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595 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm
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595 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm
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- Emory Douglas -- Ruha Benjamin -- Anne H. Berry -- Sylvia Harris -- Anne H. Berry & Steven Heller -- Jennifer Rittner -- Kareem Collie -- Dorothy Hayes -- R. Vann Graves -- Jon Key -- Quinlin B. Messenger -- Anne H. Berry -- Colette Gaiter -- Steve Jones -- Terresa Moses -- Chris Rudd -- Kaleena Sales -- Lesley-Ann Noel -- Audrey G. Bennett -- Nii Kommey Botchway -- Cheryl D. Miller -- Alicia Olushola Ajayi -- David Pilgrim-- Kareem Collie & Penina Laker -- Mugendi K. M'Rithaa -- Jennifer White-Johnson -- Sloan Leo -- June A. Grant -- Michele Y. Washington -- Liz Ogbu -- Lesly-Ann Noel -- Lonny Avi Brooks -- Woodrow W. Winchester III -- Adah Parris -- John Jennings -- Folayemi Wilson -- Kelly Walters -- Vocasta Lachapelle -- Forest Young -- Schessa Garbutt -- Former and current design students -- Michelle Joan Wilkinson -- Sabine Maxine Lopez -- Aisha Richards -- Kelly Walters -- Rick Griffith -- Lesley-Ann Noel -- Lauren Williams -- Terrence Moline -- Maurice Cherry -- Malene Barnett -- Lesley-Ann Noel & Anne H. Berry -- Penina Laker -- Jennifer Rittner & Anne H. Berry -- Eddie Opara --,
- Berry, Anne H.,,
- Collie, Kareem,,
- Laker, Penina Acayo,,
- Noel, Lesley-Ann,,
- Rittner, Jennifer,,
- Walters, Kelly,,
- Louissaint, Renald,
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- African American artists Social conditions.,
- Graphic artists Social conditions.,
- African American aesthetics.,
- African American arts.,
- African diaspora.,
- Graphic arts United States.,
- Graphic arts.,
- Design United States.,
- Design.,
- Artistes noirs américains Conditions sociales.,
- Esthétique noire américaine.,
- Arts noirs américains.,
- Africains Pays étrangers.,
- Arts graphiques États-Unis.,
- Arts graphiques.,
- Design États-Unis.,
- Art and Design.,
- History of art.,
- Fine arts: art forms.,
- United States,
- Essay,
- essays.,
- Essays.,
- Essais.
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New York : Allworth Press, [2022], ©2022
New York : Allworth Press, [2022], ©2022
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The Black experience in design : identity, expression & reflection / Anne H. Berry, Kareem Collie, Penina Acayo Laker, Lesley-Ann Noel, Jennifer Rittner, Kelly Walters.
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595 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm
The Black experience in design : identity, expression & reflection / Anne H. Berry, Kareem Collie, Penina Acayo Laker, Lesley-Ann Noel, Jennifer Rittner, Kelly Walters.
