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Ernesto Nathan Rogers - The Modern Architect as Public Intellectual (Paperback): Maurizio Sabini Ernesto Nathan Rogers - The Modern Architect as Public Intellectual (Paperback)
Maurizio Sabini
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) was a towering figure in 20th-century Italian architecture, with a significant impact at the international level. Through the work of his collaborative firm (Banfi Belgiojoso Peressutti Rogers, or BBPR), the editorship of publications such as Domus and Casabella, and his teaching at the Politecnico in Milan, Rogers ensured a lasting influence on the field as a practitioner, theorist and educator. However his contributions have been largely neglected by scholarship outside of Italy. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book re-assesses Ernesto Nathan Rogers' cultural legacy. It is the first comprehensive, critical work on Rogers in English, and emphasizes Rogers' vision for the role of the architect as a public intellectual, as well as his commitment to pursue a renewed path of professional and cultural research within the "Modern Project." The book also discusses Roger's willingness to challenge academic classicized monumentality as well as modernist stereotypes, to emerge as a leader of Italian design in the aftermath of World War II; his interest in all scales of design and planning, with a cross-disciplinary mentality; tradition in modernity; and criticality as a mode of practice, to bring a detailed account of the work and thought of Ernesto Nathan Rogers to an English-speaking audience for the first time. With a foreword by Kenneth Frampton.

Conceiving the Plan - In Honor of Diane Lewis (Hardcover): Yael Hameiri Sainsaux Conceiving the Plan - In Honor of Diane Lewis (Hardcover)
Yael Hameiri Sainsaux; Text written by Barry Bergdoll, Daniel Sherer
R905 Discovery Miles 9 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Saga of Sydney Opera House - The Dramatic Story of the Design and Construction of the Icon of Modern Australia (Hardcover):... The Saga of Sydney Opera House - The Dramatic Story of the Design and Construction of the Icon of Modern Australia (Hardcover)
Peter Murray
R4,350 Discovery Miles 43 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Probably the most popular building of the last century, Sydney Opera House is the icon of modern Australia. It has repaid its Au$100 million cost many times over, both as a tourist attraction and as a cultural center; as a brand, it is priceless. The story of its creation is one of both triumph and tragedy: universally loved these days, it was attacked by press and public when under construction. It is a masterpiece of modern architecture, yet Jorn Utzon, its designer, walked out before completion. Opinions are still divided over who was at fault when he resigned after a row with the client in 1966, and the story continues to rouse powerful passions to this day. Now, nearly 40 years later, Utzon has been invited back to oversee the building's refurbishment.
Peter Murray's compelling and highly readable biography of the building presents both sides of the story. Using previously unpublished files and papers; Murray has managed to unravel one of the most intriguing architectural controversies of recent times - what really happened when they built Sydney Opera House?

The Lonely City - Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Paperback): Olivia Laing The Lonely City - Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Paperback)
Olivia Laing 1
R517 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R127 (25%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Roof for Silence (Bilingual edition) - Lebanese Pavilion - Venice Architecture Biennale (Paperback): Hala Warde A Roof for Silence (Bilingual edition) - Lebanese Pavilion - Venice Architecture Biennale (Paperback)
Hala Warde
R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Tony Hunt's Second Sketchbook (Paperback, New ed): Tony Hunt, , Sir Norman Foster Tony Hunt's Second Sketchbook (Paperback, New ed)
Tony Hunt, , Sir Norman Foster
R1,645 Discovery Miles 16 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tony Hunt's Sketchbook illustrates the connection between brain and hand in conceiving structural concepts and details as possible solutions to structures in architecture. This new edition features 100 previously unpublished sketches. These sketches illustrate alternative structural concepts, ideas and details developed by Tony Hunt for over one hundred projects throughout his professional life. They relate directly to projects built and unbuilt in the field of structural engineering and were either produced at the time of relevant design meetings or as a response to a problem posed by an architect and are, therefore, a record of ideas proposed at the particular time. They are a source of design inspiration and an insight into the work of this well respected engineer. Sketches of over 100 of Tony Hunt's projects provide an excellent source of design inspiration Allows the reader to visualise the design process through from start to finish Gain an insight into the lifetime's work of this influential structural engineer

