History of architecture Books

Book SynopsisThis book is devoted to the seafront, the space between the seaward ends of seaside piers and the first line of buildings. The seafront is a place that is familiar yet unfamiliar, predictable but exciting, natural but artificial. It is a place to live, work and play, a site for commemoration and remembrance. It is ever-changing, depending on the time of day, the state of the tides and the month of the year. And how we perceive it will be shaped by our age, our gender and our childhood memories. The Seafront describes a highly complex space that has been created, recreated and adapted over the past 300 years. It tells the story of seaside holidays and how the arrival of increasing numbers of tourists transformed natural coastline into the man-made environments of modern resorts. Themes examined range from the engineering of sea defences, to the provision of tourism infrastructure and from facilities for sea bathing to the fun factories and fun fairs of the 20th century. The many and diverse aspects of its history, geography, character, function and meaning will be explored and while this study will inevitably focus on the tangible, both natural and man-made, it will also seek to capture something of the spiritual and cultural character of the seafront, is activities, people and memories.Trade Review‘Generously illustrated from both historical and present-day sources, Allan Brodie’s The Seafront covers the British waterfront in all its glorious architectural eclecticism. His infectious but scholarly enthusiasm for the seaside embraces Regency elegance, mid-twentieth-century kitsch, and such outbursts of contemporary boldness as Thomas Heatherwick’s East Beach Café at Littlehampton. The boo is a fascinating blend of social and architectural history that makes one look again at our rich littoral heritage.’ Peter Parker, A MagazineTable of Contents1. Welcome to the Seafront 2. Three Centuries of Seaside Holidays 3. The Geography of the Seafront 4. The Working Life of the Seafront 5. Preparing for Tourists 6. The Pursuit of Health 7. Fun and Games 8. New Technology and Fun 9. The Buildings of the Seafront 10. A Civic and Cultural Space 11. Challenges facing the Seafront

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Book SynopsisThe Radcliffe Camera is one of the most celebrated buildings in Oxford. Instantly recognizable, its great dome rises amid the Gothic spires of the University. Through early maps, plans and drawings, portraits, engravings and photographs this book tells the fascinating story of its creation, which took more than thirty years, and describes its subsequent place within Oxford University. Dr John Radcliffe was the most successful physician of his day. On his death in 1713 he directed that part of his large fortune should be used to build a library on a site at the heart of Oxford, between the University Church of St Mary’s and the Bodleian. Early designs were made by the brilliant architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, who outlined the shape so familiar today: a great rotunda surmounted by Oxford’s only dome. It would take decades to acquire and clear the site, and after Hawksmoor’s death in 1736 the project was taken over by the Scottish architect James Gibbs, who refined the designs and supervised the construction of ‘Dr Radcliffe’s Library’, creating, in the process, an architectural masterpiece and Britain’s first circular library.Trade Review'Sitting in the middle of the open space in front of St Mary's Church is the magnificent layered octagon that is the Radcliffe Camera. Stephen Hebron has produced the best account so far on its construction, replete with delay and confusion.' * Ancient Monuments Society Newsletter *

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Book SynopsisDuring the Renaissance, artists and illustrators developed the representation of truthful three-dimensional forms into a highly skilled art. As reliable illustrations of three-dimensional subjects became more prevalent, they also influenced the way in which disciplines developed: architecture could be communicated much more clearly, mathematical concepts and astronomical observations could be quickly relayed, observations of the natural world moved towards a more realistic method of depiction. Through essays on some of the world’s greatest artists and thinkers (Leonardo da Vinci, Euclid, Andreas Vesalius, William Hunter, Johannes Kepler, Andrea Palladio, Galileo Galilei, among many others), this book tells the story of the development of the techniques used to communicate three-dimensional forms on the two-dimensional page and contemporary media. It features Leonardo da Vinci’s groundbreaking drawings in his notebooks and other manuscripts, extraordinary anatomical illustrations, early paper engineering including volvelles and tabs, beautiful architectural plans and even views of the moon. With in-depth analysis of over forty manuscripts and books, 'Thinking 3D' also reveals the impact that developing techniques had on artists and draughtsmen throughout time and across space.

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Book SynopsisLeonard Manasseh was an `architect’s architect’, greatly admired by his contemporaries both on a personal and professional level. He came to prominence at the Festival of Britain and went on to be one of the leading British architects of the 1960s, designing private houses and offices as well as major public commissions. Timothy Brittain-Catlin, architect and architectural historian at the University of Kent, describes how the work of Leonard Manasseh and Partners expresses one of the central themes of the 1950s and 1960s – the apparent conflict between the architect as creative artist on one hand, and as rational technologist and scientist on the other. Leonard Manasseh and his partner Ian Baker were lauded for producing modernist designs that were in keeping with their historical settings or landscapes. Examples include industrial buildings in rural settings, a study for King’s Lynn, undertaken with architect-planner Elizabeth Chesterton, and the project that is most commonly associated with the practice, the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. Lavishly illustrated with images from Manasseh’s private archive and stunning new photography, this book is an essential read for architects, students and enthusiasts for modernism wanting to learn more about a key practice in British post-war architecture. This book has been commissioned as part of a series of books on Twentieth Century Architects by RIBA Publishing, English Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Foundations 2. Parterre 3. Piano Nobile 4. Loggia 5. Cornice 6. Skyline List of Works Bibliography Index Picture Credits

