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Glenn Murcutt
"Glenn Murcutt's singular status in contemporary architecture is well deserved. Respected and admired for his innovative designs, Murcutt is the first Australian architect whose work has attracted international attention. His work, intimately linked to its landscape and to the Australian vernacular, is clearly in the modern tradition and strongly responsive to current environmental concerns." "This book documents this impassioned architect's body of work, and offers a critical look at the background and influences that helped shape his architectural philosophy and independent style."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Architecture as territory
Costruire un edificio è innanzitutto costruire un problema. Allora i vincoli di un progetto cessano di essere gravosi per divenire fecondi ; si trasformano in stimoli, sfide e opportunità. Il sito, il cliente, il programma, il cantiere diventano altrettante potenzialità : i limiti si trasformano in orizzonti progettuali.
Jørn Utzon
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Yours Critically
Criticat is an independent journal of architectural criticism published twice annually. Based in Paris, it was founded in 2007 by a group of architects, historians, and critics on a simple premise: that informed and daring criticism could bring architecture back into everyday public discourse. Twenty-three exemplary articles have been selected from the journal's first ten issues, and appear here in English for the first time. Individual investigations - written in direct and engaging language - tackle subjects from around the globe: projects by Frank Gehry and Jürgen Mayer H are subjected to unvarnished examination; the debate over high-rise buildings in Paris is described through its polit...
Glenn Murcutt
First published in France, an English translation of this study of a well-known Australian architect was published in the UK in 1995. Discusses his career from his early modernist houses to larger commissions. Examines his early training and architectural influences, and attempts to identify recurring themes in his work. Gives an analysis of a selection of his buildings, and provides 300 illustrations including 50 colour photographs. Includes biographical notes, a list of buildings and projects and a bibliography. The author is a practising architect and editor of 'L'architecture d'Aujourd'hui'.
Transforming Landscapes
Michel Desvigne is the most renowned French landscape architect in the world. Based in Paris, he has held guest professorships at such distinguished institutions as the Architectural Association in London and Harvard University. Desvigne’s projects have a strong strategic and conceptual component. Urban infrastructure projects play a major role, and emphasize the urban planning and design expertise evident in his landscape architecture. The book documents ten of Devigne’s major projects from France, the US, Spain and Qatar, in which he is responsible not only for the landscape architecture, but for coordination of the entire project. How can such highly complex projects be realized? What does the intellectual thought process look like? What specific problems arise in their realization?
Writings on Architecture
Yours Critically is a collection of writings on architecture from the Paris-based architecture journal Criticat. 24 exemplary articles have been selected from the journal's first ten issues, and appear here in English for the first time. They offer critical inquiry into, and analysis of, specific buildings and architectural topics in approachable, engaging language that is free of academic jargon. Individual investigations tackle subjects from around the globe: projects by Frank Gehry and jurgen Mayer H are subjected to unvarnished examination; the debate on allowing towers in Paris is described through its politics; t he purity of New Zealand's landscape is exposed as an ecological myth; Ne...
Ibois notebooks
"Trois auteurs inaugurent cette première édition des cahiers de l'Ibois, l'initiative éditoriale semestrielle issue du laboratoire de l'EPFL consacré à la construction innovante en bois: Françoise Fromonot revient sur l'épopée héroïque de Jørn Utzon et de ce qu'il a vainement tenté de réaliser au moment de la construction de l'opéra de Sydney. Stéphane Berthier offre un panorama assez complet de la place de l'Ibois dans la constellation des laboratoires qui mettent au point des techniques de conception et de fabrication assistées par ordinateur. Quant à Yann Rocher, il s'efforce d'établir les nombreux liens constructifs et symboliques entre le matériau utilisé pour construire le Pavillon en bois du Théâtre de Vidy et sa fonction de lieu scénique."--Page 4 de la couverture du volume 1.
A Walk Through Paris
A walker’s guide to Paris, taking us through its past, present and possible futures Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed Invention of Paris, takes the reader on a walk from Ivry to Saint-Denis, roughly following the meridian that divides Paris into east and west, and passing such familiar landmarks as the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pompidou Centre, the Gare du Nord and Montmartre, as well as forgotten alleyways and arcades. Weaving historical anecdotes, geographical observations, and literary references, Hazan’s walk guides us through an unknown Paris. With the aid of maps, he delineates the most fascinating and forgotten parts of the city’s past and present. Planning and modernization have accelerated the erasure of its revolutionary history, yet through walking and observation, Hazan shows how we can regain our knowledge of the city of Robespierre, the Commune, Sartre, and the May ’68 uprising. Drawing on his own life story, as surgeon, publisher and social critic, Hazan vividly illustrates the interplay and concord between a city and the personality it forms.
Post-Western Histories of Architecture
This book seeks to provide an alternative post-Western perspective to the history of contemporary architecture. It puts forward detailed critical analyses of various areas of the world, including Europe, Latin America, Africa, China, Australia, India and Japan, where particular movements of architecture have developed as active ‘political acts’. The authors focus on a broad spectrum of countries, architectures and architects that have developed a design approach closely linked to the building context. The concept of context is broad and includes various economic, social, cultural, political and natural aspects. In all cases, the architects selected in this book have chosen to view contex...
