environment. In particular, this term encapsulates the tendency of various Blue-Chip Galleries to follow their well-to-do clientele into the reclusion of exclusive luxury enclaves such as(...)
Texte zur kunst #127 : resortization
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With the help of the neologism ''resortization,'' this issue discusses the structural transformation currently underway in the domain of art, which compels it to resemble a resort-like environment. In particular, this term encapsulates the tendency of various Blue-Chip Galleries to follow their well-to-do clientele into the reclusion of exclusive luxury enclaves such as Aspen, Saint-Tropez or Monte-Carlo. The issue also engages with the increasing relevance of digital media, which not only plays a growing part in informing processes of recognition but fundamentally influences the conditions under which artistic work is made and experienced.
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Shigeru Ban Architects has innovated in wood for over 35 years, creating inspiring spaces that have a positive impact on building inhabitants, communities, and the environment. The firm has built over 65 wood and mass timber projects, from prefabricated plywood houses to parametrically modeled glulam gridshells. This volume presents the trajectory of 45 works from concept(...)
Shigeru Ban: Timber in architecture
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Shigeru Ban Architects has innovated in wood for over 35 years, creating inspiring spaces that have a positive impact on building inhabitants, communities, and the environment. The firm has built over 65 wood and mass timber projects, from prefabricated plywood houses to parametrically modeled glulam gridshells. This volume presents the trajectory of 45 works from concept through construction, demonstrating the challenges and merits of wood buildings through essays, technical drawings, and photographs. Featured projects include the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the Aspen Art Museum, the Mt. Fuij World Heritage Centre, and Swatch/Omega Campus, as well as current works.
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A+U 623: 6a architects
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Founded by Tom Emerson and Stephanie MacDonald in 2001, 6a architects is based in London and deeply immersed in the British art and design scene. With a sensitivity to the environment, community, and context, this edition presents 20 projects as distinct experiences, divided into four chapters – “Repairing,” “Gardening,” “Shaping,” and “Walking.” 6a’s earlier works at(...)
A+U 623: 6a architects
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Founded by Tom Emerson and Stephanie MacDonald in 2001, 6a architects is based in London and deeply immersed in the British art and design scene. With a sensitivity to the environment, community, and context, this edition presents 20 projects as distinct experiences, divided into four chapters – “Repairing,” “Gardening,” “Shaping,” and “Walking.” 6a’s earlier works at Raven Row and Clore Studio showcase how the architects “work with what is already there and understand time as part of that existing material.” Includes opening statements by the architects and essays by Sam Jacobs, Anna Puigjaner, Nicholas Lobo Brennan, and Lucia Allais.
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Architecture is often seen as the art of a thinking mind that arranges, organises and establishes relationships between the parts and the whole. It is also seen as the art of designing spaces, which we experience through movement and use. Conceptual ordering, spatial and social narrative are fundamental to the ways in which buildings are shaped, used and perceived.(...)
Architecture and narrative, the formation of space and cultural meaning
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Architecture is often seen as the art of a thinking mind that arranges, organises and establishes relationships between the parts and the whole. It is also seen as the art of designing spaces, which we experience through movement and use. Conceptual ordering, spatial and social narrative are fundamental to the ways in which buildings are shaped, used and perceived. Examining and exploring the ways in which these three dimensions interact in the design and life of buildings, this intriguing book will be of use to anyone with an interest in the theory of architecture and architecture's relationship to the cultural human environment.
Théorie de l’architecture