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Lebbeus Woods: Exquisite Experiments, Early Years
American architect Lebbeus Woods (1940–2012) remains a quiet hero not only among his colleagues, but also for architectural students intrigued by the ideas and fluent beauty of his powerful graphic verve, as well as of his writing. His projects from the mid-1980s until the end of his life have been widely published. However, this AD, in collaboration with the Estate of Lebbeus Woods, explores…
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Regeneration of Abandoned Spaces: A New Design Approach
Our urban landscapes are filled with "leftovers" — abandoned buildings and unused spaces, remnants of industrial decline and societal transformations. Regeneration of Abandoned Spaces: A New Design Approach investigates how design and architecture can revitalize these neglected areas, transforming them into dynamic, livable environments. This book is organized into three parts, each providing…
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Plano da qualidade de obras – PQOproposta de elementos para implantação d…
Devido aos grandes investimentos governamentais nas últimas décadas na área de habitação, o mercado da construção civil sofreu grande aquecimento e como consequência as empresas do mercado da habitação deparam-se com o desafio de atender a uma necessidade de aprimoramento de seus processos construtivos na busca por manter ou aumentar a qualidade do produto final fornecido a seus clien…
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The Architecture Heritage of Edirne
Edirne is a vibrant city of historical importance where civilizations have concentrated throughout the ages, with a unique architectural heritage. Constructions like the Selimiye Mosque from Sinan, the Old Mosque from the fifteenth-century, Üç ?erefeli Mosque, Sultan Beyazid II Mosque, and its many complexes, imarets (public soup kitchens), Dar al-Shifa (medical centers), hans (public inns), …
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Lilly ReichLa rivoluzione della spazialità tessile tra emancipazione e avang…
Nota soprattutto per l'intensa collaborazione con l'architetto Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, che l'ha portata spesso aun ruolo d'ombra, Lilly Reich èin realtà figura emblematica erivoluzionaria dell'architettonico-allestitivo del XX secolo edel ruolo sociale eprofessionale della donna. L'autonomia, perseguita eprotetta per l'intera carriera, la continua attività all'interno del Deutscher Werkbun…
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Building With FlintA Practical Guide to the Use of Flint in Design and Archit…
The use of flint is uniquely interlinked with the history of mankind. In the evolving relationship between humanity and the natural world, the provenance of flint as a resource is, arguably, unparalleled. Its continuing use today is simply another link in a long chain of association that can swiftly transport the craftsman back to his ancient ancestors. In historical terms, humans were relative…
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O museu experiência, uma abordagem brasileirao caso da Fundação Roberto Ma…
O conceito de museu experiência trata do desenvolvimento de instituições museológicas que buscam criar percursos sensoriais impressivos para o visitante, mediados pelas tecnologias da comunicação, cenografia expográfica e interatividade. Tal conceito se tornou um tema importante para a construção do espaço expositivo brasileiro contemporâneo, sobretudo devido à atuação da FundaçÃ…
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A New WorldEmperor Charles V and the Beginnings of Globalisation
The European Cultural Routes of the Emperor Charles V is one of the most significant routes to have been recognised by the European Council. Ruling over distant and strikingly differinglands, Charles V of Hapsburg, the greatest European monarchof the first half of the 16th century, governed an empire thatstretched from Holland and Germany to Spain and the Kingdomof Naples, in addition to his co…
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Territories of Disobedience
Architects build in and for a system that is not only pathological, but toxic. It is ruining the only planet we have, and we are clearly at the end of what is still possible within this ecology.The architecture presented in this book is a form of resistance – one which actively engages in the societies and territories it is inscribed in and which presents an antidote to the accelerating banal…
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The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design
The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, leading to the emergence of two contrasting styles: Art Nouveau and the International Style. Professor Nikolaus Pevsner brings clarity to this period of dynamic change by tracing the origins of twentieth-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts. Featuring a new foreword by the di…
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