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Lars Müller Publishers Architecture Connecting
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Park Books Josef Frank–Spaces – Case Studies of Six
Book SynopsisJosef Frank, born 1885 in Baden near Vienna, ranks among Europe's most significant architects of the twentieth century. His designs for furniture and textiles also make him one of the eminent figures of modernist interior design. Born into a Jewish family, growing anti-Semitism forced him to emigrate in 1933. He first went to Sweden and in 1939 to the USA, returning to Sweden again in 1947, where he lived and worked until his death in 1967. Josef Frank - Spaces is the first comprehensive book on Frank's single-family houses. It explores the evolution of his designs over the years and investigates the influences that shaped his work: Adolf Loos's spatial plan concept, Le Corbusier's ideas, and Hermann Muthesius's seminal book The English House. It also looks at Frank's own architectural concepts of movement and stairs in residential buildings. The second part features six of Frank's houses in greater detail, including images and plans, and in descriptive texts that also interpret their characteristics. The selection comprises the villas Claeson and Wehtje in Falsterbo, Sweden, the villas Wien XIII and Beer in Vienna, the House MS in Los Angeles, and the unrealised Fantasy House 9 (Accidental House). A complete catalogue of Frank's single-family houses rounds out the book.
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Park Books Teaching / Practice
Book SynopsisFor many years renowned British architect Jonathan Sergison has been combining practical work with academic teaching. In this new book he offers personal views on the interplay between these two spheres and the great significance he sees in combining them. At the core of Practice / Teaching is a programmatic conversation on the topic with Sergison, conducted by architect and theoretician Irina Davidovici. In addition, the book offers four previously unpublished texts by Sergison, in which he explores the topic from various perspectives, based on his profound experience both as a practising architect and as a teacher. Published to coincide with an exhibit curated by Sergison at this year's 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, 26 May - 25 November 2018.
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Park Books Architects on Dwelling
Book SynopsisWhile most books on architecture focus on the architectural outcome itself, Architects on Dwelling takes a close look at how that outcome is created. To design any kind of dwelling, architects draw on both their reservoir of ideas as well as their own experiences as fellow inhabitants of such structures. This book explores how architects design the places we inhabit and how those places in turn inform the manner in which we live, in ways beyond lifestyle and personal taste. Through contributions by Stephen Hoey, Henry McKeown & Ian Alexander, James Mitchell, Stacey Philips, Christopher Platt, Adrian Stewart, and Miranda Webster—most of whom are Scotland-based practitioners as well as teachers in The Glasgow School of Art—it reveals the unique values and qualities that inform their design processes.In their essays, they focus mostly on one exemplary building, explaining how and why they design the way they do. Dick van Gameren, Simon Henley, and Graeme Hutton, distinguished experts and themselves architect-educators, place this work within an international context and provide insightful comment about what these design approaches inform us about contemporary design in Scotland. Complemented with a wide range of images, these essays both illuminate the architects’ motivations and inspirations and celebrate their featured works. Taken as a whole, Architects on Dwelling reminds us how profoundly the place we live in matters to our wellbeing, and of the social responsibility architects have in creating the built environment in general and dwellings in particular.
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Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,Germany 2G 86: Arquitectura-G: No. 86. International
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Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,Germany 2G 89: BAST: No. 89. International Architecture
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Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Exploring NU Architectuuratelier
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Walther & Franz König 2G 94 b
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Hatje Cantz Socializing Architecture: Top Down / Bottom Up
Book SynopsisThe urban research projects of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman made the Tijuana-San Diego border region a global laboratory for engaging the central challenges of urbanization. The projects engage urban and political confl ict as a creative tool, and demonstrate the capacity of architecture and design to confront exclusion and homogenization in the city, and propose alternative strategies for more inclusive urban development.
