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Following her success with Lost Charleston, local author and city
tour guide Leigh Jones Handal brings a fresh approach to one of the
key titles in Pavilion Books’ trademark series. Charleston, South
Carolina is one of the most popular East Coast tourist
destinations. The flashpoint of the Civil War, what remains of Fort
Sumter in Charleston is still a much-visited attraction, and
despite bombardment by the Federal Navy, earthquakes and many
hurricanes, the South Carolina city has retained its 19th-century
charm. City guide Leigh Jones Handal tells the story of the
Charleston she loves through archive photos matched with their
modern viewpoint, including the Jenkins Orphanage whose band were
the likely originators of the Charleston dance. There are vintage
photos of the great plantation houses, plus the grand buildings on
Meeting Street, and the soaring spires of Charleston’s many
churches. Downtown many of the classic mansions, such as the
Miles Brewton House, have been retained, along with the Market Hall
and the Customs House, and though the trolleys no longer run along
Broad Street, it is still recognizable from a century
before. Leigh Jones Handal has uncovered a treasury of
vintages images which have been matched with modern photos to show
new aspects of this enduringly fascinating city.
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Trevor Fishlock; Photographs by Andrew Molyneux; Translated by Rhys Iorwerth
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Kirchengast betrachtet in seinem Buch drei Projekte mit
modellhaftem Charakter: Max Dudler, Franz Riepl und Stephen
Sergison demonstrieren auf den Massstabsebenen Dorf, Siedlung und
Stadt ein analoges Weiterbauen. Mit ihrer elementaren "Gebautheit",
guten Proportionen und dem eleganten Zusammenspiel der Volumina im
stadtischen Raum verkoerpern sie eine Dauerhaftigkeit ohne Alluren
und modische Zutaten, die zum sinnfalligen wie selbstverstandlichen
Hintergrund des alltaglichen Lebens wird. Sie geben dabei nicht nur
auf die drangende Frage der OEkologie unseres Zusammenlebens
Antwort, sondern liefern einen Ankerpunkt in unserer heterogenen
Gestaltungskultur. Fotos von Helene Binet, David Schreyer und
Stefan Muller sowie historische Illustrationen begleiten das
Pladoyer fur die gekonnte Architektur der Mitte.
The book combines photography and written text to analyse the role
of memorials and commemoration sites in the construction of
antagonistic nationalism. Taking Cypriot memorializations as a case
study, the book shows how these memorials often support, but
sometimes also undermine, the discursive-material assemblage of
nationalism.
A beautiful, illustrated exploration of European burial sites and
memorials from the First and Second World Wars The wealth of
splendid photography in this singular publication features military
cemeteries and memorials, conveying their grace, solemn beauty, and
deep emotional resonance. Hundreds of cemeteries and memorials from
the First and Second World Wars are featured-locations throughout
Europe with particular emphasis on sites in England, France,
Belgium, and Germany. The book's essays delve into the landscape
and architectural history of these hallowed spaces, which were
designed by architects such as Charles Henry Holden, Edwin Luytens,
John Russell Pope, and Robert Tischler, among others. These
landscapes, each a campaign for remembrance and peace, take on new
significance alongside comparative images of more recent memorials,
including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, and the
National September 11 Memorial in New York. Distributed for
Mercatorfonds
The opening of celebrated British architect David Chipperfield's
extension building of Kunsthaus Zurich in the fall of 2021 will
make this renowned institution Switzerland's largest art museum. In
the run-up to this milestone in the museum's development, this new
book looks back at its architectural history. It tells a lively
story that starts in 1847 with the Zurich Artists' Society's
initial gallery building and had its first culmination in 1910,
when distinguished Swiss architect Karl Moser's Kunsthaus was
opened. Over the past century, three major additions were carried
out in 1925, 1959, and 1976, and many attempts for a visionary
large-scale extension were made. Illustrated with historic images,
reproductions of plans and drawings as well as newly drawn floor
and site plans, the book documents all stages of constructing
Kunsthaus Zurich.
"A lucid, well-organized survey of the almost infinite variety of
production spaces of western theatre. . . . Carlson's survey must
be admired for its wealth of carefully researched and elegantly
articulated information concerning the relation of urban planning,
architecture, and interior and exterior theatre embellishment to
the social, political, economic and occasionally even aesthetic
purposes of those responsible for these 'signifiers.'" Theatre
Journal In this generously illustrated volume, Marvin Carlson uses
models from architectural and urban semiotics to show how a theatre
building and its location within a city reflect society's attitudes
and concerns."