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Book SynopsisLong overdue: Revised, updated, freshly-illustrated Edinburgh joins the Companion Guide series, informative on Edinburgh's - and Scotland's - past and present. Edinburgh is one of Europe's most elegant and cosmopolitan cities, the Old Town rebuilt on the medieval street plan after being burned down by the English in 1544, and the eighteenth-century classical New Town more extensive thananything else of its kind in Europe. Edinburgh was the capital of an independent kingdom for more than two hundred and fifty years, and it has the air of a capital, with buildings where kings were born or where some of their moreprominent subjects were assassinated, streets once trodden by Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and a rich artistic life that comes into exhilarating full flower in August with the Edinburgh Festival. Edinburgh is also the gateway to some of the most spectacularly beautiful country in Britain: lying southward is the romantic landscape of the Borders, where Alexander Youngson is an admirable guide to the ruined abbeys, the castles thathave withstood countless sieges, and the great houses still owned by families 'that the Flood could not wash away'. A.J. YOUNGSON is former chairman of the Fine Art Commission for Scotland.Trade ReviewThis is an essential guide for understanding Edinburgh and the Borders[....]The Companion Guides are more than guide books. They are armchair travel books as well, full of fascinating anecdotes that make entertaining and informative reading. Edinburgh and the Borders is no exception. It is a comprehensive and all-inclusive resource. * BRITAIN EXPRESS.COM *Ideal companion for any visitor; residents will realise how much they take the city for granted. Beautifully produced updated edition of a classic guide. * THE DAILY YOMIURI *A revised, updated version of a classic by the historian of Edinburgh's New Town. * NORTHERN HISTORY *Table of ContentsPart 1 Edinburgh: the castle; the Royal mile I; the Royal mile II; Hollyrood House and the Abbey; from the Cowgate to the Meadows; from the university to George Square; Princes Street; the Mound; the Calton Hill; from Charlotte Square to St Andrew Square; Queen Street to the Moray Estate; the northern New Town; the Dean Bridge, Dean Village and the western New Town; Stockbridge and the Botanic Gardens; outer Edinburgh, west; outer Edinburgh, south; from Holyrood House to Craigmillar Castle; Cramond, the Forth Bridge and Hopetoun House; Leith. Part 2 East Lothian. Part 3 The borders: the borders - and to Peebles and the Tweed via Eddleston; to Kelso and the Tweed via Lauder; to Berwick-upon-Tweed via Gifford and the Lammermuirs; to Berwick-upon-Tweed via the coast; from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Kelso; from Kelso to Melrose; from Melrose to Peebles; from Peebles to St Mary's Loch and Selkirk; from Selkirk to Hawick to Jedburgh; the deep south - Carter bar, west and east.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an illuminating re-appraisal of the domestic space in classical Greece. Starting from the premise that we must cease to view the classical Greek house through the lens of contemporary Western notions of the household, Janett Morgan provides a fresh evaluation of what ‘home’ meant to different communities in the ancient Greek world. By employing textual analysis alongside archaeological scholarship her book seeks to explain some of the contradictions that previous, more simplistic approaches have left unanswered. Of value to students and academics alike, Morgan’s work gives an exciting new perspective on relations between men and women, between public and private, and between home and city in the ancient world.Trade ReviewThis book will make a major contribution to the study of the Greek [house]. The author . . . goes a long way in calling for a new methodological approach to sifting through the source materials for house and household structure in Greece. Lloyd Llewellyn-JonesTable of Contents Introduction 1. House and City, Public and Private: The Urban Landscape 2. House as Home: Viewing the Classical Greek House 3. The Family at Home 4. Working from Home: House and Economy 5. Gender Ideology and the Cassical House 6. Religion and the Classical House Conclusions Glossary of Terms Further Reading Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an illuminating re-appraisal of the domestic space in classical Greece. Starting from the premise that we must cease to view the classical Greek house through the lens of contemporary Western notions of the household, Janett Morgan provides a fresh evaluation of what ‘home’ meant to different communities in the ancient Greek world. By employing textual analysis alongside archaeological scholarship her book seeks to explain some of the contradictions that previous, more simplistic approaches have left unanswered. Of value to students and academics alike, Morgan’s work gives an exciting new perspective on relations between men and women, between public and private, and between home and city in the ancient world.Trade ReviewThis book will make a major contribution to the study of the Greek [house]. The author . . . goes a long way in calling for a new methodological approach to sifting through the source materials for house and household structure in Greece. Lloyd Llewellyn-JonesTable of Contents Introduction 1. House and City, Public and Private: The Urban Landscape 2. House as Home: Viewing the Classical Greek House 3. The Family at Home 4. Working from Home: House and Economy 5. Gender Ideology and the Cassical House 6. Religion and the Classical House Conclusions Glossary of Terms Further Reading Bibliography

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Book SynopsisArchitectural and historical surveys of many of the most important buildings in Lincoln. This volume illuminates the development of different building styles in timber, stone and brick over a period of 750 years, in one of the oldest areas of Lincoln. High quality and detailed architectural drawings are accompanied by documentary accounts which explain the historical context, and tell some of the fascinating and tragic stories of the people who lived and worked there from the mid-twelfth century until the First World War, including the medieval Jewish community. Steep Hill is already internationally regarded for the quality of its cultural environment as well as its picturesque architecture, and the Strait and the upper part of the long High Street have a wide range of different architectural styles in their buildings, of considerable interest. Steep, Strait and High forms the final volume in a series of architectural and historical surveys of the historic buildings of Lincoln, based on forty-five years of research, originally undertaken by the Survey of Ancient Houses, sponsored by the Lincoln Civic Trust, and now continued in the work of the Survey of Lincoln. Christopher Johnson, Chair of theSurvey of Lincoln, was an archivist and latterly service manager at Lincolnshire Archives prior to becoming Information and Records Manager at Lincolnshire County Council; Stanley Jones was a lecturer at Sheffield College of Art,and has been deeply involved in the Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln.Trade ReviewSteep, Strait and High is the culmination of a remarkable 45-year programme of architectural and historical research. * KATE GILES *Table of ContentsSelect Bibliography Introduction The Survey Appendix: The Survey of Ancient Houses 1970-1996

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Book SynopsisA fresh look at the Eastern origins of Christopher Wren’s architecture In this revelatory study of one of the great architects in British history, Vaughan Hart considers Christopher Wren’s (1632–1723) interest in Eastern antiquity and Ottoman architecture, an interest that would animate much of his theory and practice. As the early modern understanding of antiquity broadened to include new discoveries at Palmyra and Persepolis, Wren disputed common assumptions about the European origins of Classical and Gothic architecture, tracing these building traditions not to the Greeks or Germans but to the stonemasons of the biblical East. In a deft analysis, Hart contextualizes Wren’s use of classical elements—columns, domes, and cross plans—within his enthusiasm for the East and the broader Anglican interest in the Eastern church. A careful study of diary records reappraises Wren’s working relationship with Robert Hooke (1635–1703), who shared in many of Wren’s theoretical commitments. The result is a new, deepened understanding of Wren’s work.Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtTrade Review“Absorbing”—Keith Miller, Times Literary Supplement“[O]ffers new insight into this facet of the architect by tracing a substantial component of Wren’s architectural activity that involved his study and adoption of Eastern sources. Wren’s interest in antiquarianism and architectural models from the Orient is well known, but Hart’s is the first comprehensive study dedicated to unfolding this complex constellation of architectural references.”— Gregorio Astengo, Architectural Histories“From impressive research and clear argument, Vaughan Hart has produced a beautifully illustrated, fresh understanding of Wren’s churches and their relationship to the East.”—Benedict Vickery, Skyline [Magazine] “Lavishly illustrated and beautifully formatted, the pages behind this evocative front cover take the reader on a richly detailed tour of Wren’s study and use of ancient and early Christian Eastern buildings and of the international information networks supporting Wren’s study.”—Kimberley Skelton, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society

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Book SynopsisThe Survey of London returns to the East End to chronicle Whitechapel, shedding new light on this widely misunderstood district In these volumes, the Survey of London returns to the East End to chronicle Whitechapel, covering Aldgate to Mile End Green, and Brick Lane to Wellclose Square. The name Whitechapel—one of London’s best known—is highly evocative, carrying dark, even mythic associations. These are set aside to present new histories of all the area’s sites and buildings, those standing and many that have gone, in districts that have been repeatedly rebuilt. Abutting the City of London, Whitechapel has, since medieval times, housed commerce and many varied industries. Enriched by centuries of immigration, this area has been “global” for as long as that word has denoted the world and, amidst widespread poverty, some of London’s great institutions have been founded here. In the midst of these landmarks, Whitechapel has seen recent transformation. These volumes bear historical witness with hundreds of superb new photographs and meticulous architectural drawings illustrating detailed accounts of topographical development in accessible prose. They will be an invaluable resource for historians, planners, residents, and the wider public.Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtTrade Review"A new Survey of London publication always marks a red-letter occasion for the capital’s enthusiasts. In these two astonishing volumes on Whitechapel, the Survey has managed even to excel itself"—Jerry White, The London Journal“Every street is minutely assessed in terms of its architectural and urban form, and social and political history...The Survey has evolved gloriously unto collections of detailed studies of each area of London. It makes an outstanding scholarly contribution to our record and understanding of our capital city."—Jeremy Musson, The Oldie