£38.40
Hatje Cantz Gabriel Guevrekian: The Elusive Modernist
Book SynopsisThe Elusive Modernist revisits the history of the Modern movement through the legacy of one of its protagonists, Gabriel Guevrekian (c. 1900—1970). Born in Istanbul, Guevrekian grew up in Tehran and then moved to Vienna to study architecture at the Kunstgewerbeschule; he later worked with Oskar Strnad, Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, Henri Sauvage, and Robert Mallet-Stevens and among his famous designs are the Cubist garden for Villa Noailles in France and two houses for the Vienna Werkbund exhibition. Not yet 30, Guevrekian was recognized as one of the protagonists of the European Avant-garde in Paris. During the 1930s, he spent a few years in Iran to design public buildings and later, after the Second World War, he took teaching responsibilities in Europe and America. All his various pursuits, and the homes and nationalities he held in Asia, Europe and then America, led to a serial adoption of personae. He made every discipline meaningful, every city central, every period epochal simply by his own very tangible engagement with it.
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Hatje Cantz Pitsou Kedem Architects Bilingual edition
Book SynopsisChoreographies of Light Pitsou Kedem's spatial arrangements evoke a continuing shift of perspective: A recurring element of the Tel Aviv architect's buildings is the impressive double height living room that creates a connection between levels. Guided by fundamental principles of minimalism, the studio was involved in a constant pursuit of purity in order to reveal the essence of a space. After years of simplifying materials to the extent of avoiding all distractions, the architects began to add layers of materials as well as spatial layers. This comprehensive publication retraces the past 20 years of the Studio's practice. Alongside a photographic archive of its built history in Israel, it features Kedem's drawings and studies of light perforations from his time at the AA School of Architecture, highlighting his fascination for light as the characterizing element that is at the core of his architectural language.
£66.00
Hatje Cantz Niklas Maak: Server Manifesto: Data Center
Book SynopsisIf data is the greatest collective treasure of a digital society, basic material for business and politics: Why are the places where it is stored still so invisible? Niklas Maak, architectural critic and Professor for Architecture at Städelschule Frankfurt, explores this question in his new publication and envisions radical solutions for the future.
£16.20
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Hirmer Verlag Herman Hertzberger
Book SynopsisHertzberger's structuralism pictured in breathtaking black and white photographs
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Prestel 50 Architects You Should Know
Book SynopsisStarting with the Renaissance, this accessible and lively survey takes readers around the world and through history, from Filippo Brunelleschi through Antoni Gaudi to Frank Gehry. Double-page spreads feature full-color illustrations, informative sidebars, and a timeline. A concise and accessible architectural history, this book is a fascinating look at the enormous variety of ways architects have helped define their eras.
£13.49
Taschen Calatrava
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Taschen GmbH Prouvé
Book SynopsisFrench-born Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) was the 20th century’s leading construction designer, a self-declared constructeur and member of the jury who oversaw the design of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. As a designer, he captured the midcentury spirit of innovation, expansion, and growth, developing techniques that united simple, striking aesthetics with practical, cost-effective materials and assembly. From vast, temporary exhibition marquees to handheld letter openers, modular building systems to interior lighting, Prouvé’s designs efficiently fitted their function with minimal fuss and understated elegance. Feted by designers, architects, and engineers the world over, Prouvé has left a rich and inspirational legacy, which resonates perfectly with the approach of this compact volume, neatly summarizing his life and works.
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Taschen Mies Van Der Rohe
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Taschen GmbH Ando
Book SynopsisIn this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces, we explore a uniquely monumental yet comforting aesthetic that draws as much on the calm restraint of Japanese tradition as the compelling modernist vocabularies of Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. With featured projects in Japan, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States, we see not only Ando's global reach but also his refined sensitivity for the environs: the play of light through windows, and, in particular, the interaction of buildings with water. From the mesmerizing Church of the Light in Osaka to the luminous Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Center in Venice, this is a radiant tour through a distinctly contemporary form as much as a timeless appeal of light, elements, and equilibrium.
