Architetture indisciplinate

Apparentemente, l'architettura è tornata a essere uno strumento nelle mani di potenti ed esperti, perdendo tutta la sapienza vernacolare accumulata in millenni di abitare autogestito. Apparentemente, gli architetti si sono ormai arresi alle grandi committenze pubbliche e private, abdicando a ogni funzione critica. E tuttavia esiste una corrente – minoritaria, ma presente in tutto il mondo â€â€¦

SpainModern Architectures in History

An investigation of the influences and evolution of modern Spain's underappreciated, but foundational, architecture. Spain's remarkable twentieth-century architecture evolved against a turbulent background of revolution, civil war, dictatorship, and transition to democracy. Architecture played a key role in Spain's struggle out of poverty and isolation, and its search for identity in the modern…

Oxford

Discover Oxford, one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited, the city offers an unparalleled collection of the best of English building through the centuries. Matthew Rices Oxford is a feast of delightful watercolor illustrations and an informed and witty text, explaining how the city came into being and what to look out for today. While the focus is on architectu…

Landscape Architecture and Environmental SustainabilityCreating Positive Chan…

Winner of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) National Excellence Award (Research and Communication) 2017 Winner of the AILA VIC Excellence Award (Research and Communication) 2017 Highly Commended (Communication and Presentation) Landscape Institute Awards 2018 Landscape architecture has a pivotal role in ensuring environmental sustainability through design interventions. Th…

El juego como función arquitectónicaAprender a vivir desde la creación y l…

Eficacia y utilidad son los criterios que han primado en la arquitectura moderna, a menudo en detrimento de otras formas consideradas "menos serias" y aparentemente accesorias, como la del juego. Pero una cosa es diseñar espacios lúdicos y otra muy diferente es hacer de la arquitectura un jugar. Giancarlo Mazzanti cuestiona esta visión limitada y jerárquica al replantear las relaciones de l…

The Pocket Universal Principles of Interior Design100 Ways to Develop Innovat…

This smaller version of Universal Principles of Interior Designfeatures the concepts and guidelinesincluded in the original version. Master the art of interiordesign through the 100 laws, guidelines, ideas, and general considerations in this comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia. It’s the one reference interior designers need—for professionals and nonprofessionals alike. …

From Object to ExperienceThe New Culture of Architectural Design

Harry Francis Mallgrave combines a history of ideas about architectural experience with the latest insights from the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science and evolutionary biology to make a powerful argument about the nature and future of architectural design. Today, the sciences have granted us the tools to help us understand better than ever before the precise ways in which the built envi…

Historische Bibliothek der Gerda Henkel Stiftung

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Controlling London's GrowthPlanning the Great Wen, 1940 - 1960

The story recounted here--that of efforts in recent years to plan for Greater London--is both unique and important. It concerns a world metropolis that, faced with an urgent need to rebuild its war-damaged central areas while still at war, prepared a notable set of special plans. And it describes subsequent vigorous efforts to carry these plans into effect.The London record is singularly impres…

Hip-Hop Architecture

"This book is not for you. It is not for architectural academic elites. It is not for those who have gentrified our neighborhoods, overly intellectualized the profession, and ignored all contemporary Black theory within the discipline. You have made architecture a symbol of exclusion, oppression, and domination rather than expression, aspiration, and inspiration. This book is not for conformist…