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Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings Journeying through t……続きを見る

It is a story I have been wanting to write for a long time, telling it as it really was before that whole world that I shared with Francis vanishes... Michael Peppiatt met Francis Bacon in June 1963……続きを見る

"Eine Wiederkehr an Orte der Vergangenheit ist nur sinnvoll, wenn sie die Erinnerung an das Leben an ihnen befördert, wieder auffrischt oder neu entdecken lässt." Bruno Flierl, geboren zur Zeit der ……続きを見る

Regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time, Bernard Herrmann was responsible for some of the most memorable music in film. His work with Alfred Hitchcock produced a slew of classics ……続きを見る

Charles Corm: An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician” delves into the history of the modern Middle East and an inquiry into Lebanese intellectual, cultural, and ……続きを見る

Paul Virilio is an innovative figure in the study of architecture, space, and the city. Virilio for Architects primes readers for their first encounter with his crucial texts on some of the vital th……続きを見る

She was the American woman who changed Australian history. She broke through barriers for women in architecture and spent 15 years working for Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the formative ……続きを見る

In the west coast port city of Gothenburg, Sweden, the architect Gunnar Asplund built a modest extension to an old courthouse on the main square (1934–36). Judged today to be one of the finest works……続きを見る

**Décryptez l'**art de Bramante en moins d'une heure! Peintre de formation, Bramante est dès ses débuts fascinépar la représentation de l'espace. S'installant à Milan à la fin des années1470, il se ……続きを見る

The shopping mall is both the most visible and the most contentious symbol of American prosperity. Despite their convenience, malls are routinely criticized for representing much that is wrong in Am……続きを見る

The now venerable firm of Royal Barry Wills was founded in a one-room office on Boston's Beacon Street in 1925. Initially fueled by word of mouth and occasional newspaper exposure, the firm gained a……続きを見る

Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He……続きを見る

Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), Architekt und Künstler aus Barcelona, nimmt einen bedeutenden Platz in der Geschichte der spanischen Gegenwartskunst ein. Sein Umgang mit Farbe, die Verwendung verschiedene……続きを見る

Michelangelo war, genau wie Leonardo, ein “universeller” Künstler: Maler, Baumeister, Bildhauer und Dichter. Er war der Hauptmeister der italienischen Hochrenaissance und Wegbereiter des Manierismus……続きを見る

Michel-Ange (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (Caprese, 1475 – Rome, 1564) Michel-Ange, comme Léonard de Vinci, avait plusieurs cordes à son arc et était à la fois sculpteur, architecte, peintre et poète. I……続きを見る

Architecte et designer barcelonais, Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) occupe une large place dans l’histoire de l’art espagnol. L’usage de la couleur, l’emploi de différents matériaux et l’introduction du mo……続きを見る

Avec près de 700 articles tirés de la célèbre Encyclopaedia Universalis, le Dictionnaire des Architectes se consacre à ceux qui ont créé et renouvelé, depuis l’Antiquité, l’art de construire les bât……続きを見る

Hat der Architekt alle Freiheiten des Künstlers? Wie modern muss ein Haus sein? Und warum ist Stuck aus Beton ein Verbrechen? Scharfzüngig geht der berühmte und für seine Polemiken berüchtigte Archi……続きを見る

A powerhouse of architectural biography by Pulitzer Prize winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable of America's greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd ……続きを見る

Plus que tout autre créateur artistique, l'architecte est solidaire du milieu où il vit, de la société dont il exprime le caractère, qu'il travaille en conformité avec elle ou en opposition avec son……続きを見る

Violet Oakley: An Artist's Life is the first full-length biography of Violet Oakley (1874–1961), the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States, as well as an ill……続きを見る

Nicholas Hawksmoor (1662–1736) is considered one of Britain’s greatest architects. He was involved in the grandest architectural projects of his age and today is best known for his London churches –……続きを見る

The Man Cave Book by Mike Yost and Jeff Wilser is a tribute to great and glorious man spaces and the craftsmen behind them. Complete with instructions and insights into creating your own unique refu……続きを見る

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What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos asked when the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) asked him to design the first m……続きを見る

Architectural practices worldwide have to deal with increasingly complex design requirements. How do practices acquire the ability to do so? The Changing Shape of Practice provides a handbook of exa……続きを見る

A compelling call to apply Buckminster Fuller's creative problem-solving to present-day problems A self-professed "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist," the inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895……続きを見る

Peter Eisenman is one of the most controversial protagonists of the architectural scene, who is known as much for his theoretical essays as he is for his architecture. While much has been written ab……続きを見る

Claude Monet's water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness……続きを見る

When designing, architects are responding to and creating a relationship between identity, culture and architectural style. This book discusses whether the extent of the use of glass facades has inc……続きを見る