Raumplan Versus Plan Libre

Raumplan Versus Plan Libre
Author: Adolf Loos
Publisher: 010 Publishers
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2008
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9064506655

This revised and updated edition looks anew at the respective merits of two giants of modern architecture. As well as featuring writings by the architects themselves, the book illustrates the evolution of the work of Loos and Le Corbusier, with detailed reference to their domestic projects, ranging from the Strasser House (1919) to the Last House (1932), and from Maison Domino (1915) to Villa Savoye (1932).

Freestanding Houses

Freestanding Houses
Author: Günter Pfeifer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2009-10-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3034604637

To continue developing existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in the field of residential building. For the success of the individual design, as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied, a deeper grasp of the underlying types is indispensable. For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presentations of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure. The fourth volume deals with the types of freestanding houses, whose all-around orientation allows for the optimal arrangement of all dwellings. A presentation of the freestanding house as an isolated element and as a building block for larger structures is followed by discussions of topics such as self-sufficiency versus neighborhoods, "Raumplan" versus "plan libre," and individuality versus density. Within each type, variants are distinguished according to type of access, number of floors, etc. The range of possible solutions is presented in uniform ground plans and sections newly drawn to scale.

Ideal Cities

Ideal Cities
Author: Ruth Eaton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780500341865

"In this richly illustrated book, the author explores the ability of ideal cities to stimulate reflection and change, and suggests under what conditions they might continue to exercise their vital function in relation to the urban environment of the future. The ideal cities presented by Ruth Eaton exist for the most part in the virtual domain of ideas, treading the fine line between dream and nightmare." - book jacket.

Towards a New Architecture

Towards a New Architecture
Author: Le Corbusier
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-04-09
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0486315649

Pioneering manifesto by founder of "International School." Technical and aesthetic theories, views of industry, economics, relation of form to function, "mass-production split," and much more. Profusely illustrated.

Open Architecture

Open Architecture
Author: Esra Akcan
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2018-04-09
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 303561377X

Toward an "open architecture": the International Building Exhibition in Berlin.

Re-readings: 2

Re-readings: 2
Author: Graeme Brooker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000726703

Re-readings 2 is a companion book to Re-readings, originally published in 2004. This second volume is testament to the growing interest and demand for clarification of the re-modelling, adaptation and transformation processes within the existing built environment. With increased interest in the sustainability and heritage agenda and emerging interest from non-European-centric areas of the world in this type of work, this book explores how the re-modelling of existing buildings is a sustainable and viable alternative to the construction of new buildings. Throughout this highly-illustrated book, drawings and photos of various projects from around the world highlight how the new fits into the existing. Case studies are analysed holistically, and include information on the practical issues and challenges of individual projects.

Architecture and Modernity

Architecture and Modernity
Author: Hilde Heynen
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2000-02-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780262581899

Bridges the gap between the history and theory of twentieth-century architecture and cultural theories of modernity. In this exploration of the relationship between modernity, dwelling, and architecture, Hilde Heynen attempts to bridge the gap between the discourse of the modern movement and cultural theories of modernity. On one hand, she discusses architecture from the perspective of critical theory, and on the other, she modifies positions within critical theory by linking them with architecture. She assesses architecture as a cultural field that structures daily life and that embodies major contradictions inherent in modernity, arguing that architecture nonetheless has a certain capacity to adopt a critical stance vis-à-vis modernity. Besides presenting a theoretical discussion of the relation between architecture, modernity, and dwelling, the book provides architectural students with an introduction to the discourse of critical theory. The subchapters on Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno, and the Venice School (Tafuri, Dal Co, Cacciari) can be studied independently for this purpose.

Decoding Homes and Houses

Decoding Homes and Houses
Author: Julienne Hanson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2003-10-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780521543514

Exploration of the relationship between the design of housing and domestic routine.