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In over 30 years of practice, Robert A. M. Stern has developed an architecture committed to the synthesis of tradition and innovation and, above all, to the creation and enhancement of a meaningful sense of place. Initially gaining notice for its residential work, the firm of Robert A. M. Stern Architects has produced a wide variety of building types in a range of(...)
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Robert A.M. Stern : buildings and projects 1999-2003
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In over 30 years of practice, Robert A. M. Stern has developed an architecture committed to the synthesis of tradition and innovation and, above all, to the creation and enhancement of a meaningful sense of place. Initially gaining notice for its residential work, the firm of Robert A. M. Stern Architects has produced a wide variety of building types in a range of stylistic vocabularies.
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A collection of writings which outline the evolution of the environmental dimension of architectural theory and practice in the past twenty-five years. "The environmental tradition" deals with the transformation of the environmental design field which was brought about by the growth of energy awareness in the 1970's and 1980's. The book places environmental issues in the(...)
The environmental tradition : studies in the architecture of environment
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A collection of writings which outline the evolution of the environmental dimension of architectural theory and practice in the past twenty-five years. "The environmental tradition" deals with the transformation of the environmental design field which was brought about by the growth of energy awareness in the 1970's and 1980's. The book places environmental issues in the broader theoretical and historical context in architecture.
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janvier 1995, London
Architecture écologique
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Following ''Institutions by Artists: Volume One'' and the eponymous convention from which both volumes take their name, this second anthology of texts continues the work of unpacking artists’ relationships to—and creation of—a larger set of structures that increasingly regulate, demarcate, and codify contemporary artistic practice: centres of economic and cultural(...)
Institutions by Artists: Volume 2
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Following ''Institutions by Artists: Volume One'' and the eponymous convention from which both volumes take their name, this second anthology of texts continues the work of unpacking artists’ relationships to—and creation of—a larger set of structures that increasingly regulate, demarcate, and codify contemporary artistic practice: centres of economic and cultural capital; state and private apparatus; and sites of display, storage and production.
Théorie de l’art
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This is a collection of provocative essays that journey into the vexed circumstance of contemporary architectural practice. The nature of the great cultural, social, political, environmental, and consumerist challenges facing the contemporary architect are explored, interpreted, and questioned, while drawing connections from architecture theory, philosophy, science,(...)
Truth and lies in architecture
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This is a collection of provocative essays that journey into the vexed circumstance of contemporary architectural practice. The nature of the great cultural, social, political, environmental, and consumerist challenges facing the contemporary architect are explored, interpreted, and questioned, while drawing connections from architecture theory, philosophy, science, literature, and film sources in an attempt to negotiate the territory between the truth and lies in architecture.
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In this guidebook for "non-standard architecture," Kas Oosterhuis considers his own practice in the context of recent developments in the field of design and communication technologies. He focuses on two particular paradigm shifts: the movement from architecture based on mass production to architecture based on industrially produced made-to-measure components; and the(...)
Towards a new kind of building
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In this guidebook for "non-standard architecture," Kas Oosterhuis considers his own practice in the context of recent developments in the field of design and communication technologies. He focuses on two particular paradigm shifts: the movement from architecture based on mass production to architecture based on industrially produced made-to-measure components; and the related transition from a static architecture to a dynamic and interactive architecture.
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This publication focuses on the curatorial practice of exhibiting conceptual art. The fact that conceptual works are not object-based, creates challenges in exhibiting or re-exhibiting them. This book offers various perspectives on how to handle conceptual art in the context of the museum, based on three detailed case studies and an extensive introduction in which the(...)
Conceptual art in a curatorial perspective: between dematerialization and documentation
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This publication focuses on the curatorial practice of exhibiting conceptual art. The fact that conceptual works are not object-based, creates challenges in exhibiting or re-exhibiting them. This book offers various perspectives on how to handle conceptual art in the context of the museum, based on three detailed case studies and an extensive introduction in which the paradox of conceptual art is analyzed.
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Mountains and memory
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From Egypt’s Abu Simbel to South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore to Tan Swie Hian’s Earth Art Museum in China’s Quingdao National Forest, mountains have long been shaped to resemble human personages, including pharaohs, presidents, and painters. Mountains and Memory explores this practice and traces the history of anthropomorphism—the attribution of human qualities to non-human(...)
Mountains and memory
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From Egypt’s Abu Simbel to South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore to Tan Swie Hian’s Earth Art Museum in China’s Quingdao National Forest, mountains have long been shaped to resemble human personages, including pharaohs, presidents, and painters. Mountains and Memory explores this practice and traces the history of anthropomorphism—the attribution of human qualities to non-human nature—as expressed in the form of carvings on mountainous rock formations.
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Naum Gabo
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Russian-born Jewish sculptor Naum Gabo (1890–1977) is one of the 20th century’s most unsung artistic masters. In 1917, Gabo developed the theories and practice of a new art movement he called Constructivism, and, along with his brother, he wrote the Realistic Manifesto of 1920, which promoted art as a part of man’s everyday existence without the confinement of artistic(...)
Naum Gabo
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Russian-born Jewish sculptor Naum Gabo (1890–1977) is one of the 20th century’s most unsung artistic masters. In 1917, Gabo developed the theories and practice of a new art movement he called Constructivism, and, along with his brother, he wrote the Realistic Manifesto of 1920, which promoted art as a part of man’s everyday existence without the confinement of artistic terms and convention.
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This book looks at the architecture of German-based practice BOLLES+WILSON, and the theoretical and cultural discourse underpinning their work. Architecture, for the firm, is a symbiosis of the conceptual and the pragmatic, of the everyday and the exceptional, of radically different scales and contexts. Their works, often spiced with narrative overlay, have prompted one(...)
Bolles + Wilson: a handful of productive paradigms
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This book looks at the architecture of German-based practice BOLLES+WILSON, and the theoretical and cultural discourse underpinning their work. Architecture, for the firm, is a symbiosis of the conceptual and the pragmatic, of the everyday and the exceptional, of radically different scales and contexts. Their works, often spiced with narrative overlay, have prompted one critic to describe them as the David Lynch of architecture.
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The Studio Reader pulls back the curtain from the art world to reveal the real activities behind artistic production. What does it mean to be in the studio? What is the space of the studio in the artist’s practice? This anthology features an array of contributors, ranging from Svetlana Alpers, Bruce Nauman, and Robert Storr to Daniel Buren, Carolee Schneemann, Katy(...)
The studio reader: on the space of of artists
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The Studio Reader pulls back the curtain from the art world to reveal the real activities behind artistic production. What does it mean to be in the studio? What is the space of the studio in the artist’s practice? This anthology features an array of contributors, ranging from Svetlana Alpers, Bruce Nauman, and Robert Storr to Daniel Buren, Carolee Schneemann, Katy Siegel, John Baldessari, and more.
Théorie de l’art