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595 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm
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New York : Allworth Press, [2022], ©2022
New York : Allworth Press, [2022], ©2022
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- Emory Douglas -- Ruha Benjamin -- Anne H. Berry -- Sylvia Harris -- Anne H. Berry & Steven Heller -- Jennifer Rittner -- Kareem Collie -- Dorothy Hayes -- R. Vann Graves -- Jon Key -- Quinlin B. Messenger -- Anne H. Berry -- Colette Gaiter -- Steve Jones -- Terresa Moses -- Chris Rudd -- Kaleena Sales -- Lesley-Ann Noel -- Audrey G. Bennett -- Nii Kommey Botchway -- Cheryl D. Miller -- Alicia Olushola Ajayi -- David Pilgrim-- Kareem Collie & Penina Laker -- Mugendi K. M'Rithaa -- Jennifer White-Johnson -- Sloan Leo -- June A. Grant -- Michele Y. Washington -- Liz Ogbu -- Lesly-Ann Noel -- Lonny Avi Brooks -- Woodrow W. Winchester III -- Adah Parris -- John Jennings -- Folayemi Wilson -- Kelly Walters -- Vocasta Lachapelle -- Forest Young -- Schessa Garbutt -- Former and current design students -- Michelle Joan Wilkinson -- Sabine Maxine Lopez -- Aisha Richards -- Kelly Walters -- Rick Griffith -- Lesley-Ann Noel -- Lauren Williams -- Terrence Moline -- Maurice Cherry -- Malene Barnett -- Lesley-Ann Noel & Anne H. Berry -- Penina Laker -- Jennifer Rittner & Anne H. Berry -- Eddie Opara --,
- Berry, Anne H.,,
- Collie, Kareem,,
- Laker, Penina Acayo,,
- Noel, Lesley-Ann,,
- Rittner, Jennifer,,
- Walters, Kelly,,
- Louissaint, Renald,
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- African American artists Social conditions.,
- Graphic artists Social conditions.,
- African American aesthetics.,
- African American arts.,
- African diaspora.,
- Graphic arts United States.,
- Graphic arts.,
- Design United States.,
- Design.,
- Artistes noirs américains Conditions sociales.,
- Esthétique noire américaine.,
- Arts noirs américains.,
- Africains Pays étrangers.,
- Arts graphiques États-Unis.,
- Arts graphiques.,
- Design États-Unis.,
- Art and Design.,
- History of art.,
- Fine arts: art forms.,
- United States,
- Essay,
- essays.,
- Essays.,
- Essais.
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655 pages : mostly color illustrations ; 31 cm.
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655 pages : mostly color illustrations ; 31 cm.
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- Skyscrapers Designs and plans.,
- Tall buildings Competitions.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century.,
- Visionary architecture.,
- Gratte-ciel Dessins et plans.,
- Architecture 21e siècle.,
- Architecture visionnaire.,
- visionary architecture.,
- Architecture, Modern.,
- Skyscrapers.,
- Immeubles de grande hauteur Conception et construction 1990-....,
- Architecture Concours.,
- Utopies architecturales.,
- Architecture Competitions,
- Architectural drawings.
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Los Angeles eVolo, 2016.
Los Angeles eVolo, 2016.
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eVolo skyscrapers. 3 / Carlo Aiello, editor-in-chief ; Paul Aldridge, Noemie Deville, Rami Sarabi, Anna Solt, Jung Su Lee, editors.
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655 pages : mostly color illustrations ; 31 cm.
eVolo skyscrapers. 3 / Carlo Aiello, editor-in-chief ; Paul Aldridge, Noemie Deville, Rami Sarabi, Anna Solt, Jung Su Lee, editors.
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655 pages : mostly color illustrations ; 31 cm.
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Los Angeles eVolo, 2016.
Los Angeles eVolo, 2016.
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- Skyscrapers Designs and plans.,
- Tall buildings Competitions.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century.,
- Visionary architecture.,
- Gratte-ciel Dessins et plans.,
- Architecture 21e siècle.,
- Architecture visionnaire.,
- visionary architecture.,
- Architecture, Modern.,
- Skyscrapers.,
- Immeubles de grande hauteur Conception et construction 1990-....,
- Architecture Concours.,
- Utopies architecturales.,
- Architecture Competitions,
- Architectural drawings.
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xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- Kamin, Blair,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago.,
- Architecture,
- Buildings,
- Städtebau,
- Architektur,
- Architekturkritik,
- Bouwkunst.,
- Stedenbouw.,
- Arquitetura Chicago (Ill.),
- Estruturas.,
- Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- Chicago (Ill.) Constructions.,
- Illinois Chicago,
- Chicago, Ill.,
- Newspaper columns.,
- Writings.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
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Why architecture matters : lessons from Chicago / Blair Kamin.
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xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Why architecture matters : lessons from Chicago / Blair Kamin.
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xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
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- Kamin, Blair,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago.,
- Architecture,
- Buildings,
- Städtebau,
- Architektur,
- Architekturkritik,
- Bouwkunst.,
- Stedenbouw.,
- Arquitetura Chicago (Ill.),
- Estruturas.,
- Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- Chicago (Ill.) Constructions.,
- Illinois Chicago,
- Chicago, Ill.,
- Newspaper columns.,
- Writings.
