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Kontingenz, Künstlichkeit und TravestieZur Neubeschreibung von Themenarchite…
Die architekturtheoretische Aufarbeitung des weltweit metastasierenden Phänomens der Themenarchitektur ist durch Aggression und Unverständnis charakterisiert. Der Architekturdiskurs disqualifiziert die plakative, zitathafte Künstlichkeit thematischer Simulationsästhetiken als manipulative »Hyperrealität«. Christian Rabl begreift demgegenüber die rezeptiven Kontingenzeindrücke der sekun…
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Gilles Deleuze und die Anyone CorporationÜbersetzungsprozesse zwischen Philo…
Der US-amerikanische Architekturdiskurs der 1990er Jahre ist entscheidend von den Theorien Gilles Deleuzes geprägt. Die Aneignung seiner philosophischen Konzepte und jener, die er gemeinsam mit Félix Guattari entwickelt hat, findet vor allem innerhalb des architekturtheoretischen Netzwerks der »Anyone Corporation« statt: In ihren Diskursen wimmelt es von glatten Räumen, organlosen Körpern…
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Begegnung mit dem MateriellenPerspektiven aus Architekturgeschichte und Sozio…
Der Umgang mit Dingen und materiellen Strukturen gehört seit jeher zu den zentralen Erfahrungen ästhetischer Produktion. Zugleich eröffnen digitale Verfahren und ökologische Paradigmen aktuell neue Perspektiven. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes untersuchen, wie Begegnungen mit dem Materiellen in Architektur, Kunst und Gestaltung theoretisch beschrieben, historisch verankert und empirisch-soz…
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Architekturtheorie heute
Rücksichtslos drängen die digitalen Technologien heute allem und jedem ihre Logik auf. Sie lassen sich immer weniger auf die Bildschirme beschränken. So fordern sie gerade die Architektur als jene universale kulturelle Praxis heraus, durch welche die kulturelle Logik einer Zeit ihre Übersetzung in den Lebensalltag erfährt. In der Renaissance war es der Neoplatonismus, im Barock die Gegenre…
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Muthanna/Mirror Writing in Islamic CalligraphyHistory, Theory, and Aesthetics
Muthanna, also known as mirror writing, is a compelling style of Islamic calligraphy composed of a source text and its mirror image placed symmetrically on a horizontal or vertical axis. This style elaborates on various scripts such as Kufic, naskh, and muhaqqaq through compositional arrangements, including doubling, superimposing, and stacking. Muthanna is found in diverse media, ranging from …
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Geografie del rischioNuovi paradigmi per il governo del territorio
Il nostro paese è esposto a rischi e fragilità ambientali che rendono sempre più necessaria una pianificazione e una progettazione urbanistica modellate sui territori e attente alla sostenibilità dello sviluppo, anche a fronte dei sempre più frequenti eventi calamitosi connessi al riscaldamento globale. Si tratta di sfide che impongono uno sguardo di lungo periodo: l'azione umana può aver…
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LakefrontPublic Trust and Private Rights in Chicago
How did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfront—its most treasured asset? Lakefront reveals a story of social, political, and legal conflict in which private and public rights have clashed repeatedly over time, only to produce, as a kind of miracle, a generally happy ending. Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill study the lakefront's evolution fro…
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Architecture, Mysticism and Myth - With Illustrations by the Author
First published in 1892, this vintage book looks at religious, mystical, and mythological influences on architecture throughout history and from all over the world, exploring in detail similarities, design, purpose, and much more. Profusely illustrated throughout, "Architecture, Mysticism and Myth" will appeal to those with an interest in religious architecture and would make for a worthy addit…
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Architecture of Middle TennesseeThe Historic American Buildings Survey
First published in 1974, Architecture of Middle Tennessee quickly became a record of some of the region's most important and most endangered buildings. Based primarily upon photographs, measured drawings, and historical and architectural information assembled by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service in 1970 and 1971, the book was conceived of as a record of buildin…
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J. C. Nichols and the Shaping of Kansas CityInnovation in Planned Residential…
Born and reared on the outskirts of Kansas City in Olathe, Kansas, Jesse Clyde Nichols (1880-1950) was a creative genius in land development. He grew up witnessing the cycles of development and decline characteristics of Kansas City and other American cities during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These early memories contributed to his interest in real estate and led him to p…
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