Against Architecture
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Against Architecture
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Author : Denis Hollier
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1992-02-25
Against Architecture written by Denis Hollier and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-02-25 with Philosophy categories.
Over the past 30 years the writings of Georges Bataille have had a profound influence on French intellectual thought, informing the work of Foucault, Derrida, and Barthes, among others. Against Architecture offers the first serious interpretation of this challenging thinker, spelling out the profoundly original and radical nature of Bataille's work.
Against Architecture
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Author : Franco La Cecla
language : en
Publisher: PM Press
Release Date : 2012-01-11
Against Architecture written by Franco La Cecla and has been published by PM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-11 with Architecture categories.
First published in 2008, (as Contro l’architettura), Against Architecture has been translated into French and Greek, with editions forthcoming in Polish and Portuguese. The book is a passionate and erudite charge against the celebrities of the current architectural world, the “archistars.” According to Franco La Cecla, architecture has lost its way and its true function, as the archistars use the cityscape to build their brand, putting their stamp on the built environment with no regard for the public good. More than a diatribe against the trade for which he trained, Franco La Cecla issues a call to rethink urban space, to take our cities back from what he calls Casino Capitalism, which has left a string of failed urban projects, from the Sagrera of Barcelona to the expansion of Columbia University in New York City. He finds hope and some surprising answers in the 2006 uprisings in the Parisian suburbs and in wandering the streets of San Francisco. La Cecla recounts his peregrinations, whether as a consultant to urban planners or as an incorrigible flaneur, all the while giving insights into how we might find a way to resist the tyranny of the planners and find the spirit of place. As he comments throughout on the works of past and present masters of urban and landscape writing, including Robert Byron, Mike Davis, and Rebecca Solnit, Franco La Cecla has given us a book that will take an important place in our public discourse.
Resisting Postmodern Architecture
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Author : Stylianos Giamarelos
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2022-01-10
Resisting Postmodern Architecture written by Stylianos Giamarelos and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-10 with Architecture categories.
Since its first appearance in 1981, critical regionalism has enjoyed a celebrated worldwide reception. The 1990s increased its pertinence as an architectural theory that defends the cultural identity of a place resisting the homogenising onslaught of globalisation. Today, its main principles (such as acknowledging the climate, history, materials, culture and topography of a specific place) are integrated in architects’ education across the globe. But at the same time, the richer cross-cultural history of critical regionalism has been reduced to schematic juxtapositions of ‘the global’ with ‘the local’. Retrieving both the globalising branches and the overlooked cross-cultural roots of critical regionalism, Resisting Postmodern Architecture resituates critical regionalism within the wider framework of debates around postmodern architecture, the diverse contexts from which it emerged, and the cultural media complex that conditioned its reception. In so doing, it explores the intersection of three areas of growing historical and theoretical interest: postmodernism, critical regionalism and globalisation. Based on more than 50 interviews and previously unpublished archival material from six countries, the book transgresses existing barriers to integrate sources in other languages into anglophone architectural scholarship. In so doing, it shows how the ‘periphery’ was not just a passive recipient, but also an active generator of architectural theory and practice. Stylianos Giamarelos challenges long-held ‘central’ notions of supposedly ‘international’ discourses of the recent past, and outlines critical regionalism as an unfinished project apposite for the 21st century on the fronts of architectural theory, history and historiography.
Skyscraper
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Author : Michael Darling
language : en
Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Release Date : 2012
Skyscraper written by Michael Darling and has been published by Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Art, Modern categories.
This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity," organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; curated by Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator, and Joanna Szupinska, Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow; and presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, June 30-September 23, 2012.
On Architecture
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Author : Ada Louise Huxtable
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-07-15
On Architecture written by Ada Louise Huxtable and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-15 with Architecture categories.
Known for her well-reasoned and passionately held beliefs about architecture, Ada Louise Huxtable has captivated readers across the country for decades, in the process becoming one of the best known critics in the United States. Her brilliance over so many years is unmatched, and her range has always been vast-from a plea to save a particular architectural treasure to an ongoing discussion about whether modern architecture is dead. Her keen eye and vivid writing have reinforced to readers how important architecture is and why it continues to be both controversial and fascinating. Since so much of her writing has been in newspapers, it has quickly become unavailable to her many fans. On Architecture will bring together her best work from the New York Times, New York Review of Books, her more recent essays in the Wall Street Journal, and her various books. She is personally selecting and organizing the pieces into sections like "Art and Culture" and "The Art of Architecture," and is revising them as needed to bring them up to date. Whether you love modern architecture or desire a return to Beaux Arts design, this book will give you insight into the mind and heart of a critic who has artfully brought the discussion of architecture, architects and our environment to readers for five decades.
Remarks On Architecture
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Author : Ignacy Potocki
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-06-18
Remarks On Architecture written by Ignacy Potocki and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-18 with Architecture categories.
At the end of the eighteenth century, the authors of Poland’s 3 May 1791 Constitution became the heirs to a defunct state whose territory had been partitioned by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. At this moment of intensive national postmortem, Ignacy Potocki, an eminent statesman and co-author of the Constitution, wrote the treatise Remarks on Architecture. One of the best-preserved examples of early modern Polish architectural thought, Potocki’s work announces itself as a project of national introspection, with architecture playing a direct role in the betterment of the nation. Addressed to the contemporary Polish nobility, the book argues that architecture is a vessel for cultural values and that it plays an important part in the formation and critique of broader national traditions. Throughout, Potocki conveys the lessons of a Vitruvian canon that shaped Continental classical architectural theory and practice throughout the early modern period. Expertly translated by Carolyn Guile and featuring an introduction that explores Polish Enlightenment architectural writing as an example of cultural exchange, inheritance, and transformation, this edition of Potocki’s treatise broadens our understanding of European architectural history during the early modern period.
Lectures On Architecture Volume I
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Author : Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-04-10
Lectures On Architecture Volume I written by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-10 with Architecture categories.
Volume 1 of an unabridged reprint of extremely influential work by great 19th-century architect, champion of the Gothic Revival. Coverage of Greek and Roman architecture, Byzantine architecture, teaching of architecture, monumental sculpture, domestic architecture, much more. Over 230 engravings and woodcuts (most by Viollet-le-Duc) enhance the text. Republication of rare English edition (1877—1881).
Discourses On Architecture
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Author : Eugéne Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-11-21
Discourses On Architecture written by Eugéne Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-21 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Discourses On Architecture
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Author : E. Viollet-Le-Duc
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-11-20
Discourses On Architecture written by E. Viollet-Le-Duc and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-20 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Pr Cis Of The Lectures On Architecture
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Author : Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Pr Cis Of The Lectures On Architecture written by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Architecture categories.
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (1760–1834) regarded the Précis of the Lectures on Architecture (1802–5) and its companion volume, the Graphic Portion (1821), as both a basic course for future civil engineers and a treatise. Focusing the practice of architecture on utilitarian and economic values, he assailed the rationale behind classical architectural training: beauty, proportionality, and symbolism. His formal systematization of plans, elevations, and sections transformed architectural design into a selective modular typology in which symmetry and simple geometrical forms prevailed. His emphasis on pragmatic values, to the exclusion of metaphysical concerns, represented architecture as a closed system that subjected its own formal language to logical processes. Now published in English for the first time, the Précis and the Graphic Portion are classics of architectural education.