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Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture
R. Stephen Sennott
Routledge | 1579584330 | 2004 | PDF | 479 pages | 9 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Exploring architecture from all regions of the world, this three-volume set chronicles and analyzes the twentieth century's vast architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the parameters of Modernism. With extensive coverage of architecture's multifaceted production from 1900 to 2000, the Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture provides readers with a singular resource on materials, theory, design, and practice during this fascinating century of innovation.
An international collection of 300 writers—including architectural and urban historians, preservationists, architects, engineers, critics, and scholars—presents a comprehensive and critical assessment of buildings, architects, cities, technologies, planning, and numerous related topics. Over 700 cross-referenced critical essays range in length from 1,000 to 6,000 words and include bibliographies to facilitate further study. The entries are brought vividly to life by over 500 black-and-white illustrations, as well as 24 pages of color images, including architectural drawings, plans, and contemporary and historic photographs.
Unlike existing reference works on the subject, which are limited to biographical or regional coverage, the Encyclopedia analyzes the complexities of rapidly changing global conditions, helping users understand the dispersal of architectural types, movements, styles, and building practices across geographic and cultural boundaries. Readers will learn not only about noted architects, prominent firms, and influential buildings, but also about architecture's role—physical, social, artistic, and political—in the development of cities, countries, and regions worldwide.
Designed for the general reader as well as scholars and experts, the Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture offers far-reaching coverage and provides a complete one-stop reference resource on architecture throughout the world over the past hundred years.
Analyzes the century's remarkable development and dissemination of architectural styles around the globe
More than 700 contributed, cross-referenced entries with lists of additional readings
Composed by an international team of 300 writers including architects, historians, preservationists, critics, and scholars
Over 500 black-and white illustrations
24 pages of color images
Thorough, analytical index
R. Stephen Sennott is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology where he teaches graduate courses in architectural history. Research and publications focus on 20th-century architecture and planning for the automobile, Chicago architecture, American architects, and historic preservation of 20th-century architecture. He taught courses in American Studies, Communications, and the History of Art and Architecture at Lake Forest College prior to joining the College of Architecture faculty at IIT in 2001.
His publications include "Forever Inadequate to the Rising Stream: Dream Cities, Automobiles, and Urban Street Mobility in Central Chicago," in Zukowsky, John, ed., Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis (1993); "Hyde Park and South Shore," in Sinkevitch, Alice, ed., AIA Guide to Chicago (1993; second edition, 2004); and "Chicago Architects and the Automobile, 1906-26: Adaptations in Horizontal and Vertical Space," in Jan Jennings, ed., Roadside America: The Automobile in Design and Culture (1990). He has contributed entries to the Dictionary of American History (2003) and the American National Biography (1999).
LIST OF CONTENT
Advisory Board Members ii
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction x
Entry List xvi
Thematic List of Entries xliv
Entries A–F 1
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Routledge | 1579584330 | 2004 | PDF | 479 pages | 9 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Exploring architecture from all regions of the world, this three-volume set chronicles and analyzes the twentieth century's vast architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the parameters of Modernism. With extensive coverage of architecture's multifaceted production from 1900 to 2000, the Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture provides readers with a singular resource on materials, theory, design, and practice during this fascinating century of innovation.
An international collection of 300 writers—including architectural and urban historians, preservationists, architects, engineers, critics, and scholars—presents a comprehensive and critical assessment of buildings, architects, cities, technologies, planning, and numerous related topics. Over 700 cross-referenced critical essays range in length from 1,000 to 6,000 words and include bibliographies to facilitate further study. The entries are brought vividly to life by over 500 black-and-white illustrations, as well as 24 pages of color images, including architectural drawings, plans, and contemporary and historic photographs.
Unlike existing reference works on the subject, which are limited to biographical or regional coverage, the Encyclopedia analyzes the complexities of rapidly changing global conditions, helping users understand the dispersal of architectural types, movements, styles, and building practices across geographic and cultural boundaries. Readers will learn not only about noted architects, prominent firms, and influential buildings, but also about architecture's role—physical, social, artistic, and political—in the development of cities, countries, and regions worldwide.
Designed for the general reader as well as scholars and experts, the Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture offers far-reaching coverage and provides a complete one-stop reference resource on architecture throughout the world over the past hundred years.
