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Le Corbusier - L'Unite d habitation de Marseille / The Unite d Habitation in Marseilles - et les autres Unites... Le Corbusier - L'Unite d habitation de Marseille / The Unite d Habitation in Marseilles - et les autres Unites d'habitation a Reze-les-Nantes, Berlin, Briey en Foret et Firminy / and the four other unite blocks (Paperback, Bilingual original ed)
Jacques Sbriglio
R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Unite in Marseille (1945-1952) was a pioneering achievement at a time when social housing in the post WWII years posed an immense problem. Freed from restrictive regulations for the first time Le Corbusier was able to put into practice his concept of modern social housing. A milestone of modern architecture and subject of controversial debate, the Unite in Marseille continues to attract numerous visitors and students of architecture. This volume is the latest addition to Birkhauser's series of guides to Le Corbusier's most acclaimed buildings, and includes an additional chapter on his Unites in Reze-les-Nantes, Briey en Foret, Firminy and Berlin. The author, a practising architect and well known le Corbusier specialist, lives in Marseille and teaches at the Ecole d'architecture de Marseille-Luminy.

Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas - Essays on the History of Ideas (Paperback): Ingrid Boeck Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas - Essays on the History of Ideas (Paperback)
Ingrid Boeck
R908 R813 Discovery Miles 8 130 Save R95 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rem Koolhaas has been part of the international avant-garde since the nineteen-seventies and has been named the Pritzker Architecture Prize for the year 2000. This book, which builds on six canonical Koolhaas projects, traces the discursive practice behind the design methods used by Koolhaas and his office OMA. It uncovers recurring key themes-such as wall, void, montage, trajectory, infrastructure, and shape-that have structured this design discourse over the span of Koolhaas's oeuvre. The book moves beyond the six core pieces, as well: It explores how these identified thematic design principles manifest in other works by Koolhaas as both practical re-applications and further elaborations. In addition to Koolhaas's individual genius, these textual and material layers are accounted for shaping the very context of his work's relevance. By comparing the design principles with relevant concepts from the architectural Zeitgeist in which Koolhaas has operated, the study moves beyond its specific subject-Rem Koolhaas-and provides novel insight into the broader history of architectural ideas.

AFFAIRS VALENTINO - A Special Edition (Paperback, 3rd Revised ed.): Evelyn Zumaya AFFAIRS VALENTINO - A Special Edition (Paperback, 3rd Revised ed.)
Evelyn Zumaya
R1,245 Discovery Miles 12 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Mister Magoo to Papa Smurf (Paperback): Gerard Baldwin From Mister Magoo to Papa Smurf (Paperback)
Gerard Baldwin
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
1969 - Once Upon a Time in Montreal (Paperback): Richard Austin 1969 - Once Upon a Time in Montreal (Paperback)
Richard Austin
R465 R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Quaid Conspiracy (Paperback): Matt Oberon The Quaid Conspiracy (Paperback)
Matt Oberon
R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Charismatic architect Simon Duval's iconic designs brilliantly express the dreams of his clients and his peers. His successes bring international acclaim and publicity which place him in pole position, but an envious self-appointed rival, Catherine Quaid, casts a long shadow over his life and his professional career.

Situated Objects - Buildings and Projects by Stan Allen, Photographs by Scott Benedict (Hardcover): Stanley T. Allen Situated Objects - Buildings and Projects by Stan Allen, Photographs by Scott Benedict (Hardcover)
Stanley T. Allen; Contributions by Helen Thomas, Jesus Vassallo
R1,025 Discovery Miles 10 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Stan Allen is an architect and educator who has won global acclaim, primarily for his work in town planning and his influential 1996 essay Field Conditions. His new book Situated Objects shows a unique facet of his creative process: a selection of small buildings and projects on rural sites, most of them situated within the landscape of the Hudson Valley, New York. They demonstrate an approach to architecture that engages in a dialogue with this partly wild and wholly non-urban environment that lies just outside the gates of New York City. The projects are presented in drawings and a rich array of images by celebrated photographer Scott Benedict. They are arranged in three thematic categories: Outbuildings, Material Histories, and New Natures, supplemented by the architect's writings and essays contributed by Helen Thomas and Jesus Vassallo. The first book on Stan Allen's buildings, Situated Objects highlights Allen's personal engagement with American material traditions, the conventions of architectural drawing, and the challenge of building with nature.

Villa Vuoto - An Architect's Manifesto on the Origin of Creativity (Paperback): Matthew Schlueb Villa Vuoto - An Architect's Manifesto on the Origin of Creativity (Paperback)
Matthew Schlueb
R470 Discovery Miles 4 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Villa Vuoto, located in the north hills of Pittsburgh, is home to Matthew Schlueb and his architectural studio, dedicated to the design of private residences. His belief that a home is the most intimate of all space is the foundation for his practice, which he defends in this autobiographical collection of writings. Originally intended to provide insight into the factors that shaped his own family's house, this book ended up a search for the essence of a home, an exploration of his own creative process, and ultimately locating the source of creativity itself ...hidden in the imagination of a child.

