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Towards Tate Modern - Public Policy, Private Vision (Paperback): Caroline Donnellan Towards Tate Modern - Public Policy, Private Vision (Paperback)
Caroline Donnellan
R1,227 Discovery Miles 12 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Towards Tate Modern provides a new interdisciplinary account of Tate's shifting position as a national arts institution. The book examines how earlier government directives impacted on Tate, which saw the organisation refocusing its aims and resulted in it pioneering new models for working across the public and private sectors. The decade prior to the opening of Tate Modern witnessed a changing political, economic, cultural and social landscape. As London was rebuilding its own vision, Tate re-configured its role as a public museum and gallery by engaging with the market. Tate re-imagined what a public museum and gallery can do, what it can look like and where it can be and, in doing so, responded to a new kind of audience with a larger appetite than before. Re-cast as a cultural and social forum, Tate Modern turned itself into a popular public event. This research considers how Tate Modern generated a set of new debates and what this might mean for the future role of the public museum and gallery. Towards Tate Modern will be of particular interest to academics and students, art practitioners and policy makers working in the fields of museum studies, policy studies, cultural studies, urban studies, and political and economic history, as well as those involved in archival research. It will also engage those wishing to widen their understanding of how an institution such as Tate Modern was created.

Inside Marrakesh - Enchanting Homes and Gardens (Hardcover): Meryanne Loum-Martin, Jean Cazals Inside Marrakesh - Enchanting Homes and Gardens (Hardcover)
Meryanne Loum-Martin, Jean Cazals
R1,560 R1,224 Discovery Miles 12 240 Save R336 (22%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This exquisite book showcases the stunning properties of the world s leading design connoisseurs, including Jasper Conran, Lynn Guinness, Vanessa Branson, and Helen and Brice Marden, who have transformed Marrakesh s exotic style into unexpected but elegant expressions. The story of design in Marrakesh begins with the contributions of Bill Willis, Yves Saint Laurent, and Pierre Berge, who fearlessly fused Moroccan elements zellige tilework, rugs, pottery, fountains, woodwork, metalwork, and tadelakt wall treatments with a luxuriant mix of furnishings from around the world. We are invited into such lush private places as the gardens of the Villa Oasis, designed by Madison Cox, and the Bulgaris tranquil riad. Full of personal insights, Loum-Martin explores how international design-savvy individuals continue to incorporate such exuberant designs in their work. Today s Marrakesh style appeals to a wide variety of tastes from formal to quirky, from rustic to refined and is suitable for diverse settings. Eco-friendly materials, including earthenware and natural fibers, contribute to these appealing interiors and gardens. Superbly photographed, Inside Marrakesh abounds with a wealth of unique design ideas.

Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Hardcover): Ruth Harman, Nikolaus Pevsner Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Hardcover)
Ruth Harman, Nikolaus Pevsner
R1,799 R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Save R155 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This authoritative guide, the companion to Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North, covers a vast area marked by tremendous diversity of both landscape and buildings. The territory is rich in medieval churches and castles, 17th-century houses and 18th-century mansions, yet it is also deservedly famous for its outstanding 19th- and 20th-century ecclesiastical, civic, commercial and industrial buildings. Major examples of every period of English architecture are represented, from Selby Abbey to the palatial country house of the Earls Fitzwilliam at Wentworth Woodhouse, and from Halifax Town Hall to Sheffield's Park Hill flats and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield. In the fine Pevsner tradition, this book situates the region's full array of buildings within geological, local, national, and international contexts.

Architectures of Display - Department Stores and Modern Retail (Paperback): Anca I. Lasc, Patricia Lara-Betancourt, Margaret... Architectures of Display - Department Stores and Modern Retail (Paperback)
Anca I. Lasc, Patricia Lara-Betancourt, Margaret Maile-Petty
R1,278 Discovery Miles 12 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Through an international range of case studies from the 1870s to the present, this volume analyzes strategies of display in department stores and modern retail spaces. Established scholars and emerging researchers working within a range of disciplinary contexts and historiographical traditions shed light on what constitutes modern retail and the ways in which interior designers, architects, and artists have built or transformed their practice in response to the commercial context.

