Libros de ÁFRICA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

TUNIS L ORIENT DE LA MODERNITE

BECHU: ANTHONY BECHU, BIOGRAPHIE

A man of many facets and strong political views, this fascinating biography examines the character, career, and the intellectual development of Antony Bechu as ...

HELIOPOLIS

Depuis la nuit des temps, Héliopolis évoque une ville mystérieuse de l'Égypte ancienne qui, en Orient comme en Occident, nourrit l'imaginaire collectif. Cette cité ...

BEYROUTH ARCHITECTURES, AUX SOURCES DE LA MODERNITE, 1920-1940

AFRICAN ART IN DETAIL

Ideal as a spur to creative inspiration, this beautiful book offers an alternative view of African art. The book highlights in close-up and brilliant ...

DUMAS: MARLENE DUMAS

This revised edition, with a new essay by Ilaria Bonacossa and new writings by Marlene Dumas, has been expanded by 80 pages to include ...

FATHY: ARQUITECTURA PARA OS POBRES. UMA EXPERIENCIA NO EGIPTO RURAL

A primeira edição portuguesa de um livro incontornável na história da Arquitectura contemporânea. Trata-se da narrativa dos trabalhos de construção de uma nova cidade, ...

EL OUFIR: TAOUFIK EL OUFIR. ARCHITECTE

Citoyen d'un Royaume au riche patrimoine culturel et architecte formé à l'Ecole spéciale d'architecture de Paris, Taoufik El Oufir a choisi d'être un acteur ...

CASA ARABA D'EGITTO. CONSTRUIRE CON IL CLIMA DAL VERNACOLO AI MAESTRI CONTEMPORANEI

Il libro propone una disamina, corredata di disegni ed immagini, dei caratteri della casa egiziana nei suoi diversi contesti ambientali: dalle oasi del deserto ...

LUBUMBASHI, CAPITALE MINIERE DU KATANGA, 1910-2010: L'ARCHITECTURE: REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

Le premier septembre 1910, Albert 1er, roi des Belges, signe l'arrêté royal qui fonde la ville d'Elisabethville, devenue Lubumbashi en 1966. L'actuelle deuxième ville ...

JOHANNESBURG. THE ELUSIVE METROPOLIS

"Johannesburg: The Elusive Metropolis" is a pioneering effort to insert South Africa's largest city into urban theory on its own terms. Johannesburg is Africa's ...

HISTORIA DE EGIPTO. MANETÓN

La Historia de Egipto del sacerdote Manetón (siglo III a.C.) ha pasado a la posteridad por ser la gran sistematizadora de la historia política ...

REPAIRING CITIES. REPAIR AS A SURVIVAL STRATEGY

Nelle città occidentali riparare un oggetto, specialmente elettronico, è unimpresa impossibile, invece al Cairo la cultura della riparazione è molto diffusa. Alcuni quartieri sono ...

MARRUECOS DESDE EL AIRE

CAPE TOWN. ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

POSTCOLONIAL AFRICAN CITIES. IMPERIAL LEGACIES AND POSTCOLONIAL PREDICAMENT

The book focuses on contemporary African cities, caught in the contradiction of an imperial past and postcolonial present. The essays explore the cultural role ...

ISLAMIC MONUMENTS IN CAIRO. THE PRACTICAL GUIDE

Cairos Islamic monuments are part of an uninterrupted tradition that spans over a thousand years of building activity. No other Islamic city can equal ...

FROM CAMEROON TO PARIS: MOUSGOUM ARCHITECTURE IN AND OUY OF AFRICA

The kind of extraordinary domed house constructed by Chad and Cameroon's Mousgoum peoples has long held sway over the Western imagination. In fact, as ...

MAJORELLE UNE OASIS MAROCAINE **

Comme Claude Monet, le peintre Majorelle fut l'un des plus importants collectionneurs de végétaux de son époque et son jardin, abondant de toutes formes ...

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