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Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria
A sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral process In 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violence to suppress the protests, so that what began as pro-democracy protests eventually morphed into a civil war with heavy outside intervention. Today, the Assad regime has fallen, but large par…
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IslamesqueThe Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments
Who really built Europe's finest Romanesque monuments? Abbots and bishops presiding over holy sites receive mentions aplenty throughout history, while their highly skilled creators remain anonymous. But the buildings speak for themselves.In this groundbreaking book, Middle East cultural historian Diana Darke explores the evidence embedded in medieval monasteries, churches and castles across Eur…
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Botanical ArchitecturePlants, Buildings and Us
An original call to reorient architecture around our relationship to plants. When we look at trees, we see a form of natural architecture, and yet we have seemingly always exploited trees to make new buildings of our own. Whereas a tree creates its own structure, humans generally destroy other things to build, with increasingly disastrous consequences. In Botanical Architecture, Paul Dobraszczy…
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The Monument’s EndPublic Art and the Modern Republic
How today’s questions surrounding monuments and the ways we commemorate our past first arose in Rembrandt’s time Monuments occupy a controversial place in nations founded on principles of freedom and self-governance. It is no accident that when we think of monuments, we think of statues modeled on legacies of conquest, domination, and violence. The Monument’s End reveals how …
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Reforming SuburbiaThe Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands
The "new community" movement of the 1960s and 1970s attempted a grand experiment in housing. It inspired the construction of innovative communities that were designed to counter suburbia's cultural conformity, social isolation, ugliness, and environmental problems. This richly documented book examines the results of those experiments in three of the most successful new communities: Irvine Ranch…
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StanzeAbitare il desiderio
Che impatto hanno avuto l'industrializzazione, l'urbanizzazione, la cura dell'igiene, la nascita del design nel codificare le stanze delle case che abitiamo oggi? Cosa implica varcare una soglia, entrare in una camera? Il boudoir, l'antico salottino per signore in cui il Marchese de Sade ambienta uno dei suoi testi di maggior successo, quale significato politico può assumere? E che rapporto c'…
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Is Architecture Art?An Introduction to the Aesthetics of Architecture
Is architecture an art, like literature or music? Or is it more akin to science or engineering? Can buildings be artworks, just like paintings and sculptures, or does their fundamentally functional nature mean they cannot be considered pure works of art? Questions of architecture, art, and aesthetics do not allow for simple answers. But by asking such questions, we can usefully reveal the ways …
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- 9781350147737
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Hôtel Waldhaus Sils Maria
L'Hôtel Waldhaus a été bâti de 1905 à 1908 pour un hôtelier expérimenté, Josef Giger-Nigg, selon les plans de l'architecte Karl Koller, qui venait de s'établir en Engadine comme spécialiste des constructions hôtelières. Tant par son aspect extérieur que par son aménagement intérieur, cet hôtel témoigne de la transition entre l'exubérance de la Belle-Époque et les formes plus …
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Hotel Waldhaus Sils Maria
Das Hotel Waldhaus Sils Maria entstand 1905–1908 im Auftrag des erfahrenen Hoteliers Josef Giger-Nigg als Entwurf des Architekten Karl Koller, der sich damals im Engadin gerade als Hotelarchitekt etabliert hatte. Sowohl in seiner äusseren Erscheinung als auch bei der Ausstattung offenbart sich im Waldhaus die Weiterentwicklung von der überschwänglichen Formensprache der Belle Epoque zur sc…
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Architectural DetailingFunction Constructability Aesthetics
The industry-standard guide to designing well-performing buildings Aesthetics are a vital part of good design. Great design emerges from a deep understanding of the functionality and constructability of details. Good details provide clear, complete, and correct information to the wide variety of users that need them. Architects guide a project from design idea to buildable reality by working …
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