Monumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis.
Una definición básica del teatro como espacio arquitectónico es aquella que lo considera como el lugar que se proyecta y se construye para que ocurran eventos dignos de atención, lo que incluye la aparición en el tiempo de diversos formatos de distracción y de arte que han llevado a las distintas sociedades a generar espacios para presenciar de la mejor manera determinado espectáculo.
Der Westminster Palast, eines der berühmtesten Bauwerke der Welt, steht als Sinnbild für die politische Macht Großbritanniens und die wechselvolle Geschichte der Nation.
This anthology honors Lawrence Nees' expansive contributions to medieval art historical inquiry and teaching on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Delaware.
Ein Jugendroman in Leichter Sprache für Jugendliche von 12 bis 16 Jahren, besonders geeignet als Schullektüre an Förderschulen und in der Inklusion, Fach: Deutsch, Klasse 7–10 +++Informationen zum Titel:Das ist ein Roman in Leichter Sprache.
Germany of the 1920s offers a stunning moment in modernity, a time when surface values first became determinants of taste, activity, and occupation: modernity was still modern, spectacle was still spectacular.
Modern Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century.
First published in 1954, The Genesis of Modern British Town Planning is a study from a historical standpoint of the social and economic factors which have made town planning one of the normal functions of government.
Originally published in 1993, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction, Placemaking: Production of Built Environment in Two Cultures is a book about the context of placemaking - the production of vernacular architecture and settlement.
Shinto: Der Weg der Götter II – Die Seele Japans zwischen Tradition und GegenwartTauchen Sie ein in die magische Welt des Shintoismus – die spirituelle Seele Japans!
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.
Finishing in Architecture: Polishing, Completing, Ending explores the topic of finishing and the fascinating physical and metaphysical implications of its various conceptions in architecture.
Originally published in 1992, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction and new preface, Forms of Dominance: On the Architecture and Urbanism of the Colonial Enterprise examines the complex experience of colonial domination, social reaction, and physical adaptation within the built environment of regions such as Morocco, Eastern Europe, India, Guatemala and East Africa, and provides a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural perspective on the colonial experience.
Die gotische Architektur fasziniert seit Jahrhunderten mit ihren majestätischen Kathedralen, filigranen Gewölben und den spektakulären Glasfenstern, durch die das Licht in faszinierenden Farben spielt.
During the 1940s, Greece experienced some of the most significant moments in the contemporary history of the country, defining the socio-political environment to this day.
In the 21st century, the word detail appears constantly in discussions of building, and we use it in many different ways-yet just over 250 years ago, detail meant nothing at all particular to the work of architects, engineers, or builders.
Based on extensive architectural and archaeological research, these papers present a series of studies on the art, buildings, settlement patterns, and land use in Iraq, Yemen and Oman, from the pre-Islamic period to modern times.
Based on extensive architectural and archaeological research, these papers present a series of studies on the art, buildings, settlement patterns, and land use in Iraq, Yemen and Oman, from the pre-Islamic period to modern times.
Action-geladene Zeitreise zum Bau des Eiffelturms• Geschichte trifft Fantasy: mit den Zeit-Agenten zu historischen Schauplätzen reisen• Spannende Abenteuergeschichte kombiniert mit geschichtlichen Fakten• Lesespaß und -förderung mit vielen Schwarz-Weiß-Illustrationen und interaktiven Extras wie Sachseiten, Quiz und GlossarReise durch die Zeit: Mit den Zeit-Agenten wird Geschichte erlebbarWenn die Uhren rückwärts laufen, wissen die Zeit-Agenten: Ein neues Abenteuer ruft!
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.
The battle in architecture between the internationalist voices of modernism and the localized resistance, which favored traditional technologies and regional precedents, reflected in microcosm the violent and complex histories of twentieth-century Germany.
Der Speyerer Dom ist mehr als ein herausragendes Bauwerk der Romanik – er ist ein Zeugnis europäischer Geschichte, eine architektonische Meisterleistung und ein Symbol für Macht, Glaube und kulturelles Erbe.
Der Gotthardpass ist weit mehr als nur eine geografische Verbindung zwischen Nord- und Südeuropa – er ist ein Symbol für kulturellen Austausch, wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und die Überwindung von Barrieren.
Places Buddhist monuments in a social, geographical and spiritual context' His Holiness the Dalai LamaThe story of how Buddhism set down its roots in India is enshrined within ancient stupas, temples, monasteries and caves - the silent sentinels of this enduring faith.
This book presents an original study of the work of Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza from the perspective of architecture as an interpretation of human life.
