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C'est en tant que maire de Boulogne-sur-Seine que se mesure le rôle d'André Morizet, dans la structuration urbaine de la banlieue parisienne. Boulogne-Billancourt occupe une place particulière dans l'entre-deux-guerres : première ville de la banlieue parisienne sur le plan démographique, ville industrielle où s'implantent les industries aéronautique et mécanique, la(...)
André Morizet : un maire constructeur dans le grand Paris
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C'est en tant que maire de Boulogne-sur-Seine que se mesure le rôle d'André Morizet, dans la structuration urbaine de la banlieue parisienne. Boulogne-Billancourt occupe une place particulière dans l'entre-deux-guerres : première ville de la banlieue parisienne sur le plan démographique, ville industrielle où s'implantent les industries aéronautique et mécanique, la blanchisserie, lieu d'exacerbation des contradictions sociales et politiques, ville limitrophe de la capitale, jamais éloignée des lieux de pouvoir, elle se situe au coeur des nouveaux projets d'aménagement de la région, que Morizet promeut avec détermination.
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This paperback edition of Building for Tomorrow includes recent projects, including The Seed Cathedral in Shanghai, the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, and the Metropol Parasol in Seville. Readers can also explore Richard Rogers's instantly recognizable Lloyds Building, Bart Prince's extraordinary organic wooden houses, Frank Gehry's billowing titanium gallery, and Santiago(...)
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Building for tomorrow : visionary architecture from around the world
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This paperback edition of Building for Tomorrow includes recent projects, including The Seed Cathedral in Shanghai, the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, and the Metropol Parasol in Seville. Readers can also explore Richard Rogers's instantly recognizable Lloyds Building, Bart Prince's extraordinary organic wooden houses, Frank Gehry's billowing titanium gallery, and Santiago Calatrava's concrete beetle-like planetarium.
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From Rome’s Parthenon to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia; from the ancient village of Petra to Beijing’s Forbidden City; from New York’s Empire State Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this collection of 100 milestones of architectural history explores how they changed the course of architecture. Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building(...)
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The buildings that revolutionized architecture
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From Rome’s Parthenon to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia; from the ancient village of Petra to Beijing’s Forbidden City; from New York’s Empire State Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this collection of 100 milestones of architectural history explores how they changed the course of architecture. Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building unique, or groundbreaking? How do function, environment, and technology impact an architect’s vision? These questions and more are succinctly addressed in this wide-ranging tour of 100 of the world’s most important manmade structures. This compilation spans the ancient to the modern eras and represents nearly every continent.
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The history of modern architecture is diverse, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to the eye-catching flair of Beijing's CCTV Headquarters. Fifty Modern Buildings That(...)
Fifty modern buildings that changed the world
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The history of modern architecture is diverse, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to the eye-catching flair of Beijing's CCTV Headquarters. Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World is one of two new titles in the Design Museum Fifty series published in conjunction with London's Design Museum.
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Histoire de l'architecture
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Cette encyclopédie couvre l'histoire de l'architecture, des abris préhistoriques aux bâtiments les plus novateurs du XXe siècle, et s'adresse aussi bien aux amateurs d'art et de tourisme urbain qu'au grand public.
Histoire de l'architecture
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Cette encyclopédie couvre l'histoire de l'architecture, des abris préhistoriques aux bâtiments les plus novateurs du XXe siècle, et s'adresse aussi bien aux amateurs d'art et de tourisme urbain qu'au grand public.
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This global examination of boundary-pushing architecture challenges our perceptions of how buildings ought to look--and reveals how even the most unusual constructions can achieve iconic status. In this exploration of 100 controversial buildings, readers will discover not only how each building was constructed, but also the motivation behind its design, and the ensuing debates.
Why on earth did we built that: modern architecture explained
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This global examination of boundary-pushing architecture challenges our perceptions of how buildings ought to look--and reveals how even the most unusual constructions can achieve iconic status. In this exploration of 100 controversial buildings, readers will discover not only how each building was constructed, but also the motivation behind its design, and the ensuing debates.
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Cet ouvrage retrace 150 ans d'une fresque historique aux mouvement contrariés, animée d'une réflexion théorique sans cesse renouvelée : du mouvement anglais du XIXe siècle Arts and Crafts et du Bauhaus allemand, en passant par l'esthétique industrielle en France, au "tout-plasique des années pop et le design virtuel des années 2000...
Le design
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Cet ouvrage retrace 150 ans d'une fresque historique aux mouvement contrariés, animée d'une réflexion théorique sans cesse renouvelée : du mouvement anglais du XIXe siècle Arts and Crafts et du Bauhaus allemand, en passant par l'esthétique industrielle en France, au "tout-plasique des années pop et le design virtuel des années 2000...
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Antoni Gaudí, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando, Herzog & de Meuron... 75 grands noms pour incarner toute la diversité de l’architecture moderne, de 1880 à nos jours.
Visionnaires: les plus grands architectes
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Antoni Gaudí, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando, Herzog & de Meuron... 75 grands noms pour incarner toute la diversité de l’architecture moderne, de 1880 à nos jours.
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