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Taschen GmbH Schindler
Book SynopsisHailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887–1953) emigrated to Chicago in 1914, like his lifelong friend and rival Richard Neutra. Eventually hired by Frank Lloyd Wright to work in Los Angeles, Schindler took cues from notions found in Cubism and the International Style to shape his unique vision: a style he called “space architecture,” combining geometrical shapes, bold lines, and materials such as wood and concrete, with space as a medium in its own right, one to be controlled just like color or mass. This radical approach earned Schindler little recognition in his lifetime—but today, he is hailed as one of America’s most important Modernist pioneers. Discover such key projects as the Wolfe House, nestled in a steep hillside; the tree house-like Falk Apartment Building; the Lovell Beach House, recognized as one of the foremost examples of the Modernist canon in America; the Schindler/Chace House, Schindler’s most crucial work and his personal practice and home, which he shared with his family and that of Neutra. From private homes to small commercial buildings, Schindler’s groundbreaking designs heralded a new era of contemporary construction. This collection is complete with a map locating all of the architect’s most renowned projects, detailed entries, floor plans, as well as crisp photography of each structure and its interiors.
£999.99
JOVIS Verlag Kunst Haus Graz
Book SynopsisToday, the Kunsthaus Graz is integral to the urban identity of Austria’s second-largest city. The “friendly alien” designed by architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier has become a familiar object in the city since landing in 2003. But views on the building have changed with the times. Looking back at nearly twenty years of history since the building's creation, the book opens up a kaleidoscopic perspective with a primary focus on how the Kunsthaus is used. It contextualizes the Kunsthaus Graz both locally and globally while exploring its relation to those who use it. With written contributions by Barbara Steiner, Sophia Walk, Pablo von Frankenberg, Anselm Wagner, Katia Huemer, Niels Jonkhans, Elisabeth Schlögl, Peter Cook, and Colin Fournier, and photographic contributions by Arthur Zalewski and Martin Grabner
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JOVIS Verlag Future Public Spaces: Urban Design in Times of
Book SynopsisWhat is required to renew and articulate public spaces? The need for, and demands of, public spaces are highly specific to the local spatial and social conditions under which people live. Action at neighborhood level is crucial, and must involve interacting and co-creating with residents to discover their needs. At the start of the pandemic, superwien was commissioned to develop innovative designs for urban public spaces in three different cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Maputo (Mozambique), and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). The main objective of this applied research was to strengthen the capacity of local governments to undertake participatory urban design processes. This book calls upon architects and urbanists to develop place-based solutions in challenging circumstances.
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JOVIS Verlag Territorial Urbanism Now
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Arquine Javier Senosiain - Organic Architecture
Book SynopsisTo survey the work of Mexican architect Javier Senosiain (born 1948) requires a journey through a particular trajectory in the history of architecture, from Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruno Zevi to Alvar Aalto, Eero Saarinen and Jørn Utzon. These pioneers of organic modernism faced the 20th century’s mechanistic, functionalistic and rationalistic proposals with a vision that sought to revive an organic relationship between humans and their environments. Senosiain’s concept of “Organic Architecture” follows in this tradition. Throughout his career, Senosiain’s work has explored the relations between user, site and architecture in spaces that echo natural forms and conditions. “The concept of an organic habitat,” he writes, “is the creation of spaces adapted to man that are also similar to a mother’s bosom or an animal’s lair.” This volume surveys Senosiain’s work since the 1970s and his concept of “Organic Architecture.”
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Loft Publications High On… Modern Villas
Book SynopsisThirty-six architects from Europe and the USA present their very latest projects for luxury villas – from a villa in the city to a lakeside location and those on the coast or in the mountains. The book features over 100 unique and stunning houses.
