Architecture: public and commercial Books
Five Continents Editions Theatre: Art Brut - The Collection
Book SynopsisThe theatre is the central theme of this fourth volume in our series titled 'Art Brut - The Collection', published to coincide with the fourth Art Brut Biennale. After exploring architecture, vehicles, and bodies, attention turns to the theatre, a theme that is developed in its various aspects. The simplest example is the depiction of theatrical architecture, as in the work of Eugen Gabritschevsky or Victorien Sardou. Other artists create works that are intimately connected to the world of theatre, however without necessarily being a part of it. For example, for Giovanni Battista Podesta or Vahan Poladian, a public stage is a place where they put on a 'performance' that responds to a society that consigns them to its margins. Their intrinsically ephemeral approach uses clothing or accessories as a means of communication and to have their voices or protestations heard. Other artists conceive whole cosmogonies that take the form of a gigantic staging of a fanciful, phantasmagoric world, as in the case of Aloise Corbaz, whose work is to be viewed as a 'Theatre of the universe', or in that of Marguerite Burnat-Provins, with her graphic work titled 'Ma Ville'. The book includes over 100 illustrations, many of which are published for the first time, carefully chosen to enable the reader to explore the theme of the theatre in Outsider Art, or Art Brut. Also available in the series: Vehicles ISBN 9788874396580, Architecture ISBN 9788874397105, Body ISBN 9788874397884.
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Ilios Editore Narrative Structures for Museum Design
Book SynopsisVisiting a museum is an experience that normally sets our concentration on the artworks or on its architecture. That is correct, however there is an invisible factor called "narrative structure" that deals with the construction of different routes to walk an exhibition and to unveil the space of museum. This specific discipline is the argument of the first book in a series dedicated to theoretical research.
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Plan Editions International Panorama 1
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Ilios Editore Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande: Heating plant and
Book Synopsis"...bombings, German sappers, restorers and rebuilders have totally wiped my modern works. Only the buildings which represent the bureaucratic side of my job as public officer forced to obey, have survived." (from a letter to B.Zevi 9/1974). The Heating plant of the railway station of Florence is a piece of a jigsaw puzzle which miraculously survived to restorers and rebuilders who could have erased any trace of it. This survived fragment, tells either the story of architecture between monumentalism, rationalism and futurism or the complex personality of its architect.
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Ilios Editore Renzo Zavanella, Cantilever OM in the Milan Fair:
Book SynopsisThe pavilion that Zavanella, an architect from Mantua, Lombardy based in Milan builds on behalf of the Officine Meccaniche of Milan is a railway shelter where the so-called “Belvedere”, the OM railcar designed by him, end its maiden voyage during the Milan Fair, in 1948. The OM shelter is composed by a refined balance of constructive elements in tension, in which the dynamism of forms is revealed in one of his most audacious proofs of exhibition architecture.
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ListLab Made in Taiwan: Architecture and Urbanism in the
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Forma Edizioni Florence
Book SynopsisFlorence is aimed at showing how one of the Italian cities most strongly linked with its past, the quintessential symbol of the Renaissance period, conceals a myriad of innovative architecture. Florence is not a static city. It has often been guilty of long delays and a certain lack of courage in assimilating new approaches, but its way of introducing contemporary architecture into a consolidated context, is unique. Changes with great impact began in Florence at the end of the 19th century with the urban planning transformations designed by Giuseppe Poggi. The strongly defined limits of the historic centre became blurred with the demolition of the fortifications and the city was opened up to permit expansion. In the 1930s, the Rationalist design of the Santa Maria Novella Station introduced a new form of architectural expression into the historic centre and outskirts of the city. This is the building that begins the itinerary proposed in this guide; a chronological, but also a physical beginning: a starting point for visitors to begin their architectural excursion.
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ListLab Airports on Hold
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OM Books International Taj Mahal Multiple Narratives
Book SynopsisTaj Mahal: Multiple Narratives offers a fresh perspective on Agra and its iconic monument, exploring the city's diverse stories that shaped the Taj Mahal. It delves into Agra's evolution from a dusty township to a global heritage site, highlighting its transformation through global and national events.