The Unfettered Gaze. The Rasch Brothers and their Influence on Modern Architecture (Paperback): Marta Herford The Unfettered Gaze. The Rasch Brothers and their Influence on Modern Architecture (Paperback)
Marta Herford
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From 1926 to 1930 Heinz (1902-1996) and Bodo Rasch (1903-1995) was a highly creative team of architects, furniture designers, typographers and book designers. The brothers were early "networkers", providing a visionary source of ideas which they developed in a rash of projects as major protagonists of the New Architecture. Their early suspended dwellings and bold ideas for modular or air inflated house constructions are unique in 20th century architectural history. This publication focuses on a selection of their early work in the MoMA in New York and the CCA in Montreal and yields insights into the brother's collaboration. The selection is augmented by container, suspended and pneumatic architecture by more than 20 famous architectural firms like Archigram, Egon Eiermann, Foster + Partners, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, Bertrand Goldberg, Kengo Kuma et al, which in turn place the great creative potential of the Rasch brothers in a new light. In addition five contemporary artists discover their inspiring moments in a current context and establish new relationships between ideas from the past and visions for the future.

A Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings (Paperback): Fogg Art Museum A Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings (Paperback)
Fogg Art Museum
R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.

The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors V1 (Paperback): Allan Cunningham The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors V1 (Paperback)
Allan Cunningham
R903 Discovery Miles 9 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1831 Edition.

The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors V3 (Paperback): Allan Cunningham The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors V3 (Paperback)
Allan Cunningham
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1831 Edition.

Carry Your Own Joy - The Abstract Paintings and Life of Hari E. Thomas, a San Francisco Artist (Paperback): Asha Carolyn Young Carry Your Own Joy - The Abstract Paintings and Life of Hari E. Thomas, a San Francisco Artist (Paperback)
Asha Carolyn Young
R1,440 Discovery Miles 14 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Autobiography of an Idea (Paperback): Louis H Sullivan The Autobiography of an Idea (Paperback)
Louis H Sullivan
R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

2014 Reprint of 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Autobiography of an Idea" is an account of Sullivan's career and his architectural theories. Sullivan was a spokesman for the reform of architecture, an opponent of historical eclecticism, and did much to remake the image of the architect as a creative personality. His own designs are characterized by richness of ornament. His importance lies in his writings as well as in his architectural achievements. These writings, which are subjective and metaphorical, suggest directions for architecture, rather than explicit doctrines or programs. Sullivan himself warned of the danger of mechanical theories of art.

Photo Album for Our Baby Boy - Keepsake Photo Journal (Paperback): Speedy Publishing LLC Photo Album for Our Baby Boy - Keepsake Photo Journal (Paperback)
Speedy Publishing LLC
R371 R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Benefits and uses of a Photo Album for a Baby Boy. A Baby Boy's First Moments Should Be Stock-piled. It is known that the act of observing an event influences its outcome. The earliest events in your boy's life won't last forever, so do more than observe. Baby photos can have a profound impact on later life, and organizing them in an album improves that effect. The most immediate use of baby photos is for later embarrassment. As your baby boy rapidly grows into a teenage boy, he gets smarter and more cunning. Baby photos, in addition to being precious memories, are a potential countermeasure against any of a teenage boy's potential transgressions. Is his party getting to loud? Break out the album and watch the tears.

Fifty Paintings - Anthony Ames Architect (Hardcover): Anthony Ames Fifty Paintings - Anthony Ames Architect (Hardcover)
Anthony Ames
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The paintings in this book depict 'object-type' - general yet specific, generic yet designed, familiar yet estranged. They are 'Purist' forms depicted in a still life landscape. The compositions employ overlap, convergence and diminution to imply depth resulting in the creation of the illusion of perspectival space. However, through the use of juxtaposition, superimposition and ambiguity of scale the perspectival effect is impaired. The result is a blurring of distinction between foreground and background that encourages a reading of pattern that reinforces the presence of the surface plane. A conflict is encouraged between the deep space and the shallow space - between the creation of implied space through perspective and the reinforcement of the surface plane through pattern. A multiple reading is fostered that rewards the careful observer.

