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Meyers analyses the shape of sound; architecture and sound; form; materiality; windows; the urban soundscape, its politics, aesthetics and social character; reflection; virtuality; sound art; and silence. This publication offers new theoretical insights into sound and the spatial experience accompanied by several key case studies. These include Meyers work with Stephen(...)
Victoria Meyers: shape of sound
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Meyers analyses the shape of sound; architecture and sound; form; materiality; windows; the urban soundscape, its politics, aesthetics and social character; reflection; virtuality; sound art; and silence. This publication offers new theoretical insights into sound and the spatial experience accompanied by several key case studies. These include Meyers work with Stephen Vitiello, whose piece A Bell For Every Minute animated the New York High Line project, and her collaborations with composer and sound artist Michael Schumacher.
Architecture, monographies
TILT: codesigning space
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TILT are a London-based design and architecture practice that actively engages communities in designing and making their spaces. Founded by designer Oliver Marlow and social entrepreneur Dermot Egan, TILT has created a unique codesign methodology that transforms the way people interact with each other and the spaces around them. Participants are encouraged to explore the(...)
TILT: codesigning space
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TILT are a London-based design and architecture practice that actively engages communities in designing and making their spaces. Founded by designer Oliver Marlow and social entrepreneur Dermot Egan, TILT has created a unique codesign methodology that transforms the way people interact with each other and the spaces around them. Participants are encouraged to explore the role of objects and furniture within their space and understand their impact on culture and behaviour.
Architecture, monographies
Site Specific
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An investigation into how place and context affects critical design development in an architectural site related programme. Architects were shortlisted for this project for their particular (and sometimes contrasting) modes of working with site specificity within European and American contemporary architectural practice. All the architects selected are working at an(...)
Site Specific
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An investigation into how place and context affects critical design development in an architectural site related programme. Architects were shortlisted for this project for their particular (and sometimes contrasting) modes of working with site specificity within European and American contemporary architectural practice. All the architects selected are working at an international level within their field and display a high level of intelligence and sensibility within their designs. This book offers the reader a chance to understand the deeper thinking of the individual interviewees.
Architecture contemporaine
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The Marxist-Leninist Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with an iron fist from 1945 until his death in 1985. He is credited with the construction of 750,000 bunkers which still dot the Albanian landscape today. The most important question for the future of these bunkers is : will these hollow concrete mushrooms, looming across the lanscape like giant tortoises, ever be used?
Concrete mushrooms: reusing Albania's 750,000 abandoned bunkers
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The Marxist-Leninist Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with an iron fist from 1945 until his death in 1985. He is credited with the construction of 750,000 bunkers which still dot the Albanian landscape today. The most important question for the future of these bunkers is : will these hollow concrete mushrooms, looming across the lanscape like giant tortoises, ever be used?
Architecture expérimentale
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Passive House is now recognised as the best method to create comfortable, healthy, low energy buildings and it is a key component of the 21st century's green economic revolution. This book contains essays that reveal the technical and creative secrets of this design, as well as containing case studies of international projects.
Building for the future: an introduction to passive house
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Passive House is now recognised as the best method to create comfortable, healthy, low energy buildings and it is a key component of the 21st century's green economic revolution. This book contains essays that reveal the technical and creative secrets of this design, as well as containing case studies of international projects.
Architecture écologique
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In a moment where no one would dream of attacking the lyricism of a work created for a specific context, Claesson Koivisto Rune have taken up the challenge, breaking and investigating the taboo surrounding prefabricated buildings, coming up with a building that has the power to adapt according to different contexts. And so, Tind House came into being. Its story is told(...)
Claesson Koivisto Rune: Tind prefab house
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In a moment where no one would dream of attacking the lyricism of a work created for a specific context, Claesson Koivisto Rune have taken up the challenge, breaking and investigating the taboo surrounding prefabricated buildings, coming up with a building that has the power to adapt according to different contexts. And so, Tind House came into being. Its story is told here through Lucia Tozzi’s words and Giacomo Bagnara’s illustration. It is available in three versions, with one, two or three floors: you just have to choose the preferred model and await delivery of the building kit!.
Architecture préfabriquée
Bob Van Reeth Architect
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One of the most important post-war Belgian architects, bOb Van Reeth became the first Flemish Master Architect in 1999. Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, this richly illustrated book compiles 40 designs produced over the past 50 years. With numerous sketches, drawings, models and photos, it presents a(...)
Bob Van Reeth Architect
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One of the most important post-war Belgian architects, bOb Van Reeth became the first Flemish Master Architect in 1999. Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, this richly illustrated book compiles 40 designs produced over the past 50 years. With numerous sketches, drawings, models and photos, it presents a cross-section of his oeuvre, a collection of notable projects spanning an entire career, from competition entries to realised works. Each is accompanied by an existing text, from draft proposals to interviews, essays, newspaper articles, student theses, and more, to reflect the broad cultural presence of his work.
Architecture, monographies
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For Norman Foster, the drawing is a significant analytical and working tool, a way of relating to reality and an expression of his belief that design can improve our environment and quality of life. Within this multimedia publication are emblematic projects such as the Hearst Building in New York, the Beijing Airport and 30 St Mary Axe in London. Arranged chronologically,(...)
How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster? Book and DVD.
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For Norman Foster, the drawing is a significant analytical and working tool, a way of relating to reality and an expression of his belief that design can improve our environment and quality of life. Within this multimedia publication are emblematic projects such as the Hearst Building in New York, the Beijing Airport and 30 St Mary Axe in London. Arranged chronologically, the drawings offer a concise history of work by Foster spanning 50 years and supplement a DVD of the award-winning documentary film directed by Norberto López Amado and Carlos Carcas, plus a second DVD with more than 100 minutes of interviews and images and an audio CD of the film’s original soundtrack.
Architecture, monographies
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A clear and comprehensive portrait of the practice of Tokyo-based architect. Hiroshi Kikuchi spans more than 130 pages of anecdotal texts, architectural drawings and full-colour photographs of both buildings and nature.
Hiroshi Kikuchi : Basso Continuo
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A clear and comprehensive portrait of the practice of Tokyo-based architect. Hiroshi Kikuchi spans more than 130 pages of anecdotal texts, architectural drawings and full-colour photographs of both buildings and nature.
Architecture, monographies
Home : century of change
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This book depicts the evolution of domestic space and the meaning of home during the twentieth century. The chapters initially discuss topics that include modernization, design, housing policy, utopias, and future forms of living that affected domestic life.
Home : century of change
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This book depicts the evolution of domestic space and the meaning of home during the twentieth century. The chapters initially discuss topics that include modernization, design, housing policy, utopias, and future forms of living that affected domestic life.
Théorie de l’architecture