Crossings - Dominique Coulon & Associes (Hardcover): Dominique Coulon Crossings - Dominique Coulon & Associes (Hardcover)
Dominique Coulon
R1,760 R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Save R327 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nature and Space - Aalto and Le Corbusier (Paperback): Sarah Menin, Flora Samuel Nature and Space - Aalto and Le Corbusier (Paperback)
Sarah Menin, Flora Samuel
R1,959 Discovery Miles 19 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days


This book is a unique comparative study of two of the greatest figures in modern architecture - Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. By assessing the historical, personal and intellectual influences of their attitudes to nature and the creative direction of their work, this study offers a new understanding about the diversity at the heart of modernism. Through an analysis of the architects' own writing about their ideas and philosophies, a better understanding is gained of their ideas for urban living and by looking at their most widely known work, the authors analyse the architects' intentions to build nature into the heart of their architecture. The authors argue that there are many similarities between the attitudes towards nature held by Le Corbusier and Aalto, and that these similarities had an important place in the generation of their architecture.

Jim Olson - Building * Nature * Art (Hardcover): Jim Olson Jim Olson - Building * Nature * Art (Hardcover)
Jim Olson
R1,801 R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Save R570 (32%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over the course of a career spanning more than fifty years, Seattle-based architect Jim Olson, of Olson Kundig, has made his name designing a broad range of buildings that sensitively respond to their environment. Initially drawing from his close connection to the nature and culture of the Pacific Northwest, he has attracted an international reputation for designing houses for art collectors around the world. Considered together, his buildings reveal an exceptional interplay between art, light, nature, craft and architecture, which can be experienced in a range of projects that span the globe, from Mexico to South-East Asia. This complete overview of many decades of carefully considered buildings begins with an extended essay by Aaron Betsky, who considers the intimate relationship between Olson's natural surroundings and love of art and his design process over the course of his career. This is followed by a selection of twenty-eight of Olson's recent projects, interspersed with private sketches and his reflections on architecture and the creative process. The final reference section includes an extensive illustrated chronology of the architect's entire corpus.

Sir John Soane's Influence on Architecture from 1791 - A Continuing Legacy (Paperback): Oliver Bradbury Sir John Soane's Influence on Architecture from 1791 - A Continuing Legacy (Paperback)
Oliver Bradbury
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sir John Soane's Influence on Architecture from 1791: A Continuing Legacy is the first in-depth study of this eighteenth-century British architect's impact on the work of others, extending globally and still indeed the case over 200 years later. Author Oliver Bradbury presents a compelling argument that the influence of Soane (1753-1837) has persevered through the centuries, rather than waning around the time of his death. Through examinations of internationally-renowned architects from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Philip Johnson, as well as a number of not so well known Soanean disciples, Bradbury posits that Soane is perhaps second only to Palladio in terms of the longevity of his influence on architecture through the course of more than two centuries, from the early 1790s to today, concluding with the recent return to pure revivalism. Previous investigations have been limited to focusing on Soane's late-Georgian and then post-modern influence; this is the first in-depth study of his impact over the course of two centuries. Through this survey, Bradbury demonstrates that Soane's influence has been truly international in the pre-modern era, reaching throughout the British Isles and beyond to North America and even colonial Australia. Through his inclusion of select, detailed case studies, Bradbury contends that Soane's is a continuing, not negated, legacy in architecture.

