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Ideals of the BodyArchitecture, Urbanism, and Hygiene in Postrevolutionary Paris
Modern hygienic urbanism originated in the airy boulevards, public parks, and sewer system that transformed the Parisian cityscape in the mid-nineteenth century. Yet these well-known developments in public health built on a previous moment of anxiety about the hygiene of modern city dwellers. Amid fears of national decline that accompanied the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire, efforts to moder…
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Of Greater Dignity than RichesAusterity and Housing Design in India
Extreme poverty, which intensified in India during colonial rule, peaked in the 1920s—after decades of imperialist exploitation, famine, and disease—a time when architects, engineers, and city authorities proposed a new type of housing for India's urban poor and industrial workers. As Farhan Karim argues, economic scarcity became a central inspiration for architectural modernism in the subc…
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The Architecture of Good BehaviorPsychology and Modern Institutional Design i…
Inspired by the rise of environmental psychology and increasing support for behavioral research after the Second World War, new initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels looked to influence the human psyche through form, or elicit desired behaviors with environmental incentives, implementing what Joy Knoblauch calls "psychological functionalism." Recruited by federal construction and …
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Il sogno babiloneseLo Château Grimaldi, la Belle Époque, la Riviera
Durante la Belle Époque, il “sogno babilonese” dei milionari inglesi (e non solo) era quello di creare in Riviera e in Costa Azzurra delle ville, dette château, circondate da giardini a strapiombo sul mare; questi ultimi, che sostituivano le coltivazioni tradizionali, facevano pensare ai giardini pensili realizzati da Semiramide a Babilonia. Lo Château Grimaldi &e…
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Uno spettacolo di casaImpara ad arredare i tuoi spazi con gusto e in autonomia
È magico il momento di arredare casa, che sia la prima, per la nuova vita in coppia o da single, oppure quella ristrutturata o ancora quella che ha la necessità di rinnovare gli spazi esistenti. Quando si sogna questo momento, grande è l’entusiasmo, che però si smorza appena insorgono dubbi su scelte, decisioni e problematiche di varia natura. Questo libro e la…
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Improvised CitiesArchitecture, Urbanization, and Innovation in Peru
Beginning in the 1950s, an explosion in rural-urban migration dramatically increased the population of cities throughout Peru, leading to an acute housing shortage and the proliferation of self-built shelters clustered in barriadas, or squatter settlements. Improvised Cities examines the history of aided self-help housing, or technical assistance to self-builders, which took on a variety of for…
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Four Walls and a RoofThe Complex Nature of a Simple Profession
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Architecture Book of the Year "Sharp, revealing, funny." —The Guardian "An original and even occasionally hilarious book about losing ideals and finding them again… [De Graaf] deftly shows that architecture cannot be better or more pure than the flawed humans who make it." —The Economist Architecture, we like to believe, is an ele…
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Mont-Saint-Michel and ChartresA Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity
This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wro…
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Acercamiento a una arquitectura sensible
Once narraciones críticas para cuestionar el entorno, resignificar la vida y reconocer una profesión cada vez más humana. Mirar el entorno a través de una narrativa autobiográfica con ojos curiosos que observan la complejidad del existir, del hacer y del crear. Una explosión de preguntas basadas en la esperanza de un mundo prometedor, y un montón de reflexiones de la estremecedora realid…
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Sein und WohnenPhilosophische Streifzüge zur Geschichte und Bedeutung des Wo…
Mit der Coronavirus-Pandemie und den Lockdowns wurde noch einmal klar, dass die Wohnung ein entscheidender Lebens- und Rückzugsort, aber auch ein Gefängnis ist. Obgleich der Mensch ein wohnendes Wesen ist, haben sich nur wenige Philosophen damit beschäftigt. Florian Rötzer unternimmt einen erstaunlichen Streifzug durch die Kulturgeschichte des Wohnens und wirft einen Blick in die digitale Z…
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