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Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd Gandhi Bhawan
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Niyogi Books Indian Railway Buildings:: Heritage, History &
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Snoeck Publishers Léon Stynen Architect
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Leuven University Press Mobs and Microbes: Global Perspectives on Market
Book SynopsisMarkets and market halls have always been more than about trade and nourishment. A detailed look at the histories of marketplaces provides evidence of the public health concerns they faced, as well as the social commotion, mobilization and, at times, unrest they hosted. This edited volume reappraises the market hall, examining both its architectural and its social and political significance. Focusing on how these buildings embodied transformations in architecture and urbanism from the mid-nineteenth century until the age of COVID-19, Mobs and Microbes situates market halls at the intersection of civic order and public health. Central to this are advances in sanitation and hygiene. These radical interventions also mediated conflicting interests. Through their rational designs, market halls intertwined government policies and regulations, which formalized, controlled and literally imposed order. Additionally, markets served as demonstration grounds for community-led mobilization efforts. With case studies spanning North America, Europe, Asia, India and Africa, this edited volume provides a global perspective on covered market halls across many disciplines, including architecture, history of art and architecture, landscape architecture, food studies and urban history. Contributors: Samantha L. Martin (University College Dublin), Leila Marie Farah (Toronto Metropolitan University), Ashley Rose Young (Smithsonian's National Museum of American History), Daniel Williamson (Savannah College of Art and Design), Zhengfeng Wang (University College Dublin), Nkatha Gichuyia (University of Nairobi), Xusheng Huang (Southeast University), Ruth Lo (Hamilton College), Emeline Houssard (Sorbonne Universite), Henriette Steiner (University of Copenhagen), Andrea Borghini (Universita degli Studi di Milano), Min Kyung Lee (Bryn Mawr College) Free ebook available at OAPEN Library, JSTOR, Project Muse, and Open Research LibraryTrade ReviewBy presenting new research on market halls, this anthology of essays is a clear contribution to its field. It is a thorough amalgam of architectural history, urban history and urban studies approaches, drawing on archival evidence, including visual evidence.Victoria Kelley, University for the Creative ArtsTable of ContentsAbbreviations CHAPTER 1 Confluence Samantha L. Martin & Leila Marie FarahCHAPTER 2 Public Amenity or Public Threat? Epidemiology and Grassroots Activism in the Food Markets of New Orleans, 1900–1940 Ashley Rose YoungCHAPTER 3 The Crawford Market: Sanitary Problems, Engineered Solutions, and Symbolic Gestures in Late Nineteenth-Century Bombay Daniel WilliamsonCHAPTER 4 The Central Market in Hong Kong: Urban Amenities in a Speculative Field Zhengfeng WangCHAPTER 5 Nairobi City Market: The Versatile Afterlife of a Colonial-Era Building in a Postcolonial World Nkatha GichuyiaCHAPTER 6 The St. Lawrence Market, Toronto: Changes and Continuity Leila Marie FarahCHAPTER 7 Between a Government Project and a Commercial Space for Ordinary Citizens: Dongan Market, 1903–1937 Xusheng Huang CHAPTER 8 Hygiene, Urbanism, and Fascist Politics at Rome’s Wholesale Market Ruth W. LoCHAPTER 9 Modernization and Mobilization: Parisian Retail Market Halls, 1961–1982 Emeline HoussardCHAPTER 10 Finding Food at Torvehallerne: Market Halls in Copenhagen between Gastrosexual Consumerism and the Coronavirus Pandemic Henriette SteinerCHAPTER 11 Pandemics and Marketplaces: A Coda from Viareggio, Italy Andrea Borghini & Min Kyung LeeAbout the Authors Index
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Leuven University Press Living Politics in the City: Architecture as
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, architecture has been seen as a field of practice that contributes greatly to the performativity of public space. In spite of the explosion of virtual communities through social media and the limitations imposed by pandemics, architecture today still holds an active role in (literally) building our societies. Bearing in mind its acute politicisation in past years, Living Politics in the City looks at public space from the perspective of architecture and its effective contribution, not as a prop but as an actual catalyst for embodying politics. The essays gathered here span five continents, activating various disciplinary approaches to architecture and examining it in different contexts: from a Palestinian refugee camp to the most vibrant urban axis in Sao Paolo, from the numerous city squares around the world crowded with rebellious populations, to the proximal politics of housing in Australia. Contributors: Endriana Audisho (University of Technology Sydney), Maja Babic (Charles University ), Alexandra Biehler (Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Marseille), Tracey Bowen (University of Toronto Mississauga), Etienne Delprat (Rennes 2 University), Claudia Faraone (IUAV Venice School of Architecture, ETICity), Caterina Frisone (Oxford Brookes University), Catherine Grout (ENSAPL Lille), Pavel Kunysz (University of Liege), Flavia Marcello (Swinburne University of Technology), Eric Le Coguiec (University of Liege), Tova Lubinsky (University of Technology Sydney), Giovanna Muzzi (IUAV Venice School of Architecture, ETICity), Can Onaner (Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Bretagne), Shadi Saleh (KU Leuven), Frederic Sotinel (Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Bretagne), Karolina Wilczynska (Adam Mickiewicz University), Ian Woodcock (Swinburne University of Technology)Trade Review'Living Politics in the City' is een boek met een grote rijkdom aan verhalen en cases en stelt, ondanks de soms wat willekeurige verzameling van artikelen, de lezer in staat om deze of vele andere verhaallijnen te ontdekken afhankelijk van de interesse en achtergrond van de lezer. ... een naslagwerk voor professionals die met deze thematiek bezig zijn of die werken aan een van de specifieke cases. - Mike Emmerik, Archined, januari 2024, https://www.archined.nl/2024/01/de-strijd-om-de-publieke-ruimte/Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Marion Hohlfeldt and Carmen PopescuPART 1. ARCHITECTURING THE POLIS Chapter 1. The Emergence of a Public Space in Ouagadougou Alexandra BiehlerChapter 2. On Public Spaces of Palestinian Refugee Camps: The Social Production and Construction of Almarkaz ‘Taxi Station’ Shadi SalehChapter 3. Negotiating the Present in the Balkans: Macedonia Square Maja BabićChapter 4. We Gonna Rock Down to Paulista Avenue , or the Multidimensional Protagonism of São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista Daniel TalesnikChapter 5. Oppositional Architecture(s): Making