Sigurd Lewerentz - Pure Aesthetics - St Mark's Church, Stockholm (Hardcover): Karin Bjoerkquist, Sebastien Corbari Sigurd Lewerentz - Pure Aesthetics - St Mark's Church, Stockholm (Hardcover)
Karin Bjoerkquist, Sebastien Corbari
R1,370 Discovery Miles 13 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

St Mark's Church in Bjoerkhagen, one of Stockholm's southern districts, is one of Sigurd Lewerentz's (1885-1975) key designs. But unlike Lewerentz's other famous church, St Peter's in Klippan, no book has been published to date that constitutes a fitting tribute to this masterpiece of brick brutalism. This opulent new building monograph now fills this gap. Some 300 new colour photographs and especially drawn explanatory plans, alongside essays by distinguished authorities on Lewerentz's architecture, turn this book into a visual feast. It demonstrates the exquisitely atmospheric St Mark's Church both as a standalone object and in the context of its surrounding urban landscape. Moreover, it picks out many details, such as the floor coverings, furnishings, lamps, banisters, the altar, and other liturgical features. The essays explore aspects of materiality and topics such as the church's special acoustics and atmosphere in an attempt to reveal the secret of Sigurd Lewerentz's church designs.

Erik Gunnar Asplund - Landscapes and Buildings (Hardcover): Malcolm Woollen Erik Gunnar Asplund - Landscapes and Buildings (Hardcover)
Malcolm Woollen
R4,054 Discovery Miles 40 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together art, philosophy, history, and literature, this book investigates the landscapes and buildings of Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund. Through critical essays and beautiful illustrations focusing on four projects, the Woodland Cemetery, the Stockholm Public Library, the Stockholm Exhibition and Asplund's own house at Stennas, it addresses the topic of buildings accompanied by landscapes. It proposes that themes related to landscape are central to Asplund's distinctive work, with these particular sites forming a collection that documents an evolution in his design thinking from 1915 to 1940. The architect himself wrote comparatively little about his design intentions. However, through close reading and analysis of the selected projects as landscapes with architecture, author Malcolm Woollen argues that reflections of the history of Swedish landscape architecture and the intellectual climate in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are evident in his work and help to explain the architect's intentions. This book is a must-have for academics, advanced students and researchers in landscape architecture and design who are interested in Nordic Classicism and the works of Erik Gunnar Asplund.

Materials - Archea Associati / Marco Casamonti (Hardcover): Joseph Giovannini Materials - Archea Associati / Marco Casamonti (Hardcover)
Joseph Giovannini; Edited by Laura Andreini
R2,098 Discovery Miles 20 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The selection, preparation and application of materials in architecture represent key decisions in the design process, today as in the past. This book features projects by Archea Associati, a firm of architects and designers founded in Florence in 1988, that demonstrate how materials can be used in innovative ways, while still honouring their traditional characteristics. Glass, terracotta, concrete and wood are just a few of the elements they work with. Examples of ancient and contemporary materials are featured throughout this well-illustrated volume. A gallery of photographic images accompanied by drawings and descriptive texts illustrate each building, alternating between details and general views, from the basic elements to the complete work as a whole.

More Space for Architecture: The Work of O'Donnell + Tuomey (Hardcover): Sheila O'Donnell, John Tuomey More Space for Architecture: The Work of O'Donnell + Tuomey (Hardcover)
Sheila O'Donnell, John Tuomey
R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

More Space for Architecture features a fascinating selection of buildings and projects designed by Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey over a seven-year period, from 2015 to 2021. Unbuilt and unpublished designs act like stepping stones to trace a continuous path between a wide range of recent and realised works, which includes schools, universities, housing, artist collaborations and public buildings. Context-sensitive buildings on complex and difficult sites in Dublin, Cork and Budapest are outlined and presented in detail for the reader, from conceptual sketches through to completion. Competition-winning projects under construction include the highly public V&A East and Sadler's Wells East, both currently on site at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London; the new Academic Hub in TU Dublin's city centre campus; and the brand new extension at the School of Architecture at Liverpool University. The book also features a collection of reflective essays written by O'Donnell + Tuomey, which includes a selection of O'Donnell's characteristic watercolour studies, expanding on ideas aired in public lectures and developed in studio conversations. More Space for Architecture is a companion volume to the earlier monograph from O'Donnell + Tuomey, Space for Architecture, first published by Artifice Press in 2014 and one of the publishing house's biggest sellers.