Portfolio 07. 2013 (Paperback): Shannon Taylor Scarlett Portfolio 07. 2013 (Paperback)
Shannon Taylor Scarlett
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings [Revised Edition] (Paperback): Louis H Sullivan Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings [Revised Edition] (Paperback)
Louis H Sullivan
R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Louis Henry Sullivan was one of the foremost American architects, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism." He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Henry Hobson Richardson and Wright, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." This collection of his writings includes other essays in additional to the book length "Kindergarten Chats." The are: Characteristics and Tendencies of American Architecture What is the Just Subordination, in Architectural Design, of Details to Mass? Ornament in Architecture Emotional Architecture as Compared to Intellectual The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered The Young Man in Architecture Education What is Architecture: A Study in the American People of Today

Juan Navarro Baldeweg - One Zodiac (Paperback): Juan Navarro Baldeweg - One Zodiac (Paperback)
R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Juggle and Hide (Paperback): Sharon Van Ivan Juggle and Hide (Paperback)
Sharon Van Ivan
R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Juggle and Hide is award-winning writer Sharon van Ivan's dizzying story of her unconventional, often harrowing, sometimes hilarious life. With a childhood split between time with her alcoholic mother in Akron, Ohio and her bookie dad in Brooklyn, New York, as well as other challenging family members along the way, she was destined to find comfort on the edge and in the company of highly creative and self-destructive individuals. Hers is a story of getting drunk and getting sober, of triumphs and failures in her work as an actor and screenwriter, and of exhilarating love affairs, including her twenty-year relationship with the renowned artist Charles Pfahl. Quirky and compelling, Juggle and Hide is a must read, engaging on many levels. Sharon van Ivan takes the reader for a roller coaster ride into the depths of personal tragedy and unexpected outcomes.

Shim Sutcliffe: The Passage of Time (Paperback): Annette LeCuyver Shim Sutcliffe: The Passage of Time (Paperback)
Annette LeCuyver
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fernand Leger - Five Themes and Variations (Hardcover): Fernand Leger Fernand Leger - Five Themes and Variations (Hardcover)
Fernand Leger; Edited by Louise A Svendsen
R1,457 Discovery Miles 14 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Exhibition, February 28 To April 29, 1962.

Evelyn Zumaya's Affairs Valentino Companion Guide (Paperback): Evelyn Zumaya Evelyn Zumaya's Affairs Valentino Companion Guide (Paperback)
Evelyn Zumaya
R1,305 Discovery Miles 13 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rob Krier-Figures - A Pictorial Journal 2000-2002 (German, Hardcover): Ann Holyoke Lehmann, Vesna Andonovic Rob Krier-Figures - A Pictorial Journal 2000-2002 (German, Hardcover)
Ann Holyoke Lehmann, Vesna Andonovic
R1,779 R1,642 Discovery Miles 16 420 Save R137 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Text in German & English. The architect is at all times also an artist. How otherwise would he be able to tame the three-dimensionality of space and subdue the urges of physics and structural mechanics with the creations of his fantasy? This creativity is however mostly restricted purely to its own field. In this respect, Rob Krier, born in 1938 in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, is indeed the proverbial exception that proves the rule. Besides his actual profession, which demands his daily attention, Krier has for years also made a vocation of his love of art, one which he nurtures parallel to his work. Fine art could stand in dialogue with architecture and it is Krier's ambition to have iconographic themes brought into the latter, so that they might speak equally to both the occupants of a building and to bystanders and move them to thoughtful reflection. In the works of Mies van der Rohe it is not rare that one finds naturalistic figures from, for example, Aristide Maillol or Wilhelm Lehmbruck -- as an anthropomorphic contrast to the strict geometry of the architecture, notes Rob Krier in the comments on his journal. If one is already aware of the realisation of his masterful architectural accomplishments through projects such as Potsdam-Kirchsteigfeld (1991 to 1997), De Resident in The Hague (1993-2001), Noorderhof in Amsterdam (1994-99), Veste Brandevoort near Helmond (since 1995), Citadel Broekpolder near Beverwijk (2000-04), or the Cite Judiciaire in Luxembourg (1992-2008) -- be assured, Krier's artistic skills are in no way inferior to his architectural work. Quite the contrary: as a sculptor and illustrator, too, Rob Krier brings together extraordinarily musical qualities and incorporates them into his work: his bronze The Jumper was erected in Montpellier in 2004, the Cowering Woman ten years earlier on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse, the four metre-high duo Bosch i Alsina and Papasseit on Moll de la Fusta in Barcelona in 1992.

Baby Photo Album for Twins - Baby Memory Book (Paperback): Speedy Publishing LLC Baby Photo Album for Twins - Baby Memory Book (Paperback)
Speedy Publishing LLC
R371 R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Benefits and uses of a Baby Photo Album for Twins Twin Pictures: When a family has twins things are often combined since there are two babies. One way to help the twins maintain their own sense of self is to have a few things that are just for them. A photo book is one good way to do this. When the twins are growing up it might be helpful to have three pictures albums. If you have three albums then you can have one album dedicated to each twin, and have one album with pictures of them together. This way when the twins grow up they will be able to see pictures that are just about them and not tied to the fact that they are a twin.

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