the Common Etienne DelpratChapter 6. The Crowd, Revolt and Assembly Can OnanerPART 2. PERFORMING POLITICS OF PLACE Chapter 7. Underplaces: ‘Sky Rail’, Politics and Alternative Urban Futures for Melbourne Ian WoodcockChapter 8. The Long-Term Consequences of Temporary Urban Planning: Negotiating Who’s the Public in Public Spaces to Be Pavel Kunysz and Eric Le Coguiec Chapter 9. Contest and Capital: The Gentrification of Graffiti in the Creative City of Toronto Tracey BowenChapter 10. Cities Under Surveillance: Sydney and Johannesburg – Public Space as Territories in Transformation Endriana Audisho and Tova LubinskyChapter 11. Rogue Poster Campaigns: Amplifying Political Discourse between Urban and Cyber Arenas Flavia MarcelloPART 3. WHO CARES? Chapter 12. Urban Space and Collective Practices as a Political Matter: The Case of the ‘Piave’ Neighbourhood in Mestre (Venice) Claudia Faraone and Giovanna MuzziChapter 13. Individuals in Crowded Places Caterina FrisoneChapter 14. How Do We Structure Relatedness? Differentiated Solidarity and the Obligations of Proximal Dwelling Angelique EdmondsChapter 15. Maintaining Public Space: Sanitation Actions of Mierle Laderman Ukeles Karolina WilczyńskaChapter 16. Common World, Place and Traces Catherine GroutChapter 17. A Red Rose in Berlin Frédéric SotinelAbout the Authors
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Valiz Pavilion Propositions: Nine Points on an
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Vlaams Architectuurinstituut More Than a Competition: The Open Call in a
Book SynopsisFlanders has had a Government Architect since 1999. The Government Architect advises public commissioning authorities with the aim of promoting the quality of architecture and the built environment. One of the methods used for this purpose is the Open Call. In the essays presented in this book, eight authors discuss, from different perspectives, why this influential ''competition'' is not quite an architecture competition while at the same time being much more. Did architectural criticism in the 1990s help to pave the way for the Government Architect position and the Open Call? Does the key to quality lie in smart procedures? What is a ''strong'' public commissioner in a democratic system? What does the Flemish Government Architect do and what has the Open Call achieved over the past 20 years? What do the distinct projects mean in their broader spatial context? Can architects satisfy a collective desire with singular designs? To what extent is the Open Call in line with the broadening of the practice of architecture and the evolving competition culture? Looking back on two decades of public commissions, this book presents current reflections on these issues.
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Kapon Editions The Neoclassical Athens of Paul M Mylonas:
Book SynopsisFor more than forty years the late architect, professor at the School of Fine Arts of Athens and academician, Paul Mylonas (1915-2005) systematically photographed and drew both neoclassical as well as more humble domestic buildings of Athens. This bilingual edition, edited by Maro Kardamitsi-Adami, Professor Emerita at the National Technical University, and Alexandra Karageorgou, a close collaborator of the late professor Mylonas, highlights the drawings, photographs and texts of the distinguished architect, enhanced through the results of resent research. Together they convey an image of what was then a new capital city, a place humming with a vast range of activities, one which had thrown itself with unusual zeal and notable good taste into the stimulation of authentic architecture. Published jointly by the Academy of Athens and Kapon Editions The text is presented in both Greek and English
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The American University in Cairo Press Cairo's Street Stories: Exploring the City's
Book SynopsisIn 1872, Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, was the first to adopt the European custom of positioning heroic statues on public display as a symbolic message of the continuing authority of the ruling Muhammad Ali dynasty to which he belonged, but it was not until the early twentieth century and the determination of sculptor Mahmoud Mukhtar that such public art gained general acceptance, and today statues stand, ride, or sit in the streets, squares, and gardens of Cairo. Each sculpture adds a piece to the jigsaw of history spanning personalities and events that shaped the city and wider Egypt from 1805 to 1970, and here Cairo-based author Lesley Lababidi provides a unique perspective on Egyptian history through looking at more than thirty statues and monumental sculptures and the stories behind them. Between statues, she explores Cairo’s growth and its multidimensional identity, as manifested in the development and changing use of city space over the centuries, and examines the relationship of Cairo’s modern denizens with the landscapes, districts, palaces, archaeological sites, cafés, bridges, and gardens of their great and maddening city, the Mother of the World. Illustrated throughout with color photographs and archival pictures, Cairo’s Street Stories presents a unique and lively view of the history that fashioned the city’s streets and open spaces, and of the many and often unexpected uses to which its inventive inhabitants put them.
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The American University in Cairo Press The Sultan's Fountain: An Imperial Story of
Book SynopsisThe small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and--astonishingly--it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity.Table of ContentsISTANBUL: THE SULTANAlong the Nile, and on the Bosphorus“Do not expect us to save the world which is being ruined”Mustafa the BuilderCAIRO: THE SABILArchitecture as a Message"God has purified you, O Sister of al-Husayn"The CanalOne Building, Different HistoriesAMSTERDAM: THE TILESThe Delft BlueLittle Holland on a Different CanalTHE TALE OF A MUTE STORYTELLERThe Story of Ninety Thousand DaysConservation: The TreatmentConservation: The People
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The American University in Cairo Press Paris Along the Nile: Architecture in Cairo from
Book SynopsisCairo, 'Mother of the World': its vividly diverse neighborhoods and building styles reveal its cosmopolitan energy and reflect the myriad of economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the city over the centuries. So impressed was Khedive Ismail after a visit to Haussman's 'new' Paris in 1867 that he decided to build a modern city along the same architectural lines and aesthetics, and brought European architects to Cairo to initiate Egypt's most dynamic building period since medieval times. The stunning buildings of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Cairo remain, but they are neglected, threatened by pollution, and are being pulled down for concrete highrises and parking lots. Paris along the Nile captures in 200 black-and-white photographs the architectural jewels of 'modern' Cairo.
