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500 Small Houses of the Twenties
Spurred by a rapidly expanding economy and abundant resources of land, building materials and skilled labor, the dream of building and owning one's own home became a reality in America in the 1920s. With the beginning market for small- to medium-sized one-family dwellings came a succession of innovative home designs that transformed American domestic architecture. This outstanding book presents…
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A l'intérieurLes espaces domestiques du logement collectif suisse
"A l'intérieur", tel est le regard adopté par ce Cahier de théorie. Un point de vue particulier qui s'attarde sur le thème de l'espace intérieur et sur les dispositifs et éléments qui le caractérisent, dans le cadre de l'architecture du logement collectif et dans le contexte de la Suisse en particulier. Insérés dans une sorte de cheminement imaginaire, se déployant de l'intérieur ve…
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Breve historia de la mitología sumeriaMitos 1
Breve Historia de la Mitología Sumeria invita al lector a adentrarse en el mundo mesopotámico a través de los mitos que dieron lugar a una de las culturas más impresionantes del mundo oriental y que puso las bases de las diferentes civilizaciones. Esta obra recoge cómo la sociedad sumeria y en su defecto, la mesopotámica, basaba sus comportamientos en los mitos, ya que en su origen, los d…
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The Carpenter and the Architect
When Japanese architecture is mentioned today, images of temples or pagodas generally come to mind. Some may think of more contemporary works as well: massive modular walls of rough concrete poured in place and bearing imprints of their formwork in the manner of Ando Tadao, the lighter structures of Ito Toyo and Sejima Kazuyo, or the finely wrought facades of Kuma Kengo1, to mention only a few.…
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Machine HallucinationsArchitecture and Artificial Intelligence
AI is already part of our lives even though we might not realise it. It is in our phones, filtering spam, identifying Facebook friends, and classifying our images on Instagram. It is in our homes in the form of Siri, Alexa and other AI assistants. It is in our cars and our planes. AI is literally everywhere. Artworks generated by AI have won international prizes, and have been sold at auction. …
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Choosing ArchitectureCritism, History and Theory since the 19th Century
For centuries, architecture has been one of the most publicly discussed subjects, by architects and users or inhabitants, but also by critics, theoreticians, historians, and writers. This book offers an overview of these discussions in the Western world, by means of four thematic trajectories, focused on housing, society, history, and art. Each of these four chronological paths starts in the 19…
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Voices of Design LeadershipInsights from Top Collaborative Design Firms
Voices of Design Leadership Provides inspiration to architecture and design students and professionals through the insights, stories, and projects of successful design leaders Voices of Design Leadership seeks to educate, inform, and inspire a new generation of diverse design leaders. The work includes sixteen profiles of design leaders in architecture, interior design, planning, and resear…
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matières 13Effets d'échelle
On connaît la taille « habituelle » d'une colonne et de son chapiteau, d'une porte et de sa poignée, d'une fenêtre et de ses meneaux. Ces éléments peuvent exister hors de tout contexte – car ils renvoient à eux-mêmes – ou permettre de donner une dimension à l'espace précisément parce que leur échelle est bien connue; on parle ici d'une échelle géométrique, mesurée ou normé…
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Estabilidad e isostaticidad en la arquitectura
La obra está dirigida fundamentalmente a los estudiantes de los primeros cursos de la carrera de Arquitectura.Consiste en una introducción al análisis estructural en la edificación y obracivil, fusionando ordenadamente conceptos escogidos de diferentes disciplinaspara otorgarle unidad temática. Incluye un Capítulo dedicado a la Estática Gráfica de gran utilidad en el análisis de la tra…
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Concrete in SwitzerlandHistories from the Recent Past
A groundbreaking work resulting from the collaboration between the three major Swiss Architectural Archives and the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel. A historical assessment of the most controversial building material of our time, concrete, made by addressing a number of issues of global relevance from a particular vantage point: reinforced concrete construction in Switzerland. Through contri…
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