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xxiv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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xxiv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Architecture United States History 21st century.,
- City planning United States History 21st century.,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago History.,
- City planning Illinois Chicago History 21st century.,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire.,
- Architecture.,
- City planning.,
- Architekturkritik.,
- Städtebau.,
- Arkitektur Förenta staterna 2000-talet.,
- Stadsplanering Förenta staterna 2000-talet.,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago History 21st century.,
- Illinois Chicago.,
- United States.,
- USA.,
- Chicago.,
- Architectural criticism,
- Nonfiction,
- History.
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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Terror and wonder : architecture in a tumultuous age / Blair Kamin.
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xxiv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Terror and wonder : architecture in a tumultuous age / Blair Kamin.
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xxiv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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- Architecture United States History 21st century.,
- City planning United States History 21st century.,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago History.,
- City planning Illinois Chicago History 21st century.,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire.,
- Architecture.,
- City planning.,
- Architekturkritik.,
- Städtebau.,
- Arkitektur Förenta staterna 2000-talet.,
- Stadsplanering Förenta staterna 2000-talet.,
- Architecture Illinois Chicago History 21st century.,
- Illinois Chicago.,
- United States.,
- USA.,
- Chicago.,
- Architectural criticism,
- Nonfiction,
- History.
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xi, 247 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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xi, 247 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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- Alison Place -- essay by Claudia Marina -- dialogue with Griselda Flesler -- essay by Aggie Toppins -- dialogue with Aasawari Kulkarni -- essay by Jennifer Armbrust -- Alison Place -- essay by Maryam Mustafa -- case study by Elizabeth Pérez -- dialogue with Aimi Hamraie -- case study by Gaby Hernández -- case study by Ashley K. Eberhart, Elizabeth Byrd, Madeline Avram Blount, Manon Vergerio, and Velvet A. Johnson Ross -- Alison Place -- dialogue with Eden Laurin and Ellen Kellogg -- case study by Rebecca Tegtmeyer -- case study by Jeff Kasper -- dialogue with Rachael Dietkus -- case study by Laura Devendorf -- case study by Attia Taylor -- case study by Alexandra Crosby and Ilaria Vanni -- Alison Place -- essay by Becky Nasadowski -- dialogue with Benedetta Crippa -- case study by Cami Rincón and Andrew Mallinson -- essay by Margaret Middleton -- dialogue with Ayako Takase and Heather Snyder Quinn -- Dina Benbrahim -- Alison Place -- dialogue with Jenn Roberts -- case study by Alexis Hope -- case study by Joana Varon -- essay by Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard -- case study by Una Lee -- Alison Place -- dialogue with Sarah Williams and Mandy Harris Williams -- case study by Lauren Lee McCarthy -- case study by In-ah Shin -- essay by Victor G. Martinez -- dialogue with Maya Ober and Nina Paim.,
- Place, Alison (Alison L.),
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
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Feminist designer : on the personal and the political in design / edited by Alison Place.
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xi, 247 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Feminist designer : on the personal and the political in design / edited by Alison Place.
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xi, 247 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
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- Alison Place -- essay by Claudia Marina -- dialogue with Griselda Flesler -- essay by Aggie Toppins -- dialogue with Aasawari Kulkarni -- essay by Jennifer Armbrust -- Alison Place -- essay by Maryam Mustafa -- case study by Elizabeth Pérez -- dialogue with Aimi Hamraie -- case study by Gaby Hernández -- case study by Ashley K. Eberhart, Elizabeth Byrd, Madeline Avram Blount, Manon Vergerio, and Velvet A. Johnson Ross -- Alison Place -- dialogue with Eden Laurin and Ellen Kellogg -- case study by Rebecca Tegtmeyer -- case study by Jeff Kasper -- dialogue with Rachael Dietkus -- case study by Laura Devendorf -- case study by Attia Taylor -- case study by Alexandra Crosby and Ilaria Vanni -- Alison Place -- essay by Becky Nasadowski -- dialogue with Benedetta Crippa -- case study by Cami Rincón and Andrew Mallinson -- essay by Margaret Middleton -- dialogue with Ayako Takase and Heather Snyder Quinn -- Dina Benbrahim -- Alison Place -- dialogue with Jenn Roberts -- case study by Alexis Hope -- case study by Joana Varon -- essay by Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard -- case study by Una Lee -- Alison Place -- dialogue with Sarah Williams and Mandy Harris Williams -- case study by Lauren Lee McCarthy -- case study by In-ah Shin -- essay by Victor G. Martinez -- dialogue with Maya Ober and Nina Paim.,
- Place, Alison (Alison L.),
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627 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm.