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The American University in Cairo Press Securing Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Tomb
Book SynopsisThe ancient Egyptian tomb evolved rapidly over a period of about 2,500 years, from a simple backfilled pit to an enormous stone pyramid with complex security arrangements. Much of this development was arguably driven by the ever-present threat of tomb robbery, which compelled tomb builders to introduce special architectural measures to prevent it. However, until now most scholarly Egyptological discussions of tomb security have tended to be brief and usually included only as part of a larger work, the topic instead being the subject of lurid speculation and fantasy in novels, the popular press, and cinema. In Securing Eternity, Reg Clark traces in detail the development of the Egyptian royal and private tombs from the Predynastic Period to the early Fourth Dynasty. In doing so, he demonstrates that many of the familiar architectural elements of the Egyptian tomb that we take for granted today in fact originated from security features to protect the tomb, rather than from monumental or religious considerations. Richly illustrated with more than 150 photographs and tomb plans, this unique study will be of interest to students, specialists, and general readers alike.Trade ReviewThe author has assembled an impressive collection of material which reveals the incredible ingenuity and planning which the builders employed ... [This] will fascinate anyone interested in the thought processes of both those responsible for constructing early tombs. * Ancient Egypt *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction Abbreviations and Conventions Maps 1. The Purpose and Context of the Egyptian Tomb and the Need for It to Be Secure 2. Securing the Early Tomb: Prehistory to the End of the Predynastic Period 3. Defending the Pit Tomb: From Egypt’s Unification to the Mid First Dynasty 4. Portals, Passages, and Portcullises: The Second Half of the First Dynasty 5. Subterranean Sepulchers: New Security Developments in the Second Dynasty 6. A Parting of the Ways: Step Pyramids and Mastabas in the Third Dynasty 7. Pyramids and Plug-Stones: Security Innovations in the Early Fourth Dynasty 8. Conclusion Chronology Notes Bibliography Index
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The American University in Cairo Press The Architecture of Ramses Wissa Wassef
Book SynopsisThe pioneering Egyptian architect and teacher Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911–74) is best known for his founding in 1951 of the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre in Harraniya, a small village near the Giza Pyramids in Greater Cairo. The center, internationally acclaimed for its tapestries and sculptures, began partly as an art school for young villagers, reflecting Wissa Wassef’s aim of reviving traditional Egyptian architecture and crafts, and his belief in the innate creative power and potential of children. Less well known are Wissa Wassef’s prolific architectural output and his efforts and influence beyond the confines of the Harraniya center to promote artistic expression among Egyptian youth. This generously illustrated volume is the first comprehensive survey of Wissa Wassef’s architectural works, both extant and non-extant, shedding light on his legacy and significant engagement with vernacular and contemporary Egyptian architecture. Wissa Wassef renounced self-promotion and monetary reward in his work, placing human physical and psychological well-being at the center of his architectural philosophy. An astute observer and modest personality, he saw himself as part of the people and began experimenting with participatory design and people-centered architecture before they became popular. The Architecture of Ramses Wissa Wassef reveals Wissa Wassef’s profuse architectural oeuvre, which spanned private villas and rural houses, as well as public buildings, such as churches, schools, and museums, highlighting his rich contribution to Egypt’s architectural heritage at a moment when that heritage is at risk of being lost.Trade Review"Visitors to Egypt may be aware of Ramses Wissa Wassef by having visited his Art Center near the Giza Pyramids. Founded in 1952 with the aim of reviving traditional Egyptian architecture and crafts, the center’s vaulted and domed mud-brick buildings set amidst palm trees leave an impression as indelible as the tapestries of village life for which the center is renowned. Less well-known are his other projects, including churches, homes, schools and museums, all of which engage with the architectural legacy of Egypt, drawing upon the vocabulary shared by Pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic periods. Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Wassef is remembered for his pioneering efforts in sustainable architecture, reviving the use of native materials such as adobe and stone to meet local climatic needs. This handsome and timely volume represents the first comprehensive catalog of Wassef’s works, much of which is nonextant—some projects were never built, while others have been demolished."—AramcoWorld"The Architecture of Ramses Wissa Wassef will follow within this body of work and provide a foundational text both for general readers and students, architects and scholars within the extended and intersecting fields of art and architecture."