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Architecture and Light Basic Principles for Designing with Daylight
ISBN: PB: 9788862422154, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, April 2017
80 pp., 16.5x12 cm, colour illus.
Light is the soul of space, a breath that runs through it and gives it life. It chases the shadows relentlessly in a ritual that makes the passing of time visible. Architecture is, above all else, the implementation of this ritual, which ignites the...
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£9,99
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Georgia O'Keeffe Living Modern
ISBN: HB: 9783791356013, Prestel Publishing, March 2017
320 pp., 26.5x23 cm, 217 colour illus., 112 black&white illus.
This book explores how Georgia O'Keeffe lived her life steeped in modernism, bringing the same style she developed in her art to her dress, her homes, and her lifestyle. Richly illustrated with images of her art and views of the two homes she design...
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£45,00
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Gaia
ISBN: PB: 9788416248827, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2017
256 pp., 33x24.8 cm, colour photos
From Ha-Long Bay in Vietnam to the Grand Canyon in Colorado, Gaia is a collection of the most beautiful and startling natural landscapes in the world.It is a book that not only photography enthusiasts will enjoy, but also nature and travel lovers as...
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£35,00
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Ed van der Elsken Camera in Love
ISBN: HB: 9783791383255, Prestel Publishing, March 2017
288 pp., 30x24 cm, 50 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.
This beautifully illustrated monograph accompanies a full retrospective on the acclaimed Dutch photographer and filmmaker Ed van der Elsken. Known for his unconventional technique and gritty, evocative images of people and places, Ed van der Elsken...
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£40,00
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Dr. Corbellini's Pills Tips for Architecture Beginners
ISBN: PB: 9788862422086, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, January 2017
80 pp., 18x12 cm, illus
Architecture is doomed to a permanent process of reinvention, which produces constitutionally partial, transient and questionable truths. Much of its charm lies precisely in its instability, which insists we explore it and, at the same time, makes it...
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£11,99
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Sophie Calle And So Forth
ISBN: HB: 9783791382043, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
508 pp., 23.5x16.5 cm, 400 colour illus.
Throughout her career, the photographer and installation artist Sophie Calle has been creating tableaux that recreate her personal journeys. Projects from the past 10 years are explored in this magnificently illustrated volume. Following on the heels...
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£55,00
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Wall as Living Place Hollow Structural Forms in Louis Kahn's Work
ISBN: PB: 9788862422031, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, October 2016
120 pp., 21x15 cm, black&white illus.
There is ample evidence as to how the modern masters, in their shared pursuit of formal inventions and constructional inventions, variously referred to past examples they had freely chosen as guides that could inspire and support them in their strenu...
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£14,99
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Alex Da Corte Free Roses
ISBN: HB: 9783791355337, Prestel Publishing, August 2016
112 pp., 27x24 cm, 75 colour illus.
A generously illustrated book on the dynamic work of neo-pop artist Alex Da Corte, whose immersive installations and provocative objects seamlessly blend high and low culture as they explore themes of love, sex, family, death, and desire. For his la...
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£42,50
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Alicia Penalba
ISBN: PB: 9788416282784, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, February 2016
280 pp., 27.9x21.1 cm, illustrations throughout
In May 1968, while French young people were taking to the streets, three Latin American artists were exhibiting at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris: Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, and a woman, the sculptor Alicia Penalba. Born in Argentina,...
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£31,00
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Architecture_Factory
ISBN: PB: 9788862421607, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, December 2015
192 pp., 30x23 cm, colour illus., language: English / Italian
The Economic Crisis has refocused attention on the central nature of the real economy. Industry is once more seen as an opportunity for the future, naturally according to new patterns of production, distribution and consumption. This entails a new fa...
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£35,00
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