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Book SynopsisExplores how revolutionary ideas were translated into landscape design, encompassing liberty, equality, improvement and colonialism Spanning the designed landscapes of England’s Glorious Revolution of 1688, the American Revolution of 1776 and the Irish rebellion of 1798, with some detours into revolutionary France, this book traces a comparative history of property structures and landscape design across the eighteenth-century Atlantic world and evolving concepts of plantation and improvement within imperial ideology. Revolutionaries such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, George Washington, Arthur Young, Lord Edward FitzGerald and Pierce Butler constructed houses, farms and landscape gardens—many of which have since been forgotten or selectively overlooked. How did the new republics and revolutionaries, having overthrown social hierarchies, translate their principles into spatial form? As the eighteenth-century ideology of improvement was applied to a variety of transatlantic and enslaved environments, new landscape designs were created—stretching from the suburbs of Dublin to the sea islands of the state of Georgia. Yet these revolutionary ideas of equality and freedom often contradicted reality, particularly where the traditional design of the great landed estate—the building block of aristocratic power throughout Europe—intersected with that of the farm and the plantation. Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtTrade Review“This is a complex but profoundly rewarding book. . . . The revolutionary reconfiguration of space and landscape can be a vital, indeed necessary, engine of progress.”—World of Interiors

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Book SynopsisWhat constitutes the social context of architecture? What kind of stories can be told about how lived experiences across global communities, cities, territories, and ecologies resonate with architectural and space-making practices? The 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial explores the implications of architecture and the built environment as they relate to land, memory, rights, and civic participation—drawing buildings, planning, art, policy making, education, and activism into new conversations at global and civic scales.Published in conjunction with the third iteration of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, …and other such stories extends the exhibition’s core questions through a range of essays, interviews, and visual dossiers, along with a section introducing the Biennial’s contributors. It is structured by a series of curatorial frames: (1) No Land Beyond reflects on landscapes of belonging and sovereignty that challenge narrow definitions of land as property and commodity; (2) Appearances and Erasures explores both shared and contested memories in consideration of monuments, memorials, and social histories; (3) Rights and Reclamations foregrounds aspects of rights, advocacy, and civic purpose in architectural and spatial practices; and (4) Common Ground addresses practices invested in producing and intervening in public space within and beyond the field of architecture.

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Book SynopsisModernists of the early twentieth century were transfixed by the X-ray—a means of seeing through skin into systems of bones and tissue. What, nearly a century later, can X-rays reveal about the systems of modernism itself? Modern Management Methods asks how the value of a building is produced through instruments of expertise, management ideologies, and historical narratives. Through unorthodox survey practices, the project uses the imaging techniques of conservation and the documentary detritus of heritage preservation to show how scientific methods attempt to produce stable notions of history and value. Deploying the medium of the X-ray, Caitlin Blanchfield and Farzin Lotfi-Jam tell two related histories of building conservation, internationalism, and the making of modernist meaning through the architect Le Corbusier’s building Stuttgart’s Weissenhofsiedlung and the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

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Book SynopsisThe creator of buildings that stand out as surrealistic marvels amid the skylines of America, Europe, and Asia, Rem Koolhaas, along with his Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), is justly considered as one of the leaders of contemporary architecture. This book, the first critical monograph on the work of Rem Koolhaas and OMA, does more than just describe projects and buildings: It places Koolhaas’s career in a cultural context that allows the reader to better understand the creative process of modern architecture. The works considered are presented in chronological and thematic order, thus retracing the career of Koolhaas from his student days to his neo-avant-garde experimentation at the end of the 1970s and finishing with his most recent works in Porto, Seoul, and Beijing. The individual projects are analyzed from conception to construction, paying particular attention to the conceptual and technical reasons for choices of materials and configuration. Overall, the book addresses the theoretical formulations of Koolhaas, offering a reflection on the fundamental principles of the contemporary architectural project.Table of ContentsExperiences with the Paranoid-Critical Method / New Sobriety vs. Post-Modern and Contextualism / The epoch of the merveilles / S, M, L, XL, 1995: principles for a theory of architecture / Generic volume, informal polyhedral solids and functional diagrams

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking work resulting from the collaboration between the three major Swiss architectural archives and the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel. Concrete in Switzerland is a historical assessment of the most controversial building material of our time: concrete. The book addresses a number of issues of global relevance from a particular vantage point: reinforced concrete construction in Switzerland. Through contributions by internationally renowned researchers, Concrete in Switzerland analyzes a series of moments in the Swiss history of reinforced concrete, from the initial phase of its introduction in the country to the most refined applications in architecture and engineering. Groundbreaking and thorough, Concrete in Switzerland explores the history and application of a contentious material.Table of ContentsSwitzerland, A Technological Pastoral / Laurent StalderBeton is a State of Mind: On the Representation of Concrete in Swiss Cinema / Marcel BächtigerNature, Science, and Enterprise: The Origins of the Success of Reinforced Concrete in Switzerland. The Introduction, Diffusion, and Supersedence of the Hennebique System / Salvatore ApreaBetween Constraint and Freedom to Innovate: Swiss Standards to Innovate / Aurelio MuttoniThe N2 Chiasso–Saint Gotthard Motorway: Design and Construction of One Hundred and Forty-Three Kilometres of Reinforced Concrete / Ilaria GiannettiReinforced Country Below Ground / Silvia Berger ZiauddinTerraced Hillside Housing Architectures. When Vineyards Gave Way to Swiss Families / Lorenzo StiegerThe Swiss Principle of Béton Brut: ‘Betonkonstruktion’. A Debate between Theory and Practice, 1940s–1960s / Silvia GroazGesamtschweizerische Plattenbau – Large-Panel Construction in Switzerland. The IGECO Heavy Prefabrication System in Göhner Housing Estates: Serial Production and Variations (1965–1977) / Giulia MarinoThe Pluralities of the Possible / Martin Tschanz‘In our country, it is practically impossible not to build in concrete’. Brief Notes on Exposed Reinforced Concrete in the Architecture of Ticino / Nicola NavoneConcrete in the Early Works of Herzog and de Meuron / Roberto GargianiSouthern Fragments of Swiss Asbestos-Cement, 1940 to 2040 / Hannah le RouxCONCRETE STORIES / Sarah NicholsIntroductionConcrete is RockConcrete is UndergroundConcrete is EnergyConcrete is Second NatureConcrete is MonolithicConcrete is CompositeConcrete is ImmaterialConcrete is PraxisConcrete is Fluid

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Book SynopsisA thorough and interdisciplinary look at the many aspects of wood construction over the past three hundred years. The IBOIS Notebooks offer a societal, ecological, cultural, and political look at wood construction. Through the work and critical analyses of authors from various disciplines, these notebooks reveal the structuring, sometimes contradictory, and often underestimated role of timber construction in the architectural evolution of the last three centuries. This biannual editorial project, led by Christophe Catsaros, philosopher, journalist, and architecture critic, and Yves Weinand, architect-engineer and director of the Wood Construction Laboratory (IBOIS) at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), draws the outlines of an original and transdisciplinary account. Going beyond the established distinction between the humanities and applied sciences, the notebooks offer alternative relationships for innovative wood construction. Behind this original and cross-disciplinary panorama—where researchers, builders, and historians question the potential of a material—is the ambition of a radical change, as evidenced both by the research and the achievements of the EPFL’s Wood Construction Laboratory.Table of ContentsTHE IBOIS NOTEBOOKS, TOOLS OF INCREASED TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, Christophe CatsarosPLEATS PLEASE? – THE SECRET ARCHITECTURE OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, Françoise FromonotARCHITECTURE IN THE ERA OF THE DIGITAL CONTINUUM, Stéphane BerthierTHE THEATRE THAT CAME OUT OF THE WOOD, Yann RocherIMAGESTHE AUTHORSIMPRESSUM