£28.00
Skira Barbara Kasten: Architecture & Film (2015–2020)
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Five Continents Editions Nicolas Party: L’Heure Mauve
Book SynopsisThe volume Nicolas Party L’Heure Mauve collects a vast visual epic in which Party plays a variety of roles, sometimes impersonating the artist, others the scenographer, the conservator, or the sculptor. His work, and the title of the show, are inspired by L’Heure Mauve, a piece created in 1921 by the Canadian painter Ozlas Leduc that highlights the different interpretations given to the relationship between man and nature throughout the history of art. The result is a constantly changing natural environment: it can be a place full of danger and catastrophe, a territory to be conquered, an expanse disseminated with ancient ruins, or even silences where there are no traces of human presence. Nature finally becomes the theatre for the Anthropocene, its connection with humanity by now inextricable, and the passing of time and the finiteness of existence make way for a feeling of melancholy. Our artist interrogates the world’s image, and he does so by dialoguing very concretely with the spaces and the works belonging to the collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The present volume reflects this personal evolution by employing a unique graphic framework and a packaging that is as precious as its contents. Text in English and French.Table of ContentsCONTENTS 18 NICOLAS PARTY : L’HEURE MAUVE UNE OEUVRE POUR TOUTES LES SAISONS STÉPHANE AQUIN 24 NICOLAS PARTY: L’HEURE MAUVE A WORK FOR ALL SEASONS STÉPHANE AQUIN 28 PEINTURES DE LEUR TEMPS : HISTOIRES DE L’ANTHROPOCÈNE BÉNÉDICTE RAMADE 38 PAINTINGS OF THEIR TIME: STORIES OF THE ANTHROPOCENE BÉNÉDICTE RAMADE EN MUSIQUE / SET TO MUSIC PAR PIERRE LAPOINTE / BY PIERRE LAPOINTE 66 LE SERPENT QUI DANSE / THE DANCING SERPENT 67 LA DANSE DU CONQUISTADOR / DANCE OF THE CONQUISTADOR 82 L’HYMNE AU PRINTEMPS 83 L’HYMNE À L’AUTOMNE (POUR ROBIDOUX) / ODE TO AUTUMN (FOR ROBIDOUX) 98-99 SAG MIR WO DIE BLUMEN SING / OÙ VONT LES FLEURS / WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE 101 LES FLEURS D’UNE AUTRE DIMENSION / FLOWERS FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION 116 L’HIVER / WINTERTIME 117 AUJOURD’HUI LA NEIGE REVIENT / TODAY IS BRUSHED IN SNOW AGAIN 136 NON JE N’AI RIEN OUBLIÉ / NO, I COULD NEVER FORGET 137 LE MÊME CAFÉ, LA MÊME RUE / SAME STREET, SAME CAFÉ 157 GNOSSIENNE NO 1 / GNOSSIENNE NO. 1 161 L’HEURE MAUVE 22 178 YOUKALI 179 PÉPIPHONIE / PEPIPHONY
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Rizzoli Dado Castello Branco
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ListLab Time and Architecture: Casa Galina by Giovanni
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Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd Paths Uncharted: Balkrishna Doshi
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Frame Publishers BV I IN Interiors
Book SynopsisDiscover the luxurious and sensory world of I IN, the celebrated Japanese interior design studio transforming the world of interiors with its vibrant and unique use of colour, shapes, and materials. Unwilling to be constrained by pre-existing paradigms, I IN employs familiar tools to achieve innovative and out-of-the-box designs. The two principals, originating from Tokyo, share their methodologies and values in this, their first dedicated publication. Within these pages, readers will delve into the world of Japanese design conventions and witness the duo's artful balance between preserving their heritage and propelling it into new realms in terms of the final product and the process. Luxury, a fundamental pillar for I IN, takes on an evolved and holistic meaning for the future. Showcasing 13 of the studio's most iconic projects, the following pages have been meticulously curated and designed to inspire and evoke feelings of serenity and luxury.
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Vlaams Architectuurinstituut Flanders Architectural Review N°14: When
Book SynopsisPublic interest in architecture and spatial issues has never been so high. The Flanders Architectural Review No.14 presents striking architecture from Flanders and Brussels. It assembles a broad range of recently completed architectural projects and situates them in the evolution of the socio-cultural domain in which they arose. The key concept for the selection of these projects is encapsulated in the title: When Attitudes Take Form. The editors chose architecture that demonstrates a convincing social commitment while also challenging and questioning its own discipline. These fifty projects display the multifaceted nature of the resulting architecture. Each of the twelve essays examines a current topic. The authors scrutinise the conditions for the production of contemporary architecture, such as the large-scale urban expansion project, the (post-) reconstruction landscape of the south-west corner of Flanders, and school building within the region. But they also explore the various positions adopted by architects: that of designer and also of researcher or committed citizen in the civil sector.
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Headline Publishing Group Design Monograph Perriand
Book SynopsisA design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand not only created buildings such as the League of Nations in Geneva and ski resorts but was responsible for iconic furniture pieces in tubular steel, such as the Nuage bookshelf, Grand Confort chair (while working for Le Corbusier), B301 recliner and the ponyskin Chaise Longue.
