Shaping CeremonyMonumental Steps and Greek Architecture

Offering a fresh approach to ancient Greek architecture, Shaping Ceremony focuses on the overlooked subject of monumental steps. Written in a clear and readable style, the book presents three complementary ways of studying steps: examining how the human body works on steps; theoretical perspectives on the relationship between architecture and human behavior; and the socio-political effects of s…

Arquitectura urbanaEl ámbito público en Lima

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9786123185299

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1 online resource (156 pages)

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La montagna di Carlo MollinoArchitetture e progetti nelle Alpi

Abitualmente descritta come una delle tante"passioni" dell'eclettico architetto torinese, la montagna per Carlo Molino (1905-1973) è in realtà uno strardinario laboratorio sperimentale ed estremo, che ha contribuito in modo sostanziale a delineare il suo fare progettuale. Lo studio inedito dei progetti montani di Carlo Molino in relazione al milieu sociale e culturale dell'epoca, alle influen…

SullivanesqueUrban Architecture and Ornamentation

Sullivanesque offers a visual and historical tour of a unique but often overlooked facet of modern American architecture derived from Louis Sullivan.Highly regarded in architecture for inspiring the Chicago School and the Prairie School, Sullivan was an unwilling instigator of the method of facade composition--later influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Gray Purcell, and George G. Elmslie--…

Rupturing ArchitectureSpatial Practices of Refuge in Response to War and Viol…

This is the first book to critically and visually explore the spatial practices of refuge in response to conditions of war, violence, and displacement experienced in Iraq from 2003 to 2023. Written by an Iraqi architect who has lived through the trauma of several wars, 10 years of UN-imposed sanctions, an invasion, and the subsequent violence, this book captures a broad spectrum of spatial res…

Eclectic Interior Design HistoryA Journey of Blending Old and New Interior St…

"Eclectic Interior Design History: A Journey of Blending Old and New Interior Styles" explores the fascinating development of interior design by tracking the dynamic fusion of many historical inspirations with modern ingenuity. This fascinating book explores the intricate tapestry of design history, demonstrating how the eclectic approach skillfully combines several times, cultures, and aesth…

Humanism and the Urban WorldLeon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance City

In Humanism and the Urban World, Caspar Pearson offers a profoundly revisionist account of Leon Battista Alberti's approach to the urban environment as exemplified in the extensive theoretical treatise De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building in Ten Books), brought mostly to completion in the 1450s, as well as in his larger body of written work. Past scholars have generally characterized the…

How Architecture WorksA Humanist's Toolkit

The prize-winning scholar's "expert, holistic, down-to-earth guide" to the beauty and function of architecture (Booklist, starred review). We spend most of our days and nights in buildings. They are the setting of our everyday lives as well as a public art form. Yet architecture remains a mystery to most of us. In How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, a renowned critic and winner of the Vi…

Strongholds of the Border ReiversFortifications of the Anglo-Scottish Border …

A detailed examination of the Border fortresses involved in raids, or 'reives', on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border in the 13th - 17th centuries. In the year 1296, Edward I of England launched a series of vicious raids across the Anglo-Scottish Border in his attempt to annexe Scotland. The Scots retaliated and the two countries were plunged into 300 years of war in which the Borderland …

Gunnar Asplund's GothenburgThe Transformation of Public Architecture in Inter…

In the west coast port city of Gothenburg, Sweden, the architect Gunnar Asplund built a modest extension to an old courthouse on the main square (1934–36). Judged today to be one of the finest works of modern architecture, the courthouse extension was immediately the object of a negative newspaper campaign led by one of the most noted editors of the day, Torgny Segerstedt. Famous for his dete…