Analyzes the century's remarkable development and dissemination of architectural styles around the globe
More than 700 contributed, cross-referenced entries with lists of additional readings
Composed by an international team of 300 writers including architects, historians, preservationists, critics, and scholars
Over 500 black-and white illustrations
24 pages of color images
Thorough, analytical index
R. Stephen Sennott is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology where he teaches graduate courses in architectural history. Research and publications focus on 20th-century architecture and planning for the automobile, Chicago architecture, American architects, and historic preservation of 20th-century architecture. He taught courses in American Studies, Communications, and the History of Art and Architecture at Lake Forest College prior to joining the College of Architecture faculty at IIT in 2001.
His publications include "Forever Inadequate to the Rising Stream: Dream Cities, Automobiles, and Urban Street Mobility in Central Chicago," in Zukowsky, John, ed., Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis (1993); "Hyde Park and South Shore," in Sinkevitch, Alice, ed., AIA Guide to Chicago (1993; second edition, 2004); and "Chicago Architects and the Automobile, 1906-26: Adaptations in Horizontal and Vertical Space," in Jan Jennings, ed., Roadside America: The Automobile in Design and Culture (1990). He has contributed entries to the Dictionary of American History (2003) and the American National Biography (1999).
LIST OF CONTENT
Advisory Board Members ii
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction x
Entry List xvi
Thematic List of Entries xliv
Entries A–F 1
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
Philip Ball
HarperCollins | 0061154296 | 2008 | PDF | 336 pages | 7 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries? And why, during this time, did Europeans begin to build churches in a new style, at such immense height and with such glorious play of light, in the soaring manner we now call Gothic?
Universe of Stone shows that the Gothic cathedrals encode a far-reaching shift in the way medieval thinkers perceived their relationship with their world. For the first time, they began to believe in an orderly, rational world that could be investigated and understood. This change marked the beginning of Western science and also the start of a long and, indeed, unfinished struggle to reconcile faith and reason.
By embedding the cathedral in the culture of the twelfth century—its schools of philosophy and science, its trades and technologies, its politics and religious debates—Philip Ball makes sense of the visual and emotional power of Chartres. Beautifully illustrated and written, filled with astonishing insight, Universe of Stone argues that Chartres is a sublime expression of the originality and vitality of a true "first renaissance," one that occurred long before the birth of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, or Francis Bacon.
About the Author
Philip Ball is a consulting editor for Nature magazine and a regular commentator on science in Great Britain. His book Bright Earth was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and he won Great Britain's prestigious Aventis Prize for Science Books for Critical Mass. He lives in London.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 The Isle Rises
Chartres in the Kingdom of France 8
2 A Change of Style
The Invention of Gothic 23
3 Heaven on Earth
What is a Cathedral? 52
4 Seek Not to Know High Things
Faith and Reason in the Middle Ages 69
5 Building by Numbers
Science and Geometry at the School of Chartres 100
6 Masters of Works
The Men Who Planned the Cathedrals 136
7 Hammer and Stone
Medieval Masons 170
Photographic Insert
8 Underneath the Arches
House of Forces 193
9 Holy Radiance
The Metaphysics of Light 233
10 Hard Labour
How the Cathedral Rose 256
11 A New Beginning
The First Renaissance 281
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"A lively biography of Chartres Cathedral ...Ball’s account of its construction reveals fascinating details...and evokes its raison d’être." -- The New Yorker
"Anyone who has been thrilled by the great Gothic cathedrals will revel in this study of both the spiritual and architectural qualities of those medieval wonders. Ball’s passion, sharp critical mind and fluid prose open a window onto the remote, alien world we call the Middle Ages." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Ball leaves no stone unturned . . . A revelatory look at a seminal period in art history." -- Kirkus Reviews
"There is no better general introduction to the subject... [Ball’s] account is bold and plausible." -- Wall Street Journal
HarperCollins | 0061154296 | 2008 | PDF | 336 pages | 7 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries? And why, during this time, did Europeans begin to build churches in a new style, at such immense height and with such glorious play of light, in the soaring manner we now call Gothic?