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RIBA Publishing Lives in Architecture: Nigel Coates
Book SynopsisIrreverent and iconoclastic, Nigel Coates has been agitating the architectural scene for over 40 years. In this warm and compelling autobiography, he explores the highs and lows of life at the cutting edge of architecture.Coates’ work collides at the intersection between bodies, sexuality and design. As 'artist-architect' and polymath, he has designed buildings, exhibitions, interiors and products. He is also known for his idiosyncratic and dynamic drawings. From the 1980s onwards he captured the media spotlight, and was as likely to appear in Vogue as the Architectural Review.His portfolio includes work for leading brands, such as Liberty, Katharine Hamnett and Jasper Conran, and destination clubs and cafes from Istanbul to Tokyo. Buildings include The Wall in Japan, Powerhouse::uk and the Geffrye Museum in London. He designs for many Italian companies such as Fornasetti, GTV and Poltronova, and has produced lively installations for international art institutions and design exhibitions. As Head of Architecture at the Royal College of Art from 1995-2011, he turned the department into a leading international school.Featuring over 120 images of Coates’ most celebrated projects, this memoir is a visual feast for any devotee of contemporary design. It encompasses his childhood in postwar Malvern, student years at the Architectural Association, the founding of radical architectural group NATØ, ’70s and ’80s London club culture and lost loves along the way. This is a searingly honest, unvarnished personal history of one of the UK’s most versatile and influential designers. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements About the author Preface Chapter 1: A turbulent trajectory Chapter 2: Controversy at the Academy Chapter 3: Tuscany via Tokyo Chapter 4: A proper job Chapter 5: Books and design Chapter 6: Home at last References Image credits
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RIBA Publishing Revaluing Modern Architecture: Changing
Book SynopsisThe conservation of our Modern architectural heritage is a subject of vehement debate. When do buildings become old or significant enough to warrant special heritage status and protection? Should Modern listed buildings be treated differently from those of earlier periods? And what does all this mean for building users and owners, who might be better served if their buildings were less authentic, but more comfortable and usable? Presenting a clear line of sight through these complex questions, this book explores the conservation, regeneration and adaptive re-use of Modern architecture. It provides a general grounding in the field, its recent history and current development, including chapters on authenticity, charters, listing and protection. Case studies drawing on the author’s extensive practical experience offer valuable lessons learnt in the conservation of Modern heritage buildings. Looking beyond the specialist field of ‘elite’ heritage, Revaluing Modern Architecture also considers the changing culture of conservation for ‘sub-iconic’ buildings in relation to de-carbonisation and the climate emergency. It suggests how revaluing the vast legacy of modern architecture can help to promote a more sustainable future. Features leading conservation projects, such as the celebrated Penguin Pool at London Zoo, Finsbury Health Centre by Lubetkin & Tecton and Wells Coates’ Isokon (Lawn Road) Flats, as well as previously unpublished projects. Analyses key Modern conservation controversies of recent years Illustrated with over 160 photos and drawings. An essential primer for architectural students and practitioners, academics, those employed in conservation and planning, property owners, developers, surveyors and building managers. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword About the Author Introduction Part I: Retrospect 1. The Story So Far 2. Authenticity 3. Charters 4. Listing 5. Protection 6. Weaknesses Part II: Prospect 7. From Relics to Resources 8. Quickfire questions 9. Lessons learned The old man and the penguins Not as black as it’s painted A girlfriend’s hair The window worker in Walsall Singing the Marseillaise 10. Changing conservation culture References Image credits Index
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Quarto Publishing PLC Renzo Piano
