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Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava (Skira Architecture Library)
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Luca Molinari (Author)
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Skira (Editor)
Santiago Calatrava. With more than ten years having passed since the 'case' of Calatrava was introduced into the international debate, it remains as relevant as ever to ask the same questions posed back then regarding an artistic personality and oeuvre still capable of provoking such heated and contradictory reactions from critics, the general public, and contemporary architectural culture alike. The extremism of the positions assumed by those faced with Calatrava's work compels us inevitably to investigate a phenomenon that intersects with the redefinition of the relationship between art and technology, or more specifically, between architecture and engineering, not to mention the crisis of the professions and their social credibility.
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Diller + Scofidio
Santiago Calatrava: The Poetics of Movement (Universe Architecture Series)
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Alexander Tzonis (Author)
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Universe Publishing (Editor)
Very few designers of this century-- a century dominated by specialization and fragmentation-- can be called universal, but Santiago Calatrava is one of these few. In his numerous buildings, engineering projects, sculptures, and furniture designs, this Spanish architect whose practice is based in Switzerland has developed a unique poetics of morphology that overlaps structure and movement.
Combining art and science, technology and architecture, Calatrava's bridges and buildings create a sublime elegance in their urban contexts. With dynamic curves, leaning vertical elements, and mechanically operable roofs, they embody potential motion. In this book, Alexander Tzonis explores Calatrava's "poetics of movement" not only in the architect's large-scale work, but also in his drawings and sculptures.
The book features thirty-five projects, fully documented with photographs, drawings, and sketches. Included are Calatrava's most recent works-- the Milwaukee Art Museum Addition and the Orient Station in Lisbon-- and his best known, from the Montjuic Tower to the Alameda Bridge.
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Eames
Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio
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Aaron Betsky (Author)
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K. Michael Hays (Author)
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Laurie Anderson (Author)
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Whitney Museum (Editor)
Among the most talked-about names in contemporary architecture, the firm of Diller + Scofidio has, since 1980, redefined what architecture can be. Through site-specific, highly conceptual works such as the acclaimed redesign of the famed Brasserie restaurant in New York City's Seagram Building, to the "Blur" building created for the Swiss Expo 2002 and composed entirely of mist, the firm has consistently challenged and expanded the role of architecture and design in our technology-oriented environment. In this comprehensive survey of the work of this internationally recognized firm, ten of Diller + Scofidio's most important site-specific pieces are examined, along with several of the artefacts they have created in order to examine issues of gender, surveillance, place and travel. With essays by respected scholars and a contribution by contemporary artist Laurie Anderson, this illustrated volume offers a look at the work of Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio.
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Ellwood
Eames House: An Appreciation of the Work of Charles & Ray Eames
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James Barkley (Author)
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Amer Vessel (Editor)
Eames House, an appreciation of the work of Charles & Ray Eames is a portfolio style package that includes a 16 page fully illustrated book and 3 perforated & scored model sheets that assemble easily, without cutting or glue, into a model of Charles & Ray Eames' famous house. All come packaged in a matte finish, clear plastic portfolio style envelope. The book includes over 100, never before published, photographs and illustrations supporting text that examines the innovative way Charles & Ray Eames worked and approached life. More than an architectural model, the fold-up paper Eames House also includes detailed illustrated views of the interior as well as an accurate recreation of the exterior. Shadows and reflections of the trees and environment surrounding the actual house are also interpreted in this expressive model. Printed on the highest quality paper in an oversized format - 12.5" wide by 19" tall. Winner of several awards for it's design, production and content.
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Erimshaw
California Modern: The Architecture of Craig Ellwood
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Neil Jackson (Author)
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Princeton Architectural Press (Editor)
He had no professional license, but was named one of the "three best architects of 1957" along with Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. He drove a red Ferrari with the license plate VROOM. His succession of wives brought him clients and influenced his designs. He relied on a staff of talented assistants to realize his ideas. If ever there was a product of Hollywood, it was architect Craig Ellwood (1922-1992). A fiction of his own making--even his name was an invention--Ellwood fashioned a career through charm, ambition, and a connoisseur's eye. By the 1950s Ellwood had a thriving practice that infused the Germanic rationalism of Mies van der Rohe with an informal breeziness that was all Southern California. A series of dramatic, open, and elegant houses made him a media star, and interest in him and his work has only increased in recent years. California Modern: The Architecture of Craig Ellwood is the first compre-hensive monograph on this prolific, influential, and complex character. Copiously illustrated with contemporary images--including many striking black and white photographs by Julius Shulman--plans, drawings, and specially commissioned new photography, California Modern traces Ellwood's fascinating personal history, provides a critical evaluation of his work, and establishes his importance as a pivotal shaper of the California style.
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Foster
Structure, Space and Skin: The Work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners
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Nicholas Grimshaw (Author)
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Kenneth Powell (Author)
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Rowan Moore (Author)
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Phaidon Press (Editor)
This book features Grimshaw's work from the late 1980s onwards, which has included some of Europe's most prestigious commissions; in Berlin he is planning a new Stock Exchange, while in London he has built on the success of his printing plant for the Financial Times with his stunning new international railway terminal at Waterloo, which has been completed to wide acclaim.
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Foster
Foster Associates: Recent Works (Architectural Monographs No 20)
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Andreas Papadakis (Editor)
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John Wiley & Sons (Editor)
Foster Associates was established by Norman and Wendy Foster in 1967 after several years of working with Richard Rogers. Perhaps best known internationally for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the firm has worked recently in the UK, Japan, France, Germany and Spain. Having received over 50 awards and commendations for outstanding architectural design, there has continued to exist a passionate belief in modern architecture and the adaptation of technology to meet human needs. The work presented in this volume covers an enormous range of recent, diverse projects and also illustrates a number of unrealised projects.
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Franzen
Foster Catalogue 2001 (Architecture)
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Norman Foster (Author)
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Prestel Publishing (Editor)
Now back in stock by popular demand, an invaluable guide to the work of one of the world?s leading architects. Long before terms such as "green" and "sustainability" became fashionable, Norman Foster was designing buildings that were environmentally sensitive and highly adaptable. Today, this Pritzker Prize-winning architect is famous for such monumental structures as Hong Kong?s new international airport, the rebuilding of the Reichstag in Berlin, and the Great Court at the British Museum in London. This survey of more than forty years of work demonstrates how, over a period of tremendous social and technological transformation, Foster and Partners continue to adhere to the themes and concerns that have always shaped their work. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, and featuring text by Norman Foster, this catalogue explores all aspects of the practice?s achievements as urban planners, architects, and industrial designers. In addition to airports, railway stations, bridges, museums, universities, offices and private houses, the book includes designs of telecommunications and energy infrastructures, street furniture and smaller household items. Together these works form a complex of intelligent, thoughtful, and visionary work by an ever-changing, yet consistently brilliant design team.
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Gehry
Ulrich Franzen: Buildings and Projects
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Peter Blake (Author)
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Birkhauser (Editor)
Ulrich Franzen was born in 1921 in Dusseldorf. He studies architecture with Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. From 1950-55 he worked for I.M. Pei before opening his own architectural office in New York in 1955. His encounter with Modernism had a determining influence on his work, and Franzen soon developed his own individual architectural language. Reference to context and collage, the bringing together of different elements in free composition are typical themes in his work. The spectrum of his architecture spans elegant, generous residences and severe, rigorous buldings for industry and research. He has also worked on projects in urban development. This monograph presents the oeuvre of Franzen for the first time. It was written by the renowned architectural critic, Peter Blake and attractively designed by the well-known graphic designer, Massimo Vignelli.
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