Shivdatt Sharma (b. 1931) is one of the most prolific Indian modernist architects. Starting out as an architect in the Chandigarh Capital Project Team led by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Sharma subsequently became Chief Architect of the Indian Space Research Organisation. He then went into private practice. Sharmas architecture is a distinct blend of the core principles of Modernism, interpreted through the lens of contemporary Indian realities. Modernism was adopted as both symbol and instrument of nation-building in Nehruvian India. Working alongside designers and artists, architects went to work building innumerable small townships, universities, public institutions, housing estates and infrastructural projects across the country. Progressive businesses also patronized Modernism as full participants in the project of nation-building. The Modernism in India Series documents the extensive heritage of Modernism and modern architecture in India. Bringing to light the work of a forgotten generation, this series documents work that is currently under threat by the forces of globalization. This well-illustrated book documents Sharmas work from the early days, when it was a part of the experimental and innovative ethos of Chandigarh, to the present. He has designed for a range of public and private clients across the world. Along with a portfolio of selected works, this book includes critical essays, interviews and a chronology of projects.

UIRA e o projeto arquitetonico para uma Vila Olimpica orbital, a primeira do mundo, criada pelo arquiteto brasileiro Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta. Em 2011 Pimenta lancou o projeto de arquitetura Kairos - para um edificio em orbita da Terra, considerado o primeiro projeto de arquitetura para um edificio no espaco sideral. Ainda em 2011, Emanuel Pimenta criou e dirigiu o primeiro curso de arquitetura espacial do Brasil, e o segundo do mundo, na Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de Sao Paulo. No inicio dos anos 1980, Emanuel Pimenta cunhou o conceito de arquitetura virtual, e iniciando em 1980 ele projetou o primeiro planeta virtual do mundo - Woiksed - antecipando o Second Life em mais de vinte anos. O livro UIRA contem os primeiros estudos do projeto, cerca de sessenta ilustracoes e uma introducao escrita pelo arquiteto Bruno Padovano, da Universidade de Sao Paulo.

Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (1957) comecou a trabalhar com projetos de arquitetura e urbanismo - muitos deles experimentais - ainda no inicio dos anos 1980, quando cunhou o conceito de "arquitetura virtual," como metodo de projeto, e lancou Woiksed: o primeiro planeta virtual do mundo, antecipando o Second Life em cerca de vinte anos. Entre 1980 e 2011, Emanuel Pimenta lancou varios projetos revolucionarios, como uma ilha flutuante para a cidade de Lisboa, um museu do tempo ao lado de um castelo medieval na Peninsula Iberica e, em 2011, lancou Kairos - o primeiro projeto de arquitetura para o espaco sideral, num edificio orbital. O livro "30 anos de arquitetura" apresenta sessenta dos seus projetos atraves de dezenas de ilustracoes e um texto sobre "arquitetura virtual." Premiado internacionalmente, Emanuel Pimenta revela nas suas obras uma intensa relacao com o pensamento de Richard Buckminster Fuller, Paolo Soleri entre outros.

Kairos e a historia do primeiro projeto de arquitetura - no seu sentido mais elevado - para um projeto espacial. Entre 2008 e 2011, o arquiteto e urbanista Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta projetou um edificio para estar permanentemente em orbita da Terra. Para alem de um projeto de arquitetura, e ainda uma reflexao sobre a condicao humana, sobre a possibilidade do fim das guerras, do salto da Humanidade para o Universo e sobre uma metamorfose civilizacional. Mas tambem e um questionamento tecnico e tecnologico, e uma obra de arte. Com textos adicionais dos arquitetos Carlos Zibel e Bruno Padovano, do astrofisico Amancio Friaca, e um poema do artista hipermedia Artur Matuck - todos da USP Universidade de Sao Paulo, o livro de Emanuel Pimenta tambem conta a historia do desenho das estacoes espaciais, do seculo XIX aos dias de hoje, numa fabulosa viagem com o leitor.

Features eight contemporary urban infill housing projects from the Montreal design-build firm of Atelier.

Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia is widely hailed as a masterpiece. It is his greatest architectural accomplishment, the summation of his quest for intellectual freedom. The story of the University encompasses the political and architectural worlds, as Jeffeson struggled against great opposition to establish a new type of educational institution. "Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village "offers a comprehensive look at Jefferson's design for the University, at how it came into being, at the different perecptions of its successes and failures, and at the alterations that have taken place down through the years.

The revised edition incorporates research that has been ongoing since the book first appeared in 1993, and includes a preface by Richard Guy Wilson, essays on architecture and education and the Lawn, additional architectural drawings and historic photographs, a foreword by President John T. Casteen III, and numerous color illustrations.

Italo Rota was born in 1953 in Milan and graduated from the Milan Polytechnic Institute in 1982. In 1980, he and Gae Aulenti created the plans for the Musee d'Orsay and the Centre Beaubourg in Paris. In 1990, he initiated the planning for the Center for Postgraduate Studies at Columbia University. His return to Italy marked the beginning of a highly creative phase, including projects that ranged from museum installations, the "Maison Cavalli" (the showroom-cafes in Miami, Milan, and Moscow), to a series of public buildings in Italy and India. This book focuses on a recent decade of Rota's work and is aimed at professionals and lovers of architecture, fashion, and design.