Making Leisure Work - Architecture and the Experience Economy (Paperback): Brian Lonsway Making Leisure Work - Architecture and the Experience Economy (Paperback)
Brian Lonsway
R1,536 Discovery Miles 15 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Contemporary architecture of theme-based design is examined in this book, leading to a new understanding of architecture's role in the increasingly diversified consumer environment. It explores the 'Experience Economy' to reveal how everyday environments strategically and opportunistically blur our leisure, work, and personal life experiences. Considering scientific design research, consumer psychology, and Hollywood story-telling techniques, the book looks at how the design of theme parks, casinos, and shopping malls has influenced our more unexpectedly themed spaces, from the city to the hospital. Widely taking architecture as a social practice, this text is of relevance to all cultural and sociological studies in the built and material environment.

Reformed College of Sarospatak - Curator's Choice (Paperback): Eva Kusnyir, Aron Kovacs Reformed College of Sarospatak - Curator's Choice (Paperback)
Eva Kusnyir, Aron Kovacs
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sarospatak, a peaceful little town in north-eastern Hungary, holds legendary status within the country's cultural landscape. Its school, the Reformed Church College of Sarospatak, has trained several important writers, artists and politicians across the Central-European region's 500-year history. This volume presents the institution's history through the lens of 37 books, documents and items from the collection. What was life like for a 17th century Hungarian student? Which physical experiments were pioneering? Why did Bela Bartok want to enrol his son in a countryside secondary school? These are only a few of the questions raised by the authors that introduce the reader to the colourful traditions of this remarkable school.

Iteration - Episodes in the Mediation of Art and Architecture (Paperback): Robin Schuldenfrei Iteration - Episodes in the Mediation of Art and Architecture (Paperback)
Robin Schuldenfrei
R1,184 Discovery Miles 11 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited volume considers the ways in which multiple stages, phases, or periods in an artistic or design process have served to arrive at the final artifact, with a focus on the meaning and use of the iteration. To contextualize iteration within artistic and architectural production, this collection of essays presents a range of close studies in art, architectural and design history, using archival and historiographical research, media theory, photography, material studies, and critical theory. It examines objects as unique yet mutable works by examining their antecedents, successive exemplars, and their afterlives-and thus their role as organizers or repositories of meaning. Key are the roles of writing, the use of media, and relationships between object, image, and reproduction. This volume asks how a closer look at iteration reveals new perspectives into the production of objects and the production of thought alike. Written by an international team of contributors, offering a range of perspectives, it looks broadly at meaning and insight offered by the iteration-for processes of design, for historical research, and for the reception of creative works.

The Making of Islamic Art - Studies in Honour of Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom (Hardcover): Robert Hillenbrand The Making of Islamic Art - Studies in Honour of Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom (Hardcover)
Robert Hillenbrand
R2,876 Discovery Miles 28 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In their own words, Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair espouse 'things and thinginess rather than theories and isations'. This book's practical, down-to-earth dimension, expressed in plain, simple English, runs counter to the current fashion for theoretical explanations and their accompanying jargon when exploring the world of Islamic art. Its many insights, firmly anchored in artistic practice in architecture, painting and the decorative arts, are supported by ample technical know-how. The range is wide - mosques becoming temples; how religious buildings reflect politics; Yemeni frescoes and inscriptions; domestic Syrian 18th-century ornament; Egyptian bookbinding techniques; recycling and repair in Damascene crafts; conservation versus restoration; narrative on ceramics; metalwork with architectural motifs; lost buildings reconstructed; how objects speak;Muslim burials in China; the role of migrating potters; Mughal painting; stone carpet weights; the use of metals in Islamic manuscripts, calligraphy and modern artists' books.

