100 Great Extensions & Renovations

100 Great Extensions & Renovations
Author: Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Images Publishing
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781920744519
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Homeowners search continuously for ways in which to rework existing residential space - for improved size, comfort, functionality and financial gain. As demonstrated in this timely publication, an architect must possess significant skill to create such

Being Modern

Being Modern
Author: Robert Bud
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2018-10-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 178735394X
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In the early decades of the twentieth century, engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of modernity. This phenomenon is now attracting increasing attention in different historical specialties. Being Modern builds on this recent scholarly interest to explore engagement with science across culture from the end of the nineteenth century to approximately 1940. Addressing the breadth of cultural forms in Britain and the western world from the architecture of Le Corbusier to working class British science fiction, Being Modern paints a rich picture. Seventeen distinguished contributors from a range of fields including the cultural study of science and technology, art and architecture, English culture and literature examine the issues involved. The book will be a valuable resource for students, and a spur to scholars to further examination of culture as an interconnected web of which science is a critical part, and to supersede such tired formulations as 'Science and culture'.

Robert Camelot

Robert Camelot
Author: Gilles Ragot
Publisher: Mardaga Editions
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1988
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:
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Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge

Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge
Author: Jean-Pierre Chupin
Publisher: Potential Architecture Books
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2015-01-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0992131707
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[Winner of the 2016 Bronze medal in Architecture, Independent Publisher Book Awards] This book comprises a series of 22 case studies by renowned experts and new scholars in the field of architecture competition research. In 2015, it constitutes the most comprehensive survey of the dynamics behind the definition, organization, judging, archiving and publishing of architectural, landscape and urban design competitions in the world. These richly documented contributions revolve around a few questions that can be summarized in a two-fold critical interrogation: How can design competitions - these historical democratic devices, both praised and dreaded by designers - be considered laboratories for the production of environmental design quality, and, ultimately, for the renewing of culture and knowledge? Includes 340 illustrations, bibliographical references and index of over 200 cited competitions. Keywords: Architecture / International competitions / Architectural judgment / Design thinking / Digital archiving (databases) / Architectural publications / Architectural experimentation / Landscape architecture / Urban studies

Freeing Architecture

Freeing Architecture
Author: Junya Ishigami
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2018-07-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9782869251380
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Lightness, transparency, simplicity, and communion with nature are Japanese architect Junya Ishigami's watchwords. In his architectural masterworks, which he compares to landscapes, he eliminates the boundaries between exterior and interior space. For the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Junya Ishigami designed an exhibition that reveals, on an unprecedented scale, his latest research into freedom, fluidity, and the future of architecture. On the occasion of this exhibition, presented from March 30 to September 9, 2018, the Fondation Cartier will publish a book retracing the genesis of the project, including mixed photographs, drawings, models, and all the poetry inherent to Ishigami's work.