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Delirious New York

Author : Rem Koolhaas
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580934102
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Delirious New York written by Rem Koolhaas and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century, population, information, and technology explosions made Manhattan a laboratory for the invention and testing of a metropolitan lifestyle -- "the culture of congestion" -- and its architecture. "Manhattan," he writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta Stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Koolhaas interprets and reinterprets the dynamic relationship between architecture and culture in a number of telling episodes of New York's history, including the imposition of the Manhattan grid, the creation of Coney Island, and the development of the skyscraper. Delirious New York is also packed with intriguing and fun facts and illustrated with witty watercolors and quirky archival drawings, photographs, postcards, and maps. The spirit of this visionary investigation of Manhattan equals the energy of the city itself.

The Software Architect Elevator

Author : Gregor Hohpe
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1492077496
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Software Architect Elevator written by Gregor Hohpe and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of software and IT architects is also transforming. Rather than focus on technical decisions alone, architects and senior technologists need to combine organizational and technical knowledge to effect change in their company’s structure and processes. To accomplish that, they need to connect the IT engine room to the penthouse, where the business strategy is defined. In this guide, author Gregor Hohpe shares real-world advice and hard-learned lessons from actual IT transformations. His anecdotes help architects, senior developers, and other IT professionals prepare for a more complex but rewarding role in the enterprise. This book is ideal for: Software architects and senior developers looking to shape the company’s technology direction or assist in an organizational transformation Enterprise architects and senior technologists searching for practical advice on how to navigate technical and organizational topics CTOs and senior technical architects who are devising an IT strategy that impacts the way the organization works IT managers who want to learn what’s worked and what hasn’t in large-scale transformation

Architizer

Author : Architizer
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580935915
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Architizer written by Architizer and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest spectacular celebration from Architizer of the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe. The Architizer A+Awards represent 2021's best architecture and products, celebrated by a diverse group of influencers within and outside the architectural community. Entries are judged by more than 400 luminaries from ﬁelds as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real-estate development, and technology, and voted on by the public, culminating in a collection of the world's finest buildings. Each year, winners are honored in this fully illustrated compendium, and on Architizer.com, the largest online architecture community on the planet. Featuring select A+Award winners, this is the definitive guide to the year's best buildings and spaces.

The Man in the Glass House

Author : Mark Lamster
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316453498
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Man in the Glass House written by Mark Lamster and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "smoothly written and fair-minded" (Wall Street Journal) biography of architect Philip Johnson -- a finalist for the National Book Critic's Circle Award. When Philip Johnson died in 2005 at the age of 98, he was still one of the most recognizable and influential figures on the American cultural landscape. The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, Johnson made his mark as one of America's leading architects with his famous Glass House in New Caanan, CT, and his controversial AT&T Building in NYC, among many others in nearly every city in the country -- but his most natural role was as a consummate power broker and shaper of public opinion. Johnson introduced European modernism -- the sleek, glass-and-steel architecture that now dominates our cities -- to America, and mentored generations of architects, designers, and artists to follow. He defined the era of "starchitecture" with its flamboyant buildings and celebrity designers who esteemed aesthetics and style above all other concerns. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: he was a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, an enfant terrible into his old age, a populist, and a snob. His clients ranged from the Rockefellers to televangelists to Donald Trump. Award-winning architectural critic and biographer Mark Lamster's The Man in the Glass House lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and endlessly contradictory life to tell the story of a charming yet deeply flawed man. A rollercoaster tale of the perils of wealth, privilege, and ambition, this book probes the dynamics of American culture that made him so powerful, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America.

Adjaye: Africa: Architecture

Author : David Adjaye
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500343160
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Adjaye: Africa: Architecture written by David Adjaye and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete overview of architecture in fifty-three African cities, seen through the eyes and images of one of the world’s leading young architects Educated in England, David Adjaye’s lifelong dream was to return to Africa as an architect to document the continent’s built environment. Over a decade, he tirelessly documented these dynamic, colorful cities, photographing thousands of buildings, sites, and public spaces, and letting each building speak for itself. The result was a stunning seven-volume work that has become an essential resource for all those interested in the burgeoning continent. The fifty-three cities featured in this remarkable study are grouped according to the terrain in which they are set: the Maghreb (north Africa); Desert; Sahel (the semi-arid transitional region between the Sahara and the south); Forest; Savannah and Grassland; and Mountain and Highveld. Each metropolis is illuminated by a concise urban history, maps, and satellite imagery, along with the dozens of photographs Adjaye has taken with an architect’s eye. This compact edition selects the highlights from over 4,000 buildings and places captured for the initial seven-volume work. The result is one of the most original, ambitious, and important architectural publications of our time.

Origins of Architectural Pleasure

Author : Grant Hildebrand
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520215054
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Origins of Architectural Pleasure written by Grant Hildebrand and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-06-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging study discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings that humans have found appealing--and useful for survival--from ancient times to the present. 119 photos. 6 line figures.

