Architecture and Design in Europe and America
Title | Architecture and Design in Europe and America PDF eBook |
Author | Dr. Abigail Harrison-Moore |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 2006-04-07 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781405115308 |
Architecture and Design in Europe and America, 1750-2000 is an unprecedented teaching anthology that surveys the history of European and American architecture and design using both historical and contemporary sources. Brings together the best scholarship on the subject, creating a new canon for teaching purposes by introducing a thematic approach. Covers three major periods, from 1750-1830, from 1830-1910, and from 1910-2000, with substantial introductions by the editors. Pairs primary documents with well-known historiographical essays - along with some key but under-represented works.
Urban Design in Western Europe
Title | Urban Design in Western Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Braunfels |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1990-01-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780226071794 |
"What makes a city endure and prosper? In this masterful survey of a thousand years of urban architecture, Wolfgang Braunfels identifies certain themes common to cities as different as Siena and London, Munich and Venice ... Braunfels describes scores of cities, classifying them as cathedral cities, city-states, imperial cities, maritime cities, "ideal cities" (those towns which, planned by often absent rulers for a specefic purpose, failed to develop independent lives) ... Lavishly illustrated with city plans, bird's-eye views, early renderings, and modern photographs, Urban Design in Western Europe will both delight and instruct architects, urban planners, historians, and travelers."--Page 4 of cover
Architecture in Europe Since 1968
Title | Architecture in Europe Since 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Tzonis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780500279489 |
Winner of an American Institute of Architects Award, this book surveys 20 years characterized by conflict between tradition and invention, modern and anti-modern, and by an abundance of disparate design solutions. More than 75 projects are presented with critical essays, photographs, drawings, site diagrams, construction details, and extensive documentation. 563 illus. 201 in color.
Scenes of the World to Come
Title | Scenes of the World to Come PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Louis Cohen |
Publisher | Flammarion-Pere Castor |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Modern Architecture
Title | Modern Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Colquhoun |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2002-04-25 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0191592641 |
This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition.
The Art of Classic Planning
Title | The Art of Classic Planning PDF eBook |
Author | Nir Haim Buras |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 497 |
Release | 2020-01-28 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0674919246 |
"An accomplished architect and urbanist goes back to the roots of what makes cities attractive and livable, demonstrating how we can restore function and beauty to our urban spaces for the long term. Nearly everything we treasure in the worldÕs most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Cities like Prague, Paris, and Lisbon draw millions of visitors from around the world because of their exquisite architecture, walkable neighborhoods, and human scale. Yet a great deal of the knowledge and practice behind successful city planning has been abandoned over the last hundred yearsÑnot because of traffic, population growth, or other practical hurdles, but because of ill-considered theories emerging from Modernism and reactions to it. The errors of urban design over the last century are too great not to question. The solutions being offered todayÑsustainability, walkability, smart and green technologiesÑhint at what has been lost and what may be regained, but they remain piecemeal and superficial. In The Art of Classic Planning, architect and planner Nir Haim Buras documents and extends the time-tested and holistic practices that held sway before the reign of Modernism. With hundreds of full-color illustrations and photographs that will captivate architects, planners, administrators, and developers, The Art of Classic Planning restores and revitalizes the foundations of urban planning. Inspired by venerable cities like Kyoto, Vienna, and Venice, and by the great successes of LÕEnfantÕs Washington, HaussmannÕs Paris, and BurnhamÕs Chicago, Buras combines theory and a host of examples to arrive at clear guidelines for best practices in classic planning for todayÕs world. The Art of Classic Planning celebrates the enduring principles of urban design and invites us to return to building beautiful cities."
The International Style
Title | The International Style PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Russell Hitchcock |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780393315189 |
The most influential work of architectural criticism and history of the twentieth century, now available in a handsomely designed new edition.