The Supercrit series revisits some of the most influential architectural projects of the recent past and examines their impact on the way we think and design today.
Von frühen modernistischen Designs wie der Typentankstelle von Hans Poelzig, den Reichsautobahn-Normentankstellen der Stuttgarter Schule bis zu Lothar Götz’ modularen Nachkriegstypenbauten als Wegbereiter späterer standardisierter Corporate Designs: Seit den 1920er Jahren prägen Tankstellen unsere Umgebung.
Seit Jahrhunderten erhebt sich Notre Dame de Paris majestätisch über die Dächer der Stadt und prägt das Herz und die Seele von Paris wie kein anderes Bauwerk.
Islands have a long history of appealing to the architectural imagination and have served as sites for architectural expressions of cultural specificity, cultural conquest, and cultural hybridisation over millennia.
This book presents a critical vision of the role of architecture and design in constantly changing cities, territories and societies from a Latin American perspective.
The widely acclaimed and beautifully illustrated Understanding Architecture is now revised and expanded in its fourth edition, vividly examining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture, from prehistory to the present, in ways that are both accessible and engaging.
From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies.
Until the end of the Cold War in 1990, building projects and architectural icons played an important role in the self-portrayal of the competing systems.
The digital humanities intensify the cooperation between the science disciplines in terms of working tools, working methods, and working organization, and in terms of formulating research strategies and scientific objectives.
Noch wird in der wissenschaftlichen und öffentlichen Beschäftigung mit dem Islam unterschieden zwischen unscheinbaren "Hinterhofmoscheen" und den sichtbaren "Moscheeneubauten".
Hannes Meyer hat als zweiter Bauhausdirektor die von Walter Gropius und den frühen Meistern begründete Bauhauspädagogik wesentlich verändert und neu konzipiert: Das Prinzip „Volksbedarf statt Luxusbedarf“ löste das in die Krise geratene Konzept „Kunst und Technik – eine neue Einheit“ von 1923 ab.
Until the end of the Cold War in 1990, building projects and architectural icons played an important role in the self-portrayal of the competing systems.
Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time examines the field of archi-choreographic experiments-unique interdisciplinary encounters and performed events generated through collaborations between architects and choreographers.
Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of habit.
Throughout the twentieth century architectural models served as the miniature playgrounds in which the future of Britain's built environment was imagined, and in drawing from the evidence provided by those models today, this book considers how architects, planners, and civil engineers thought about that future by presenting a history of yesterday's dreams of tomorrow, told through architectural models.
A beautifully illustrated celebration of Stourhead, featuring the legendary Georgian landscape garden in glorious autumn colour with essays by head gardener Alan Power.
Der Mittelrhein weist nicht nur eine reizvolle Landschaft auf, sondern auch eine außergewöhnliche Dichte an anspruchsvollen mittelalterlichen Kirchenbauten und Burgen.
Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of habit.
One of the most remarkable men of the 18th century, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was known to many as 'The Omnipotent Magician' who could transform unpromising countryside into beautiful parks that seemed to be only the work of nature.
Lost San Francisco takes readers on a journey back to the buildings, parks, stadia, ferries - even cemetaries and prisoners - that time and progress have swept aside.
Invented History, Fabricated Power begins with an examination of prehistoric beliefs (in spirits, souls, mana, orenda) that provided personal explanation and power through ritual and shamanism among tribal peoples.
The railroads of the United States, now aggregating a hundred and fifty thousand miles and having several hundred different managements, are frequently spoken of comprehensively as the railroad system of the country, as though they constituted a unity in fact, and might be regarded and dealt with as an entirety, by their patrons and by the public authorities, whenever the conveniences they are expected to supply, or the conduct of managers and agents, come in question.
Typically we think of power as economic, political, or military, but fictional narratives attached to kings, empires, religious founders, and societies have been used to create and enhance power and authority since the beginning of civilization.
This book investigates how immersive environments, across architecture, art, and media, shape spatial perception, cultural identity, and the construction of reality.
Global City Typologies explores the historical, cultural and socio-economic transactional forces in the development of existing cities through to newly planned and emerging cities.
Angesichts von Textsortenorientierung und allgemeinem Zeitdruck bedarf der literaturgeschichtliche Unterricht einer neuen Legitimation: Wie lässt sich Literaturgeschichte in heterogenen Klassen, in einer globalisierten Mediengesellschaft neu denken und unterrichten?
Tempel sind mehr als nur steinerne Monumente – sie sind Ausdruck einer tieferen Ordnung, die Raum, Symbolik und kosmische Energie miteinander verbindet.
Desde su primera edición en 1980, la Historia crítica de la arquitectura moderna de Kenneth Frampton se ha convertido en un clásico imprescindible dentro de la bibliografía académica sobre historia de la arquitectura moderna.