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627 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm.
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- Skyscrapers Designs and plans.,
- Tall buildings Competitions.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century.,
- Visionary architecture.,
- Gratte-ciel Dessins et plans.,
- Architecture 21e siècle.,
- Architecture visionnaire.,
- visionary architecture.,
- Art and Design.,
- Architecture, Modern.,
- Skyscrapers.,
- Architectural drawings.
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Los Angeles : EVolo, ©2014.
Los Angeles : EVolo, ©2014.
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EVolo skyscrapers. 2, 150 new projects redefine building high / editor-in-chief, Carlo Aiello ; editors, Paul Aldridge [and others].
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627 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm.
EVolo skyscrapers. 2, 150 new projects redefine building high / editor-in-chief, Carlo Aiello ; editors, Paul Aldridge [and others].
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627 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm.
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Los Angeles : EVolo, ©2014.
Los Angeles : EVolo, ©2014.
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- Skyscrapers Designs and plans.,
- Tall buildings Competitions.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century.,
- Visionary architecture.,
- Gratte-ciel Dessins et plans.,
- Architecture 21e siècle.,
- Architecture visionnaire.,
- visionary architecture.,
- Art and Design.,
- Architecture, Modern.,
- Skyscrapers.,
- Architectural drawings.
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Today, many feel fettered by insomnia, untouchability, and restrictions on movement. Looking for a more holistic approach to bodily and mental health, this book explores architectures and elementary forms of care and healing in different time periods: from the powers of sleep, touch, and travel in Asklepieia, the ancient healing temples for divine dream encounters(...)
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Today, many feel fettered by insomnia, untouchability, and restrictions on movement. Looking for a more holistic approach to bodily and mental health, this book explores architectures and elementary forms of care and healing in different time periods: from the powers of sleep, touch, and travel in Asklepieia, the ancient healing temples for divine dream encounters(...)
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Architecture of healing: Cure through sleep, touch, and travel
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Today, many feel fettered by insomnia, untouchability, and restrictions on movement. Looking for a more holistic approach to bodily and mental health, this book explores architectures and elementary forms of care and healing in different time periods: from the powers of sleep, touch, and travel in Asklepieia, the ancient healing temples for divine dream encounters alleviating the pain of the ailing pilgrim; to the attentiveness carried through the healing touch from the establishment of Byzantine hospitals till our times; to a pilgrimage center in modern-day Lesbos on a personal search for healing from the traumas of war and patriarchy; to the liberating and self-preserving powers of sleep as a healing response to past and current systems of oppression.
Architecture of healing: Cure through sleep, touch, and travel
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Today, many feel fettered by insomnia, untouchability, and restrictions on movement. Looking for a more holistic approach to bodily and mental health, this book explores architectures and elementary forms of care and healing in different time periods: from the powers of sleep, touch, and travel in Asklepieia, the ancient healing temples for divine dream encounters alleviating the pain of the ailing pilgrim; to the attentiveness carried through the healing touch from the establishment of Byzantine hospitals till our times; to a pilgrimage center in modern-day Lesbos on a personal search for healing from the traumas of war and patriarchy; to the liberating and self-preserving powers of sleep as a healing response to past and current systems of oppression.
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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The need to personalize our surroundings is a defining human characteristic. For some this need becomes a compulsion to transform their personal surroundings into works of art. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has undertaken the mission to preserve these environments, which are presented for the first time in Sublime Spaces and Visionary(...)
