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Centre Pompidou Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument

Dal Co Francesco

ISBN: HB: 9780300221299, Yale University Press, January 2017
168 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 43 colour illus., 89 black&white illus.

A lively intellectual biography of one of the 20th century's most iconic buildings The Centre Georges Pompidou, also called Beaubourg, is today considered an icon of contemporary Paris, the quintessence of a modern building, and a model for what a mu...

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Architecture

Constructed Narratives

Adjaye David

ISBN: HB: 9783037785171, Lars Muller Publishers, January 2017
320 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 361 illus.

"Constructed Narratives" brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private hou...

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Architecture

Charles Percier Revolutions in Architecture and Design

Garric Jean-Philippe, Bedard Jean-Francois, Sarmant Thierry, Cochet Vincent, Tedeschi Letizia, Lievaux Pascal, Droguet Vincent, Moon Iris, Belhoste Jean-Francois, Dion-Tenenbaum Anne

ISBN: HB: 9780300221589, Yale University Press, October 2016
304 pp., 28.6x24.1 cm, 228 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

Handsomely designed and richly illustrated, this publication surveys the magnificent spectrum of projects undertaken by French architect and interior designer Charles Percier (1764-1838). After gaining an illustrious reputation for supervising the sc...

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Collection of Latin American Modern Architecture

Finotti Leonardo

ISBN: HB: 9783037785034, Lars Muller Publishers, September 2016
160 pp., 30x24 cm, 103 illus.

"A Collection of Latin American Modern Architecture" is part of an ongoing series by one of the leading architectural photographers worldwide, Leonardo Finotti. It presents roughly one hundred of Finotti's photographs of undiscovered Latin American m...

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Architecture

Charter of Public Space

Sepe Marichela, Lancerin Lucia, Garau Pietro

ISBN: PB: 9788898774630, Bookport, ListLab, August 2016
128 pp., 20.2x14.5 cm, colour illus.

This book documents the development of the 'Charter of Public Space', adopted during the Second Biennial of Public Space. The Charter, translated into eight languages, aspires to be a document for all those who believe in the city and its extraordin...

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Landscape Architecture

Cornelia Parker The Roof Garden Commission

Galilee Beatrice, Wagstaff Sheena

ISBN: PB: 9781588395931, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2016
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 55 colour illus.

Turner Prize-nominated British artist Cornelia Parker (b. 1956) is well known for her large-scale, site-specific installations. Her work has been featured in many solo exhibitions and is included in collections around the world. Often composed of ord...

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Climates Architecture and the Planetary Imaginary

Graham James

ISBN: PB: 9783037784945, Lars Muller Publishers, July 2016
384 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 246 illus.

"Climates: Architecture and the Planetary Imaginary" brings together discussions and projects at the intersection of architecture and climate change. Comprehensive essays consider cultural values ascribed to climate and ask how climate influences our...

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Architecture

City of Tomorrow Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life

Ratti Carlo, Claudel Matthew

ISBN: HB: 9780300204803, Yale University Press, June 2016
184 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, 22 black&white illus.

Since cities emerged ten thousand years ago, they have become one of the most impressive artifacts of humanity. But their evolution has been anything but linear-cities have gone through moments of radical change, turning points that redefine their ve...

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Architecture

Court, Country, City Essays on British Art and Architecture, 1660-1735

Hallett Mark, Llewellyn Nigel, Myrone Martin

ISBN: HB: 9780300214802, Yale University Press, May 2016
544 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 208 colour illus.

The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw profound changes in Britain and in its visual arts. This volume provides fresh perspectives on the art of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods, focusing on the concepts, spaces, and audiences of court,...

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Architecture

Chatter Architecture Talks Back

Kice Karen

ISBN: PB: 9780300210637, Yale University Press, A+D Series, August 2015
88 pp., 21.6x13.3 cm, 85 colour illus.

A bold, theoretical look at an emerging generation of architects, this volume is devoted to five contemporary architects-Bureau Spectacular, Erin Besler, Fake Industries Architectural Agonism, Formlessfinder, and John Szot Studio-and the diverse meth...

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