Le Corbusier (Hardcover): Graham Livesey, Antony Moulis Le Corbusier (Hardcover)
Graham Livesey, Antony Moulis
R31,092 Discovery Miles 310 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Le Corbusier (1887-1965), born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), is considered by many to be the most influential architect of the twentieth century. Educated in his hometown in the Arts and Crafts tradition under his mentor Charles L'Eplattenier, his early training included important travels and periods of work in the offices of the Perret Brothers (Paris) and Peter Behrens (Berlin). He settled permanently in Paris in 1917, after which he encountered the modernist painter Amedee Ozenfant who would have a significant influence on his work; together they established Purism and the L'Esprit Nouveau journal. During this period he also took the name Le Corbusier derived from the name of a relative. The 1920s saw Le Corbusier emerge as one of the leading modern architects internationally with his designs for a series of villas and projects for the modern city. His 'white' architecture of this period was inspired by modern machines, including early aircraft, automobiles, and ocean liners, along with an abiding interest in architectural history. Many of his ideas were captured in two important publications: Vers une architecture (1923) and Urbanisme (1925). In the early 1930s he sought larger commissions internationally and his architecture evolved away from the Purist work of the 1920s with the adoption of vernacular elements. As the political climate in Europe changed in the late 1930s Le Corbusier's career struggled leading him to take desperate measures. For example, during World War II, he attempted unsuccessfully to secure commissions from the Vichy regime controlling southern France. During this period he also began work on his Modulor measurement system. At the end of the work he reestablished his office in Paris and embarked on a creative and productive period that would last until his death by drowning in 1965. Of particular importance was the Unite d'Habitation project in Marseilles, begun in 1946, which allowed him to develop his ideas for collective housing; this project also signaled the emergence of his 'brutalist' period. His formal experiments also broadened with works such as the pilgrimage church of Notre Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp and the monastery of La Tourette. In 1950 he was invited to India, where he was engaged to take over the master plan of the new capital city of the Punjab at Chandigarh. This allowed him to test his urban theories and to develop designs for the Capitol complex. A series of late work demonstrated Le Corbusier's continuing experiments in architecture. Often unfairly maligned for the failings of modern urbanism, Le Corbusier's legacy continues to evolve. This four-volume collection of writings on the career and legacy of Le Corbusier traces the various periods of his life from his early training to his final projects. The writings, by Le Corbusier and leading scholars, also explore important themes and specific buildings. The final volume includes articles, some critical of his ideas, which examine his legacy and impact.

Never Modern (Paperback): Irenee Scalbert Never Modern (Paperback)
Irenee Scalbert
R687 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R227 (33%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In "Never Modern," Irenee Scalbert explores the role of narrative, history, and appropriation in the works of the London-based firm 6a Architects, whose recent projects include the South London Gallery, Raven Row, and the new fashion galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Scalbert examines the unique approach of the members of 6a, wherein they avoid style and signature in favor of what Scalbert calls a premodern sense of "metis," or "flair, wisdom, forethought, subtlety of mind, deception, resourcefulness, vigilance, opportunism, varied skills, and experience." Scalbert's analysis is accompanied by a striking visual essay of archival photographs, artworks, film stills, and recent projects by the firm. In the end, Scalbert argues that like contemporary society in general, the architecture of 6a Architects is fundamentally a work of bricolage, creating art composed of various objects on hand, drawing from history and the everyday to create something new and vital.

