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Architecture 70/80 in Switzerland
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ISBN: 3764312238 Year: 1981 Publisher: Basel Birkhäuser

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This work, covering ten years of building in Switzerland, represents the personal views of two members of the Swiss Federation of Architects (BSA) which have been transposed by the author.

La Biennale di Venezia : 7th international architecture exhibition - Citta : less aesthetics more ethics : expo on line
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ISBN: 8820804174 Year: 2000 Publisher: Venezia Marsilio

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With a Biennale centered on research, titled Less Aesthetics, More Ethics, Massimiliano Fuksas abandons the usual set up of the previous Biennali. The exhibition is no longer based on the idea of architecture as buildings, but develops a 360° perspective on contemporary city, especially the megalopolis of the 21st century. As the title itself points out, it is essential for Fuksas to find a new way to relate to architecture, favoring the research of new ethical responses, rather than simply aesthetics, when developing a project. From the 90’s onward, the largeness and the speed in urban transformations, especially in Latin America, Asian South-East and Africa, have determined, along with pollution and a huge development of dimensions, new social discontent and disparity. This is why Fuksas decided to “use the Biennale as a lab to analyze the new planetary dimension of urban behaviors and transformations”, highlighting three main themes: the Environment, both as an object and a subject for thinking; Society, which represents the attention to urban changes; Technology, as information, communication, virtual dimensions.&#13;&#13;The Corderie, the Artiglierie, the empty spaces at the Arsenale up to the Vergini (recovered by the Biennale presided by Paolo Baratta in 1999, and used for Architecture for the first time) and the Padiglione Italia, hosted a selection of architects, artists and photographers that had investigated metropolitan changes in the last years. More specifically, the set up at the Corderie dell’Arsenale, revising the continuous perspective of the Strada Novissima in 1980, is a significant example of fusion between digital technology and the architectural debate. In the 300 meters of the Corderie, a mega screen would present twelve videos of contemporary megalopolis: Bogotà, Buenos Aires, Bucharest, Budapest, Mexico City, New Delhi, Paris, São Paulo, Quito, Cairo, Athens and Montréal. The megalopolis appears to be a sort of global magma, where cultural stereotypes, turistic and economic flows all live together along with urban decay situations, which are often ignored or understated. The spaces of the Padiglione Italia hosted the works of architects, artists and photographers that, through different practices and methods, have questioned the evolution of the metropolis, underlining the necessity o fan interdisciplinary approach to catch up with the challenges present times may hold.


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Paul Van Aerschot : ontwerper, bouwer, didacticus
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ISBN: 9789058676290 9058676293 Year: 2007 Publisher: Leuven Universitaire Pers Leuven

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Architecture, industry and innovation : the early work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
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ISBN: 0714829234 0714839345 9780714829234 9780714839349 Year: 2000 Publisher: London Phaidon

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Nicholas Grimshaw is one of the pre-eminent figures of the British architectural scene. Alongside Norman Foster and Richard Rogers he is a leading figure of the high-tech movement, responsible for some of the outstanding buildings of the last decade. This book covers the years 1965-1988, a period which saw Grimshaw establish his practice and his reputation worldwide as an architect of great subtlety and a master of detail. Colin Amery charts the line of Grimshaw's development from his student days at the Architectural Association onwards. He gives critical insights into Grimshaw's thinking and design methodology for a family of buildings, from the 1967 Service Tower for a student hostel to his 1988 Grand Union Walk houses and Superstore for Sainsbury's at Camden. Grimshaw's buildings show a steady evolution, model to model ; an evolution which is illustrated in detail here with photographs, plans and drawings.


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Gerrit Rietveld
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ISBN: 9780714857480 0714857483 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York Phaidon

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John Pawson (b.1949) is an architect and designer whose exceptional work combines an essential simplicity with a keen attention to the details of everyday life and human experience. In the last decade, the scope of his designs has broadened from objects and interiors to include houses, monasteries, pavilions and boats. This change in scale has given his office the opportunity to refine its minimalist aesthetic and further develop its ideas of a fundamental architecture based on the qualities of space, proportion, light and materials. In Plain Space, author Alison Morris presents both this recent body of work and earlier projects from the perspective of someone who has had unique access to the work and archives of the office. In thematic essays and narrative project descriptions she examines the firms working processes, relationship with clients, and approach to design. Filled with exquisite photographs and detailed drawings, Plain Space will be the next must-have book for fans of John Pawson and a perfect introduction to his work for anyone interested in the absolute best of contemporary design.

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