With more than 250 full-color photos, Stores of the Year No. 15
shows you how top professionals in the fields of design,
architecture, lighting and fixtures, turn spaces into marketplaces.
Famous designers and newcomers alike reveal new solutions to the
complex problems of retail design and visual merchandising.
Illustrated are the elements of good store design: architecture,
fixturing, lighting and merchandise presentation. The stores
selected show how top professionals in the field of store design
turn spaces into marketplaces that sell the goods.
The streets and public spaces of London are rich with statues and
monuments commemorating the city's great figures and events - from
Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and Sir Christopher Wren's
Great Fire Monument to the charming Peter Pan statue in Kensington
Gardens. Executed in stone, bronze and a range of other materials,
London's statues and monuments include work by some of the world's
greatest sculptors, such as Edwin Lutyens and Sir Christopher Wren.
This newly revised book takes account of the many new statues
erected between 2012 and 2017, including those of Mary Seacole at
St Thomas' Hospital and Amy Winehouse in Camden, and is a fully
illustrated guide to the works and their stories: sometimes
surprising and occasionally controversial, but always fascinating.
The seminal and pioneering London Underground is more than a mass
transportation network - it is a style icon, its history involving
some of the most important architects and artists of their time.
Exploring Frank Pick's vision through the development of Metroland
to Holden's innovative designs, David Long expertly weaves the
story of the Underground - its abundance of characters (some good,
some not so good), design firsts and brand identity - with Jane
Magarigal's atmospheric photography. From suburban expansion to
Blitz bombings and Soviet adulation, this book celebrates what
remains a magnificent engineering and aesthetic achievement while
providing an affectionate if slightly elegiac portrait of a London
which is now gone for good.
The Clyfford Still Museum was designed by the leading architectural
practice Allied Works and its founder, Brad Cloepfil. The building
creates space for the voice and artistic vision of American painter
Clyfford Still (1904-1980), housing the vast majority of his
creative output over a sixty-year period. The museum's design is
inspired by the work of Still and by its monumental context: the
site is located at the intersection of prairie and mountains,
within an urban district of major cultural buildings, vacant lots,
historic housing, and new development. The building looks to the
earth as a source of silence and profound connection to the
elemental forces the artist explored through his painting. This
publication presents the vision and realization of the museum from
initial concepts to completion. A rich collection of stories,
artifacts, documents, and conversations trace the evolution of the
building and Allied Works' unique creative process. New essays and
photography examine its significance within contemporary
architectural discourse and the singular experience of the
completed work.
The beautifully illustrated pocket edition is an editorial tribute
to the history of the Comunale Theatre in Bologna, a city
institution of international fame. With previously unpublished and
richly detailed images and complementary texts by Professor Piero
Mioli, this publication celebrates the theatre's great and unique
story. Also included is a rich photographic array from the
theatre's historical archives featuring posters, stage photos,
sketches, drawings and figurine plates, which have been hidden from
public view, until now. Text in English and Italian.
A history of U.S. Civil War monuments that shows how they distort
history and perpetuate white supremacy The United States began as a
slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants
in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a
half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing
Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how the history of slavery and
its violent end was told in public spaces-specifically in the
sculptural monuments that came to dominate streets, parks, and town
squares in nineteenth-century America. Looking at monuments built
and unbuilt, Kirk Savage shows how the greatest era of monument
building in American history took place amid struggles over race,
gender, and collective memory. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves
probes a host of fascinating questions and remains the only
sustained investigation of post-Civil War monument building as a
process of national and racial definition. Featuring a new preface
by the author that reflects on recent events surrounding the
meaning of these monuments, and new photography and illustrations
throughout, this new and expanded edition reveals how monuments
exposed the myth of a "united" people, and have only become more
controversial with the passage of time.
The Bauhaus Building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius in 1926,
represents a "built manifesto of Bauhaus ideas" and is one of
modernism's most important buildings. Together with the associated
Masters' Houses (Meisterhauser), the Houses with Balcony Access
(Laubenganghauser) in Dessau, and Bauhaus buildings in Weimar and
Bernau, it is included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. The book
focuses on strategies for preserving the Bauhaus Building. It
presents the building-and its eventful history-from its
construction to its destruction, rebuilding, and restoration. Using
texts, photographs, and numerous blueprints, the book provides a
detailed exploration of specific aspects of the architecture-such
as the building's outer shell, materials, construction, color
scheme, and surfaces-and the long-term preservation concept for the
site. In doing so, it proposes structural measures aimed at
adapting the building to today's challenges and at conserving the
building with its historic and artistic characteristics.
