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Carlo Scarpa
Briefly traces the life and career of the Italian architect, gathers his drawings and shares his lectures and opinions on architecture.
Souto de Moura
"I look beyond solution; I look for an expression."--Eduardo Souto de Moura The architect Eduardo Souto de Moura (b. 1952) has won many accolades, including the 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Based in Porto, Souto de Moura studied under Fernando Távora and worked under fellow Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, with whom he continues to collaborate. Souto de Moura established his own practice in 1980, and his wide-ranging influences, including Mies van der Rohe and Donald Judd, can be seen in the stunning variety of his work, from his acclaimed private houses, to the striking Paula Rego Museum in Cascais and the Braga Municipal Stadium, to his work in historical contexts such as the Convento das Bernardas in Tavira. This beautifully illustrated retrospective provides the most comprehensive account of Souto de Moura's career to date. Drawings, notes and sketches from his archive, and newly commissioned photographs complement essays by scholars and prominent architects that trace Souto de Moura's career, contextualize his work within the larger trends of contemporary international architectural culture, and highlight the originality of his design strategy.
Modern Architecture
Photographs, plans, diagrams, and historical and critical commentaries review the architectural developments, styles, and monuments of India and Ceylon, Indochina and Indonesia, the Himalayan region, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.
The Guggenheim
The captivating tale of the plans and personalities behind one of New York City's most radical and recognizable buildings Considered the crowning achievement of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan is often called iconic. But it is in fact iconoclastic, standing in stark contrast to the surrounding metropolis and setting a new standard for the postwar art museum. Commissioned to design the building in 1943 by the museum's founding curator, Baroness Hilla von Rebay, Wright established residence in the Plaza Hotel in order to oversee the project. Over the next 17 years, Wright continuously clashed with his clients over the cost and the design, a conflic...
The American City
Contents: Toward an "Imperial City": Daniel H. Burnham and the City Beautiful Movement, Mario Manieri-Elia; From Parks to the Region: Progressive Ideology and the Reform of the American City, Francesco Dal Co; The City in Agrarian Ideology and Frank Lloyd Wright: Origins and Development of Broadacres, Giorgio Cuicci; The Disenchanted Mountain: The Skyscraper and the City, Manfredo Tafuri.
Tadao Ando, 1995-2010
The work of Tadao Ando prompts us to reconsider the way in which we interpret the world around us, and our place within the cosmos and the fusion of order and chaos. Ando believes time and mechanics are inseparable from the manifestations of the natural world; and it is this idea that can be seen in Ando's liveliest works. The book contains a selection of his writings and an anthology of the most significant critical texts on his work published in Japan and the West. ILLUSTRATIONS 750 images *
Architecture on Display
Architecture on Display is a research initiative by Aaron Levy and William Menking that consists of interviews with each of the living directors of the Venice Biennale for Architecture.
