This book, first published in Finnish in 1985 under the title Aalto, is a critical introduction to Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), written by one of Aaltos Finnish architectural contemporaries, Kirmo Mikkola (1934-1986). The book is di...Daugiau...
This book presents an original study of the work of Pritzker Prize winning Portuguese architect Įlvaro Siza from the perspective of architecture as an interpretation of human life. It combines philosophical hermeneutics, narrative textual descriptio...Daugiau...
This book examines ten select projects to illuminate Fehns approach to the city, the embodiment of that thinking in his designs, and the broader lessons those efforts offer for better understanding the relationship between architecture and urban lif...Daugiau...
Luigi Moretti: Lessons of SPAZIO focuses on the theoretical work of the Italian architect Luigi Moretti (Rome 1906-1973). It does so selectively, focusing on the editorials he published between 1950 and 1953 as Editor-in-Chief in the magazi...Daugiau...
This book tracks development of Marcel Breuers aesthetic clash between uniformity & singularity through examination of his seminal buildings. Each chapter examines a specific building and puts into context Breuers work and contemporary movements...Daugiau...
This book describes the history of the school, the transformation of the city of Philadelphia, and the philosophy of the Philadelphia School in the context of other movements of the time, and looks at what the Philadelphia School has to offer to arch...Daugiau...
This book examines the central decades of Peter Eisenmans work through a formal and thematic analysis of key architectural projects and writings, revealing underlying characteristics and arguing for their productive continuity and transfor...Daugiau...
Mies at Home is a radical rereading of one of the most significant periods in Mies van der Rohes career, from the mid- to late 1920s when he was developing his seminal spatial ideas ideas that would culminate in his celebrated design of...Daugiau...
This book presents an expansive overview of the development of architectural and environmental research, with authoritative essays spanning Dean Hawkes impressive 50-year academic career. This book presents an expansive overview o...Daugiau...
The urban attentions of Pritzker Laureate Sverre Fehn (1924-2009) are extensive, but as yet virtually unexplored. This book examines ten select projects to illuminate Fehns approach to the city, the embodiment of that thinking in his designs, and...Daugiau...
Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament explores the history of the UK Houses of Parliament in Westminster from an environmental design perspective, and the role David Boswell Reid played in the development of the original ventilation and cli...Daugiau...
This book traces the development of John Hejduks architectural career, using the idea of exorcism to uncover his thought process when examining architectural designs. His work encouraged profound questioning on what, why and how we build, which...Daugiau...
Affect, Architecture, and Practice builds on and contributes to work in theories of affect that have risen within diverse disciplines, including geography, cultural studies, and media studies, challenging the nature of textual and represe...Daugiau...
This book considers the architect Le Corbusiers encounters with Australia and New Zealand as a two-way exchange, showing the impact of his ideas and projects on architects of the region whilst also revealing counterinfluences on Le Corbusier in h...Daugiau...
This book examines the idea of organism in the work of Louis I. Kahn, from the turning point of Rome to the project for Venice. It presents an original interpretation of the work of Kahn during one of the most fruitful periods of his career, when...Daugiau...
This book examines the central decades of Peter Eisenmans work through a formal and thematic analysis of key architectural projects and writings, revealing underlying characteristics and arguing for their productive continuity and transfor...Daugiau...
Flourishing from 1951 to 1965, the Philadelphia School was an architectural golden age that saw a unique convergence of city, practice, and education, all in renewal. And it was a bringing together of architecture, city and regional planning, and la...Daugiau...
Mies at Home is a radical rereading of one of the most significant periods in Mies van der Rohes career, from the mid to late 1920s when he was developing his seminal spatial ideas- ideas that would culminate in his celebrated design of the Tugendh...Daugiau...
Radical Functionalism: A Social Architecture for Mexico provides a complex and nuanced understanding of the functionalist architecture developed in Mexico during the 1930s. ...Daugiau...
This book offers a historical narrative, culminating in a series of architectural analyses focusing on four key design strategies employed in Klumbs work: vernacular architecture, the grid and the landscape, dense urban spaces and open-air rooms....Daugiau...