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Book SynopsisIn 1919, after five years of brutal conflict, World War I ended. And while the living soldiers returned home, the dead stayed where they had fallen, in war graves throughout Europe. This book takes readers to many of the graveyards that serve as the final resting places of British soldiers who died during World War I. British cemeteries, we discover, are gardens, and many of them were designed by the greatest British architects of the time, such as Edwin Lutyens or Charles Holden, and their architectural quality is exceptional. Gardens of War invites us to discover these unique places by approaching them in two ways. First, we see them as a project, building our understanding from archival documents and the testimonies of the actors involved in this vast undertaking, including politicians, diplomats, and, above all, architects. But we are also invited to discover them as visitors who travel along the roads that connect them, restoring our impressions through sketches, photos, and drawings, as closely as possible to the sensitive and emotional experience of actually being there. Table of ContentsForeword“WAR IT IS” – The Imperial War Graves Commission – Unlikely PlacesTHE VISITOR / 1THE VISITOR’S NOTEBOOK / 1CONQUERING THE TERRITORYTHE VISITOR’S NOTEBOOK / 2PRESERVING THE TERRITORY – GHQ, DGRE, BEF – Repetition, Distinction, Invention – Models and Types / 1 / Models – Models and Types / 2 / Types – MemorialsTHE VISITOR’S NOTEBOOK / 3ACQUIRING THE LANDSCAPE – A Given Landscape – The Landscape RevealedTHE VISITOR’S NOTEBOOK / 4THE VISITOR / 2VISITOR’S MAPBibliographyCredits

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Book SynopsisThe most significant research conducted on concrete architecture in the United States from 1940 to 1970. The affirmation of reinforced concrete and the kinds of space generated by its structures is one of the most fascinating and revolutionary chapters in the history of twentieth-century architecture and engineering. This richly illustrated, three-volume essay offers the first complete overview of all the most significant research conducted in concrete in the United States from 1940 to 1970. It includes the greatest architects of the time, from Frank Lloyd Wright to I.M. Pei, Louis Kahn, Emery Roth & Sons, and others. The analysis of the works presented on the pages of the three books reconstructs the most important inventions in the use of concrete, whether reinforced or not, prefabricated or cast in place, used in the form of skeleton, walls, columns, blocks, or panels. The book also includes a chapter on a new kind of ornament, permitted by special plastic products applied to formwork, and other chapters dedicated to the different processing techniques used to obtain various surface textures. It enters the complex theoretical universe of truths and lies, upon which the greatest architects have debated through the manipulation of concrete. Finally, it guides readers up to the decline of the creative force of structures. A New Era of American Architectural Concrete not only offers the first exhaustive history of an architectural technique that was decisive in the United States, but also a new vision of twentieth-century American architecture.Table of ContentsprologueSurface Finishes by the Book: The Accomplishments of Architectural Concretechapter one. The Self-Built Construction of Wright and Residential Fabrication SystemsWright’s Desert Concrete: Toward a Constructional PrimitivismTextile and Concrete Blocks for the Usonian Houses The Experimental Residential Constructionof Rudolph and GoldbergThe Monolithic Houses of Le Tourneau and IBEC The Lift Slab Method by Youtz & Slick and by the Vagtborg Corporationchapter two. The Primitive Frame of MiesBeauty is the Splendor of Truth: Mies’s Chicago Debut Belluschi’s Equitable Building: The CopyThe Promontory Apartments: The Degree Zeroof the New Chicago FramePrototype VariationsAffordable Housing in Chicago, or the Miesian Aestheticchapter three. Prestressing and New Structuresfor ConcretePrestressed Girders and the Walnut Lane Bridge Wright’s Butterfly Bridge and Soleri’s Tubular Bridge The Helio-Laboratory Tower in RacinePei and Severud’s Structure for the Helix Apartment Towerchapter four. Kahn’s Space FrameThe Tetrahedron Floor System and Béton Brutof the Yale Art GalleryGrowth, Stratification, and Groove: The Impossible MonolithA Space Frame for the City Hall Buildingchapter five. Effects of Scale and Prestressing: Works by SOM and MiesGoldsmith: Superstructure and Bracing Learning from NerviSOM’s Quest for an Expressive StructureThe Bridges and Prestressed Girders of SOM and Khan New Paths of Gravity: Goldsmith and LinMies’s Reinforced Trilithchapter six. The Skyscrapers of Mies, Kahn, and WrightThe Unclear Structure of Mies and Severud for the Seagram BuildingJohnson and the Enigma of Diagonal Bracing Kahn’s Tower of Triangular Concrete Frames The Richards Laboratories: Prefabrication and Post-TensioningWright’s Tripod Frame Construction and Molded OrnamentThe Illinois Mile-High Cantilever Sky-Citychapter seven. Architectural Concrete Variations, from Breuer to SaarinenMo-Sai Precast Concrete Cladding PanelsThe Bush-Hammered Concrete of Breuerand the Sandblasting of Anshen & AllenThe Ineffable Material Substance of Saarinen’s ConcreteSOM’s Experiments for a Concrete Skyscraper Rudolph, Pei, Harrison & Abramovitz,and Prefabricated PanelsSaarinen’s rubble aggregate concreteApplied ornament versus texture: plastic and transfers

