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SCALE : IMAGINATION, PERCEPTION AND PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE

Scale is a word which underlies much of architectural and urban design practice, its history and theory, and its technology. This book considers what ...

10 BEST GAMES IN THE WORLD

What games did the Vikings enjoy? Or the Kiowa Indians of North America? How about the Aztecs? "The 10 Best Games in the World" ...

FROZEN DREAMS. CONTEMPORARY ART FROM RUSSIA

Russia has undergone an amazing cultural and political transformation over the past forty years. How has its rapidly changing social landscape shaped its art? ...

MORELLET: FRANÇOIS MORELLET. REINSTALLATIONS

JAPANESE ILLUSTRATION NOW

This example-packed overview of contemporary Japanese illustration showcases the works of 100 of Japan's most successful and exciting artists and designers. The images embrace ...

TOSANI: PATRICK

Patrick Tosani, artiste majeur de la scène artistique française, a développé en près de trente ans une oeuvre originale dont le médium photographique occupe ...

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET: TRILOGY. THE WELFARE SHOW. THE COLLECTORS. CELEBRITY

Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen (b. 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b. 1969, Norway) have worked as a collaborative team since the ...

CINEMATIC ROTTERDAM THE TIMES AND TIDES OF A MODERN CITY

This publication zooms in on the part cinema has played in urban development between 1920 and 1980. Rotterdam acts as an inspiring example, as ...

ART DECO POSTCARDS

A wide-ranging and unique survey of Art Deco architecture and design, told through postcards of the era. Art Deco was one of the most ...

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GREAT HOUSES OF HAVANA

Great Houses of Havana celebrates one hundred years of creativity, design, and style that made the city "the Paris of the Caribbean." For four ...

SMALL, GRITTY AND GREEN. THE PROMISE OF AMERICA'S SMALLER INDUSTRIAL CITIES IN A LOW- CARBON WORLD*

America's once-vibrant small-to-midsize cities--Syracuse, Worcester, Akron, Flint, Rockford, and others--increasingly resemble urban wastelands. Gutted by deindustrialization, outsourcing, and middle-class flight, disproportionately devastated by metro ...

LOOS: THE LOOSHAUS

When it was completed in 1911, the Goldman & Salatsch Building in Vienna, commonly known as the Looshaus, incited controversy for its austerity and ...

INVENTION OF THE PAST. INTERIOR DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE OF STUDIO PEREGALLI

The Milan-based interior design and architectural firm Studio Peregalli presents for the first time their breathtaking environments that capture the classic elegance of the ...

GENIUS OF PLACE : THE LIFE OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, ...

MENUS FOR CHEZ PANISSE. THE ART AND LETTERPRESS OF PATRICIA CURTAN

Chez Panisse, a small restaurant in Berkeley, California, opened its doors in the summer of 1971. For forty years, the restaurant and its founder, ...

FREUD: ERNST L. FREUD, ARCHITECT. THE CASE OF THE MODERN BOURGEOIS HOME

Ernst L. Freud (1892-1970) was a son of Sigmund Freud and the father of painter Lucian Freud and the late Sir Clement Freud, politician ...

ARCHITECTURES OF BELONGING. INHABITING WORLDS IN RURAL WEST AFRICA

What is a house? What is dwelling? How can a house be a body? What does "being modern" mean in rural Africa? How are ...

GA JAPAN Nº 112. PLOT, SANAA, STUDIO TALK

MIKAN: SAVE THE DANCHI. MASS ESTATES- A PROJECT OF THE FUTURE. ARCHITEKTUR: POSITIONEN

In the decades following World War II, large residential developments like the Japanese "Danchi" became enormously popular, providing modern, affordable living space for rapidly ...