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Deyan Sudjic
Phaidon Press, 2000
John Pawson is one of the foremost proponents of Minimalism in architecture and design. Already known to designers for his austere yet luxurious interiors, he has attained public acclaim for his high-profile retail projects such as the Calvin Klein flagship store in New York, his celebrity clients like Martha Stewart and his book Minimum (Phaidon, 19960.This book traces the varied course of the relationships between an architects and his clients, between an architect and the design briefs set for him, and between the architect and his own intellectual approach to design and its impact on his work. The incisive text, with specially commissioned pictures, explores Pawson's design process, working methods and philosophical approach, and illuminates the emotional and artistic content of his work. Through a close examination of ten diverse projects, Deyan Sudjic considers the way in which design is influenced by the processes of construction and making, and explores the nature and significance of the finished scheme. This book, a record of Pawson's developing approach to design and his unique position at the intersection of art and design, offers insights into culture, society and architecture.
English - 240 Pages - 22 x 2.5 x 26 cm - 1,2 Kg
ISBN: 9780714839097
Maurice Culot
Norma Editions, 2007
L'œuvre d'Albert Laprade (1883-1978), bien que considérable, est surtout connue du public par la publication de ses carnets de croquis et par le majestueux palais de la Porte Dorée, ancien musée des Colonies construit pour l'Exposition coloniale de 1931 à Paris. Ce livre retrace son parcours atypique, qui le conduit à travailler d'abord comme collaborateur d'Henri Prost dans un Maroc dominé par la figure de Lyautey, puis pour la clientèle fortunée et souvent extravagante du premier quart du XXe siècle en France, avant d'acquérir une vraie notoriété en tant que créateur de jardins modernes à l'Exposition des arts décoratifs de Paris en 1925. Viendront ensuite les grands projets industriels et monumentaux de la maturité : usines, barrages, centrales électriques, siège de journal, ambassade, pavillons d'exposition... Son attention au génie du lieu, son souci de rationalité, sa pensée socialement orientée, une stricte éducation classique (il est un compagnon d'étude de Jean Giraudoux au lycée de Châteauroux) dispensent Laprade de recourir à la provocation esthétique pour s'imposer. Chez lui pas de grands gestes, mais des architectures qui parlent, qui sous-tendent tantôt une culture, une civilisation à l'exemple de ses réalisations marocaines - la nouvelle ville indigène de Casablanca (1916), la résidence générale de Rabat (1918) -, tantôt un usage, à l'instar du garage Citroën de la rue Marbeuf (1929), traité comme un théâtre d'automobiles ouvert sur la rue, ou encore une volonté d'intégration à la nature, et c'est alors le puissant barrage de Génissiat (1939). Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Laprade prend acte du changement qualitatif qui s'opère dans le monde de la construction ; il illustre et défend à travers des milliers de dessins le patrimoine non monumental, celui des rues et des espaces publics, celui qui confère du caractère à un village, à une ville. Il laisse de nombreux écrits en faveur de l'éthique professionnelle, du rapprochement des architectes et des ingénieurs, de la prise en compte des aspirations du public... Ce récit thématique, qui fait découvrir les épisodes d'une vie de travail foisonnante et éclectique, croise, pour le plaisir du connaisseur comme du simple curieux, l'histoire de l'architecture, de l'urbanisme et des jardins au XXe siècle.
Français - 400 Pages - 24 x 3.5 x 31 cm - 2,5 Kg
ISBN: 9782915542110
Judith Sheine
Phaidon Press, 2001
R M Schindler (1887-1953) was a pivotal Modernist architect who remained largely unrecognized by the critical establishment of his time. A pragmatist and theoretician, Schindler designed more than 500 projects - over 150 of which were built - mostly in the Los Angeles area, where he settled in 1920. Trained in Vienna and influenced by two teachers, Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner, Schindler emigrated to Chicago in 1914, hoping to work for Frank Lloyd Wright. By 1918 he had attained that goal, and two years later he moved to Los Angeles as project architect for Wright's famous Barnsdall House. In his own practice, which began in 1922, Schindler synthesized the ideas of Loos, Wagner and Wright into his own original and distinct approach, which he called 'space architecture'. This book focuses on Schindler's influences and on an analysis of his buildings. It includes rare archival material and new photography by Grant Mudford, as well as over 150 redrawn plans, sections and diagrams.
English - 304 Pages - 22 x 3.5 x 22 cm - 1,2 Kg
ISBN: 9780714839141
Susan Yelavich, Rick Poynor
Phaidon Press, 2004
Pentagram, founded in 1972, is one of the best known and most influential graphic, product, and architectural design firms in the world, with offices in London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, and Austin. Its partners are distinguished members of the international design community, consistently generating award-winning work of the highest quality. Profile is the first survey of Pentagram published since 1999, and the first book to include the design firm's new guard, partners Fernando Gutierrez, D.J. Stout, Lisa Strausfeld, and J. Abbott Miller. The book is a unique collection of essays on Pentagram's nineteen partners by best-selling authors, revered design critics, editors, and other well-known cultural figures. These essays are eloquent and insightful explorations into the personalities, thought processes, careers, and work of the different partners. Generously illustrated with examples of both famous and lesser-known projects, the essays not only shed light on nineteen individual talents, but together provide a comprehensive overview of the legendary firm as it embraces the new millennium. Also included is an essay on Pentagram's history and evolution by Rick Poynor, one of
English - 240 Pages - 22 x 2.5 x 25.5 cm - 0,5 Kg
ISBN: 9780714843773
Albert Ferre
Actar, 2005
Exploring the potentials of architectural identity in the age of real artificiality. The fourth issue of Verb looks at two related processes: the conditioning of architectural environments and the conditioning of behaviors. On the one hand, studies of luminosity, sound, atmosphere and temperature expand the range of techniques available to the discipline, allowing the production of ever more extensive effects with increasingly minimal means. On the other, the rise of commerce, theming and the manufacturing of identity produce a different set of effects, directing users and their emotions for maximum financial success. What are the real potentials of conditioning? Do these new environments merely replicate the existing with increasing accuracy and sophistication, or can they generate qualitatively new atmospheres capable of stimulating not just new effects but also new forms of living? Featured works: The Venetian in Las Vegas, Spanish Pavilion in Aichi by FOA, New Milan Trade Fair by Fuksas, Arup SoundLab, Decosterd & Rahm, Arakawa + Gins, Enric Ruiz, Tomihiro Museum by Makoto Yokomizo, and texts by Norma Editionsn Klein and AUDC.
English - 280 Pages - 18 x 2.5 x 25 cm - 1 Kg
ISBN: 9788495951861