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Book SynopsisA contemporary reminder of the importance of the carpenter and wood in Japanese architecture. When Japanese architecture is mentioned today, images of temples or pagodas generally come to mind. Others may think of more contemporary works: massive modular walls of rough concrete poured in place and bearing imprints of their formwork in the manner of Ando Tadao, the lighter structures of Ito Toyo and Sejima Kazuyo, or the finely wrought facades of Kuma Kengo. A generational chasm and, rather surprisingly, even a historical one seems to have opened up between the emblematic images of traditional Japanese architecture, in which wood is the material of choice, and more current and innovative work, in which its use has been reduced. Even though the carpenter has long been the lead builder, contemporary architectural culture appears to have forgotten this reservoir of construction experience accumulated over centuries. The Carpenter and the Architect expertly corrects this outdated notion.Table of ContentsA STORY OF PRINCIPLES – COMPLEXITY IN ARCHITECTURE… À LA JAPANESE – THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL TYPES – EVOLUTIONS OF THE PLAN – CONSTRUCTIONAL COMBINATORICS – TOWARDS ASYMMETRY – INNOVATIONS WITHIN INTERIOR SPACE: FROM THE POST TO THE TATAMI – IRREGULAR SPACES: THE ASSOCIATION OF HIROMA AND KOMA ROOMS – NATURE AND ARCHITECTURE – A FEW MORE RINGS IN CLOSINGA MODERN STORY – THE IMPORTATION OF WESTERN STYLES DURING THE MEIJI ERA – THE CREATION OF AN ORIENTAL JAPANESE STYLE – THE BEGININGS OF MODERN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE: THE INFLUENCE OF EXPRESSIONISM – MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN WOOD: THE CORBUSIAN SCHOOL – POSTWAR: THE TANGE SAGA – TOWARDS AN ABSTRACT JAPANESE SPACE: THE SHINOHARA SCHOOL – THE COORDINATES OF IRRATIONALITY IN JAPANESE SPACE – TOWARDS AN ARCHITECTURE… IN WOOD – VARIATIONS ON THE STYLE – CONTEMPORARY SUKIYA ARCHITECTURE: AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE?A PARTICULAR STORY – AN EXAMPLE FROM TODAY – HISTORY AND CULTURE – IDENTIFICATION OF A CENTER – PRINCIPLES OF AN ONTOLOGY OF CONSTRUCTION – PAST-PRESENT369 POSTSCRIPT: TRADITION, WHO ARE YOU?JAPANESE TERMSINDEX OF PROPER NAMESPLACE NAMESBIBLIOGRAPHYILLUSTRATIONSCHRONOLOGYACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Book SynopsisThrough sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House, the Salk Institute, the National Assembly, the Kimbell Museum, the Exeter Library and the Yale Center for British Art, is itself an important chapter in the history of architecture for the exploration into concrete’s formal expression, beyond the lesson of Le Corbusier. Kahn’s obsession on concrete fabrication processes, on the formwork and the mix-design, is systematically examined in two volumes. The authors illustrate Kahn’s vision with documents that have never been revealed in other essays, drawing heavily from original sketches, plans, specifications, worksite photographs, and correspondences with collaborators, engineers, technicians and contractors. The first volume Exposed Concrete and Hollow Stones focuses on the first ten-year period of Kahn research on concrete. Moving through the many construction systems experienced by Kahn, from the discovery of exposed concrete in the form of béton brut at the Yale Art Gallery, to the precast and poured-in-place techniques, to the values of joint, growth and ornament, the essay culminates in the reconstruction of the artistic and technical characteristics of two great worksite, the Richards Laboratories and the First Unitarian Church and School. The second volume, Towards the Zero Degree of Concrete, covers the following fourteen years and leads the reader along Kahn’s path to the true 'nature of concrete', focusing on his main techniques and poetic discoveries such as the 'liquid stone' of the Salk Institute, the 'smooth finish' at Bryn Mawr and the concept of 'monolithic' at the Yale Center for British Art.Table of Contents1. The Nature of Concrete: the 'Liquid Stone' of the Salk Institute 2. Confirmations of the 'Smooth Finish': the Worksite at Bryn Mawr 3. Design and Construction in Concrete at Dhaka 4. Walls and Vaults of the Kimbell Art Museum 5. Concrete and Brick 6. Different Forms of Exposed Concrete 7. Delirious Formwork: Slip-Form Method for Skyscrapers 8. Towards the Monolith: the Yale Center for British Art Index

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Book SynopsisThis book describes for the first time ever, the rise of the modern art of building with concrete in the different German territories stretching from Friesland to Pomerania and southwards from Bavaria to Baden during the first three quarters of the 19th century. Based on careful analyses of historic documents and literature, the book traces an engaging history of master builders, engineers, architects, theoreticians, chemists and inventors tracking the evolution of different building techniques, materials, studies and experiments concerning concrete. It analyses German master builders’ consideration for classical building culture and for contemporaneous constructions observed in neighbouring countries. This narration starts at the turn of the 19th century with early scientific studies on cement, examples of rudimentary concrete used as filling material in small hydraulic foundations and attempts at producing mortar-based artificial stones and moulded objects. The account then follows the progression of cement and the abilities of master builders who worked with concrete until crucial evolutionary stages were reached in the 1870s. Early scientific theories about the chemical reactions in the production and hardening of cement were developed; concrete was finally used to build huge underwater foundations as well as entire houses; the production of mortar-based artificial stones and moulded objects became a significant manufacturing branch; the first standards for the production and sale of Portland cement were defined and officially implemented.Table of ContentsLime, trass, mortar, concrete and artificial stones at the turn of the 19th century: Premises for the development of concrete. The state-of-the-art knowledge about lime, between alchemical heritage and scientific achievements. Cement, the practices of producing hydraulic mortar and the importance of trass. Rudimental traces of concrete in foundations, between local experiments and references to antiquity. Hollow masonry-faced walls filled with concrete. French concrete foundations in Rhineland. The ambition to produce mortar-based artificial stone. New knowledge about hydraulic lime, cement and mortar: The Theorie des besten Mörtels by John. A new awareness about hydraulic lime and mortar. Cement from England and policies for the Gewerbeförderung. Artificial stones by Sachs and moulded statues by De la Rivallière-Preignac von Frauendorf. Roman cement applications and hydraulic lime manufacturing. Concrete hydraulic foundations: trass versus – hydraulic lime. The realization of John’s theory in Fuch’s studies – on lime and mortar. Concrete foundations in technical literature. Hydraulic lime and cement manufacturing: The Bavarian hydraulic lime, a mineralischer Schatz. Cement manufacturing in Northwest and central Germany, from Hamburg to Kassel. Further production of hydraulic lime and the persistent fascination with English Roman cement in Prussia. Mortar, plaster and concrete, experimental uses of Kassel and Hamelin cement, and the attempts to build continuous masonry elements. Concrete foundations, walls, artificial stones: Concrete foundations in regions along the Rhine, the persisting use of trass. Concrete foundations in Bavaria and Pomerania, the exploitation of local hydraulic lime. Lean conglomerates for rural buildings and the development of Kalksand. Concrete and cement in Hamburg, between Dutch, French and English influences. Moulded cement-based artificial stones and mortar tiles. Concrete fillings for bridge decks, and to restore masonry cracks. The concrete foundations of the piers for the railway bridges in Dirschau and Marienburg, the development of local artificial cement by Lentze. Further studies about materials used to produce hydraulic mortar and concrete. Portland cement and concrete construction, from foundations to roofs: Portland cement and its prevalent use in binding brickwork. The manufacturing of Portland cement by Bleibtreu. The acknowledgment of the monolithic behaviour – of concrete and the further spread of concrete foundations. Lean conglomerate as a German kind of concrete – for above-ground constructions. The manufacturing of Cementwaaren. Improvements to scaffoldings and sheet pilings – for foundations underwater, the building of the bridge over the Rhine in Koblenz. Sinking wells, sinking caissons and pneumatic caissons. Concrete for above-ground constructions. Further studies about Portland cement and the regulation of its main physical features.

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Book SynopsisThrough a series of photographs, Ahmed Mater charts the city's origins to its more recent history over the last 5 years. It is a study of the site's recent transformation - Makkah, until recently, embodied a unique urban tapestry, layered with histories that are stitched together by an abundance of organically rooted communities and cultures. It is a place that accommodated not only sacred structures and sites but also huge fluctuations in population during Ramadan (up to 3 million visitors a year travel to Makkah for Eid and Hajj). More recently, these sites and communities have been eradicated and are being replaced with five-star-studded high rise developments, transforming it from an active metropolis to the world's most exclusive, yet most visited religious tourist destination, reflective of an unprecedented experimentation with architecture and its possible impact on social stratification. This photographic essay is a celebration of Makkah's real and projected or imaginary states. It provides singular access to this site and its associated social and religious rituals, along with its architectural urban planned and proposed development.