—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements ReviewTable of ContentsTable of contentsAbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePart 1: Ramses Wissa Wassef1.01 Introduction1.02 Architect and Artist1.03 Architectural Legacy1.04 ProfessorshipPart 2: A descriptive catalogueExtantRamses Wissa Wassef Arts Center2.1 Village Art Studio and Gallery - Phase 12.2. Solar Kiln2.3. Village Art Studio and Gallery - Phase 22.4. Habib Georgi Museum2.5. Chicken Coops and Tool Shed2.6. Silos2.7. Çeres Wissa Wassef Villa2.8. Seven Weavers’ Houses2.9. Second Generation Weaving Workshops2.10 Engineer Mounir Nosshi Villa2.11. Temporary chapel2.12 Post-mortem additionsChurches2.13 St. George and St. Abraam Church in Heliopolis2.14 Church of the Virgin Mary in Zamalek2.15 Sanctuary of Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in Damanhur2.16 Dominican Father’s Priory Chapel Renovation2.17 Church of the Archangel Michael in Shubra - Consulting2.18 Stained Glass Windows at Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ChurchResidential2.19 Wissa Wassef Agouza Residence2.20 Ina Makkar House2.21 Mohie al-Din Hussein House and StudioEducational and Cultural2.22 Jardin D’Enfants at the Lycée Français du Caire2.23 Lycée Franco-Égyptien d’Heliopolis2.24 School in Old Cairo2.25 Mahmoud Mokhtar MuseumOther2.26 Al-Chark Insurance Company Building Renovation2.27 Stained Glass Windows at the Social Building, Egyptian Shooting Club2.28 Nematalla Louis Mausoleum2.29 Al-Dar Restaurant2.30 Lounge Ceiling at the Palestine HotelNonextantChurches2.31 Evangelical Presbyterian Church2.32 St. George the Martyr Coptic Orthodox Church, Giza Diocese2.33 Two Martyrs Cyrus and John Coptic Orthodox Church2.34 Saint Joseph Church2.35 Saint George Monastery on the Nile Bank2.36 Evangelical Church, Community Center & Offices2.37 Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Church2.38 Cathedral of St. Mark and Anba Ruways Compound2.39 Heliopolis Church Theater and Club Extension2.40 Iconostasis at the Coptic Catholic Church of Faggala2.41 Unidentified Church Community Services Building2.42 Unidentified Church 12.43 Unidentified Church 2Residential2.44 Villa Fikry Boutros2.45 Villa al-Amira Naima Ibrahim2.46 Augonie Abdel Sayed and Habib Georgi Beach House2.47 Berlanty Youssef Beach House2.48 Apartment Building on Sheikh Rehan Street2.49 Apartment Building on Clot Bey Street2.50 Building Number 34 & 362.51 Zeinab Badawi House2.52 Adam Henein House and Atelier2.53 Abu el-Enein Weekend House2.54 Student Project: Villa2.55 Unidentified Apartment Building 12.56 Unidentified Apartment Building 22.57 Unidentified Villa 12.58 Unidentified Villa 22.59 Unidentified Villa 32.60 Unidentified Villa 42.61 Unidentified Villa 5Educational and Cultural2.62 Graduation Project: Old Cairo Potters’ House2.63 Small Renovation at College Français du Daher2.64 Faruk I University Dormitory2.65 School for Art and Handicrafts in Qubbah2.66 Ismailia Secondary school2.67 American Mission for Girls: Experimental Project for FarmingOther2.68 Banque Misr Building and Hotel Competition2.69 Garage and Atelier Magar2.70 Interior Design and Stained-Glass Panels for the Grand Reception Hall at the Cairo Governorate HeadquartersGlossaryBibliography
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The American University in Cairo Press Guide to the Nubian Monuments on Lake Nasser
Book SynopsisFour areas in Southern Egypt, around Lake Nasser, now contain ancient monuments that were reconstructed and moved from their original positions during the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s: Abu Simbel, New Amada, New Wadi al-Sebua and New Kalabsha. This guide provides an introduction to the history and culture of Nubia during the pharaonic period. It describes each monument in detail, highlighting its history, religion and art. Also included are a short bibliography and brief descriptions of the four temples that were transported and reconstructed abroad - the most notable now residing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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Blacksmith Books The Peak: An Illustrated History of Hong Kong's
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Quarto Publishing PLC Londons Museums and Galleries Exploring the Best
Book Synopsis A curated guide to the best of London’s museums and galleries. From the obscure to the resplendent, Eleanor Ross acquaints you with the very best museums and galleries the city has to offer. Including world-famous art to quirky collections, London is host to a vast assortment of enlightening spaces just waiting to be explored. This compact and portable little book introduces locals and tourists alike to the capital’s cultural hot spots.Table of ContentsCentral London North London East London South-East London South-West London West London Maps Index Picture Credits
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fireplace Accessories
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Rizzoli International Publications Vortex
Book SynopsisA study of the striking Vortex building in Lausanne, Switzerland, a powerful reflection of circles in architecture. Edited and authored by the renowned architecture expert Philip Jodidio, this book is dedicated to a new, eye-catching building by Swiss architect Jean-Pierre Dürig located in Lausanne, also known as the “Olympic Capital.” As the structure’s name suggests, Vortex is an 88-foot-high tower in the shape of a cylinder, rising around a single, continuous 1.7-mile-long ramp. Its spiraling movement creates an emblematic shape reminiscent of Olympic rings—a fitting tribute for a building that housed the 1,700 talented young athletes who competed in the Winter Youth Olympic Games in January 2020. Over 130 photographs, sketches, plans, and models illuminate this enormous undertaking, while Jodidio’s informative text offers detailed insight into the phases of design and construction. Imagery of circular refe
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RSD Publishing Stores of the Year 20 No 20
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The University of North Carolina Press Monumental Mobility
Book SynopsisCyrus Dallin's statue Massasoit was intended to memorialize the Pokanoket Massasoit as a welcoming participant in the mythical first Thanksgiving. The story of this statue reveals much about the process of creating, commodifying, and reinforcing the historical memory of Indigenous people.
