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London Vanished and Vanishing - Painted and Described
Originally published in 1905, this work contains a wealth of information on various aspects of the history of London and its buildings. Beautifully illustrated, the author takes the reader on a tour of the buildings that began to vanish from the city at the turn of the 19th century. The following passage is taken from the preface: 'The writer, for many years, has employed his spare time in exam…
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- 9781528766098
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Libraries and Their Architecture in the 21st Century
Libraries have quietly changed over the last 20 years. They have adapted early and consciously to the changes of digitalization, they have recognized the changed need of their users for collaborative work and derived new spatial concepts from this. Transparency and access to information, knowledge and encounters are the prerequisites for holistic social development. It is the challenge of the 2…
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- 9783110689549
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Kinästhetische InterferenzenKörpertechnik und Tanznotation im Entwurfsproze…
In einer künstlerisch basierten Studie zwischen architektonischer Entwurfspraxis und Tanzwissenschaft untersucht Dominik Mohs die Wechselwirkungen von Raumgestaltung und kinästhetischer Wahrnehmung. Rudolph von Labans choreographisches Denken überführt er dafür in eine experimentelle Versuchsanordnung, in der er Raumbildungsprozesse und Antriebe von Bewegungsimprovisationen mit Methoden de…
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- 9783839459263
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MCM – Milan, Capital of the Modern
MCM - Milano Capital of the Modern, edited by Lorenzo Degli Esposti, is made up of texts and images from over 300 contributors from Europe and the US, across three generations, involved in the activities of the Padiglione Architettura in EXPO Belle Arti of Vittorio Sgarbi, a programme by the Regione Lombardia hosted in the Grattacielo Pirelli during the EXPO 2015. They investigate the relations…
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- 9781638409328
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Yamuna River Project
This publication presents the results of more than five consecutive years of focused research initiatives and designs from The University of Virginia School of Architecture towards the revitalization of New Delhi, India's water bodies.In collaboration with the Delhi Jal Board, The University of Virginia's Yamuna River Project is an inter-disciplinary research program, proposing to revitalize th…
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- 9781638409311
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The Empty RoomFragmented Thoughts on Space
Part aphorism and part manifesto, this book by Canadian architect Reza Aliabadi (RZLBD) references his ideas and thoughts about space.He suggests 'the empty room' as the very essence of architecture, and 'the spatial experience' as its highest mandate. Reza revisits architecture – not as the walls that enclose the space – rather the space in-between the walls. What he calls an "anti-archite…
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- 9781638409342
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NaturedIroje, Seung H-Sang
A compedium of essays and projects that creates a projective document capable of setting up new scenarios for the architecture of the next decade. This publication wants to transmit the constant values of the Seung H-Sang's architecture, which has been routed on principles and ideals driven by sensuous and essences of raw materials, echoing the extemporal features of the culture where buildings…
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- 9781638409359
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Kay FiskerWorks and Ideas in Danish Modern Architecture
Kay Fisker (1893-1965) is considered one of the most influential Danish architects of the twentieth century, and yet there has existed until now no in-depth English-language study of his works and writing. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book examines Fisker's key p…
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- 9781350068216
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SynergiCityReinventing the Postindustrial City
SynergiCity: Reinventing the Postindustrial City proposes a new and invigorating vision of urbanism, architectural design, and urban revitalization in twenty-first-century America. Culling transformative ideas from the realms of historic preservation, sustainability, ecological urbanism, and the innovation economy, Paul Hardin Kapp and Paul J. Armstrong present a holistic vision for restoring i…
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The Threefold Logic of Advanced ArchitectureConformative, Distributive and Ex…
During the last 30 years, Advanced Architecture has consolidated an interactive and informational logic that differs from that of Modernity and Postmodernity. This logic is threefold; it is modulated through three coexisting protocols -modes of action- whose peaks of intensity occur in three different decades: Conformative Protocols (1990-2000), Distributive Protocols (2000-2010) and Expansive …
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