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Photographic Architecture in the Twentieth Century
One hundred years ago, architects found in the medium of photography—so good at representing a building’s lines and planes—a necessary way to promote their practices. It soon became apparent, however, that photography did more than reproduce what it depicted. It altered both subject and reception, as architecture in the twentieth century was enlisted as a form of mass communication. Claire Zimmerman reveals how photography profoundly influenced architectural design in the past century, playing an instrumental role in the evolution of modern architecture. Her “picture anthropology” demonstrates how buildings changed irrevocably and substantially through their interaction with photog...
Mies Van Der Rohe, 1886-1969
The creator of the Barcelona Pavilion, the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois and the Seagram Building in New York, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was one of the founders of a new architectural style. This book explores more than 20 of his projects between 1906 and 1967, from his early work around Berlin to his important American buildings.
Architecture against Democracy
Examining architecture’s foundational role in the repression of democracy Reinhold Martin and Claire Zimmerman bring together essays from an array of scholars exploring the troubled relationship between architecture and antidemocratic politics. Comprising detailed case studies throughout the world spanning from the early nineteenth century to the present, Architecture against Democracy analyzes crucial occasions when the built environment has been harnessed as an instrument of authoritarian power. Alongside chapters focusing on paradigmatic episodes from twentieth-century German and Italian fascism, the contributors examine historic and contemporary events and subjects that are organized t...
2023 NPLEX I Practice Exams
The extensively updated book now contains twice as many cases as the last version of this book. This essentially equates to two complete practice versions of the NPLEX I. Answer keys are provided in two distinct ways. The first practice set of questions include answers that have explanations to aid in the early stage of review. The second practice set of questions include answers have no explanations, making them more suitable for the later phase of rapid review
Albert Kahn Inc.
A study of Albert Kahn Incorporated—the architecture firm closely associated with the Ford Motor Company and other auto companies—that explores capitalism and political economy through the built environment of industry and culture. In Albert Kahn Inc. Claire Zimmerman provides a history of second-wave industrialization associated with the growth and development of the United States’ auto industry and its global footprint. A forensic analysis of the “architects of Ford,” the book theorizes how building and capitalism intersected in the case of 20th-century industrial buildings, but also in other kinds of architecture—in the built environment writ large. Generally a marginal subjec...
Building Desire
An in-depth look at the unique Barcelona Pavilion, its many and complex identities through history, and its enduring appeal.
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House for Sale
"Glen Martin, a 70-something widower in failing health, stubbornly resists his daughter's attempts to get him to sell his home and move in with her and her husband. In his search for a solution to remaining in his home, Glen advertises for a roommate, pulling in several odd and interesting characters. Once the prospective roommates arrive, he quickly loses control of the situation and mayhem erupts. Max, Glen's crony and next-door neighbor, offers his advice and becomes entangled in the melee, taking the situation from bad to worse. When Max suffers an accident, Glen recognizes his own vulnerability and begins to entertain the idea of selling, even though he worries about losing the memories connected to the house. In a dream, Glen's late wife, Faye, comes to him and assures him that where one lives does not change the past or erase the memories--and that she will always be with him. Producers have a choice of two endings to the play."--Publisher's website.
Detroit–Moscow–Detroit
Ideologically opposed, technologically cooperative—an original account of US and USSR industrialization between the world wars. Between 1927 and 1945, a tide of hyperindustrialization washed over the United States and the Soviet Union. While the two countries remained ideologically opposed, the factories that amassed in Stalingrad, Moscow, Detroit, Buffalo, and Cleveland were strikingly similar, as were the new forms of modern work and urban and infrastructural development that supported this industrialization. Drawing on previously unknown archival materials and photographs, the essays in Detroit-Moscow-Detroit document a stunning two-way transfer of technical knowledge between the United...