Archaeology of Modernism. Preservation Bauhaus Dessau is the
revised and expanded edition of Archaeology of Modernism.
Renovation Bauhaus Dessau, which was published by JOVIS as Volume
23 of the EDITION BAUHAUS series in 2006. This new edition is
presented as Volume 58.
Las Vegas Then and Now pairs vintage shots from 100 years of the
city's history with the same view today. ‘Las Vegas Then and
Now’ captures the city's evolution from a desert railroad outpost
into the gambling and entertainment capital of the world. Pairing
historical photographs of the town with specially commissioned
views of the same scene today, this book provides the reader with
an intriguing look into the history of a city that has become a
cultural icon. Historic Fremont Street, which has recently
undergone a multi-million dollar renewal programme, presents the
most vivid contrast between the dusty desert town of the 1920s and
the pulsating entertainment city we know today. Las Vegas is ever
changing – the popular Mermaids and Vegas Vicky on Fremont are
gone, but further down the Strip, the High-Roller has arrived, one
of the world’s tallest observation wheels befitting this
thrill-seeking town. Casinos on the Strip have changed too. The
Sahara closed in 2011, re-opened as SLS which also closed, and has
now re-opened as The Sahara! Experienced ‘Then and Now’
photographer Karl Mondon takes to the skies of Vegas to get some
inspiring comparison shots, while author Su Kim Chung once again
points out the changes to a city she has written about for the last
twenty years. ‘Las Vegas Then and Now’ truly captures the buzz
of a city where the only constant is change. Sites include:
Allegiant Stadium, Circa, Arts District, Fremont Street, Railroad
Depot, Union Pacific Station, Arizona Club, Golden Nugget, El
Portal Theatre, Nevada Hotel, Sal Sagev Hotel, El Cortez, Vegas
Vic, The Mint Hotel, Las Vegas Post Office/Mob Museum, El Rancho
Vegas, Last Frontier, New Frontier, Little Church of the West,
Flamingo, Thunderbird Hotel, Desert Inn, Sahara Hotel, Sands Hotel,
Stardust, Riviera, La Concha Motel, Dunes Hotel, Caesars Palace,
Hacienda, Tropicana, MGM Grand, Aladdin, Boardwalk, International,
Landmark Hotel, Las Vegas Convention Center, Moulin Rouge and much
more.
Essential information for architects, designers, engineers,
equipment suppliers, and other professionals who are working in or
entering the biopharmaceutical manufacturing field Biomanufacturing
facilities that are designed and built today are radically
different than in the past. The vital information and knowledge
needed to design and construct these increasingly sophisticated
biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities is difficult to find in
published literature--and it's rarely taught in architecture or
design schools. This is the first book for architects and designers
that fills this void. Process Architecture in Biomanufacturing
Facility Design provides information on design principles of
biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that support emerging
innovative processes and technologies, use state-of-the-art
equipment, are energy efficient and sustainable, and meet
regulatory requirements. Relying on their many years of hands-on
design and operations experience, the authors emphasize concepts
and practical approaches toward design, construction, and operation
of biomanufacturing facilities, including product-process-facility
relationships, closed systems and single use equipment, aseptic
manufacturing considerations, design of biocontainment facility and
process based laboratory, and sustainability considerations, as
well as an outlook on the facility of the future. Provides
guidelines for meeting licensing and regulatory requirements for
biomanufacturing facilities in the U.S.A and WHO--especially in
emerging global markets in India, China, Latin America, and the
Asia/Pacific regions Focuses on innovative design and equipment, to
speed construction and time to market, increase energy efficiency,
and reduce footprint, construction and operational costs, as well
as the financial risks associated with construction of a new
facility prior to the approval of the manufactured products by
regulatory agencies Includes many diagrams that clarify the design
approach Process Architecture in Biomanufacturing Facility Design
is an ideal text for professionals involved in the design of
facilities for manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines,
biotechnology, and life-science industry, including architects and
designers of industrial facilities, construction, equipment
vendors, and mechanical engineers. It is also recommended for
university instructors, advanced undergraduates, and graduate
students in architecture, industrial engineering, mechanical
engineering, industrial design, and industrial interior design.