The diverse works of architect Nicholas Hawksmoor (?1661-1736) ranged from small architectural details to ambitious urban plans, from new parish churches to work on the monument of his age, St. Paul's Cathedral. As a young man Hawksmoor assisted Christopher Wren and John Vanbrugh, emerging from these formidable apprenticeships to design some of the most vigorous and dramatic buildings in England. In this engaging book, architectural historian Vaughan Hart presents a fresh view of Hawksmoor's built and planned work. In addition, Hart offers the first coherent explanation of Hawksmoor's theory of architecture.
The book explains why Hawksmoor's buildings look the way they do, what contemporary events influenced his work, and how such ancient buildings as Solomon's temple and Mausolus's tomb inspired him. Underscoring the unique qualities of the architect's accomplishments and aspirations, Hart establishes with new clarity Hawksmoor's vital role in the development of English architecture.

In the early years of the twentieth century, Spokane was singled out for praise in the West for the quality of its architecture and the impressive way it had rebuilt after the devastating fire of 1889. Major credit for the city's distinctive character was extended to Kirtland Kelsey Cutter for his "rare architectural force and genius for design." His remarkable career, stretching from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression, allows a fascinating study of the evolution of an eclectic form of architecture that was an inevitable response to rich regional and historical influences during a time of transition from frontier settlements to modern city. Cutter's influence was felt beyond Spokane--in Seattle, other areas of Washington, and in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. He was also responsible for buildings in the East and even for one in England. After financial problems ended his career in the Northwest, he began anew at age sixty-three in southern California, and worked there as an architect until his death in 1939 at age seventy-nine. Henry Matthews presents a comprehensive study of the whole body of Cutter's work, with ample photographs and illustrations. The book is based on exhaustive research in both the Northwest and California, revealing the influences on Cutter and his associates, the processes at work in the design and construction of the buildings, and the relations between the architect and the many people who commissioned his work. Particularly useful to Matthews's research was a collection of 290 sets of drawings, as well as office accounts, letters, and books from Cutter's library--materials acquired by the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. He also was able to interview former assistants and clients, who provided valuable insights on the architect and the way Cutter worked. In addition, many of the architect's residences, hotels, clubs, and commercial buildings are still standing. This book adds significantly to an understanding of Western urban and regional history. But Cutter's experimentation in many styles and the imaginative nature of his work make for a study that goes beyond regional limits and sheds light on national trends. Winner of the 1999 Washington State Book Award

Announcing A+D (Architecture and Design), a new series from the Art Institute of Chicago, which highlights the work of important architects and designers from around the world. Innovatively designed by the New York firm 2x4, the titles are either historical in nature or investigate current critical thinking and practice in architecture and design. This handsome book presents the oeuvre of Douglas Garofalo, principal of Garofalo Architects, internationally renowned for its innovative residential, commercial, institutional, and public building projects. With an impressive list of clients that includes the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Hyde Park Art Center, and the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, the firm has also designed a number of private residences and played a significant role in Chicago's urban design and public planning. Douglas Garofalo looks at the architect's work to date, drawing from the full spectrum of his built work, theoretical and visionary projects (including the Camouflage House outside Chicago ), and competition entries (including those for the Chicago Housing Authority and the Chicago Public Schools). Illustrations of and informative entries on the drawings, models, and digital media that showcase this work are featured. Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition Schedule: The Art Institute of Chicago (June 15 - October 8, 2006)

Architecture is a challenging profession. The education is rigorous and the licensing process lengthy; the industry is volatile and compensation lags behind other professions. All architects make a huge investment to be able to practice, but additional obstacles are placed in the way of women and people of color. Structural Inequality relates this disparity through the stories of twenty black architects from around the United States and examines the sociological context of architectural practice. Through these experiences, research, and observation, Victoria Kaplan explores the role systemic racism plays in an occupation commonly referred to as the 'white gentlemen's profession.' Given the shifting demographics of the United States, Kaplan demonstrates that it is incumbent on the profession to act now to create a multicultural field of practitioners who mirror the changing client base. Structural Inequality provides the context to inform and facilitate the necessary conversation on increasing diversity in architecture.

Text in English and German. The distinguished architect and Pritzker laureate Richard Meier has attracted public attention mainly with his museum and cultural buildings including the Atheneum in New Harmony, Indiana, the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Stadthaus in Ulm and the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. The book accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt, which has recently been relaunched with differently conceived museum facilities and new service areas; these are addressed in detail in an appendix to the book.

This dictionary profiles world-renowned architects, engineers, landscape architects, artists and photographers whose work has given rise to an entirely new dimension in designing the cityscape. It features leading figures from the international scene, including Tadao Andao, Emilio Ambasz, Daniel Buren, Tony Cragg, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Anish Kapoor, Rem Koolhaas, Maya Lin, Richard Long and James Turrel, among many others.
Over the last decade the concept of "landscape" has dramatically changed, Projects that reconstruct large disused areas, the design of public spaces, parks and private gardens, and Land Art all involve landscape design. This field has come to greater prominence with the increase in public projects and by keeping pace with new theoretical approaches and design practices. This volume will be an invaluable reference for any one involved in urban planning, public art, landscape architecture and landscape design.