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The need to personalize our surroundings is a defining human characteristic. For some this need becomes a compulsion to transform their personal surroundings into works of art. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has undertaken the mission to preserve these environments, which are presented for the first time in Sublime Spaces and Visionary(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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November 2007, New York
November 2007, New York
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Sublime spaces & visionary worlds : Built environments of vernacular artists
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The need to personalize our surroundings is a defining human characteristic. For some this need becomes a compulsion to transform their personal surroundings into works of art. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has undertaken the mission to preserve these environments, which are presented for the first time in Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds. This colorful and inspiring book features the work of twenty-two vernacular artists whose locales, personal histories, and reasons for art-making vary widely but who all share a powerful connection to home-as-art environments. Featured projects range from art environments that remain intact, such as Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers in California, to sites lost over the years such as Emery Blagdon’s six hundred elaborate "Healing Machines," made of copper, aluminum, tinfoil, magnets, ribbons, farm machinery parts, painted light bulbs, beads, coffee can lids, and more. Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds is the first book to explore these spectacularly offbeat spaces in detail. From the "Original Rhinestone Cowboy" Loy Bowlin’s wall-to-wall glitter-and-foil living room to the concrete bestiary of the "witch of Fox Point" Mary Nohl, each artist and project is described in detail through a wealth of visuals and text. Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds reminds us that our decorative choices tell the world not just what we like but who we are.
Sublime spaces & visionary worlds : Built environments of vernacular artists
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The need to personalize our surroundings is a defining human characteristic. For some this need becomes a compulsion to transform their personal surroundings into works of art. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has undertaken the mission to preserve these environments, which are presented for the first time in Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds. This colorful and inspiring book features the work of twenty-two vernacular artists whose locales, personal histories, and reasons for art-making vary widely but who all share a powerful connection to home-as-art environments. Featured projects range from art environments that remain intact, such as Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers in California, to sites lost over the years such as Emery Blagdon’s six hundred elaborate "Healing Machines," made of copper, aluminum, tinfoil, magnets, ribbons, farm machinery parts, painted light bulbs, beads, coffee can lids, and more. Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds is the first book to explore these spectacularly offbeat spaces in detail. From the "Original Rhinestone Cowboy" Loy Bowlin’s wall-to-wall glitter-and-foil living room to the concrete bestiary of the "witch of Fox Point" Mary Nohl, each artist and project is described in detail through a wealth of visuals and text. Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds reminds us that our decorative choices tell the world not just what we like but who we are.
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Although the seemingly apocalyptic scale of the World Trade Center disaster continues to haunt people across the globe, it is only the most recent example of a city tragically wounded. Cities are, in fact, perpetually caught up in cycles of degeneration and renewal. As with the WTC, from time to time these cycles are severely ruptured by a sudden, unpredictable event.(...)
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Although the seemingly apocalyptic scale of the World Trade Center disaster continues to haunt people across the globe, it is only the most recent example of a city tragically wounded. Cities are, in fact, perpetually caught up in cycles of degeneration and renewal. As with the WTC, from time to time these cycles are severely ruptured by a sudden, unpredictable event.(...)
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Wounded cities : destruction and reconstruction in a globalized world
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Although the seemingly apocalyptic scale of the World Trade Center disaster continues to haunt people across the globe, it is only the most recent example of a city tragically wounded. Cities are, in fact, perpetually caught up in cycles of degeneration and renewal. As with the WTC, from time to time these cycles are severely ruptured by a sudden, unpredictable event. In the wake of recent terrorist activities, this timely book explores how urban populations are affected by "wounds" inflicted through violence, civil wars, overbuilding, drug trafficking, and the collapse of infrastructures, as well as "natural" disasters such as earthquakes. Mexico City, New York, Beirut, Belfast, Bangkok and Baghdad are just a few examples of cities riddled with problems that undermine, on a daily basis, the quality of urban life. What does it mean for urban dwellers when the infrastructure of a city collapses – transport, communication grids, heat, light, roads, water, and sanitation? What are the effects of foreign investment and huge construction projects on urban populations and how does this change the "look" and character of a city? How does drug trafficking intersect with class, race, and gender, and what impact does it have on vulnerable urban communities? How do political corruption and mafia networks distort the built environment? Drawing on in-depth case studies from across the globe, this book answers these intriguing questions through its rigorous consideration of changing global and national contexts, social movements, and corrosive urban events. Adopting a "grass roots up" approach, it places emphasis on people’s experiences of uneven development and inequality, their engagement with memory in the face of continual change, and the relevance of political activism to bettering their lives. It is especially attentive to the historical interaction of particular cities with wider political and economic forces, as these interactions have shaped local governance over time. Imagining each city as a "body politic", the authors consider its capacity both to mediate local conflict and to broach the healing of wounds.