Book SynopsisRenzo Piano is one of the world’s greatest living architects and creator of a host of iconic modern buildings, including the Pompidou in Paris, the Menil Collection in Texas, Kansai Airport in Japan, the Shard in London and the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Written and created in collaboration with the Piano Foundation in Genoa, this richly illustrated volume covers the early work as well as the most recent designs, making a complete survey of his career to date. Starting with his beginnings with the Pompidou Centre in the 1970s (in collaboration with Richard Rogers) the story continues up to construction of one of his latest works, a spectacular new bridge in Genoa in 2020. The book explores all of the studio’s main projects: the public spaces and museums, airports, theatres, and libraries. As well as giving unique insights into the creative process of Piano himself, the book includes numerous unpublished designs and Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION PREHISTORY THE POMPIDOU CENTRE: A BOLT FROM THE BLUE THE WILDERNESS YEARS TURNING POINT: THE MENIL COLLECTION SCALING UP: OSAKA AND BERLIN BUILDING AROUND AN EMPTY SPACE PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE: RECENT ACTIVITIES END MATTER
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Phaidon Press Ltd On Tour with Renzo Piano
Book SynopsisAn intimate tour with Renzo Piano himself around his key buildings.Trade Review"One of the greatest architects working today."—Glasgow Herald "Reveals much about the architect's creative process."—Blueprint "A rare opportunity to experience the key buildings... with Renzo Piano himself."—Art Journal www.artjournal.co.uk "[A] small delight."—Financial Times "Master class in 21st century design."—Travel & Leisure "In this small-scale picture book, Genoa-born Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano leads a guided tour of 22 of his most prominent works."—ForbesTable of ContentsCentre Georges Pompidou, Paris; IRCAM, Institute for Acoustic Research, Paris; Atelier Brancusi, Paris; IBM Travelling Exhibition, Milan/Paris; De Menil Collection Museum, Houston; Cy Twombly Pavilion, Houston; San Nicola Stadium, Bari; Rue de Meaux Housing, Paris; Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa; Columbus International Exposition, Genoa; Lingotto Congress-Concert Hall, Turin; The Giovanni and Marella Agnelli Art Gallery at Lingotto, Turin; Kansai International Airport Terminal, Osaka; NEMO, Amsterdam; Beyeler Foundation, Basel; Potsdammer Platz, Berlin; JM Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea; Lodi Bank Headquarters; Aurora Place, Sydney; Maison Hermes, Tokyo; Auditorium 'Nicolo Paganini', Parma; Auditorium 'Parco della Musica', Rome; Nasher Sculptural Centre, Dallas; Index
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Phaidon Press Ltd Alchemy: The Material World of David Adjaye
Book Synopsis A fascinating new take on the architecture of Sir David Adjaye OM OBE, exploring how he chooses, uses, and combines materials, and the extraordinary buildings and structures that result David Adjaye is one of the most in-demand architects today, known for his thoughtful interpretation of public spaces. In order to understand him as an architect, you must look at his projects through the lens of material – a crucial consideration in his practice. Organized into five sections – Stone/Concrete, Wood, Metal, Glass, and Rammed Earth – Alchemy reimagines the traditional architect monograph by examining the importance of material in architecture, a study vital to Adjaye and his design process. In 2021, David Adjaye was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal, and he was among seven global leaders to receive a TIME100 Impact Award in 2022. The book features over 30 public, commercial, and residential projects around the world, from his 2001 Concrete Garden in London to the Amoako Boafo Gallery in Accra, Ghana, built with rammed earth and completed in 2022.Trade Review‘Alchemy focuses on the Ghanaian-British architect’s thoughtful use of essential building materials, from the metal of the openwork facade of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to the rammed earth of a new gallery in Accra, Ghana.’ – WSJ. Magazine'Expect an ode to David Adjaye’s material sensibility—and an ode to materials more broadly.' – Fast Company ‘A pleasure to see [Adjaye’s] tactile approach up close.’ – Curbed‘Bailey deconstructs the typical architecture monograph to find new connections and meanings in Adjaye’s work.' – Fast Company‘Bailey peels back the layers and reveals the connective tissue of the seminal architect’s work.’ – Scratching the Surface
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Phaidon Press Ltd Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography
