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NEW ORLEANS AND THE DESIGN MOMENT

Following the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, people began to discuss and visualize the ways in which the urban structure of the ...

STAR Nº 15. MUROS CORTINA CON CABLES PRETENSADOS. MURO CORTINA DE LA TERMINAL DEL AEROPUERTO DE MALAGA

CONARQUITECTURA Nº43 EDIFICIOS PUBLICOS

1 Nuevo Ayuntamiento Santa Marta de Tormes, Salamanca Emilio Sánchez Gil, Fernando Sánchez Cuadrado y Emilio Sánchez Cuadrado 2 Centro de asistencia primaria Badalona, ...

HECKER. ZVI HECKER. SKETCHES

A very personal notebook: Zvi Heckers architectural sketches from 1946 to the present, accompanied by his own texts 'I am an artist whose profession ...

URBAN TRANSFORMATION. HEALTH, SHELTER AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

For the first time in history, half of the world's population lives in urban areas and it is expected that, by 2050, that figure ...

TRANSFORM: URBAN SPLASH

This highly illustrated book looks at how Urban Splash has grown from small beginnings into one of the most respected regeneration companies in the ...

CHUCK CLOSE. FACE BOOK

This fascinating, interactive autobiography presents Chuck Closes story, his art, and a discussion of the many processes he uses in the studio. The question-and-answer ...

ABSTRACT CITY

In July 2008, illustrator and designer Christoph Niemann began Abstract City, a visual blog for the New York Times. His posts were inspired by ...

ON THE ANIMATION OF THE INORGANIC. ART, ARCHITECTURE AND THE EXTENSION OFLIFE

Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe ...

CHICAGO MAKES MODERN. HOW CREATIVE MINDS CHANGED SOCIETY

Chicago is a city dedicated to the modern'from the skyscrapers that punctuate its skyline to the spirited style that inflects many of its dwellings ...

AMERICAN PALACE, AN. CHICAGO'S SAMUEL M. NICKERSON HOUSE

An American Palace: Chicagos Samuel M. Nickerson House, explores the rich and varied history of one of Chicagos grandest Gilded Age residences. Commissioned by ...

AN AUDIENCE OF ARTISTS. DADA, NEO- DADA, AND THE EMERGENCE OF ABSTRACT EXPRESIONISM

The term Neo-Dada surfaced in New York in the late 1950s and was used to characterize young artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns ...

URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS. AN INTRODUCTION

The importance of the built environment to environmental protection is well established, with strict environmental regulations now a feature of the working lives of ...

CONCRETE DURABILITY

As more importance is being placed on the whole-life performance of structures, demand is growing for long service lives with minimal maintenance requirements. Indeed ...

DUTCH ARCHITECTS AND THEIR HOUSES

Almost all architecture is designed on commission for a client. And the architect's design must always bend to the wishes or demands of that ...

MARTIN: AGNES MARTIN

Gorgeously quiet in color and composition, Agnes Martins paintings have a distinctive grace that sets them apart from those of the Abstract Expressionists of ...

OMA . RECENT PROJECT

Includes De Rotterdam, Rothschild Bank, Coolsingel, Fondazione Prada, 24-Hour Museum, Bibliotheque Multimedia a Vocation Regionale, Strelka, Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, Garage Gorky ...

RENAISSANCE GOTHIC. ARCHITECTURE AND ARTS IN NORTHERN EUROPE, 1470- 1540

This compelling book offers a new paradigm for the periodization of the arts, one that counters a prevailing Italianate bias among historians of northern ...

LONGHENA: BALDASSARE LONGHENA AND VENETIAN BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE

This fascinating book offers the first comprehensive study in English of Baldassare Longhena (1598-1682), the indispensable architect of the Venetian Baroque. While Longhena's legacy ...

WHOSE CULTURE? THE PROMISE OF MUSEUMS AND THE DEBATE OVER ANTIQUITIES

The international controversy over who "owns" antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who ...