Libros de ÁFRICA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

OASE Nº 82. L' AFRIQUE, C' EST CHIC

Since the mid-1990s, when Rem Koolhaas placed Lagos on the agenda as a research topic, architects have paid increasing attention to modern African architecture. ...

LANDSCAPE INTERVENTIONS. CITY PARADISES. KAMEL LOUAFI, LANDSCAPE ARCHITCETS BERLIN

Landscape is the appearance of a particular area as well as the perception of those who view it. It is often the product of ...

SCHREUDERS: CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS

This major monograph on the South African artist's work of the last fifteen years highlights the powerful themes of isolation, alienation, and dislocation that ...

PRIX INTERNATIONAL CARLO SACRPA POUR LE JARDIN, VINGT - DEUXLÉME, TANEKA BERI

Il Premio Internazionale Carlo Scarpa per il Giardino promuove annualmente una campagna di attenzioni verso un luogo particolarmente denso di valori di natura, di ...

FETICHE EN EL MUSEO, EL. APROXIMACION AL ARTE PRIMITIVO

Hasta hace no mucho tiempo el llamado arte primitivo no formaba parte de la historia del arte. Unido al colonialismo y al «descubrimiento» del ...

VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF WEST AFRICA

The dwellings of hundreds of African ethnic groups offer a variety of conceptions and building practices that contradict the widespread image of the primitive ...

URBAN LAND MARKETS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA : A CASE OF UGANDA

Urban development in sub-Saharan Africa has posed more challenges in recent decades, shifting the focus from rural poverty to urbanised poverty. Because of a ...

CITTA DEL PETROLIO. PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISITICA IN LIBIA E CITTA NUOVE (1970- 2000)

Il merito principale del libro è di renderci più familiari i nomi New Brega, e Ras Lanuf Town, le città del petrolio in senso ...

ARCHITECTURES ET ARCHITECTES ITALIENS AU MAGHREB

GLOBAL AFRICA PROJECTS

Artists and designers of African ancestry-many in Africa but also others throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Far East- are working in a wide ...

FATHY: HASSAN FATHY AND CONTINUITY IN ISLAMIC ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE

Hassan Fathy, the Egyptian architect known for his recognition of the potential of vernacular forms as a vital force in contemporary architectural design, sought ...

KINSHASA ARCHITECTURE ET PAYSAGE URBAINS

Kinshasa compte parmi les plus vastes mégapoles, témoignant d'une urbanisation débridée au coeur du continent africain. De son noyau colonial historique aux banlieues en ...

CHRONIQUES DU LEVANT: MEMOIRES D'UN ARCHITECTE LIBANAIS

L'architecte retrace l'histoire de son père dans l'Empire ottoman dans la 1re moitié du XXe siècle et raconte les bouleversements historiques et politiques auxquels ...

ADJAYE: DAVID ADJAYE. OUTPUT

A graduate of London's Royal College of Art, David Adjaye formed Adjaye Associates in 2000, with a multicultural design team dedicated to an international ...

MAMLUK HISTORY THROUGH ARCHITECTURE. MONUMENTS, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT AND SYRIA

The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural ...

PETRA.. HISTORIA Y ARQUEOLOGIA

Oculta para el mundo occidental hasta su descubrimiento por J.L. Burckhardt en el año 1812, Petra se ha convertido en uno de los principales ...

DUMAS: AGAINST THE WALL. MARLENE DUMAS

The lyrically charged paintings of Marlene Dumas (born 1953) eulogize the frailties of the human body, probing themes of love, melancholy and confusion even ...

COLONIAL MODERN. AESTHETICS OF THE PAST REBELLION FOR THE FUTURE

Colonial Modern: Aesthetics of the Past, Rebellions for the Future is a reader on the relationship between modernism and the project of modernisation in ...

L'URBANISME A L'AUBE DU XXI SIECLE. PATRIMOINE ET HERITAGES CULTURELS

Ce recueil de contributions examine la notion de patrimoine urbanistique et architectural à travers le monde: la mannière dont les projets intègrent celui-ci, comment ...

MADAGASCAR. L'ARCHITETTURA DELL' ISOLA ROSSA FRA CRONACHE E STORIA

Anche in Madagascar, non diversamente da altri contesti, l'architettura ha aiutato l'uomo a dare un senso all'esistenza, a conquistare un equilibrio nello spazio e ...