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Book SynopsisThe Greek island sequence montaged by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy into his legendary documentary Architects' Congress can be interpreted, like his provocative photoplastiks, as a "message in a bottle" thrown into the sea that "might take decades for someone to find and read." Capturing the incomparable Greek light, it presents a compelling glimpse of the four days and nights in August 1933 when the elite of the European architectural and artistic avant-garde-in Greece for the 4th International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM)-took to the Aegean in a barely-seaworthy "nut shell" that would bring them close to the brink of disaster. The "motley crew" included Le Corbusier, Fernand Leger, Amedee Ozenfant, Sigfried Giedion, Cor van Eesteren, and Otto Neurath. Crucial to the success of the surreal odyssey were members of the Greek avant-garde. Drawing on previously unpublished material-Moholy's poetically ironic letter to his wife Sibyl, Ghika's candid Memoirs of Le Corbusier, and forensic examination of the architect's sketchbooks-the authors reconstruct the epiphanies, debates, and, inevitably, estrangements at this critical moment in European history.

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Book SynopsisIn what he called his “illustrated guide to modern architecture,” which starts off the Bauhausbücher series, Gropius gives an overview of the international architecture of the mid-1920s. A preface by the author explores, briefly but in detail, the guiding principles that unite the avant-garde in all countries. This statement is followed by an extensive illustrated section showing examples of architecture from around the world. According to Gropius, these illustrations bear witness to the “development of a consistent worldview” that disposes of the prior role of the architect and expresses itself in a new language of shapes.

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Book SynopsisThe author is an intimate connoisseur of Palladioâs architecture and lives in one of his villas himselfA fresh view of Palladioâs private buildings from the perspective of Renaissance âœfamiliesâ

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Book SynopsisFollowing the pair of monographic “Sauerbruch Hutton Archives” (Archive, 2006; Archive 2, 2016) Lars Müller Publishers presents a reader edited by the architects. Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton have asked a diverse group of authors to reflect on the various conditions that have shaped the conception, production and dissemination of architecture in Europe over the course of the last three decades, and of the architecture that has resulted. The essays generally include observations on one or more of Sauerbruch Hutton’s buildings, but these do not necessarily form the focus of the respective texts. The authors include critics who have written on the work of the practice in the past, architectural colleagues and writers whose opinions and observations are respected by the editors as well as a handful of people who either live or work in one of their buildings and so have experienced Sauerbruch Hutton’s architecture firsthand. Further, a photographic essay by the Finnish artist Ola Kolehmainen will augment the twenty-fi ve essays with works created between 1990 and 2020. Analogous to the written pieces, these are images in their own right and of their own subjects that have been triggered by the presence of one of Sauerbruch Hutton’s buildings.

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Book SynopsisThe Delos Symposia, which ran from 1963 to 1975, were a groundbreaking series of events dedicated to rethinking and reshaping the built environment to solve the planet's environmental and demographic problems. Choreographed around the charismatic Greek architect-planner Constantinos Doxiadis, and generating an entirely new science of human settlements called Ekistics, this ambitious endeavour was run according to ancient Greek practices of the sympósion, with banquets, dancing and fancy dress parties taking place aboard cruise ships in the Aegean Sea. Each symposium concluded at the island-city of Delos, where influential figures as diverse as Margaret Mead, Arnold Toynbee, Siegfried Giedion, Buckminster Fuller, Barbara Ward, Jean Gottmann, Kenzo Tange ,Jaqueline Tyrwhitt and Marshall McLuhan would formally proceed to the ancient amphitheater and participate in ceremonial declarations on world issues.The Delos Symposia and Doxiadis offers the first comprehensive appraisal of the histor

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsÄgyptische Kultur.- Geschichtlicher und kulturgeschichtlicher Überblick.- Allgemeine Anmerkungen zur Architektur.- Technische Voraussetzungen.- Ästhetik und Architektur.- Symbolik und Architektur.- Aufgaben und soziale Stellung des Architekten.- Grab- und Sakralbau.- Altes Reich.- Mittleres Reich.- Neues Reich.- Spätzeit.- Profanbau.- Städtebau.- Wohnbau.- Festungsbau.- Mesopotamische/Kleinasiatische Kulturen.- Geschichtlicher und kulturgeschichtlicher Überblick.- Mesopotamische Kulturen.- Kleinasiatische Kulturen.- Allgemeine Anmerkungen zur Architektur.- Sakralbau.- Profanbau.- Städtebau.- Wohnbau.- Ägäische Kulturen.- Geschichtlicher und kulturgeschichtlicher Überblick.- Minoische Kultur.- Griechische Heldenzeit (Mykene).- Allgemeine Anmerkungen zur Architektur.- Grabbau.- Profanbau.- Städtebau.- Wohnbau.- Festungsbau.- Griechische Kulturen.- Geschichtlicher und kulturgeschichtlicher Überblick.- Allgemeine Anmerkungen zur Architektur.- Steintransport und -bearbeitung.- Säulenordnungen.- Bautypenentwicklung.- Grab- und Sakralbau.- Grabbau.- Tempelbau.- Profanbau.- Städtebau.- Wohnbau.- Öffentliche Bauten.- Festungsbau.- Etruskische/Römische Kultur.- Geschichtlicher und kulturgeschichtlicher Überblick.- Allgemeine Anmerkungen zur Architektur.- Beitrag zur abendländischen Architektur.- Bauteile und Baugefüge.- Grab-, Denkmal- und Sakralbau.- Grabbau.- Denkmalbau.- Tempelbau.- Profanbau.- Städtebau.- Wohnbau.- Öffentliche Bauten.- Festungsbau.- Ingenieurbau.- Bildteil.

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Book SynopsisDie Architektur- und Planungstheorie ist das Reflexionsmedium, in dem Geplantes und Gebautes untersucht und kritisch nachvollzogen wird. Aus diesen Erkenntnissen soll Orientierungswissen für künftiges Planen und Bauen gewonnen werden, nicht zuletzt vor dem Hintergrund sich verändernder gesellschaftlicher Anforderungen. Ziel ist dabei, einen theoretisch fundierten Beitrag für die Berufspraxis zu leisten. Als thematischer Leitfaden wird in diesem Buch das städtische Wohnen in Europa gewählt. Dabei werden Theorien, Positionen und exemplarische Projekte, die die Entwicklung der Städte seit dem Industriezeitalter geprägt haben, in ihren jeweiligen geschichtlichen Zusammenhängen analysiert. Aktuelle Debatten und innovative Lösungsansätze werden auf ihre Zukunftsfähigkeit hin kritisch reflektiert.Table of ContentsDie bürgerliche Wohnform als sozial-räumliches Modell - Die Theorie der funktionalen Stadt - Die Suche nach zukunftsfähigen Wohnformen - Transparenz in der Architektur - Städtische öffentliche Räume: Konzeption und soziale Nutzung - Handlungsperspektiven

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Book SynopsisMost, one of the most impressive historical cities of Northern Bohemia, was destroyed in the sixties and seventies for coal mining. When plans to redevelop the city began, hope and expectations ran high; in the end, however, Most became a symbol for the heartless incompetence of Czechoslovak communism. In this book, Matěj Spurný explores the historical city of Most from the nineteenth century into the years following World War II, investigating the decision to destroy it as well as the negotiations concerning the spirit of the proposed new city. Situating postwar Most in the context of cultural and social shifts in Czechoslovakia and Europe as a whole, Spurný traces the path a medieval city took to become a showcase of brutalist architecture and the regime’s technicist inhumanity. But the book, like the city of Most itself, does not end in tragedy. Fusing architectural and political history with urban and environmental studies, Spurný’s tale shows the progress that can be made when Czechs confront the crimes of the past—including the expulsion of local Germans and the treatment of the Romani minority—and engage with rational, contemporary European concepts of urban renewal.