Rebuilding the Reichstag

Author : Norman Foster
Publisher : Overlook Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Rebuilding the Reichstag written by Norman Foster and published by Overlook Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, written by Norman Foster with invited contributions from others, is the architectural study of the new Reichstag. It is published almost exactly ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and fifty years after the foundation of the Bundestag in September 1949." "Norman Foster discusses the design, evolution and construction of the building, highlighting the architectural, environmental and symbolic ideas that underlie the project. This discourse is punctuated with "interludes" by outside voices who offer complementary viewpoints. They discuss the Reichstag's place in the past and the future, the memories of ordinary people whose lives have been caught up in its dramatic past, the conservation of the marks of history on the building, and its design in the context of other parliaments." "These texts are illustrated with archive photographs, new photographic material from Rudi Meisel and others and Norman Foster's sketches and drawings. This material charts the transformation of the Reichstag from a grim relic of the past to an optimistic symbol of German democracy and European unity."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Le Corbusier: The Built Work

Author : Richard Pare
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580934714
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Le Corbusier: The Built Work written by Richard Pare and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most thoroughgoing survey of nearly all of Le Corbusier's extant projects, beautifully photographed and authoritatively detailed. Le Corbusier is widely acknowledged as the most influential architect of the twentieth century. As extensively researched and documented as his works are, however, they have never been exhaustively surveyed in photographs until now. Photographer Richard Pare has crossed the globe for years to document the extant works of Le Corbusier--from his first villas in Switzerland to his mid-career works in his role as the first global architect in locations as far-flung as Argentina and Russia, and his late works, including his sole North American project, at Harvard University, and an extensive civic plan for Chandigarh, India. Le Corbusier: The Built Work provides numerous views of each project to bring a fuller understanding of the architect's command of space, sometimes surprising use of materials and color, and the almost ineffable qualities that only result from a commanding synthesis of all aspects of design. With an authoritative text by scholar and curator Jean-Louis Cohen, Le Corbusier: The Built Work is a groundbreaking opportunity to appreciate the master's work anew.

Iggy Peck, Architect

Author : Andrea Beaty
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 161312984X
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Iggy Peck, Architect written by Andrea Beaty and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both parents and children will love Iggy Peck, Architect, a fun-filled, inspiring, colorful New York Times bestselling picture book, from author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts, about the power of teamwork and the importance of celebrating individual gifts and self-expression. Watch Iggy Peck in the Netflix television series Ada Twist, Scientist! “Read it at bedtime (it’s a quick read!), chuckle with your children, and send them to dreamland.” —American Institute of Architects Some kids sculpt sandcastles. Some make mud pies. Some construct great block towers. But none are better at building than Iggy Peck, who once erected a life-size replica of the Great Sphinx on his front lawn! It’s too bad that few people appreciate Iggy’s talent—certainly not his second-grade teacher, Miss Lila Greer. It looks as if Iggy will have to trade in his T-square for a box of crayons . . . until a fateful field trip proves just how useful a master builder can be. A story told in verse, this is a book that shows the power of education and science. Iggy Peck is a child who once “built a great tower—in only an hour—with nothing but diapers and glue.” The structured rhymes and lively illustrations fit the architectural theme, and the text uses absorbing details of Iggy’s world to bring the tale to life. Each of Iggy’s classmates has their own unique quality, implying the variety of personalities and potentials to be appreciated in any group of children. Young readers will love their time spent with Iggy Peck. They’ll love the story, colorful illustrations, and also learn about the passion and practicality of science (STEM). Check out all the books in the Questioneers Series: The Questioneers Picture Book Series: Iggy Peck, Architect | Rosie Revere, Engineer | Ada Twist, Scientist | Sofia Valdez, Future Prez | Aaron Slater, Illustrator | Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year The Questioneers Chapter Book Series: Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters | Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants | Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion | Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote | Ada Twist and the Disappearing Dogs | Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake Questioneers: The Why Files Series: Exploring Flight! | All About Plants! | The Science of Baking | Bug Bonanza! | Rockin’ Robots! Questioneers: Ada Twist, Scientist Series: Ghost Busted | Show Me the Bunny | Ada Twist, Scientist: Brainstorm Book | 5-Minute Ada Twist, Scientist Stories The Questioneers Big Project Book Series: Iggy Peck’s Big Project Book for Amazing Architects | Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers | Ada Twist’s Big Project Book for Stellar Scientists | Sofia Valdez’s Big Project Book for Awesome Activists | Aaron Slater’s Big Project Book for Astonishing Artists

Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and Architectural Sketches

Author : George Saumarez Smith
Publisher : Triglyph Books
ISBN 13 : 9781916355439
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and Architectural Sketches written by George Saumarez Smith and published by Triglyph Books. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Saumarez Smith is one of Britain's foremost classical architects. His sketchbooks display a supreme mastery that goes beyond technique and assumes the status of art.

