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James Wines & Site : architecture dans le contexte

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Malgré l'importance historique de James Wines, ses multiples expositions (MoMA et Whitney Museum à New York, Victoria & Albert Museum à Londres, etc), et la parution récente de son ouvrage "L'architecture verte", le travail de Wines reste encore à découvrir. Réalisée dans le cadre de l'exposition "L'architecture dans le contexte" (Archilab 2002 à Orléans), cette monographie de l'architecte américain présente un ensemble important d'œuvres et de projets, réalisés ou non, de 1968 à aujourd'hui. Elle inclut également une série d'œuvres environnementales ("Landsite Sculptures"), réalisées entre 1960 et 1965.

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Gehry talks : architecture + process

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Documenting Gehry's work from 1988 to the present, this book traces his evolution from a Southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials to an international figure who has redefined modernism with his sculpturally expressionistic work.

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Indefensible space: the architecture of the national insecurity space

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Showing how the upswell of paranoia and growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these varied essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life. Starting from the most literal level—barricades and barriers in front of buildings, beefed up border patrols, gated communities, "safe rooms,"—to more abstract levels—enhanced surveillance at public spaces such as airports, increasing worries about contagion, the psychological predilection for fortified space—the contributors cover the full gamut of securitized public life that is defining the zeitgeist of twenty-first century America

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What goes up: the rights and wrongs to the city

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Michael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural writers in the world. In « What Goes Up » he takes to task the public officials, developers, “civic” organizations, and other heroes of big money, who have made of Sorkin’s beloved New York a city of glittering towers and increasing inequality. He unpacks not simply the forms and practices—from zoning and political deals to the finer points of architectural design—that shape cities today but also offers spirited advocacy for another kind of city, reimagined from the street up on a human scale, a home to sustainable, just, and fulfilling neighborhoods and public spaces.

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Stephen Talasnik: Panorama, monolithe intime

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S'exprimant principalement par la sculpture et le dessin, Stephen Talasnik crée des paysages architecturaux fantastiques, précis et détaillés, qui donnent à voir de grandes étendues d'univers inconnus qui semblent exister hors de l'espace et du temps et qui invitent le spectateur à explorer les espaces de mondes imaginaires. Le livre inclus de nombreuses réproductions en format panoramique, avec des textes par Andreas Schalhorn et Michael Sorkin. Publié pour accompagner l'exposition qui s'est tenue à Battat Contemporary, Montréal, du 7 septembre au 23 octobre, 2010. Working primarily within the media of sculpture and drawing, Stephen Talasnik produces sprawling, fantastical, architectural landscapes. Executed with detail and precision, these works open up unexpected and unfolding worlds, which seem to exist outside of defined time and space. Within these worlds, viewers are invited to imagine endless spatial and fictive possibilities. The book includes panoramic reproductions of drawings and sculptural installations, alongside essays by Andreas Schalhorn and Michael Sorkin. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Battat Gallery, Montréal, September 7 to October 23, 2010.

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All over the map: writing on buildings and cities

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This publication is an urgent response to the radical changes in contemporary architecture and the built environment witnessed in the twenty-first century. Characteristically polemic, incisive and energetic, these essays explore pressing questions of architectural and urban design, and critical issues of public space and participation. From New York to New Orleans, the Amazon to Jerusalem, Sorkin brings a critical eye to bear on a sweeping range of subjects. Whether castigating the sorry performance of the architectural avant-garde, considering the nature of place in globalized culture, or providing mock instructions for entering a high-security environment, these writings make a powerful and provocative case for architecture and urban design to re-engage with the lives and societies from which they have become increasingly detached.

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Pamphlet architecture #22 : other plans

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Michael Sorkin was commissioned by the University of Chicago in 1988 to produce an "alternative" master plan for its architectural revitalization. His studio had barely begun before they were dropped from the process. In the capacity of concerned alumnus, however, Sorkin and his group soldiered on and proposed schemes, shown here in models and colorful drawings.

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What is OMA : considering Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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This book provides a clear insight into the role and significance of Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Authors of international repute from beyond the province of architecture examine OMA's work in the light of social and economic developments. The many facets of Koolhaas come under review: his take on architectural theory and the conceptual apparatus he employs, his vision of urbanism and the contemporary city, the designs put into practice by OMA and the research projects of the AMO think-tank, which exist outside the immediate boundaries of architecture. Essays by Aaron Betsky, Ian Buruma, H.J.A. Hofland, Okwui Enwezor, Neil Leach, Matthew Stadler, Bruce Sterling, and Bart Verschaffel. Excerpts by Jean Attali, René Boomkens, Fredric Jameson, Fritz Neumeyer, Michael Sorkin, Anthony Vidler, and Sarah Whiting.

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Two hundred and fifty things an architect should know

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By turns poetic and humorous, practical and wise, this book is a celebration of the craft of architecture. A posthumous book by critic, architect, urban theorist, and educator, Michael Sorkin (1948-2020), this publication is filled with details that architects love to obsess over, from the expected (golden ratio and the seismic code) to the unexpected (the heights of folly and the prismatic charms of Greek islands.)

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All over the map

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All Over the Map is Michael Sorkin’s urgent response to radical changes in contemporary architecture and the built environment since 9/11. Characteristically polemic, incisive and energetic, these essays explore pressing questions of architectural and urban design, and critical issues of public space and participation. From New York to New Orleans, the Amazon to Jerusalem, Sorkin brings a critical eye to bear on a sweeping range of subjects. Whether castigating the sorry performance of the architectural avant-garde post 9/11, considering the nature of place in globalized culture, or providing mock instructions for entering a high-security environment, these writings make a powerful and provocative case for architecture and urban design to re-engage with the lives and societies from which they have increasingly become detached.