The Organization and Architecture of Innovation - Managing the Flow of Technology (Hardcover): Thomas Allen, Gunter Henn The Organization and Architecture of Innovation - Managing the Flow of Technology (Hardcover)
Thomas Allen, Gunter Henn
R5,226 Discovery Miles 52 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building on his pioneering work on the management of technology and innovation in his first book, Managing the Flow of Technology, Thomas J. Allen of MIT has joined with award-winning German architect Gunter Henn of HENN Architekten to produce a book that explores the combined use of two management tools to make the innovation process most effective: organizational structure and physical space. They present research demonstrating how organizational structure and physical space each affect communication among people in this case, engineers, scientists, and others in technical organizations and they illustrate how organizations can transform both to increase the transfer of technical knowledge and maximize thecommunication for inspiration that is central to the innovation process. Allen and Henn illustrate their points with discussions of well-known buildings around the world, including Audi's corporate headquarters, Steelcase's corporate design center, and the Corning Glass Becker building, as well as several of Gunter Henn's own projects, including the Skoda automotive factory in the Czech Republic and the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Allen and Henn then demonstrate the principles developed in their work by discussing in detail one example in which organizational structure and physical space were combined successfully to promote innovation with impressive results: HENN Architekten's Project House for the BMW Group Research and Innovation Centre in Munich, cited by Business Week (April 24, 2006) in naming BMW one of the worlds most innovative companies.Professor Thomas Allen is the originator of the Allen curve. In the late 1970s, Tom Allen undertook a project to determine how the distance between engineers offices coincided with the level of regular technical communication between them. The results of that research, now known as the Allen Curve, revealed a distinct correlation between dist

Fashioning Vienna - Adolf Loos's Cultural Criticism (Hardcover): Janet Stewart Fashioning Vienna - Adolf Loos's Cultural Criticism (Hardcover)
Janet Stewart
R4,211 R2,891 Discovery Miles 28 910 Save R1,320 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book seeks, through an examination of the form and content of his texts, to extend our understanding of Adolf Loos and his role in the struggle to define the nature of modernity in Vienna at the turn of the nineteenth century. It makes extensive use of primary sources including archive material and newspaper reports, which serve to shed new light on the way in which Loos's writings are embedded in their socio-cultural context. Drawing on insights from German and Austrian studies, sociology and cultural history, this book offers a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to a figure who himself operated in an interdisciplinary fashion.

Fashioning Vienna - Adolf Loos's Cultural Criticism (Paperback, New): Janet Stewart Fashioning Vienna - Adolf Loos's Cultural Criticism (Paperback, New)
Janet Stewart
R1,529 R1,238 Discovery Miles 12 380 Save R291 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book seeks, through an examination of the form and content of his texts, to extend our understanding of Adolf Loos and his role in the struggle to define the nature of modernity in Vienna at the turn of the nineteenth century. It makes extensive use of primary sources including archive material and newspaper reports, which serve to shed new light on the way in which Loos's writings are embedded in their socio-cultural context. Drawing on insights from German and Austrian studies, sociology and cultural history, this book offers a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to a figure who himself operated in an interdisciplinary fashion.

Bruno Taut's Design Inspiration for the Glashaus (Paperback): David Nielsen Bruno Taut's Design Inspiration for the Glashaus (Paperback)
David Nielsen
R1,465 Discovery Miles 14 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As a formative exemplar of early architectural modernism, Bruno Taut's seminal exhibition pavilion the Glashaus (literally translated Glasshouse) is logically part of the important debate of rethinking the origins of modernism. However, the historical record of Bruno Taut's Glashaus has been primarily established by one art historian and critic. As a result the historical record of the Glashaus is significantly skewed toward a singlular notion of Expressionism and surprisingly excludes Taut's diverse motives for the design of the building. In an effort to clarify the problematic historical record of the Glashaus, this book exposes Bruno Taut's motives and inspirations for its design. The result is that Taut's motives can be found in yet unacknowledged precedents like the botanical inspiration of the Victoria regia lily; the commercial interests of Frederick Keppler as the Director of the Deutche Luxfer Prismen Syndikat; and imitation that derived openly from the Gothic. The outcome is a substantial contribution to the re-evaluation of the generally accepted histories of the modern movement in architecture.

