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Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Individual architects
Two architects, Jeanne Della Casa and Sylvie Pfaehler, together
with their new partners Michael Perret and Lucile FontaRak, are
working on a remarkable oeuvre in Lausanne. In the midst of an
urban garden and an ensemble of housing, three timber residential
developments have their own poetic radiance. The architects'
award-winning works include clear tectonically structured
residential buildings in Lausanne and the Lavaux region. Text in
German and French.
"Every successful enterprise should have a historian at work on its
anecdotes...Building a culture is like building a memory, and you
need to be sure that the anecdotes you entertain are good ones,
ethical ones." - Leon van Schaik What makes a good school great? A
good community of practice great? For close to half-a-century,
architect and educator Leon van Schaik has prosecuted an answer to
these questions. It is a venture that would lead him from the
Architectural Association in London, to the townships of apartheid
South Africa, and finally to Australia and the Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology (RMIT), where he initiated its now
globally-renowned practice-based architecture research program. In
Building a Culture, van Schaik traces the origin and development of
design practice research at RMIT and his own journey into
architecture and its teaching. From his early university studies
under artist Richard Hamilton, to his experiences with Alvin
Boyarsky at the Architectural Association, and his work alongside
Cyril Ramaphosa at the Urban Foundation in South Africa, van Schaik
imparts learnings garnered from a lifetime spent studying and
cultivating successful creative ecologies. Through anecdotes and a
consideration of archival material, the author draws a `loose-fit'
roadmap to implementing cultural change in educational
organisations, detailing most especially the challenges he
encountered developing RMIT's unique pedagogical culture and its
innovative practice-based research program. Based on a 2018 lecture
van Schaik gave at RMIT on the occasion of his appointment to
Emeritus Professor, Building a Culture is an insider's account of
how organisational transformation was effected within this renowned
architectural school. It is also a lively and at times humorous
personal reflection on the people, ideas and experiences that have
shaped the thinking of one of Australia's most influential
educators.
This book is Michele Saee's life's work. A collection of projects,
built, unbuilt, conceptual, and experimental which expands over
more than three decades. There are over 50 projects in different
cities and countries, with different programs, scales or sizes all
over the world. This book is about an architect's journey of
discoveries; a fluid emotional exercise in life, love, work, and
architecture, providing a tool for growth. The book is designed by
the creative Chinese designer Xingyu Wei (Weestar) and his team in
Beijing. There are hand and computer sketches, drawings, and model
studies of different stages of their development-from the
conception of the projects in their early stages through the
process of their creation. The introduction is by the iconic French
architect Claude Parent. In addition, there are two essays written
by American architect Eric Owen Moss, responsible for some of the
most iconic LA architecture, and by architect Nick Gillock,
theoretical writer and co-founder of lookinglass studio.
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This new monograph celebrates the creative accomplishments of one
of the world's most influential architects, Cesar Pelli. The book
surveys this extraordinary body of work in terms of the AIA's Gold
Medalist's design, architecture, and planning, tracing Pelli's
motivation as a leading designer and teacher, and the evolution of
his work over the span of half a century. More than 50 projects
from around the globe - museums, theaters, offices, laboratories,
airports, cultural centers, civic works, master plans - are
presented in rich full colour with insights from Pelli that delve
into the design and construction of these landmarks from a practice
that has thrived for nearly 40 years.
The sixth volume in a monumental survey of the works of Norman
Foster focuses on the years 1996 2009 and projects towards an
exciting future of continued architectural excellence. Winner of
the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, Norman Foster is one
of the most innovative and forwardthinking architects at work
today. This volume features more than 1,000 plans, sketches, and
photographs of some of Foster's most renowned projects, including
London's new Wembley Stadium, Germany's Dresden Station, and
Beijing's new international airport. These and other important
structures, along with lighting systems, furniture collections, and
memorials, reveal the enormous range of Foster + Partners' work. In
addition to offering insights into individual projects, this volume
contextualizes Foster's work, identifying themes and connections,
discussing influences and inspirations, and invoking a host of
historical, cultural, and architectural references. A final chapter
looks forward to forthcoming projects, further detailing a
momentous career highlighted by creativity, innovation, and
achievement.
Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine
new worlds, new geometries, new forms. Imagine building
mathematical models that make it possible to manage our world
better, imagine combining music, art, poetry, literature,
architecture and cinema with mathematics. Imagine the unpredictable
and sometimes counterintuitive applications of mathematics in all
areas of human endeavour. Imagination and mathematics, imagination
and culture, culture and mathematics. This sixth volume in the
series begins with a homage to the architect Zaha Hadid, who died
on March 31st, 2016, a few weeks before the opening of a large
exhibition of her works in Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, where all
the Mathematics and Culture conferences have taken place in the
last years. A large section of the book is dedicated to literature,
narrative and mathematics including a contribution from Simon
Singh. It discusses the role of media in mathematics, including
museums of science, journals and movies. Mathematics and
applications, including blood circulation and preventing crimes
using earthquakes, is also addressed, while a section on
mathematics and art examines the role of math in design. A large
selection presents photos of mathematicians and mathematical
objects by Vincent Moncorge. Discussing all topics in a way that is
rigorous but captivating, detailed but full of evocations, it
offers an all-embracing look at the world of mathematics and
culture.
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