Book SynopsisA stunning visual biography of the life of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and one of the world's most influential architects This illustrated biography tells the story of Gropius's life, beginning with his shattering experiences in World War One, his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler, the establishment of the Bauhaus, and the tragic death of their daughter Manon. After Gropius's agonized decision to leave Nazi Germany in 1933, the book explores his life in exile in London and then his move to America in 1937, where he lived and worked until his death in 1969. Features more than 375 illustrations including letters, telegrams, sketches, drawings, photographs, posters, brochures, and other ephemera. The authors present the life of Walter Gropius as not just a key figure of 20th-century architecture, but as an extraordinarily generous person - a connector, protector, and benefactor who improved the lives and careers of all those with whom he came into contact. This is the first comprehensive illustrated biography of one of Modern architecture's most important figures. Trade Review'Iconic.' - Metropolis 'Traces the many lives and influences of architect Walter Gropius.' - Fast Company 'What one finds in his biography is not only related to modernism, it is related to a passionate, sophisticated man whose legacy should never be forgotten.' - Daily Art Magazine ‘[A] pleasant surprise for the most discerning eyes.’ - Sharp Magazine ‘Accessible and arguably the most accurate portrait of Gropius thus far.’ - Canadian Interiors 'Well-researched and very readable' - The Decorative Arts Society Journal
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Whittles Publishing The Life and Works of Glasgow Architects James
Book SynopsisThis is the first full biography of two of Scotland's most eminent Architects, James Miller and John James Burnet. While born just three years apart into very different circumstances - Burnet was the son of a wealthy Glasgow architect and Miller a farmer's son - their careers and lives became intertwined as they competed for work and eventually the role of Scotland's leading architect. Born in 1857 and 1860 respectively, one inherited and the other established successful practices in Glasgow at the zenith of that city's wealth in the late 19th century. John James Burnet, who was educated at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and led his profession in Glasgow in the latter years of the 19th and early years of the 20th centuries, produced many of the city's finest buildings. These include The Athenaeum on Buchanan Street; Charing Cross Mansions; numerous city-centre commercial buildings such as Waterloo Chambers and Atlantic Chambers and the Townhouses on University Avenue. After moving to London, his work included the extension of the British Museum, The Daily Telegraph Building on Fleet Street and Adelaide House by London Bridge. Burnet was knighted and awarded the RIBA's Gold Medal in 1923 and is recognized as one of Scotland's finest architects. James Miller is simply Scotland's most prolific architect. During his long career he designed The Empire Exhibition of 1901, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow Central Station, Wemyss Bay Station, St Enoch's Underground Station, Turnberry Hotel, Peebles Hydro Hotel, Gleneagles Hotel, the interiors of the SS Lusitania and SS Aquitania, Hampden Park, Forteviot Model Village, the Institution of Civil Engineers in Westminster, numerous banks, commercial buildings and churches in Glasgow and beyond as well as schools, country houses, factories and town halls. Despite this extraordinary output and his considerable architectural contribution to Scotland's heritage, he has received relatively little acclaim, until now. This is a fascinating double biography, the story of Burnet and Miller's parallel lives and work, set against the background of the booming Empire's 'Second City'.
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Park Books Armando Ruinelli Architetti: Progetti 1984–2022.
Book SynopsisRarely is an architect as closely connected to his or her place of work as is the case with Armando Ruinelli, born 1954, and his native village of Soglio in Val Bregaglia, Switzerland. Yet, far from what one might expect with such a small and remote place of barely 100 inhabitants, the limitation in this case became a distinction. Ruinelli’s attitude and work have grown organically from the village’s strong stone-built dwellings. Thus, he has become an internationally revered master of building in existing fabric, in particular in an Alpine environment. This first monograph on Armando Ruinelli documents comprehensively his work over nearly four decades. It demonstrates the evolution of his architectural language from the first buildings in Soglio of the 1980s, to conversions of existing buildings and designs for new ones that continue local traditions but also meet today’s demands in housing, and to the latest works, such as the almost abstract studio for Swiss artist Miriam Cahn in Stampa. Photographs and plans, as well as a photo essay newly created for this book by Swiss photographer Katalin Deér, are supplemented with texts and conversations between Ruinelli and his equally renowned fellow architect Gion A. Caminada that illuminate the architect’s work and attitude and convey the particular features of his Alpine environment. Text in Italian and German.