Happytecture (Hardcover): Ruby Boddington Happytecture (Hardcover)
Ruby Boddington
R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Spanish photographers Anna Devis and Daniel Rueda met at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, where they both graduated from the School of Architecture. Today, this creative duo puts to use their architectural backgrounds to tell stories through fun and surprising images that are far from conventional architecture photography. Their particular style is characterised by their visual sense of humour, creativity, precision and a delicate aesthetic inspired by the city, geometry and minimalism. By combining their spatial awareness and their artistic vision, primarily based on simple shapes and bold patterns, they have succeeded in establishing magnetic and joyful narratives that smartly suggest both the nature of human relations and the fascination with the urban environment. Although it may seem surprising or hard to believe, besides some basic image processing, Anna and Daniel create these surreal scenes without the use of photo editing software. Instead, they carefully set the scene in real life using all sorts of everyday objects, unexpected locations and tons of natural light.

Context and Content - The Memoir of a Fortunate Architect (Paperback): A. J Diamond Context and Content - The Memoir of a Fortunate Architect (Paperback)
A. J Diamond
R517 R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Frank Lloyd Wright (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition): Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Frank Lloyd Wright (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer; Edited by Peter Goessel
R1,976 Discovery Miles 19 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A building by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is at once unmistakably individual, and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional understanding of an organic environment, as well as for their use of steel and glass to revolutionize the interface of indoor and outdoor, Wright's designs helped announce the age of modernity, as much as they secured his own name in the annals of architectural genius. This meticulous compilation from TASCHEN's previous three-volume monograph assembles the most important works from Wright's extensive, paradigm-shifting oeuvre into one authoritative and accessibly priced overview of America's most famous architect. Based on unlimited access to the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives in Taliesin, Arizona, the collection spans the length and breadth of Wright's projects, both realized and unrealized, from his early Prairie Houses, through the Usonian concept home, epitomized by Fallingwater, the Tokyo years, his progressive "living architecture" buildings, right through to later schemes like the Guggenheim Museum, New York, and fantastic visions for a better tomorrow in the "living city." Author Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, who served as Wright's apprentice during the 1950s, discusses recent research on Wright and gives his own insights on these game-changing buildings.

Portraits - 15 Buildings KAAN Architecten (Hardcover): Kees Kaan Portraits - 15 Buildings KAAN Architecten (Hardcover)
Kees Kaan; Alice Colombo
R1,051 Discovery Miles 10 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

KAAN Architecten, founded and led by Kees Kaan, Vincent Panhuysen, and Dikkie Scipio, promote Dutch building traditions of sustainability, welfare, pragmatism, and quality through a collaborative and analytical design approach. The Rotterdam-based firm, who run satellite offices in Paris and Sao Paulo, gained wide renown through complex public commissions that surpass traditional notions of typology and method. Their range includes government offices, museums, urban development projects, as well as buildings for health care, education, and research. This first substantial monograph on KAAN Architecten offers a comprehensive survey of their most important projects to date. The 15 buildings documented in the book are presented as different characters with varying physiognomies, but which belong to the same family and feature similar traits-hence the title of the book. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, visualisations, plans and drawings, and through essays by French architect, critic, and scholar of architectural history Pierre Chabard and by Dutch architectural critic, writer, and editor Ruud Brouwers, Portraits explores KAAN Architecten's work using different lenses. By mapping out their complex genealogy, the book also highlights that the firm's designs are not single autonomous entities but rather parts of a shared vision.

Mohamed Makiya - A Modern Architect Renewing Islamic Tradition (Hardcover): Karen Dabrowska Mohamed Makiya - A Modern Architect Renewing Islamic Tradition (Hardcover)
Karen Dabrowska
R607 R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Save R114 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Makiya was Baghdad and Baghdad was Makiya.' These words sum up the life of one of the Middle East's most famous architects. Mohamed Makiya's career spanned seven decades and included projects in more than ten countries. He was a master of incorporating traditional and classical styles into modern architecture. For Makiya, the continuity of tradition as a 'living dimension' was the justification for his work. Makiya was revered as a teacher of architecture in Iraq, where he set up the first Department of Architecture at Baghdad University in 1959. Makiya was also a promoter of Iraqi art, which he displayed at his Kufa Gallery in London that was set up to build a bridge between the East and the West. This compelling biography reveals the life of a visionary who achieved remarkable feats in Iraq and whose philosophy and humanity crossed all borders and cultures.

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