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Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect
Book SynopsisGracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential and beloved architects of the early 20th century. Raised in Greenwich Village and trained in Paris, Maybeck spent most of his long career in northern California. An irrepressible bohemian with no desire to run a large office, he spent much of his time designing houses for friends and family, as well as for other patrons so loyal that they often hired him to design more than one house. Maybeck also created two of the most beautiful buildings in all of California: the exhilarating Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley, and the gloriously romantic Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco. This incisive overview-the first to feature colour reproductions of Maybeck's exquisite interiors and exteriors-analyses every aspect of his life and work. Not only his architecture but also his furniture, his lighting designs, and his innovations in fire-resistant construction are thoroughly discussed and illustrated. The book is also enlivened by documentary photographs, by clearly drawn plans, and by several of Maybeck's dazzling, previously unpublished visionary drawings. Bernard Maybeck is a major study of an internationally significant architect whose environmentally responsive work has much to offer today's designers and whose houses have given enormous pleasure to those fortunate enough to visit or dwell in them. Trade ReviewPraise for Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect: "One of the unclassifiable originals in American architecture--along with Frank Furness, Bruce Goff, and, today, Frank Gehry--Bernard Maybeck (1862-1957) devised a completely personal vocabulary of building, assembling a harmonious whole from an unlikely array of unusual forms and inventive details...Richard Barnes's ravishing photographs are the first to convey in color the complex splendors of Maybeck's inimitable achievement, and they succeed with appropriate vigor and warmth. Likewise, Sally B. Woodbridge's sympathetic text shows considerable understanding of this Whitmanesque figure." - Martin Filler, New York Times Book Review "This excellent biography thoroughly documents the often fantastic and always interesting work of California architect Bernard Maybeck...Highly recommended for collections of architecture, design, and art." - Library JournalTable of ContentsTable of Contents from Bernard Maybeck Introduction Foundations Simple Homes and Clubhouses The Hearst Commissions The Church and the Palace Mid-Career Houses Projects for Earle C. Anthony After the Fire Notes Acknowledgments Buildings and Projects by Bernard Maybeck Selected Bibliography Index
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Papadakis Architecture of Place: Culture, Community &
Book SynopsisIn Architecture of Place, John Melvin, one of our most experienced architects and town planners, considers aspects of place-making and many of those ideas that have formed our approach to housing and the city. The architect and historian, Timothy Brittain-Catlin, claims that Melvin’s own work draws inspiration from the buildings he admires, but also from the intellectual world around him. The essays on Ludwig Wittgenstein look at this great 20th century thinker, and find in his philosophy an important guide for our times. The penultimate chapter is on the emerging New Town of Tornagrain. Melvin praises the vision, faith and enterprise that is making possible this investment in the future of Building Beautiful and the creation of social well-being.
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Black Dog Press Public Enquiries: Park Lek and the Scandinavian
Book SynopsisPublic Enquiries is the culmination of a multidisciplinary research project that operated through a series of public hearings in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Gothenburg (2015-2016). The hearings focused on Kerstin Bergendal's Park Lek (2010-2014), which was described at the time as a utopian art project and a concrete intervention in the urban planning process. Public Enquiries maps how Bergendal's extraordinary art project contested and ultimately transformed the local government processes used to shape a segregated urban area of Stockholm. Though Park Lek is primarily examined within the context of Scandinavian society, the writers additionally go on to outline how the project can function as a blueprint for how artistic practice can act as an agent in reconstructing local democracy worldwide, making Public Enquiries a must-read for anyone with an interest in the current state of socially engaged art practice anywhere.This title is co-published with Valand Academy, a school for film, photography, literary composition and fine art at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden"
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Distributed Art Publishers Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park,
Book SynopsisLafayette Park, a middle-class residential area in downtown Detroit, is home to the largest collection of buildings designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the world. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, it remained one of Detroit's most racially integrated and economically stable neighbourhoods, although it was surrounded by evidence of a city in financial distress. Through interviews with and essays by residents, reproductions of archival material: new photographs by Karin Jobst, Vasco Roma and Corine Vermeulen, and previously unpublished photographs by documentary filmmaker Janine Debanné, Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies examines the way that Lafayette Park residents confront and interact with this unique modernist environment. This book is a reaction against the way that iconic modernist architecture is often represented. Whereas other writers may focus on the design intentions of the architect, authors Aubert, Cavar and Chandani seek to show the organic and idiosyncratic ways in which the people who live in Lafayette Park actually use the architecture and how this experience, in turn, affects their everyday lives. Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies was originally published in 2012, two years before the city of Detroit entered into the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country. The 2019 edition of Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies includes a revised introduction and two new texts by Lafayette Park residents, and authors, Marsha Music and Matthew Piper. Music and Piper reflect on the changes the neighbourhood underwent between 2012 and 2018, when the city went through and emerged from bankruptcy and entered into a new phase, as a desirable place for real estate investment.
