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Monumental caresSites of history and contemporary art
Monumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis. The book shows how artists address these issues, from Chicago and Berlin to Oslo, Bucharest and Hong Kong, in media ranging from marble and glass to postcards, graffiti and re-enactment. A multidirectional…
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- 9781526168092
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- 1 online resource (256 pages)
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The Gesamtkunstwerk in Design and ArchitectureFrom Bayreuth to Bauhaus
The history of modern design and architecture has seen many attempts to embrace and merge different art forms, and to bring art into the framing of everyday life and the organisation of modern society, in a process understood as total design or total architecture. These attempts were historically based on the romanticist idea of merging all art forms into a uniting and transgressing work of art…
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- 9788772194653
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- 1 online resource (368 pages)
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¡Prescindible organizado!Una agenda docente, afectiva y disidente para el pr…
Este libro eleva a escrutinio público la travesía del autor por algunos de los dominios que atraviesan la arquitectura. A su vez, reclama para las aulas la posibilidad de recrear afirmativamente un futuro deseable desde una ética y de lo creativo.
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- 9789560016256
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- 1 online resource (336 pages)
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Grunewald en OrienteLa Jerusalén germanojudía
A partir de 1933, el barrio de Rehavia, en Jerusalén, establecido como ciudad jardín a principios de la década de 1920, se convirtió en el epicentro de la comunidad judeoalemana de Israel. Allí llegaron entre otros los escritores Else Lasker-Schüler, Gershom Scholem y Martin Buber huyendo de la persecución nazi y, junto a muchos de sus compatriotas, crearon un auténtico microcosmos germ…
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- 9788419036315
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- 1 online resource (208 pages)
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Blue ArchitectureWater, Design, and Environmental Futures
2023 Finalist, PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning A guide to water-focused and climate-resilient architectural and urban design. Le Corbusier famously said, "A house is a machine for living in." We now confront the litany of environmental challenges associated with the legacy of the architectural machine: a changing climate, massive species die-off, diminished air and water qualit…
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Cómo vivir de la arquitectura
Una guía para vivir de la arquitectura de forma libre, estable y próspera, escrita por la fundadora de Líderes para la Arquitectura, la mayor comunidad hispanohablante de arquitectura y estrategia de negocio.Qué significa ser arquitecto hoy. Cómo funciona el mercado de la arquitectura. Cómo diseñar una verdadera propuesta de valor. Cómo liderar la venta, el dinero y los negocios. Cómo …
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Indian Architecture in PostcardsA New Perspective on a Modern Heritage
Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights i…
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- 9783839467169
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Melbourne Hall Garden
Explore the famous historical gardens of Melbourne Hall, widely considered one of the most treasured historical gardens in England. The garden is admired for its natural tunnel made up of the sweeping branches of an ancient yew tree, as well as its wrought iron arbour created by Robert Bakewell (known as the ‘Birdcage’, which made Bakewell famous, but also left him penniless). The…
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- 9780711282988
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Great Churches of London
Uncover the most remarkable examples of religious architecture in England on this grand tour of London’s great churches. With specially commissioned images and text by renowned photographer Derry Brabbs, this illuminating guidebook is informed by an abundant history, extending from the medieval to the modern day. And while the Great Fire of London and the Blitz destroyed many of London&r…
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- 9780711269248
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Neoliberalismo en ColombiaContextos, complejidad y política pública
"Pocas palabras han tenido tanto uso y tan variado en debates políticos y académicos desde los años noventa como neoliberalismo. A pesar de haberse vuelto un lugar común, no muchos trabajos se han dedicado a examinar la construcción y la circulación de este concepto., o a precisarlo, como una herramienta clave para entender el contexto colombiano. Además, mientras la sociología, la econ…
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