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Book SynopsisVolume 15,3: Architecture, Topography, Finds. Expanding on the publication of the shipsheds and slipways found in the northern half of Group 1 (Area 1) on the eastern side of Zea Harbour in Volume I.1–2 (2011) of the peer-reviewed Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus series, Volume II presents further results of the archaeological investigations conducted by the Zea Harbour Project (ZHP) in 2004-2010 and 2012 of ancient shipsheds and slipways in Zea Harbour (Pashalimani), both identified and possible, making them the best documented structures in Athens’ naval bases and in the wider Mediterranean. Approximately half of Volume II is devoted to the remains of shipsheds and possible shipsheds in the southern half of Group 1 (Area 2), while studies of structures identified as wide unroofed slipways in Group 2 (Area 3) on the south-eastern side of the same harbour basin occupy the balance of the book. After Chapter 1’s introduction to terminology and methodology, Chapter 2 presents the architecture of the shipsheds and possible shipsheds found in the southern half of Group 1 (Area 2), along with the arrangement and topography of this massive naval complex, which in the 4th century BC covered between 11,630 m2 and 11,989 m2. Chapter 3 examines and catalogues the ceramics and other small finds discovered in the same area, discussing their excavation contexts, composition, and chronological significance. Chapter 4 focuses on the architecture and topography of seven wide, unroofed slipways found in Group 2 in the northern part of Area 3 that represent a building type previously unknown in the Piraeus, probably designed either for a larger warship known as the penteres (‘five’), introduced into the Athenian navy between 329/8 BC and 326/5 BC, or for a larger Hellenistic-period warship type. Chapter 5 analyses and catalogues the ceramic small finds recovered during the excavation of the structures featured in Chapter 4. Chapter 6 presents the new evidence regarding relative sea-level change in the harbours of Zea and Mounichia and its impact on the reconstructed lengths and layouts of the slipways and shipsheds at Zea in Group 1 (Areas 1–2) along with the wide slipways of Group 2, including greater accuracy in the recalculated lengths of the Group 1 shipsheds and slipways presented in Volume I; furthermore, it reaffirms the validity of the ZHP’s methodology and published results in relation to shipsheds around the Mediterranean. Chapter 7 recapitulates the authors’ topographical, architectural, and chronological conclusions regarding the complexes at Zea and Mounichia, which contain the only identifiable shipsheds for triremes anywhere in the ancient world. Descriptive catalogues of the Area 2 and 3 quarries and Area 2 trenches (Appendices 1–2), Figures, and Plates complete the volume.

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Book SynopsisChronicling the times in which major works of architecture, art and design were created, this compact book includes features and images of major artworks from each art and design period.Architecture, art and design have shaped the world in which we live and are representative of the eras in which they were made. With vivid photographs of art, readers of this book will get a good understanding of the evolution of architecture, art and design, starting from the earliest periods of ancient civilisations to that of early 21st century.From ancient monuments to whistling kettles, from Renaissance masters to graffiti artists, and from the Colosseum to the Beijing Bird's Nest, the best examples from each period are illustrated together with their famous creators, alongside timelines that track the evolution of the artistic disciplines throughout history. All this information is presented in a clear and accessible way.This book is suitable for students and the interested general public.Table of Contents About This Book Part I Prehistoric to Gothic Prehistoric Early Civilisations Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Early Asia Byzantine Empire Medieval & Romanesque Islamic Era Gothic Part II Renaissance to 19th Century Renaissance & Mannerism Baroque & Rococo Neoclassicism & Romanticism Georgian & Regency Victorian Era The Arts & Crafts Movement Art Nouveau Part III 20th Century and Beyond Early 20th Century Art Suprematism & Constructivism De Stijl Bauhaus Art Deco The International Style (Pre-War): The Modern Movement The War Years Abstract Expressionism The International Style (Post-War): Mid-Century Modern & Brutalism Pop Art, Minimalism & Op Art Postmodernism Late Modern Architecture Contemporary Art Afterword Further Reading Acknowledgements Picture Credits

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Book SynopsisAccompanied by stunning photographs, this publication animates the story of the origins and physical transformations of the neoclassical City Hall and former Supreme Court- two buildings that have been focal points for many seminal events in Singapore's history- into National Gallery Singapore, which overseas the largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian modern art. Chapters within flesh out the colonial past of the buildings, the conception and organisation of the architectural design competition, and the ambitious ten-year process of envisioning, designing and building this institution.

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Book SynopsisA fully illustrated archaeological and art historical analysis of one of the most important artworks of Angkor, rewriting the chronology of the royal capital. In December 1936, a villager was led by a dream to the ruins of the West Mebon shrine in Angkor where he uncovered remains of a bronze sculpture. This was the West Mebon Visnu, the largest bronze remaining from pre-modern Southeast Asia, and a work of great artistic, historical, and political significance. Prominently placed in an island temple in the middle of the vast artificial reservoir, the West Mebon Visnu sculpture was an important focal point of the Angkorian hydraulic network. Interpretations of the statue, its setting, date, and role have remained largely unchanged since the 1960s—until now. Integrating the latest archaeological and historical work on Angkor, extensive art historical analysis of the figure of Visnu Anantasayin in Hindu-Buddhist art across the region, and a detailed digital reconstruction of the sculpture and its setting, Marnie Feneley brings new light to this important piece. Highly illustrated, the book will be of interest to art historians and curators, historians of Southeast Asia, and anyone curious about the art and history of Angkor.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: The West Mebon Vi??u Chapter 2: The Cultural and Religious Development of Cambodia Chapter 3: The Iconography of Vi??u Chapter 4: The Iconography of Vi??u Anantasayin Chapter 5: The Hydraulic System of Angkor: Gods, Nature and Water Chapter 6: The Archaeology of the West Mebon Chapter 7: Artefacts, Inscriptions and the History of the West Mebon Chapter 8: Analysing the West Mebon Vi??u Chapter 9: Political and Religious Context of the West Mebon Vi??u Chapter 10: Bronze Sculptures of the Mahidharapura Dynasty Chapter 11: Appraising the date of the West Mebon Vi??u

