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Utopia’s GhostArchitecture and Postmodernism, Again
Architectural postmodernism had a significant impact on the broader development of postmodern thought: Utopia’s Ghost is a critical reconsideration of their relationship. Combining discourse analysis, historical reconstruction, and close readings of buildings, projects, and texts from the 1970s and 1980s, Reinhold Martin argues that retheorizing postmodern architecture gives us new insigh…
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Relearning from Las Vegas
Immediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, was hailed as a transformative work in the history and theory of architecture, liberating those in architecture who were trying to find a way out of the straitjacket of architectural orthodoxies. Resonating far beyond the professional and institutional boundaries of the fi…
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Noise OrdersJazz, Improvision, and Architecture
In this lively book, David Brown locates jazz music within the broad aesthetic, political, and theoretical upheavals of our time, asserting that modern architecture and urbanism in particular can be strongly influenced and defined by the ways that improvisation is facilitated in jazz. Improvised music consists of diverse properties that fail to register in the object-oriented understanding of …
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Skyscraper CinemaArchitecture and Gender in American Film
Whether tall office buildings, high-rise apartments, or lofty hotels, skyscrapers have been stars in American cinema since the silent era. Cinema’s tall buildings have been variously represented as unbridled aspiration, dens of iniquity and eroticism, beacons of democracy, and well-oiled corporate machines. Considering their intriguing diversity, Merrill Schleier establishes and explains …
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Medicine by DesignThe Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893–1943
In the history of medicine, hospitals are usually seen as passive reflections of advances in medical knowledge and technology. In Medicine by Design, Annmarie Adams challenges these assumptions, examining how hospital design influenced the development of twentieth-century medicine and demonstrating the importance of these specialized buildings in the history of architecture. At the center of…
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Tramas urbanas al revésIntercambios entre políticas públicas, prácticas d…
Investigación comparada de enfoque socioespacial que analiza los efectos de las políticas públicas, las prácticas de turismo y la participación social en barrios populares de Medellín y favelas de Río de Janeiro durante el siglo XXI. Desde una perspectiva sur-sur, el libro examina las tensiones entre urbanización, mercantilización del territorio y derechos urbanos, así como las respue…
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Better Homes in AmericaPlan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922
Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 is a comprehensive guide published as part of the Better Homes in America movement, which sought to improve the quality, affordability, and design of American homes in the early 20th century. This plan book was created to coincide with a national demonstration week, encouraging communities and individuals to particip…
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Auszeichnung Baukultur Oberhausen: Klosterkirche Unsere Liebe FrauGottfried B…
Die Stadt Oberhausen verleiht seit 2023 jährlich die Auszeichnung Baukultur Oberhausen. Sie steht für hervorragende Baukultur und besondere baukulturelle Leistungen. Gewürdigt werden Bauten, Bauwerke, Lebenswerke, Organisationen und Personen, die einen besonderen Beitrag zur Baukultur in Oberhausen oder aus Oberhausen heraus geleistet haben. Baukultur ist eine Gemeinschaftsaufgabe, zu deren …
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Auszeichnung Baukultur Oberhausen: Schalendach St. Antony-HütteArchäologie …
Die Stadt Oberhausen verleiht seit 2023 jährlich die Auszeichnung Baukultur Oberhausen. Sie steht für hervorragende Baukultur und besondere baukulturelle Leistungen. Gewürdigt werden Bauten, Bauwerke, Lebenswerke, Organisationen und Personen, die einen besonderen Beitrag zur Baukultur in Oberhausen oder aus Oberhausen heraus geleistet haben. Baukultur ist eine Gemeinschaftsaufgabe, zu deren …
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Annals of a Fortress
Annals of a Fortress by E. Viollet-le-Duc is a comprehensive and richly detailed exploration of the evolution of military architecture and fortification over a span of more than thirteen centuries. Presented as a historical narrative, the book traces the life and transformations of a single, imaginary fortress situated on the banks of a river in France, from its earliest wooden palisades in the…
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