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Never Modern
In this exceptional book on the London based studio 6a architects, architecture critic Irenee Scalbert looks at the role of narrative, history, appropriation and craft in the work of Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald. The book traces an architectural approach avoiding style, signature, theory and even concept in favour of metis, an ancient form of intelligence combining 'flair, wisdom, forethought, subtlety of mind, deception, resourcefulness, vigilance, opportunism, varied skills, and experience.' Structured around notions of situation, intervention, making, comedy, bricolage, chance and anthropology, the text is mirrored in a visual essay of archive photographs, artworks, film stills and recent projects by the practice.
Studio Tom Emerson: Forst Atlas 1 & 2
Students from ETH Zurich have produced an architectural survey of Forst followed by a series of design projects that explore new ways to think about the future of the city. This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition in Forst (November 2012) with contributions from Professor Philip Ursprung, Pier Vittorio Aureli and Tom de Paor.
The Soundies
The 1940s saw a brief audacious experiment in mass entertainment: a jukebox with a screen. Patrons could insert a dime, then listen to and watch such popular entertainers as Nat "King" Cole, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway or Les Paul. A number of companies offered these tuneful delights, but the most successful was the Mills Novelty Company and its three-minute musical shorts called Soundies. This book is a complete filmography of 1,880 Soundies: the musicians heard and seen on screen, recording and filming dates, arrangers, soloists, dancers, entertainment trade reviews and more. Additional filmographies cover more than 80 subjects produced by other companies. There are 125 photos taken on film sets, along with advertising images and production documents. More than 75 interviews narrate the firsthand experiences and recollections of Soundies directors and participants. Forty years before MTV, the Soundies were there for those who loved the popular music of the 1940s. This was truly "music for the eyes."
Studio Tom Emerson: Forst Atlas 1 & 2
Students from ETH Zurich have produced an architectural survey of Forst followed by a series of design projects that explore new ways to think about the future of the city. This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition in Forst (November 2012) with contributions from Professor Philip Ursprung, Pier Vittorio Aureli and Tom de Paor.
Sandfuture
An account of the life and work of the architect Minoru Yamasaki that leads the author to consider how (and for whom) architectural history is written. Sandfuture is a book about the life of the architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), who remains on the margins of history despite the enormous influence of his work on American architecture and society. That Yamasaki’s most famous projects—the Pruitt-Igoe apartments in St. Louis and the original World Trade Center in New York—were both destroyed on national television, thirty years apart, makes his relative obscurity all the more remarkable. Sandfuture is also a book about an artist interrogating art and architecture’s role in culture...
Studio Tom Emerson: Glasgow Atlas 1 & 2
Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, has produced a collective survey of Glasgow followed by architectural proposals, collectively known as the Atlas. Glasgow Atlas is the third of a series exploring the future of the post industrial city. The catalogue accompanies an exhibition within Glasgow International 2016, Glasgow biannual festival of contemporary art. "Learning from the existing landscape is a way of being revolutionary for an architect" wrote Venturi and Scott-Brown in Learning From Las Vegas in 1972. The sentiment is even more important today as Glasgow accommodates a new post-industrial landscape. From Piranesi's Antichite Romane to Rem Koolhaas' record of the Berlin Wall, the survey h...
Studio Tom Emerson: Glasgow Atlas 1 & 2
Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich, has produced a collective survey of Glasgow followed by architectural proposals, collectively known as the Atlas. Glasgow Atlas is the third of a series exploring the future of the post industrial city. The catalogue accompanies an exhibition within Glasgow International 2016, Glasgow biannual festival of contemporary art. "Learning from the existing landscape is a way of being revolutionary for an architect" wrote Venturi and Scott-Brown in Learning From Las Vegas in 1972. The sentiment is even more important today as Glasgow accommodates a new post-industrial landscape. From Piranesi's Antichite Romane to Rem Koolhaas' record of the Berlin Wall, the survey h...
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872
Reproduction of the original: The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872 by Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872 Vol.-I
"The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I" offers a profound perception into the intellectual and private dating between two of the 19th century's most influential thinkers, Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson. This collection, spanning almost 4 a long time, exhibits the deep connection and mutual admiration among the Scottish essayist and the American transcendentalist. The letters, exchanged from 1834 to 1872, provide a dynamic narrative of the evolution in their friendship, the change of ideas, and the cultural milieu in their time. Carlyle and Emerson, both famend for his or her philosophical contributions, percentage mind on literature, society,...
Studio Tom Emerson: Galway Atlas 1 & 2
Students from ETH Zurich have produced an architectural survey of Galway and design projects that explore new ways to think about the future of the city. This catalogue was published alongside the exhibition in Galway (October 2012), with contributions from Shelley McNamara and Elia Zenghelis.
