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Minoru Yamasaki Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World

Gyure Dale Allen

ISBN: HB: 9780300217094, Yale University Press, February 2018
296 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 70 colour illus., 119 black&white illus.

Born to Japanese immigrant parents in Seattle, Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) became one of the towering figures of midcentury architecture, even appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1963. His self-proclaimed humanist designs merged the modern mat...

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Facies Urban Architectures

Gulinello Francesco

ISBN: PB: 9788899854287, Bookport, ListLab, November 2017
192 pp., 21x15 cm, colour illus.

"Facies" refers to the ability of architecture to enable, by means of its outward appearance, interaction between the space occupied by the building and the setting within which it is found. Architecture, Gio Ponti argues, is made to be looked at, b...

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Reyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High Tech

Gannon Todd

ISBN: HB: 9781606065303, Getty Publications, September 2017
292 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

"Reyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High Tech" reassesses one of the most influential voices in twentieth-century architectural history through a detailed examination of Banham's writing on High Tech architecture and its immediate antecedents. Taking...

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A4A Architecture for Animals

Ghisoni Andrea

ISBN: PB: 9788862421157, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, July 2017
192 pp., 22x17 cm, illustrations throughout

This book is a concise selection of twenty buildings designed to shelter animals. While being examples of contemporary architecture they also clearly illustrate the evolution of our relationship with animals. Man has always exploited and tamed animal...

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Baltimore School of Urban Ecology Space, Scale, and Time for the Study of Cities

Grove J. Morgan, Cadenasso Mary, Pickett Steward T., Machlis Gary E., Burch William R., Ogden Laura A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300226973, ISBN: HB: 9780300101133, Yale University Press, April 2017
248 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 10 colour illus., 48 black&white illus.

The first "urban century" in history has arrived: a majority of the world's population now resides in cities and their surrounding suburbs. Urban expansion marches on, and the planning and design of future cities requires attention to such diverse is...

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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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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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Florence A Walking Guide to its Architecture

Goy Richard J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300209877, Yale University Press, July 2015
480 pp., 21.6x12 cm, 100 colour illus., 100 black&white illus.

Each year, millions of visitors travel to Florence to admire the architectural marvels of this famous Renaissance city. In this compact yet comprehensive volume, architect and architectural historian Richard J. Goy offers a convenient, accessible gui...

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Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams

Gibbs Jocelyn

ISBN: HB: 9781606064511, Getty Publications, March 2015
192 pp., 26.3x25.7 cm, 111 colour illus., 110 black&white illus.

This is an eye-opening tour through the exuberant works of two pioneering postwar architects. From 1946 to 1973, Whitney Rowland Smith and his partner, Wayne Williams, designed more than 800 projects, from residential, commercial, and public building...

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