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Women Architects and Politics
In the late 1960s, the feminist scholar Kate Millet broadly defined »politics« as arrangements of power which enable individuals collectively to assert authority over others. Taking this definition, case studies by scholars from Europe, Israel and the United States explore the gendered professional in the 20th century as she navigated arrangements of power including organised religion, emancipation movements, cultural norms and shifting forms of government to practice architecture. Additional contributions reflect upon power structures in contemporary architectural education, practice and history to propose other means of architectural knowledge, representation and professional activity.
Before the Bauhaus
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Tower and Slab
Ch. 1. Social reform, state control, and the origins of mass housing -- ch. 2. Mass housing in Chicago -- ch. 3. The concrete cordon around Paris -- ch. 4. Slabs versus tenements in East and West Berlin -- ch. 5. Bras?lia, the slab block capital -- ch. 6. Mumbai : mass housing for the upper crust -- ch. 7. Prefab Moscow -- ch. 8. High-rise Shanghai -- ch. 9. Global architecture, locally conditioned.
Bernd & Hilla Becher
For more than five decades, Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher collaborated on photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features the Bechers’ quintessential pictures, which present water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, and more as sculptural objects. Beyond the Bechers’ iconic Typologies, the book includes Bernd’s early drawings, Hilla’s independent photographs, and excerpts from their notes, sketchbooks, and journals. The book’s authors offer new insights into the development of the artists’ process, their work’s conceptual underpinnings, the photographers’ relationship to deindustrialization, and the artists’ legacy. An essay by award-winning cultural historian Lucy Sante and an interview with Max Becher, the artists’ son, make this volume an unrivaled look into the Bechers’ art alongside their career, life, and subjects.
The Architecture of Red Vienna, 1919-1934
Encyclopedic in its coverage, this seminal work focuses on the architecture of Prague from the turn of the century to the end of the Second World War: a rich matrix within which to place the figures who created the powerful, innovative spirits of modern Czech architecture. The book documents the architects, structures, and theoretical underpinnings that helped to shape Prague's cultural heritage and present-day artistic spirit.
Contemporary Architecture
This book offers an exciting journey into the most recent architectural achievements, seen in their complexity and plurality, and described in the most objective and truthful way. The development of contemporary architecture is presented as it commenced more than a century ago, as it tried to reconcile democratic ideals with the forces of the Industrial Era. In contrast to many books on the modern-day art of building, the development of architecture is not described chronologically here, but, rather, independently for each selective architectural trend. This allows a better explanation of some evolutionary processes and the continuity of each trend. Thanks to such an approach, this book will serve as a convenient tutorial for courses on history of contemporary architecture in all art and architectural schools.
Paul Schmitthenner
A metà degli anni cinquanta su Schmitthenner scendeva il silenzio. In pochi parlarono dell'edificio ad Hechingen, nessuno di Bourdon sur Somme. Era considerato, nella storia dell'architettura del secolo scorso, neppure un minore, ma semplicemente un reazionario su cui bisognava tacere. Questo libro si occupa di Paul Schmitthenner (1884- 1972) allievo di Riemerschmid e Fischer, amico di Tessenow e Bonatz, professore presso la Technische Hohenschule di Stoccarda (1919-1945). Lo studio è stato orientato alla conoscenza dei suoi edifici, soprattutto realizzati, dalla scuola di Zuffenhausen alla Sala della Memoria del cimitero di Bourdon Somme, passando per gli edifici residenziali, la ricostru...
Schaut auf diese Region!
Land, Stadt, Metropole – räumlich bestimmte Formen stehen oft im Mittelpunkt, wenn wir uns über unsere Gesellschaft verständigen. Im öffentlichen Diskurs sind zentrale Probleme der Gegenwart und Zukunft (Bevölkerungsentwicklung, Wettbewerb, Klimawandel etc.) lokal spezifiziert, werden gesellschaftliche Risiken, Herausforderungen und Potentiale vor räumlichen Bezugshintergründen positioniert. So sehen sich Städte, Dörfer und andere politisch-administrative Einheiten in räumlich strukturierten Ratings und Rankings positioniert. Vor diesem Hintergrund streben sie danach, ihre Stellung im globalen Wettbewerb strategisch zu gestalten, indem sie ihre besonderen Stärken herausarbeiten und intensivieren und ein überzeugendes Image von sich selbst entwerfen. Am Beispiel der jüngsten Region Deutschlands, Südwestfalens, fragen die Beiträge des Bandes danach, inwieweit sich typische Herausforderungen und wissenschaftlich fundierte Lösungsansätze beobachten lassen, wie sie vergleichbar auch in anderen Regionen zu finden sind.
L'Architettura dell"altra" modernità
La storiografia ha guardato alla produzione architettonica del Novecento con differenti apporti critici, ma denominatore comune è stato il perenne riferimento al Movimento Moderno, ritenuto il parametro unico e il termine di paragone per qualunque "giudizio di valore". Ne è conseguito che, superficialmente etichettata quale manifestazione accademica o tardo Eclettica, gran parte dell'operosità degli architetti della prima metà del Novecento è stata a lungo emarginata dalle trattazioni di Storia dell'architettura contemporanea. È il ripetersi di giudizi categorici e condizionanti l'ambiente culturale non nuovi nella Storia, spesso riferibili ad un'impostazione accademica che meraviglia ...
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