Bang Your Head (Paperback, New edition): David Konow Bang Your Head (Paperback, New edition)
David Konow
R478 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Future Urban Habitation - Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Conceptions, and Designs (Hardcover): O. Heckmann Future Urban Habitation - Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Conceptions, and Designs (Hardcover)
O. Heckmann
R2,854 Discovery Miles 28 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Presents forward-looking concepts, innovative research, and transdisciplinary perspectives for developing strategies for future urban habitation Around the globe, urban populations are growing at an unpreceded rate, in particular in Asia and Africa. In view of pressing social and environmental challenges it is essential to reimagine current design strategies to build affordable, sustainable, and inclusive communities that can respond to future demographic dynamics, new social practices, and the consequences of climate change. Future Urban Habitation presents an integrative, transdisciplinary approach for developing long-term strategies for urban housing at a different scales. With focus on the rapidly growing cities of Asia, and urban processes in Europe and North-America this volume offers perspectives from both researchers and practitioners involved in multiple aspects of urban habitation. The authors address a range of challenges to urban habitation with four intersecting thematic frameworks: Inclusive Urbanism, High-Dense Typologies for Building Community, Adaptable and Responsive Habitation, and New Tools and Approaches. Throughout the text, readers are presented with innovative design ideas from different fields, new concepts for social practices and sustainable housing policies, recent research on urban housing, and more. Exploring both social and architectural strategies for sustainable and livable dwelling models, Future Urban Hanitation Addresses challenges associated with urbanization, population growth, societal segregation, shifting demographics and the crisis of care, and climate change Discusses advanced approaches for design thinking and design research and the impact of inclusive people-centric social design Explores the building of collaboration-based, cohesive neighborhoods and community-based social and health services Describes the use of innovative tools and methods affecting design practices and decision-making processes, such as co-design, social design, parametric design, performance simulation and sustainable construction to develop urban housing Includes perspectives and concepts from policy makers in housing boards and social service administrations, urban planners, architectural and social designers, innovators in sustainable construction, and researchers working on urban society Future Urban Habitation is an invaluable resource for designers from various fields including architecture, urban planning, and social design, for researchers from social science and design fields, and for policymakers, and other practitioners working on the provision of housing and the facilitation of social services in urban environments.

Towards a New Architecture (Paperback): Le Corbusier Towards a New Architecture (Paperback)
Le Corbusier
R477 R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Save R73 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This pioneering proclamation by the great architect expounds Le Corbusier's technical and aesthetic theories, views on industry, economics, the relation of form to function, "mass-production spirit," and much more. Profusely illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs of Le Corbusier's buildings and other important structures.

Worcestershire (Hardcover, Rev Ed): Alan Brooks, Nikolaus Pevsner Worcestershire (Hardcover, Rev Ed)
Alan Brooks, Nikolaus Pevsner
R1,799 R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Save R155 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This expanded and updated guide to the buildings of Worcestershire encompasses the entire county, from the dramatic Malvern Hills through the Severn Valley to the fringes of the Cotswolds. Medieval Worcestershire is represented by the fine Gothic cathedral of Worcester, the splendid remains of the abbeys and priories, and the many parish churches with their rich inheritance of Norman work. Timber-framed houses are abundant. But Worcestershire is also a county of red brick and sandstone, with such fine country houses as Jacobean Westwood, Hanbury Hall, Hagley Hall, and Witley Court. Among the towns are Stourport, the only English town created by the canals, the genteel spa resort at Great Malvern, and the leafy New Town at Redditch.

Danish Architecture and Society - From Absolute Monarchy to the Welfare State (Hardcover): Nan Dahlkild Danish Architecture and Society - From Absolute Monarchy to the Welfare State (Hardcover)
Nan Dahlkild; Translated by Paul Larkin
R1,310 Discovery Miles 13 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Danish Architecture and Society offers a fascinating architectural history of the institutions and public buildings that have helped shape the everyday lives of Danes since the eighteenth century. The book charts the emergence and development as well as the grandeur and ultimate demise of these institutions, tracing the underlying and changing architectural and societal ideals that have been influential in terms of design, organization, and furnishing. The individual contributions detail the often dramatic historical developments of buildings from industrialisms heyday, such as train stations, post offices and customs houses. Although some of these still exist, a great many have today either been adapted to other functions or demolished. The contributing authors examine the significance of the buildings at the time they were constructed and attending understandings of sustainable building, contrasting these with present-day notions of architecture and construction as a more makeshift phenomenon. Through more than two hundred illustrations drawings, sketches, plans and photos, many never published before the authors provide a vivid and compelling account of Danish architectural history and its influence in framing the Danish welfare state as we know it today.

Italomodern 1 - Architecture in Northern Italy 1946-1976 (Paperback): Martin Feiersinger, Werner Feiersinger Italomodern 1 - Architecture in Northern Italy 1946-1976 (Paperback)
Martin Feiersinger, Werner Feiersinger
R1,261 R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Save R512 (41%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Martin Feiersinger, Vienna-based architect, and his brother Werner Feiersinger, artist and photographer, have travelled extensively around Northern Italy to document the region's modern architecture from the three decades immediately following World War II. Their view focused on individual buildings rather than entire urban structures, the Feiersingers have selected projects by representatives of neo-realist and rationalist, brutalist, or organic architectural schools. Italomodern 1 features 84 buildings with photographs, a brief descriptive text also giving the exact address, as well as with selected floor plans, sections, or elevations. The images present a subjective point of view, showing each building in its present state. A map of Northern Italy and an appendix, providing rich information on the architects and listing also selected other buildings and further reading for each firm, complement the architectural portraits. The two volumes, Italomodern 1 and 2, each an entirely self-contained book, make handy and smartly structured guides for architecture lovers and professionals alike.

