The storm and the fall
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the(...)
The storm and the fall
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By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the Fall, Woods brings his visions to a new depth, moving them from feverishly rendered drawings to three-dimensional space. The book focuses on two recent Woods installations - one at the Houghton Gallery at New York’s Cooper Union, the other at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris.
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Greene & Greene
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Charles and Henry Greene created the definitive houses of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Raised to be architects, the Greene brothers were educated together at MIT, where their natural artistic skills blossomed in concert with an excellent practical education. While they practised architecture jointly in Southern California from 1906 to 1922 they achieved a(...)
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octobre 2003, London / New York
Greene & Greene
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Charles and Henry Greene created the definitive houses of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Raised to be architects, the Greene brothers were educated together at MIT, where their natural artistic skills blossomed in concert with an excellent practical education. While they practised architecture jointly in Southern California from 1906 to 1922 they achieved a powerful symbiosis, resulting in some of the most beautifully crafted houses in America. The elegant works of their peak period, such as the Gamble, Blacker and Thorsen houses, are masterful in their design and execution. No detail was overlooked: every element of the interior, including furniture, fittings and glasswork, as well as the building structure (down to pegs, air-vents and bracing) was conceived as an organic whole, and finished exquisitely. No hint of conflict was ever recorded between the gentlemanly brothers, yet their intertwined professional lives ultimately diverged into a physical separation and distinct design vocabularies. Even so, the automatic bond between the brothers was never completely severed, and they continued to consult each other on projects for the rest of their lives. This critical monograph, which charts the brothers’ careers (together and apart), is illustrated with superb new photography and draws on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material.
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Testament
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Wright publie ‘A Testament' à l’âge de 90 ans, alors qu’il a déjà publié une autobiographie. Autant dire que ce texte se concentre sur l’activité architecturale plutôt que sur les aspects personnels et dresse un bilan de son œuvre. Auteur de nombreux textes théoriques, Wright s’efforce ici de diffuser sa pensée, avec notamment une présentation synthétique des neufs(...)
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Wright publie ‘A Testament' à l’âge de 90 ans, alors qu’il a déjà publié une autobiographie. Autant dire que ce texte se concentre sur l’activité architecturale plutôt que sur les aspects personnels et dresse un bilan de son œuvre. Auteur de nombreux textes théoriques, Wright s’efforce ici de diffuser sa pensée, avec notamment une présentation synthétique des neufs principes fondateurs de l’architecture organique et de faire connaître ses réalisations. Comprenant des illustrations détaillées sur 66 bâtiments et projets, ce livre peut en outre être reçu comme une véritable monographie sur un architecte qui a exercé une influence considérable sur tous les courants du siècle. Traduit de l’anglais et présenté par Claude Massu.
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Périphériques’ frequent participation in the international ArchiLab exhibition in Orléans and their contribution to the Architecture Biennale 2002 in Venice are sure signs of the national and international recognition which they are receiving. In 2000, Birkhäuser first published an overview of their architectural work entitled M.I.N.N.E.S.O.T.A. now out of print, and the(...)
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juin 2003, Paris / Basel
News : Périphériques Architects
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Périphériques’ frequent participation in the international ArchiLab exhibition in Orléans and their contribution to the Architecture Biennale 2002 in Venice are sure signs of the national and international recognition which they are receiving. In 2000, Birkhäuser first published an overview of their architectural work entitled M.I.N.N.E.S.O.T.A. now out of print, and the time has come to document their latest works. This new volume describes Périphériques´ most recent buildings and projects. Amongst the realised buildings are the Maisons Icone and MR, the transformation of the Place Furstenberg in Paris, the Café Charbon in Paris, and no doubt the high point is the Cabinet d’art graphique at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Also included are a number of fascinating new projects such as the Small Towers in Tsumari, Japan, the concept for the Habitat shops in Paris and the urban plans for the new Parisian Cité Universitaire.
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Japanese architect Shuhei Endo can be defined as an architect of steel, since he distinctly favors this material in the buildings he designs, continually experimenting with its infinite possibilities. His works are apparently weightless: undulating sheets of steel are twisted into spirals and wrapped around buildings in overlapping layers, like petals of flowers, or(...)
Shuhei Endo : paramodern architecture
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Japanese architect Shuhei Endo can be defined as an architect of steel, since he distinctly favors this material in the buildings he designs, continually experimenting with its infinite possibilities. His works are apparently weightless: undulating sheets of steel are twisted into spirals and wrapped around buildings in overlapping layers, like petals of flowers, or arranged on different levels to create a membrane around open spaces. This approach is most evident in the "great roofs" that house Endo-designed offices, such as Rooftecture N (Nisinomiya, Hyogo, 1998), or spaces for relaxation and meetings, such as Rooftecture T (Fukui, 1997), as well as private homes, such as Springtecture H (Harima, 1998) and Rooftecture M (Maruoka, 2001). Born in 1960 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, he graduated in 1986 from the Kyoto School of Art and then joined the Osamu Ishii & Biken Associates architectural studio. In 1988 he founded the Shuhei Endo Institute in Osaka and began teaching at Kinki University, Kobe Design University, and the Fukui Institute of Technology.