£999.99
Taschen GmbH Tree Houses
Book SynopsisThe idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In this neat TASCHEN edition, take a tour of some of our finest arboreal adventures with 50 of the most beautiful, inventive, and enchanting tree houses around the world. From romantic to contemporary, from famed architects to little-known craftsmen, you’ll scale the heights to visit all manner of treetop structures, from a teahouse, restaurant, hotel, and children’s playhouse to simple perches from which to contemplate life, enjoy the view, and discover that tree houses take as many forms as the imagination can offer. With an abundance of gorgeous photographs and illustrations, this is an ode to alternative living, where playful imagination meets eco-sensitive finesse.Trade Review“If your favorite childhood memories are of hiding in lofty playhouses conspiring with your friends (or you still aspire to do so), Philip Jodidio’s photo-heavy coffee table book will turbocharge your longing for a space among the trees.” * The Wall Street Journal *“A dizzying array of fantastical architectural feats, a bible to alternative living.” * AnOther *
£19.00
Sandstein Kommunikation GmbH Hellerau. Site of Modernity: Continuities and
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ArchiTangle GmbH Arvo Pärt Centre & Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos: A
Book SynopsisThe book embodies a bridge between the dimensions of music, architecture and landscape: the music of Arvo Pärt with the architecture of Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano in the surrounding pine forest landscape in Laulasmaa, Estonia, to form one infused entity. This book is many books. The first takes the reader on a journey throughout the spaces within the Arvo Pärt Centre. The second is a book of words. It reveals quotations from Arvo Pärt’s musical diaries. The third book embraces us with score elements turning into architecture elements. The fourth book is an architecture sketchbook. It contains a graphical description of the whole project from an architectural view. Plans, sections, elevations, structural schemes of the landscape project, the main building, and the tower and the chapel show technical details and proportions of the spaces. Finally, the fifth book provides a deeper view on the synthesis of the arts through the words of five authors: Michael Pärt, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano, Kristina Kõrver, Nikita Andrejev and Covadonga Blasco Veganzones. It’s beautiful and minimalistic design, specially finished with the architectural drawings on integrated transparent paper, make this book a truly unique object both in terms of content and manufactured book production.Trade ReviewThe ideal audience would have already visited the Arvo Part Centre, but for me, who has never set foot on Estonian soil, the book is a strong invitation to see the building in person, hear Part's music fill its spaces, and take in the beautiful landscape beyond the roofscape.--John Hill One of the project categories -- or filters -- on the website of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos is roofscape (the others are light, material, landscape, geometry, and history). One of the eight projects in that category is the Arvo Part Centre in Laulasmaa, Estonia, the subject of a new book. The building shares formal similarities with some of the other roofscapes, namely the piercing lightwells of the earlier Joanneumsviertel in Graz, Austria, and the Contemporary Art Center in Cordoba, Spain. As depicted in the aerial on the cover of the new book-length case study, the cuts in the roof are the Arvo Part Centre's most striking aspect, at least outside of the heavily wooded site near Lahepere Bay. No building is just its form, its architecture. Accordingly, this book is presented as five books in one: a book of photographs, a book of draft and scores of composer Arvo Part's In Principio, a book of quotes, a book of architectural drawings, and a book of essays. Of course, A Common Denominator is a single bound book (only a booklet with German and Spanish translations of the text is separate), but the design and layout of its 212 large-format pages draws attention to the multiplicity of its contents and gives the five-book book a noticeable rhythm, as in the spreads below. The book starts simply with a quote from Part: I could compare my music to white light which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener. Empty musical staffs are on the following page, next to four sheets of vellum with dots, lines, and other drawings that start to express the building devoted to the Estonian composer. The drawings on these sheets, as visible in the first spread below, overlay the staffs and express an interaction of music and architecture. These two books -- of In Principio and of architectural drawings -- are found six more times in the book, situated between the photographs, quotes, and essays of the other books. Just as the initial quote by Part puts great weight on the spirit of the listener, the short essays, un-captioned photos, and layering of drawings across musical notation do the same, but for the reader. This is not a building monograph that tries to explain everything. Rather it leisurely presents the building in words and images, inviting the reader to get from it what they put into it. The ideal audience would have already visited the Arvo Part Centre, but for me, who has never set foot on Estonian soil, the book is a strong invitation to see the building in person, hear Part's music fill its spaces, and take in the beautiful landscape beyond the roofscape.--John Hill "https: //archidose.blogspot.com/2021/02/arvo-part-centre-nieto-sobejano.html"
£58.00
Kawade Shobo Shin Sha American Hotel Interior World Premier Hotel
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Poligrafa Fundaci Joan Mir Barcelona Josep Llus Cert Museum
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£16.14
Rizzoli International Publications The Louvre
Book SynopsisExperience the Louvre's majestic halls, grand galleries, and stunning artworks in this exquisite visit to the world-renowned museum---highlighting beloved works of art alongside hidden gems, all situated in the palace's stunning architectural spaces.Trade Review"It’s not only Europe’s greatest museum; the Louvre is also a palace, upon which France’s kings, revolutionaries, emperors and presidents have projected visions of power and nationhood. Visit without the crowds or the jet lag with this sumptuous volume, whose 600 pages let you scrutinize the woodwork of Henri II’s bedroom, the gold of Louis XIV’s Galerie d’Apollon, the glass of I.M. Pei’s pyramid. The pleasure of this book comes from narrating the Louvre’s history as residence and museum together, and photographing the whole collection in situ." — NEW YORK TIMES, Best Art Books of 2020"...with sumptuous full-color photographs by Gérard Rondeau that can be almost as alluring as the art pictured." —WALL STREET JOURNAL "With trips to Paris on the shelf indefinitely, the next best thing might just be Rizzoli’s new doorstop The Louvre, a history of and illustrated guide to the museum’s collections. Through hundreds of high-quality photographs, the book tells the story of the building and its holdings, all wrapped in an attractive hardback package, with a delightful bound ribbon bookmark." —NEW CRITERION "Holiday Gift Guide/Best Art Books 2020: Visit without the crowds or the jet lag with this sumptuous volume, whose 600 pages let you scrutinize the woodwork of Henri II’s bedroom, the gold of Louis XIV’s Galerie d’Apollon, the glass of I.M. Pei’s pyramid. The pleasure of this book comes from narrating the Louvre’s history as residence and museum together, and photographing the whole collection in situ." —NEW YORK TIMES