'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaper An enthralling
history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and
inhabited them Lighthouses are enduring monuments to our
relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic vision of
solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was
much more noble, conceived as navigational gifts for the safety of
all. Still today, we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe
passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock
lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland: twenty towers built
between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were constructed on
desolate, slippery rock formations in the middle of the sea,
rising, mirage-like, straight out of the waves, with lights shining
at the their summits. Seashaken Houses is a lyrical exploration of
these magnificent, isolated sentinels, the ingenuity of those who
conceived them, the people who risked their lives building and
rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the
ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.
Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture
presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide,
including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F.
Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in
Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification
system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The
author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and
historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of
adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.
This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and
for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and
bronze - and what the rest of us think about them. As Roger
Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's Beatles
statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh
he walks into a row over Greyfriars Bobby's nose and in Glasgow
learns why the Duke of Wellington wears a traffic cone on his head.
London brings a controversial nude statue and some hard truths
about racism. Elsewhere, Roger sees people dancing with Eric
Morecambe, finds a statue being the backdrop to a marriage proposal
and, everywhere he goes, pigeons. Always pigeons . . . On a
Pedestal is the first book to examine public statues around the
nation. It looks at their emergence into our culture wars; the
trend for portraying musicians, sports stars and comedians rather
than monarchs, politicians and generals; the amazing tales of many
of those commemorated on our streets. It also features interviews
with sculptors, including Sir Antony Gormley, telling the stories
behind some of our most popular modern statues. Part history book,
part travelogue, On a Pedestal brings statues to life. Informative
and entertaining, it's a book that - ultimately - is more about
blood than bronze.
Hamburg's new landmark, the Elbphilharmonie, with its unique
architecture and acoustics, is not only a magnet for locals and
tourists, but also for artists of all genres and from all over the
world. Peter Hundert was allowed to accompany and portray the
"heroes" of the Elbphilharmonie for over a year - artists,
technicians, visitors. His pictures and original sounds from well
over a hundred shows, rehearsals and sound checks are authentic
testimonies to unadulterated emotions, intimate moments of highest
concentration, deep contemplation, pure joy - and at the same time
an exclusive look behind the scenes. They are inspiring glimpses of
the people who fill this extraordinary concert hall with life and
at the same time enter into a very personal dialogue with this
special place.
The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of
Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture
of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and
places characterising urban everyday life in the city are presented
in texts, photographs and plans. The scope includes shiny new
constructions such as the Futurium or the Park am Gleisdreieck. The
editors focus on major architectural and urban planning milestones
of the past 13 years such as the large new construction of the Axel
Springer building by OMA or the Museumsinsel. Smaller discoveries
such as the Grune Haus by Simon + Brandt and hidden treasures such
as the Wohnregal by FAR Frohn & Rojas in Wedding are also
included. The documentation is based on about 30 selected
architectural and landscape architectural projects. Interviews with
protagonists of the architectural scene of Berlin allow an insider
glimpse of architectural developments in the German capital.
ETH Zurich's new building LEE is an extraordinary project from both
an urban planning and an architectural design perspective. Located
on a slope above the heart of town, it sits very prominently close
to the historic main buildings of ETH Zurich and the University of
Zurich that form the "Crown of the Town". In terms of construction,
Zurich-based architect Fawad Kazi has been breaking new ground.
Accordingly, this new monograph is structured in three sections
focusing on these three aspects: integration into urban context;
design and construction and materialisation of the precast concrete
structure; and a comprehensive documentation of the entire building
with images and plans. Topical essays look at specific aspects of
the project. Contributions by the architect, the engineers, and by
their client round out the book, which offers a comprehensive
insight into the creation of a building appearing at once plain and
highly complex.
The ancient Egyptian tomb evolved rapidly over a period of about
2,500 years, from a simple backfilled pit to an enormous stone
pyramid with complex security arrangements. Much of this
development was arguably driven by the ever-present threat of tomb
robbery, which compelled tomb builders to introduce special
architectural measures to prevent it. However, until now most
scholarly Egyptological discussions of tomb security have tended to
be brief and usually included only as part of a larger work, the
topic instead being the subject of lurid speculation and fantasy in
novels, the popular press, and cinema. In Securing Eternity, Reg
Clark traces in detail the development of the Egyptian royal and
private tombs from the Predynastic Period to the early Fourth
Dynasty. In doing so, he demonstrates that many of the familiar
architectural elements of the Egyptian tomb that we take for
granted today in fact originated from security features to protect
the tomb, rather than from monumental or religious considerations.
Richly illustrated with more than 150 photographs and tomb plans,
this unique study will be of interest to students, specialists, and
general readers alike.
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