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Park Books In Praise of Shadows Architecture
Book SynopsisFounded by Fredric Benesch and Katarina Lundeberg in 2009, Stockholm-based firm In Praise of Shadows Architecture engages in a wide range of projects of varied scales and typologies. This first monograph on their work features some 40 buildings and projects from the years 2009 to 2024. The selection includes small boathouses and garden pavilions, private homes, and housing developments, as well as retail spaces, schools, and library buildings.The ideas and designs of In Praise of Shadows Architecture are remarkable, revealed in buildings which share an elegant signature that manifests itself in the choice of materials, the shaping of these, and a focus on spatial experience. Many of them are timber constructions, as sustainability is a core part of their philosophy. Unusually for a group of architects working from Stockholm, Benesch and Lundeberg and their collaborators take a special interest in the famous architectural culture of the Swiss canton of Grisons.
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Park Books Esch Sintzel Architekten
Book SynopsisEsch Sintzel Architekten, founded in Zurich in 2008, is one of the most influential voices in contemporary Swiss architecture. The range of the firm's award-winning designs includes varied typologies such as infrastructure buildings, schools, and market halls. Yet, at the core of their work, are housing projects in which challenging circumstances often lead to the emergence of very specific solutions and qualities to the benefit of both the individual house or apartment and the city as a whole. Esch Sintzel Architekten's work is characterised by the prudent use of available resources as well as great respect for the existing fabric and its careful further development. The virtuoso mastery of structural means enables them to translate technical requirements into expressive, beautiful designs.This monograph offers a comprehensive survey of Esch Sintzel Architekten's entire body of work, exploring its full range and drilling down to constructive details, and placing it in a wider context. It features all the realised designs and a selection of projects through plans, images and texts.Text in English and German.
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Park Books Rural Rebellion
Book SynopsisChristoph Hesse Architects are based in Berlin and Korbach, a small town in the northwestern part of the German federal state Hesse. This rural area in the green heart of Germany is the location of most of the projects the firm has realised since its establishment in 2010. Yet occasionally, they also set out to plant rural concepts in an urban context. Christoph Hesse Architects and their friends see their designs as open places of culture. Catalysts for change in thought on one hand, intended to change people''s perspectives and stimulate their self-efficacy in society. On the other hand, as actual interventions in existing, globally prevailing structures that can be disrupted and changed locally. Thus, the firm distinguishes between projects acting as perspective changes and as system changers.Rural Rebellion is the first monograph on Christoph Hesse Architects. It constitutes also a manifesto against the late modernity's economy, which they see as based on unrestrained exploitation of nature, social coldness, and dependent on globalised markets. The projects and completed designs featured in this book point at alternative paths to follow. They are presented through photos and visualisations, drawings and plans as well as brief texts and interviews with the rural rebels.
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Taschen GmbH Calatrava. Complete Works 1979Today
Book SynopsisSantiago Calatrava is a world-renowned architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic Sports Complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering prowess with a simultaneous sensitivity for both the appearance and the anatomy of a structure. With influences ranging from NASA space design to da Vinci's nature studies, Calatrava's creations are at once aerodynamic and organic in their associations. Natural forms and human movements inform a number of his projects, with a particular interest in the meeting point of equilibrium and dynamism. This monograph gathers detailed entries, photography, and the original watercolor sketches that set Calatrava aside as a unique creative master. It includes all of Calatrava's original collaborative input, and projects including the M
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Taschen GmbH Shigeru Ban. Complete Works 1985Today
Book SynopsisA valuable insight into the works and mind of Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Author Philip Jodidio explores long anticipated completed buildings, new projects, and a future outlook of the studio Shigeru Ban after TASCHEN has followed his career from the beginning. This monograph is a journey through the years and evolution of an architect who made a name for himself with true architectural marvels that cannot be surpassed in innovation, elegance, and sensibility. Next to early buildings deploying paper tubes as structural elements, as well as houses that challenge as fundamental an idea as walls, like the Curtain Wall House in Tokyo and the Wall-Less House in Nagano's countryside, we see plenty of recent versatile projects. View a two-story penthouse on top of a 140-year-old New York City landmark cast-iron house, the Swatch/Omega Campus in Switzerland, and the Seine Musicale, a concert hall inserted into an overall master plan conceived by Jean Nouvel for the island Île Seguin i
£139.91
Yale University Press Bruce Goff Material Worlds
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