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"Provides much to savor."—Publishers Weekly Incorporating vivid hues, a palette of intriguing textures, and a scholarly understanding of exquisite objects, art, and furnishings, his work transcends period and milieu. His aesthetic spans the globe and the decades, from 18th-century English and European antiques to vintage French Modernism and the work of the finest international contemporary …
From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. In this pathbreaking study, Paul Betts brings to light the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past. The Authority of Everyday Objects details …
Präsentiert wird die Entwicklung des Faches Darstellungsmethodik an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar anhand ausgewählter Beispiele aus dem Zeitraum 1985 bis 2022. Die Gliederung orientiert sich an den Inhalten und Abläufen des Studiengangs an der Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik und führt mit Werkproben und Tutorien durch die Veränderung in der Architekturpräsentation. Vom Einführungs…
Germany of the 1920s offers a stunning moment in modernity, a time when surface values first became determinants of taste, activity, and occupation: modernity was still modern, spectacle was still spectacular. Janet Ward's luminous study revisits Weimar Germany via the lens of metropolitan visual culture, analyzing the power that 1920s Germany holds for today's visual codes of consumerism.
Elements of Garden Design does what few gardening books do--it addresses the process of conceiving a whole garden, as opposed to a single element like color or a particular class of plant. Joe Eck explores the idea of a garden, and offers a practical approach to translating concepts such as "intention" and "harmony" into the solid forms of hedges and terraces, paths and rooms. Novice and experi…
As old as a roadway that was once a Native trail, as new as the suburban subdivisions spreading across the American countryside, the cultural landscape is endlessly changing. The study of cultural landscapes—a far more recent development—has also undergone great changes, ever broadening, deepening, and refining our understanding of the intricate webs of social and ecological spaces that hel…
The little-known story of the White House's gutting and renovation during the Truman presidency: "Delightful and informative . . . plenty of entertaining drama." — Publishers Weekly In 1948, President Harry Truman, enjoying a bath on the White House's second floor, almost plunged through the ceiling of the Blue Room into a tea party for the Daughters of the American Revolution. A handpick…
Many planning systems are currently locked into growth-dependence, encouraging market-led development which can widen social inequalities and produce adverse environmental outcomes. This accessible book introduces students to the debates around growth and planning and sets out the solutions to promote genuinely sustainable communities. It includes: •a positive proposal for reform of the p…
L'idea di città-ponte sullo stretto di Messina dell'architetto Sacripanti, prima che venisse bandito il concorso, dà spunto ad una riflessione o meglio visione di città e di società con i suoi valori del tutto nuova che ritengo valga la pena affrontare. Così mentre l'attenzione indugia sulle immagini iconiche del passato, delle affascinanti costruzioni Babilonesi e delle liriche architettu…