£68.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Modern Hospice Design
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this acclaimed book comprehensively updates its timely advocacy of the need for good quality palliative care, today more necessary than ever. Rooted in the social history of the care of the elderly and terminally ill, Modern Hospice Design: The Architecture of Palliative and Social Care takes cognisance of the new conditions of social care in the 21st century, principally in the UK, Europe and North America. It does so with regard to the development of new building types, but also in response to new philosophies of palliative care and the status of the elderly and the dying. Benefitting from a clearer methodological approach and conceptual framework, the expanded book allows a broad section of readers to navigate the text more easily. At its core is a public discussion of a philosophy of design for providing care for the elderly and the vulnerable, taking the importance of architectural aesthetics, the use of quality materials, the porousness of deTrade ReviewWhat reviewers have said about Ken Worpole's most recent books:Last Landscapes: the architecture of the cemetery in the West'One of the most thought-provoking books of the year.'THE INDEPENDENT'An intensely personal analysis, supported by wonderful photographs.' THE ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A richly humane and engrossing book which incorporates a huge range of sources: he quotes anthropologists, novelists and a wealth of thinkers. The result is a work that is warm, compassionate, intelligent and thought-provoking.'BUILDING DESIGNModern Hospice Design: the architecture of palliative care‘Ken Worpole traces a path out of the darkness and into the light: from the Victorian asylum or sanatorium, devised to punish the sick, to the hospice movement and its assertion that even those who can't be made well by clinical medicine are entitled to be treated by the medical profession with not just dignity but something like love.’THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT‘This concise, well-referenced book encourages the reader to consider whether design can foster hope…Worpole’s book speaks directly to designers and health care professionals to take this opportunity to engage with the deeper issues of ritual and occasion.’JOURNAL OF DESIGN HISTORYTable of Contents1. A new world of palliative and social care 2. A house at the end of life 3. Be kind quickly: how the modern hospice movement changed (nearly) everything 4.The brief is everything 5. Public faces and private places 6. Everything gathered in one room 7. Open to the world and to life 8. In a hospice garden 9. The evening land
£135.00
Birkhauser Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological
Book SynopsisLiliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.
£43.78
De Gruyter New Libraries in Old Buildings: Creative Reuse
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Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Serpentine Pavilion 2023: Lina Ghotmeh -
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£24.70
Loft Publications High On… Scandinavian Architects
Book SynopsisScandinavian design is a movement characterised by simplicity, minimalism and functionality that emerged in the early 20th century, and subsequently flourished in the 1950s throughout the five Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. Scandinavian designers are known especially for household goods including furniture, textiles, ceramics, lamps, and glass, but Scandinavian design has been extended to be an influential movement in architecture and industrial design. High On...Scandinavian Architects presents twenty-eight architects from Scandinavia with their latest projects from the areas of residential, commercial and public buildings. Whether large or small, sharp-edged or soft, coarse or fine, the architecture depicted in this volume is characterised by the iconoclastic flair of Scandinavia.
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The University of Chicago Press Building Ideas
Book SynopsisA photographic guide that traces the evolution of University of Chicago's campus architecture from the university's founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. It features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, and, Cesar Pelli.
£28.78
The University of Chicago Press Memorial Mania Public Feeling in America
Book SynopsisThousands of memorials to executed witches, victims of terrorism, and dead astronauts, along with those that pay tribute to civil rights, organ donors, and the end of communism, have dotted the American landscape. This title argues that these memorials underscore our obsession with issues of memory and history.Trade Review"Memorial Mania is an important and much-needed book, one that complements the existing literature on memorials with richness and originality, and also forges new territory. Erika Doss's excellent and highly polemical critique of its resurgence furthers one of American studies' most noteworthy traditions." - Michelle Bogart, Stony Brook University"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Frank Lloyd Wrights Larkin Building Myth and
Book SynopsisFrank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building has become an icon of modern architecture. This work is a study of this building. Illustrated with over hundred photographs, floor plans, maps, and diagrams, it provides a record of how the building was conceived, built, evaluated, and demolished in what has been called a tragic loss for American architecture.Trade Review"Thoughtful and readable." - Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book Review"
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University of Illinois Press An Illini Place
Book SynopsisWhy does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? Drawing on a wealth of research and featuring more than one hundred color photographs, An Illini Place provides an engrossing and beautiful answer to that question. Lex Tate and John Franch trace the story of the university's evolution through its buildings. Oral histories, official reports, dedication programs, and developmental plans both practical and quixotic inform the story. The authors also provide special chapters on campus icons and on the buildings, arenas and other spaces made possible by donors and friends of the university. Adding to the experience is a web companion that includes profiles of the planners, architects, and presidents instrumental in the campus's growth, plus an illustrated inventory of current and former campus plans and buildings.Trade Review"Ours and every generation owes a debt to those who went before. An Illini Place enables us to grasp a sense of how it all began, the obstacles that were overcome, the opportunities that were seized, the people who made it happen, and the vision and values that sustained it."--from the Foreword by Stanley O. Ikenberry, President Emeritus of the University of Illinois "The colorful history of the University of Illinois (U of I) campus explored in this lavishly illustrated and pithy history. By virtue of its expert research, its thoughtful organization and writing, and its beautiful illustrations, it takes its place alongside other treatments of important institutions and landmarks of Illinois. The authors have achieved an admirable synthesis of treating the old and new, of the venerable structures (razed and remaining) and the modern construction and more recent architecture. An affectionate guidebook to this prairie cathedral and its plucky evolution." --Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
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