The Routledge Companion to Paradigms of Performativity in Design and Architecture - Using Time to Craft an Enduring, Resilient... The Routledge Companion to Paradigms of Performativity in Design and Architecture - Using Time to Craft an Enduring, Resilient and Relevant Architecture (Hardcover)
Mitra Kanaani
R6,168 Discovery Miles 61 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Companion to Paradigms of Performativity in Design and Architecture focuses on a non-linear, multilateral, ethical way of design thinking, positioning the design process as a journey. It expands on the multiple facets and paradigms of performative design thinking as an emerging trend in design methodology. This edited collection explores the meaning of performativity by examining its relevance in conjunction with three fundamental principles: firmness, commodity and delight. The scope and broader meaning of performativity, performative architecture and performance-based building design are discussed in terms of how they influence today's design thinking. With contributions from 44 expert practitioners, educators and researchers, this volume engages theory, history, technology and the human aspects of performative design thinking and its implications for the future of design.

Irish Housing Design 1950 - 1980 - Out of the Ordinary (Hardcover): Brian Ward, Michael Pike, Gary Boyd Irish Housing Design 1950 - 1980 - Out of the Ordinary (Hardcover)
Brian Ward, Michael Pike, Gary Boyd
R3,487 Discovery Miles 34 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the architectural design of housing projects in Ireland from the mid-twentieth century. This period represented a high point in the construction of the Welfare State project where the idea that architecture could and should shape and define community and social life was not yet considered problematic. Exploring a period when Ireland embraced the free market and the end of economic protectionism, the book is a series of case studies supported by critical narratives. Little known but of high quality, the schemes presented in this volume are by architects whose designs helped determine future architectural thinking in Ireland and elsewhere. Aimed at academics, students and researchers, the book is accompanied by new drawings and over 100 full colour images, with the example studies demonstrating rich architectural responses to a shifting landscape.

Antarctic Resolution (Hardcover): Giulia Foscari, Unless Antarctic Resolution (Hardcover)
Giulia Foscari, Unless
R1,340 Discovery Miles 13 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Unfinished Modern Project at the End of Modernity - Tectonic Form and the Space of Public Appearance - Soane Medal Lecture... The Unfinished Modern Project at the End of Modernity - Tectonic Form and the Space of Public Appearance - Soane Medal Lecture 2019 (Paperback)
Kenneth Frampton
R214 Discovery Miles 2 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

British architect, critic, historian and educator Kenneth Frampton is the third recipient of the Soane Medal, which is awarded annually in recognition of architects and critics who have made a major contribution to their field through practice, education, history or theory, and in doing so have furthered and enriched the public understanding of architecture. The lecture was delivered on 11 November 2019 at the Sheikh Zayed Theatre in the New Academic Building of the London School of Economics. This publication contains the transcript of Kenneth Frampton's lecture, which examines masterworks of modern architecture from 1930 to the present in order to theorise an architecture that resists our compulsive commodification of the environment.

Creating Child Friendly Cities - New Perspectives and Prospects (Paperback): Brendan Gleeson, Neil Sipe Creating Child Friendly Cities - New Perspectives and Prospects (Paperback)
Brendan Gleeson, Neil Sipe
R1,611 Discovery Miles 16 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Leading planning and geography authors present this comprehensive assessment of the extent to which the physical and social make up of Western cities accommodates and nourishes the needs of children and youth. Examining the areas of planning, design, social policy, transport and housing, Creating Child Friendly Cities outlines strengths and deficiencies in the processes that govern urban development and change from the perspective of children and youth. Issues explored include children's view of the city and why this is unique; the 'obesity epidemic': is it caused by cities?; the journey to school and children's transport needs generally. With illustrations and case studies, Creating Child Friendly Cities presents planning professionals with a solid case for child-friendly cities and an action plan to create places for children to play.

