Montreal's Expo '67
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In 1967, Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with a spectacular party, and the whole world was invited. Montreal's Expo 67 was the first world's fair held in Canada, and it was a huge success, attracting over 50 million visitors. The 1,000-acre site was built on two man-made islands in the St. Lawrence River and incorporated 90 futuristic pavilions(...)
Montreal's Expo '67
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In 1967, Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with a spectacular party, and the whole world was invited. Montreal's Expo 67 was the first world's fair held in Canada, and it was a huge success, attracting over 50 million visitors. The 1,000-acre site was built on two man-made islands in the St. Lawrence River and incorporated 90 futuristic pavilions created by some of the world's greatest architects and designers. Over 60 countries were represented, along with many private, corporate and thematic pavilions, all brought together under the theme "Man and his World." With performers and entertainers of all varieties, restaurants, cultural attractions, exhibitions and a world-class amusement park, Expo 67 was literally the party of the century, exceeding all expectations.
Architecture de Montréal
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Makeshift Metropolis describes how current ideas about urban planning evolved from the movements that defined the twentieth century, such as City Beautiful, the Garden City, and the seminal ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright and Jane Jacobs. If the twentieth century was the age of planning, we now find ourselves in the age of the market, Rybczynski argues, where entrepreneurial(...)
Makeshift metropolis: ideas about cities
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Makeshift Metropolis describes how current ideas about urban planning evolved from the movements that defined the twentieth century, such as City Beautiful, the Garden City, and the seminal ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright and Jane Jacobs. If the twentieth century was the age of planning, we now find ourselves in the age of the market, Rybczynski argues, where entrepreneurial developers are shaping the twenty-first-century city with mixed-use developments, downtown living, heterogeneity, density, and liveliness. He introduces readers to projects like Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Yards in Washington, D.C., and, further afield, to the new city of Modi’in, Israel—sites that, in this age of resource scarcity, economic turmoil, and changing human demands, challenge our notion of the city.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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Frederick Law Olmsted is best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted was also an influential journalist, early voice for the environment, and abolitionist credited with helping dissuade England from joining the South in the Civil War. This momentous career was shadowed(...)
Genius of place: the life of Frederick Law Olmsted
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Frederick Law Olmsted is best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted was also an influential journalist, early voice for the environment, and abolitionist credited with helping dissuade England from joining the South in the Civil War. This momentous career was shadowed by a tragic personal life, also fully portrayed here. Most of all, he was a social reformer. He didn't simply create places that were beautiful in the abstract. An awesome and timeless intent stands behind Olmsted's designs, allowing his work to survive to the present day. With our urgent need to revitalize cities and a widespread yearning for green space, his work is more relevant now than it was during his lifetime.
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Valerio Olgiati (b 1958) studied architecture at ETH in Zürich and lived and worked first in Zürich and later in Los Angeles for some years. In 1996 he opened his own practice in Zürich and in 2008 with his wife Tamara Olgiati in Flims. Projects include a school in Paspels, the Lake Cauma Project in Flims, the Bardill Studio in Scharans, the Visiting Center of the Swiss(...)
El croquis 156: Valerio Olgiati 1996-2011
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Valerio Olgiati (b 1958) studied architecture at ETH in Zürich and lived and worked first in Zürich and later in Los Angeles for some years. In 1996 he opened his own practice in Zürich and in 2008 with his wife Tamara Olgiati in Flims. Projects include a school in Paspels, the Lake Cauma Project in Flims, the Bardill Studio in Scharans, the Visiting Center of the Swiss National Park in Zernez, the white concrete Projection Room Gornergrat located 3100 meter above sea level in Zermatt, Olgiati’s own office in Flims, the Learning Center EPFL in Lausanne, and the new entrance of the Grisons Parliament Building in Chur. Also includes an iconographic autobiography of important images stored in Olgiati’s head. Interview with Olgiati by Markus Breitschmid.
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Micro: very small buildings
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Very small buildings have a special appeal. The constraints of space and cost can actually liberate the imagination. Most of the projects in this book consist of no more than a few key spaces, in many cases just a single space. They are united only by their compact nature, the pleasure that they can provide, and the intelligence that they embody. A brief introduction is(...)