Wounded cities : destruction and reconstruction in a globalized world
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Although the seemingly apocalyptic scale of the World Trade Center disaster continues to haunt people across the globe, it is only the most recent example of a city tragically wounded. Cities are, in fact, perpetually caught up in cycles of degeneration and renewal. As with the WTC, from time to time these cycles are severely ruptured by a sudden, unpredictable event. In the wake of recent terrorist activities, this timely book explores how urban populations are affected by "wounds" inflicted through violence, civil wars, overbuilding, drug trafficking, and the collapse of infrastructures, as well as "natural" disasters such as earthquakes. Mexico City, New York, Beirut, Belfast, Bangkok and Baghdad are just a few examples of cities riddled with problems that undermine, on a daily basis, the quality of urban life. What does it mean for urban dwellers when the infrastructure of a city collapses – transport, communication grids, heat, light, roads, water, and sanitation? What are the effects of foreign investment and huge construction projects on urban populations and how does this change the "look" and character of a city? How does drug trafficking intersect with class, race, and gender, and what impact does it have on vulnerable urban communities? How do political corruption and mafia networks distort the built environment? Drawing on in-depth case studies from across the globe, this book answers these intriguing questions through its rigorous consideration of changing global and national contexts, social movements, and corrosive urban events. Adopting a "grass roots up" approach, it places emphasis on people’s experiences of uneven development and inequality, their engagement with memory in the face of continual change, and the relevance of political activism to bettering their lives. It is especially attentive to the historical interaction of particular cities with wider political and economic forces, as these interactions have shaped local governance over time. Imagining each city as a "body politic", the authors consider its capacity both to mediate local conflict and to broach the healing of wounds.
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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"Geothermal Larderello" investigates contemporary urbanism by looking at the evolution of human settlement patterns in relation to geothermal energy in Larderello, Italy. Larderello is "off the map," and virtually unknown to Tuscan residents and tourists, but is one of the world's centers of geothermal power research. Alternative futures for this industrial town, which(...)
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"Geothermal Larderello" investigates contemporary urbanism by looking at the evolution of human settlement patterns in relation to geothermal energy in Larderello, Italy. Larderello is "off the map," and virtually unknown to Tuscan residents and tourists, but is one of the world's centers of geothermal power research. Alternative futures for this industrial town, which(...)
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September 2005, New York
September 2005, New York
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Geothermal Larderello : Tuscany, Italy
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"Geothermal Larderello" investigates contemporary urbanism by looking at the evolution of human settlement patterns in relation to geothermal energy in Larderello, Italy. Larderello is "off the map," and virtually unknown to Tuscan residents and tourists, but is one of the world's centers of geothermal power research. Alternative futures for this industrial town, which was planned by Giovanni Michelucci in the 1950s, are discussed within the context of sustainability, economics, programming, and environment. In ancient times, the Valley de Cecina was home to a spa and renowned for its healing thermal waters, while in the modern era, this steam was harnessed to generate electricity for district heating and for other uses. Larderello, with its unique landscape of agricultural fields, olive trees, cooling towers, and miles of above-ground steam pipes, is a case study for the possible confluence of geothermal power and urban design issues.
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"Geothermal Larderello" investigates contemporary urbanism by looking at the evolution of human settlement patterns in relation to geothermal energy in Larderello, Italy. Larderello is "off the map," and virtually unknown to Tuscan residents and tourists, but is one of the world's centers of geothermal power research. Alternative futures for this industrial town, which was planned by Giovanni Michelucci in the 1950s, are discussed within the context of sustainability, economics, programming, and environment. In ancient times, the Valley de Cecina was home to a spa and renowned for its healing thermal waters, while in the modern era, this steam was harnessed to generate electricity for district heating and for other uses. Larderello, with its unique landscape of agricultural fields, olive trees, cooling towers, and miles of above-ground steam pipes, is a case study for the possible confluence of geothermal power and urban design issues.
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