Antoni Gaudí

Author : Judith Carmel-Arthur
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Antoni Gaudí written by Judith Carmel-Arthur and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Antoni Gaudi was among the greatest architects of the modern age. In his lifetime, Gaudi pushed the architectural craft to its limits, mastering ever steeper curves and creating some of the world's most magical and sensual buildings. Illustrated with over 50 color images of his creations, including the massive Cathedral of the Sagrada Familia, the Park Guell, Casa Mila and Casa Battio, this book celebrates Gaudi's inimitable talent in vivid detail."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Starchitects

Author : Julio Fajardo
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061968773
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Starchitects written by Julio Fajardo and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starchitects: Visionary Architects of the Twenty-first Century offers a complete and detailed catalog of some of the world's most brilliant architects working today. Featuring biographies and studio information as well as detailed plants, drawings, and photographs of each building, this book is a must-have compendium celebrating the work of the best and brightest—the stars of architecture.

Architectural Digest

Author : Marie Kalt
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847868486
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Architectural Digest written by Marie Kalt and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unrivaled survey of the most exciting contemporary interior design across the globe, curated by the editors of ten international editions of Architectural Digest. Since 1920, Architectural Digest has celebrated design talents, innovative homes, and products--providing endless decoration, lifestyle, and travel inspiration. With ten global editions, the magazine is an authority renowned all over the world for publishing only the very best of today's interior design. In this new volume--spearheaded by AD France's editor in chief, Marie Kalt--the editors of Architectural Digest's international editions have teamed up to thoughtfully curate a collection of today's most exceptional interiors around the globe. These diverse residential spaces span from the United States and China, to France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Spain, India, Mexico, and the Middle East, presenting each country's unique "AD style manifesto" and the work of design luminaries such as Peter Marino, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Jacques Grange, Joseph Dirand, and Bijoy Jain, to name a few. The featured projects range from Marc Jacobs's New York townhouse to Tommy Hilfiger's Connecticut abode and Seth Meyers's Manhattan duplex; a sumptuous eighteenth-century Italian villa and a Moroccan palace; Pierre Bergé's apartment and a hôtel particulier in Paris; a Majorca summer home; and a country house in Russia. Brimming with stunning images and rich international inspirations, this unparalleled compendium of global interiors is a must for every library of interior design.

Architecture Today

Author : James Steele
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714840970
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Architecture Today written by James Steele and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2001-01-05 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the prominent architectural movements of the last 25 years.

Frank Lloyd Wright on the West Coast

Author : Mark Wilson
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423634470
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright on the West Coast written by Mark Wilson and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings on the West Coast have not been thoroughly covered in print until now. Between 1909 and 1959, Wright designed a total of 38 structures up and down the West Coast, from Seattle to Southern California. These include well-known structures such as the Marin County Civic Center and Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, and many lesser-known gems such as the 1909 Stewart House near Santa Barbara. With more than 200 photographs by veteran architectural photographer Joel Puliatti and 50 archival images (many of which have never been seen in print before), this comprehensive survey of Wright’s West Coast legacy features background information on the clients’ relationships with Wright, including insights gleaned from correspondence with the original owners and interviews with many of the current owners.

The Creative Architect

Author : Pierluigi Serraino
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580934250
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Creative Architect written by Pierluigi Serraino and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story behind a little-known episode in the annals of modern architecture and psychology—a 1950s creativity study of the top architects of the day, including Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Richard Neutra, George Nelson, and dozens more—is now published for the first time. The story of midcentury architecture in America is dominated by outsized figures who were universally acknowledged as creative geniuses. Yet virtually unheard of is this intensive 1958–59 study, conducted at the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research at the University of California, Berkeley, that scrutinized these famous architects in an effort to map their minds. Deploying an array of tests reflecting current psychological theories, the investigation sought to answer questions that still apply to creative practice today: What makes a person creative? What are the biographical conditions and personality traits necessary to actualize that potential? The study’s findings have been gathered through numerous original sources, including questionnaires, aptitude tests, and interview transcripts, revealing how these great architects evaluated their own creativity and that of their peers. In The Creative Architect, Pierluigi Serraino charts the development, implementation, and findings of this historic study, producing the first look at a fascinating and forgotten moment in architecture, psychology, and American history.

Never Modern

Author : Irénée Scalbert
Publisher : Park Publishing (WI)
ISBN 13 : 9783906027241
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Never Modern written by Irénée Scalbert and published by Park Publishing (WI). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exceptional book on the London based studio 6a architects, architecture critic Irenee Scalbert looks at the role of narrative, history, appropriation and craft in the work of Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald. The book traces an architectural approach avoiding style, signature, theory and even concept in favour of metis, an ancient form of intelligence combining 'flair, wisdom, forethought, subtlety of mind, deception, resourcefulness, vigilance, opportunism, varied skills, and experience.' Structured around notions of situation, intervention, making, comedy, bricolage, chance and anthropology, the text is mirrored in a visual essay of archive photographs, artworks, film stills and recent projects by the practice.