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Architecte, décorateur, créateur de mobilier, élève et collaborateur de Victor Horta, disciple de Frank Llyod Wright, Antoine Courtens (1899-1969) est le principal représentant de l'Art Déco en Belgique. Il est l'auteur du domaine Estérel dans les Laurentides au Canada.
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janvier 2003, Bruxelles
Antoine Courtens : créateur art déco
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Architecte, décorateur, créateur de mobilier, élève et collaborateur de Victor Horta, disciple de Frank Llyod Wright, Antoine Courtens (1899-1969) est le principal représentant de l'Art Déco en Belgique. Il est l'auteur du domaine Estérel dans les Laurentides au Canada.
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Will Alsop: book 1
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Beginning with Alsop's student days at the Architectural Association in London, the book traces the architect's development through study abroad, competitions, collaborations with artists and fellow architects, early projects and built works up to 1990.
septembre 2001, London
Will Alsop: book 1
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Beginning with Alsop's student days at the Architectural Association in London, the book traces the architect's development through study abroad, competitions, collaborations with artists and fellow architects, early projects and built works up to 1990.
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Architectural drawings are charged with responsibility. They have a legal and contractual status, an educational function, command the act of construction and direct the work involved in constructing the building: drawings have a reason for being in the world that goes beyond their own limits. What happens when the drawing is freed from these responsibilities? What idea(...)
Fala architects: Butterflies farfalle
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Architectural drawings are charged with responsibility. They have a legal and contractual status, an educational function, command the act of construction and direct the work involved in constructing the building: drawings have a reason for being in the world that goes beyond their own limits. What happens when the drawing is freed from these responsibilities? What idea of architecture might emerge from drawings that can speak other languages? What might architecture become if it were free to experiment with other concerns? The series of drawings by fala presented in this book seem to ask exactly that question. They are drawings made after the fact. After construction, they are freed from the external responsibility of persuading or instructing; they have no duty to convince about anything that might exist beyond themselves. This is the opposite of the traditional linear process of sketch > drawing > construction. Here, the building acts as a preliminary sketch to the drawing.
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Since its establishment in 2003, the architectural practice SUEP. has been engaged in design activities based on the theme of “symbiosis with nature”. Led by Hirokazu Suemitsu and Yoko Suemitsu, the practice’s focus lies in not only bringing happiness to people or to the Earth, but to both. This book presents ten architectural projects undertaken by the SUEP. team,(...)
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juillet 2022
SUEP: 10 stories of architecture on earth
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Since its establishment in 2003, the architectural practice SUEP. has been engaged in design activities based on the theme of “symbiosis with nature”. Led by Hirokazu Suemitsu and Yoko Suemitsu, the practice’s focus lies in not only bringing happiness to people or to the Earth, but to both. This book presents ten architectural projects undertaken by the SUEP. team, introduced as a series of stories in order to highlight the trajectory of their thinking. In addition to these works, numerous investigations and studies conducted during the process of design and creation provide clues for thinking about the future of our planet.
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Ce volume présente des œuvres et des projets de Christoph Hesse Architects. Il s'agit de pavillons réalisés pour la documenta quinze de Kassel, de lieux ouverts, c'est-à-dire d'installations conçues comme des espaces de rencontre, de régénération de bâtiments en ruine transformés en musées ou en espaces publics. L'approche des projets est en phase avec l'esprit profond de(...)
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juillet 2023
Christoph Hesse Architects: Life/ Vita
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Ce volume présente des œuvres et des projets de Christoph Hesse Architects. Il s'agit de pavillons réalisés pour la documenta quinze de Kassel, de lieux ouverts, c'est-à-dire d'installations conçues comme des espaces de rencontre, de régénération de bâtiments en ruine transformés en musées ou en espaces publics. L'approche des projets est en phase avec l'esprit profond de la communauté, désireuse d'essayer de nouvelles choses et de les mettre en œuvre. Le studio aime penser à des projets qui, d'une manière ou d'une autre, déclenchent un processus pour construire différemment, toujours envisager de nouvelles perspectives, sortir des sentiers battus. L'intégration dans un processus de collaboration avec des personnes créatives de professions et de compétences différentes, la recherche d'une identité profonde, d'une construction écologique et autosuffisante sont des aspects présents dans le travail du studio, ainsi que la nécessité de rétablir un lien entre les individus, l'environnement et l'architecture.
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