Micro: very small buildings
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Very small buildings have a special appeal. The constraints of space and cost can actually liberate the imagination. Most of the projects in this book consist of no more than a few key spaces, in many cases just a single space. They are united only by their compact nature, the pleasure that they can provide, and the intelligence that they embody. A brief introduction is followed by five thematic chapters: Public Realm, Community Spaces, On the Move, Compact Living, and Extra Space. The 53 case studies include a park bench that transforms into a shelter for the homeless in Australia, an inflatable treetop structure for rainforest observation, a portable house for victims of hurricane Katrina, a transportable church in Finland, and a suspended office in France.
Architecture miniature
C3 303
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Six projects are introduced in this edition of C3 that challenge the concept of the house and its interaction with surrounding spaces. In this context Sou Fujimoto’s House before House, spbr arcquitetos’ House in Carapicuiba, and the Lampyris House by S+PBA are examined. Further, eight projects that have embraced unusual treatments of walls are examined, including Isay(...)
C3 303
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Six projects are introduced in this edition of C3 that challenge the concept of the house and its interaction with surrounding spaces. In this context Sou Fujimoto’s House before House, spbr arcquitetos’ House in Carapicuiba, and the Lampyris House by S+PBA are examined. Further, eight projects that have embraced unusual treatments of walls are examined, including Isay Weinfeld’s Midrash Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro; Allies and Morrison Architects’ Multi-story Car Park in Sheffield; the design for 41 Cooper Square, New York by Morphosis; and, Baumschlager Eberle’s Nordwesthaus. The issue also includes reviews of newly announced projects and of the Museum of Atacama Desert by Coz-Polidura-Volante Arquitectos. All works are accompanied by colour photographs, plans, elevations and introductory texts. English and Korean
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Jeff Liao: Coney Island
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In 2010, Liao began photographing Coney Island during a period of transition, for both the place and the artist. A new incarnation of Luna Park opened to the public, the municipal government actively engaged in redevelopment, and the area visibly transformed. At the same time, Liao’s approach to picture making changed as he experimented with new strategies and techniques.(...)
Jeff Liao: Coney Island
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In 2010, Liao began photographing Coney Island during a period of transition, for both the place and the artist. A new incarnation of Luna Park opened to the public, the municipal government actively engaged in redevelopment, and the area visibly transformed. At the same time, Liao’s approach to picture making changed as he experimented with new strategies and techniques. He started the project working with traditional transparency film. Although he had always used digital technology to transform the film images into a finished image, he slowly introduced digital picture-making technology to the process of recording the scenes. The resulting large-scale prints have a visual sweep often associated with cinema, encompassing the viewer and providing a strong sense of place. Edition of 500 copies
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Remarks on English churches and on the expediency of rendering sepulchral memorials subservient to pious and Christian uses / by J.H. Markland.
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Observations on modern gardening, and laying out pleasure grounds, parks, farms, riding, etc (1801)
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In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, the editor has chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections. Because this work is culturally important, they have made it available to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Observations on modern gardening, and laying out pleasure grounds, parks, farms, riding, etc (1801)
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In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, the editor has chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections. Because this work is culturally important, they have made it available to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Théorie du paysage
Public produce: cultivating our parks, plazas, and streets for healthier cities, second edition
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This revised edition of Public Produce profiles the many communities and community officials that are rethinking the role of public space in cities, and shows how places as diverse as parking lots and playgrounds can sustain health and happiness through fresh produce. But these efforts produce more than food. Revitalizing urban areas, connecting residents with their(...)
Public produce: cultivating our parks, plazas, and streets for healthier cities, second edition
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This revised edition of Public Produce profiles the many communities and community officials that are rethinking the role of public space in cities, and shows how places as diverse as parking lots and playgrounds can sustain health and happiness through fresh produce. But these efforts produce more than food. Revitalizing urban areas, connecting residents with their neighborhoods, and promoting healthier lifestyles are just a few of the community goods we harvest from growing fruits and vegetables in our public gathering spots.
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