Eloquent Spaces - Meaning and Community in Early Indian Architecture (Paperback): Shonaleeka Kaul Eloquent Spaces - Meaning and Community in Early Indian Architecture (Paperback)
Shonaleeka Kaul
R1,239 Discovery Miles 12 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eloquent Spaces adopts the twin analytic of meaning and community to write a fresh history of building in early India. It presents a new perspective on the principles and practices of early Indian architecture. Defining it broadly over a range of space uses, the book argues for architecture as a form of cultural production as well as public consumption. Ten chapters by leading archaeologists, architects, historians and philosophers, examining different architectural sites and landscapes, including Sanchi, Moodabidri, Srinagar, Chidambaram, Patan, Konark, Basgo and Puri, demonstrate the need to look beyond the built form to its spirit, beyond aesthetics to cognition, and thereby to integrating architecture with its myriad living contexts. The volume captures some of the semantic diversity inherent in premodern Indian traditions of civic building, both sacred and secular, which were, however, unified in their insistence on enacting meaning and a transcendent validity over and above utility and beauty of form. The book is a quest for a culturally rooted architecture as an alternative to the growing crisis of disembededness that informs modern praxis. This volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of architecture, ancient Indian history, philosophy, art history and cultural studies.

Together by Design - The Art and Architecture of Communal Living (Paperback): William Richards Together by Design - The Art and Architecture of Communal Living (Paperback)
William Richards
R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A growing area in the sharing economy, intentional communities (co-living, communal living, and cohousing projects) are explored in this timely survey via architecture, public policy, sociology, and sustainability. In recent years, the Atlantic, Forbes, Time, and Curbed have reported on the growth of intentional communities-collective housing alternatives that initially gained popularity in the United States in the early 1990s and originated in Denmark in the 1960s. Featuring fifteen to twenty contemporary projects that address the challenges and benefits of shared resources and spaces, Intentional Communities addresses a growing population: according to the Pew Research Center, nearly one in three adults in the United States lives in a sharedhousehold. From Copenhagen to Washington, DC, this survey covers architecture, public policy, design, lifestyle, culture, and environmental sustainability.

Eloquent Spaces - Meaning and Community in Early Indian Architecture (Hardcover): Shonaleeka Kaul Eloquent Spaces - Meaning and Community in Early Indian Architecture (Hardcover)
Shonaleeka Kaul
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eloquent Spaces adopts the twin analytic of meaning and community to write a fresh history of building in early India. It presents a new perspective on the principles and practices of early Indian architecture. Defining it broadly over a range of space uses, the book argues for architecture as a form of cultural production as well as public consumption. Ten chapters by leading archaeologists, architects, historians and philosophers, examining different architectural sites and landscapes, including Sanchi, Moodabidri, Srinagar, Chidambaram, Patan, Konark, Basgo and Puri, demonstrate the need to look beyond the built form to its spirit, beyond aesthetics to cognition, and thereby to integrating architecture with its myriad living contexts. The volume captures some of the semantic diversity inherent in premodern Indian traditions of civic building, both sacred and secular, which were, however, unified in their insistence on enacting meaning and a transcendent validity over and above utility and beauty of form. The book is a quest for a culturally rooted architecture as an alternative to the growing crisis of disembededness that informs modern praxis. This volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of architecture, ancient Indian history, philosophy, art history and cultural studies.

From Bauhaus to Our House (Paperback): Tom Wolfe From Bauhaus to Our House (Paperback)
Tom Wolfe 1
R417 R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Save R110 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Tom Wolfe, "America's most skillful satirist" ("The Atlantic Monthly"), examines the strange saga of American architecture in this sequel to "The Painted Word."

Brutal Britain (second Edition) - Build Your Own Brutalist Great Britain (Hardcover): Zupagrafika Brutal Britain (second Edition) - Build Your Own Brutalist Great Britain (Hardcover)
Zupagrafika
R764 R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Save R141 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History (Hardcover): Duanfang Lu The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History (Hardcover)
Duanfang Lu
R5,863 Discovery Miles 58 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

-Features twenty-nine chapters written by leading architectural historians that define and shape future research, practice, and education. -The diverse contributions recognize multiple spatial rationalities and incorporate cross-cultural frameworks in studying the competing claims of architectural modernity. -Illustrated with over 125 black and white images, this volume offers scholars, students and practitioners an evaluation of current and emerging approaches to architecture.

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