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Cities for a small planet

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In this book, based on his Reith Lectures of 1995, architect Richard Rogers offers a radical new blueprint for the future of our cities.

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Center Pompidou

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L'histoire du projet est reconstruite chronologiquement, de la première inspection du site à l'ouverture officielle du bâtiment, à travers des croquis, dessins, modèles, notes et bilans de construction. This book is a real journey through the conception of the Centre Pompidou, with the presentation of the unpublished archives from the Renzo PIano Building Workshop.

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Jan Kaplický Drawings

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Jan Kaplický (1937-2009) was a visionary architect with a passion for drawing. It was his way of discovering, describing and constructing; and through drawing he presented beguiling architectural imagery of the highest order. Many of his sketches, cutaway drawings and photomontages are brought together and celebrated in this book. These drawings date from the early years of his independent practice, Future Systems, in the 1970s, to his final ink drawings, executed in the mid-1990s. Featured projects range from design studies for the International Space Station, undertaken with NASA, to the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground, in London, winner of the 1999 Stirling Prize.

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Alvar Aalto: architect

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Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) is universally recognized as one of the masters of Modernist architecture. While the remarkable buildings he designed have been much studied, the story of how a young architect from a village in western Finland achieved such international prominence is little known. This new biography of Aalto is the first to offer a comprehensive and objective survey of his life, from growing up in the Finnish provinces to finding global acclaim, and also covers all his projects, from early work in Jyväskylä in the 1920s to Finlandia Hall, completed in Helsinki in 1971.

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Richard Rogers + architects: from the house to the city

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British architect Richard Rogers has been described as the last humanist, in recognition of his determination to create public spaces that encompass the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world. This publication takes a look at the work of Rogers and his partners, from his early career in the Sixties and Seventies onwards.

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De La Warr pavillion : the modernist masterpiece

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Designed by German émigré architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff and opened by the future King George VI in 1935, the De La Warr Pavilion on the south coast of England is the most important piece of Modern Movement architecture in Britain. The first major book on this landmark building, it tells the story of the pavilion’s genesis, construction, post-war decline and recent restoration, and celebrates its new life at the beginning of the twenty-first century as a vibrant cultural centre.