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Book SynopsisMarjorie Doggett's Singapore, an evocative interplay of photos and texts, forms a tribute to a pioneer woman photographer, Marjorie Doggett. From 1954-57, camera in hand, she roamed Singapore's colonial precincts, its port and river, the characteristic ethnic areas and elsewhere. Mind and eye aligned, and aware of the increasing pace of development, Doggett captured for posterity the cityscape in images and with historical texts.Her work appeared in Characters of Light, the first photo book to fully portray Singapore's urban setting and architecture. Published in 1957, and reissued in 1985, the book was a pioneer: in its depiction of Singapore's city and as the first local photographic book by a woman. This work draws on those two publications, both long out of print. In this book, Marjorie Doggett's photos are enriched by Edward Stokes' historical and personal texts.Born in England, Doggett was a self-taught photographer. She had arrived in Singapore in early 1947 with her future husband. In 1962 they became citizens of Singapore, their lifetime home. The photos and narrative in Marjorie Doggett's Singapore offer an entirely new presentation. Half of the book's images are hitherto unpublished. The texts and photos portray Singapore the place, through the prism of Doggett's life, inspiration and methods. Marjorie Doggett had clear views concerning the preservation of buildings, and in later years her seminal book contributed significantly to the preservation of Singapore's historic architecture.Trade Review“...beautifully produced with top-quality photographic reproductions" and "excellent introductions and commentaries packed full of biographical and historical information which adds depth and contextuality to the photographs.” “Significantly, Marjorie Doggett’s photos are the first seriously published visual record of Singapore’s urban landscape to have superbly captured many of the island’s grand structures as well as its more modest vernacular buildings. . . . In Asia, the few women who did create photo books were virtually unknown, with Marjorie Doggett blazing the path.” “[It] is important in focusing on a photographer who, though she was productive, was neither commercial nor an artist, but who remained, in the true sense, an amateur, a dedicated documentarian. . . . this book serves handsomely as an example to others harboring (or hoarding!) a collection of historical photographs.” “Doggett captured what turned out to be the end of an era. . . . This beautifully produced book is a fitting testament to an outstanding woman who led a life of quiet significance.”

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Book SynopsisA richly illustrated account of the development of Singapore’s modern built environment. Everyday Modernism is the first comprehensive documentation of Singapore’s modern built environment. Through a lens of social, cultural, and architectural histories, the book uncovers the many untold stories of the Southeast Asian city-state’s modernization, from the rise of heroic skyscrapers, such as the Pearl Bank Apartments, to the spread of typical utilitarian buildings like the multistory parking garage. It investigates how modernism, through both form and function, radically transformed Singapore and made its inhabitants into modern citizens. The most intensive period of such change, the author shows, happened in the 1960s and 1970s under the rise of a developmental state that sought to safeguard its new-found independence. The book also looks both earlier and later, however, ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s to cover a wider range of histories, building types, and architectural styles, expanding from the International Style and Brutalism into Art Deco and even a touch of Postmodernism. The book’s essays are richly illustrated with hundreds of archival images and illustrations, as well as contemporary photos by architectural photographer Darren Soh. By examining the evolution of the once exceptional into the typical and by learning how abstract spaces become lived places, the book traces how modernism has become part of everyday life in Singapore. Table of Contents Introduction A. Live 1. Public Housing: The Many Shapes of Home 2. People's Park: Pioneering Integrated Living in a Denser City 3. Futura: The Past and Future of Luxury High-rise Apartments 4. Pandan Valley: The Domestication of "Rural" Singapore 5. Pearl Bank Apartments: How Can We Maintain the High Life? B. Play 6. Cinemas: The Architecture of Advertisement 7. Shopping Centres: Moving Retail from the Streets to the Interior 8. Hotels: Singapore as a Tropical Asian Paradise 9. Lookout Towers: Views of Singapore's Modern Development 10. East Coast Park: "The Singapore Way" to Recreation 11. HDB Playgrounds: Sandboxes for Moulding Model Citizens 12. City Council Pools: Swimming for Health, Leisure and Survival 13. Former Singapore Badminton Hall: Financial Gymnastics and Sporting Venues C. Work 14. Shenton Way: Singapore's Commercial Centre Grows Up! 15. Industrial Spaces: Housing Industrialisation, then a Tech Revolution 16. Jurong Town Hall Road: The Industrial Future as Brutalist 17. Tan Boon Liat Building: A Modern Godown for the Creative Economy D. Travel 18. Market Street Car Park: Up, up… and Who Pays? 19. Pan-Island Expressway: Speeding Up and Spreading Out Modern Life 20. Pedestrian Overhead Bridges: Staying Safe Amidst Accelerated Development 21. Interchanges: The "Nerve Centre" of an Efficient Public Transport E. Connect 22. Public Schools: In Search of a Flexible and Identifiable "Instructional Equipment" 23. Institutes of Higher Education: Systems Planning to Support a Technocratic State 24. Institutional Buildings: A New Monumentality 25. Public Libraries: "Palaces for the People" 26. Community Centres: Modernising the "Central Nervous System" of Singapore 27. Hawker Centres: Regulating Itinerant Individuals into a Social Institution 28. Lucky Plaza: A Mall for the Migrants who Modernised Singapore F. Pray 29. Churches: Bringing God Closer to the Suburbs and the People 30. Cinema-Churches: From a "House of Pictures" to a "House of Prayers" 31. Darul Aman Mosque: A Modern Revival of the Traditional 32. Columbaria: Raising Up the Dead for the Living

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Book SynopsisThe first book in English on this important archaeological excavation in the heart of Vietnam's capital, now a World Heritage site. As Vietnam entered the twenty-first century it began to prepare for the 1000th anniversary of the founding of its capital Thang Long, now Hanoi. In the heart of the city, a rescue excavation was launched on land earmarked for the construction of a new National Assembly building. Archaeologists unearthed thirteen centuries of vestiges of the ancient city of Thang Long, yielding a richer record than anyone had dared to hope for. Construction plans were shelved, excavations widened, and at the city's millennial celebrations in 2010, UNESCO announced its inscription of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long on its World Heritage List. This archaeological discovery has two histories. The first, told here by the archaeologists involved, is the story of the dig, which brought to light the bricks, tiles, pillars, sculptures, and ceramics of countless ancient temples and palaces. The second is the history of the citadel itself, in its early years as an outpost of the Chinese empire, in its heyday as the Forbidden City of Vietnam’s emperors, and in its downgrading and eventual destruction at the hands of the Nguyen dynasty and French colonial rulers. Bringing together history, urban history, and a fascinating story of the interplay of influences from China and Southeast Asia, this is also a fascinating case of an Asian capital city coming to understand its history and deciding how to preserve its archaeological remains.Table of ContentsList of Maps and FiguresAcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction: The Discovery of Thang Long Imperial Citadel: Archaeological Dig and Historical EventPlates: Thang Long Citadel Excavation LandscapesPart I. Excavation of the Citadel as Historical Event1. Archaeological Research and Discoveries at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Site, 18 Hoàng Di?u Street, Hanoi2. Fascinating Mysteries from a Corner of the Citadel (Section D4-D6)3. Discoveries Change Our Understanding of Vietnam's Ancient Architecture4. Interpreting the Cultural Layers5. Our Ancestors' Bricks6. The Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long Hanoi – World HeritageMaps and FiguresPart II. Research into the History of the Citadel7. Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Vietnamese Memory8. Gao Pian ?? (822-87), the Last Protector General of Annan9.The Location of the Archaeological Site at 18 Hoàng Di?u Street in the Structure of the Thang Long–Hanoi Citadel through the Historical Periods10. Ð?i Vi?t and Champa, Viewed from the Excavation Trenches at 18 Hoàng Di?u Street11. Ancient Thang Long through Old Maps12. From Thang Long to Hanoi: the Downgrading and Destruction of the 19th-Century CitadelGlossaryBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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