Universe of Stone shows that the Gothic cathedrals encode a far-reaching shift in the way medieval thinkers perceived their relationship with their world. For the first time, they began to believe in an orderly, rational world that could be investigated and understood. This change marked the beginning of Western science and also the start of a long and, indeed, unfinished struggle to reconcile faith and reason.
By embedding the cathedral in the culture of the twelfth century—its schools of philosophy and science, its trades and technologies, its politics and religious debates—Philip Ball makes sense of the visual and emotional power of Chartres. Beautifully illustrated and written, filled with astonishing insight, Universe of Stone argues that Chartres is a sublime expression of the originality and vitality of a true "first renaissance," one that occurred long before the birth of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, or Francis Bacon.
About the Author
Philip Ball is a consulting editor for Nature magazine and a regular commentator on science in Great Britain. His book Bright Earth was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and he won Great Britain's prestigious Aventis Prize for Science Books for Critical Mass. He lives in London.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 The Isle Rises
Chartres in the Kingdom of France 8
2 A Change of Style
The Invention of Gothic 23
3 Heaven on Earth
What is a Cathedral? 52
4 Seek Not to Know High Things
Faith and Reason in the Middle Ages 69
5 Building by Numbers
Science and Geometry at the School of Chartres 100
6 Masters of Works
The Men Who Planned the Cathedrals 136
7 Hammer and Stone
Medieval Masons 170
Photographic Insert
8 Underneath the Arches
House of Forces 193
9 Holy Radiance
The Metaphysics of Light 233
10 Hard Labour
How the Cathedral Rose 256
11 A New Beginning
The First Renaissance 281
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"A lively biography of Chartres Cathedral ...Ball’s account of its construction reveals fascinating details...and evokes its raison d’être." -- The New Yorker
"Anyone who has been thrilled by the great Gothic cathedrals will revel in this study of both the spiritual and architectural qualities of those medieval wonders. Ball’s passion, sharp critical mind and fluid prose open a window onto the remote, alien world we call the Middle Ages." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Ball leaves no stone unturned . . . A revelatory look at a seminal period in art history." -- Kirkus Reviews
"There is no better general introduction to the subject... [Ball’s] account is bold and plausible." -- Wall Street Journal
World's Greatest Architect
William J. Mitchell
The MIT Press | 0262633647 | 2008 | PDF | 160 pages | 2 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Artifacts (including works of architecture) play dual roles; they simultaneously perform functions and carry meaning. Columns support roofs, but while the sturdy Tuscan and Doric types traditionally signify masculinity, the slim and elegant Ionic and Corinthian kinds read as feminine. Words are often inscribed on objects. (On a door: "push" or "pull.") Today, information is digitally encoded (dematerialized) and displayed (rematerialized) to become part of many different objects, at one moment appearing on a laptop screen and at another, perhaps, on a building facade (as in Times Square). Well-designed artifacts succeed in being both useful and meaningful. In World's Greatest Architect, William Mitchell offers a series of snapshots—short essays and analyses—that examine the systems of function and meaning currently operating in our buildings, cities, and global networks.
In his writing, Mitchell makes connections that aren't necessarily obvious but are always illuminating, moving in one essay from Bush-Cheney's abuse of language to Robert Venturi's argument against rigid ideology and in favor of graceful pragmatism. He traces the evolution of Las Vegas from Sin/Sign City to family-friendly resort and residential real estate boomtown. A purchase of chips leads not only to a complementary purchase of beer but to thoughts of Eames chairs (like Pringles) and Gehry (fun to imitate with tortilla chips in refried beans). As for who the world's greatest architect might be, here's a hint: he's also the oldest.
About the Author
William J. Mitchell is the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directs the Smart Cities research group at MIT's Media Lab. He was formerly Dean of the School of Architecture and Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences at MIT. He is the author of Imagining MIT: Designing a Campus for the Twenty-First Century, Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City, e-topia: "Urban Life, Jim--but Not as We Know It," City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn, and The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era, all published by The MIT Press.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Kicking the Bottle 1
2 Paper Wonders 5
3 Viva Venturi 9
4 Sin No More 13
5 Loveliest of Trees 17
6 Alberti’s An iversary 21
7 The Net Has a Thousand Eyes 25
8 Surveillance Cookb ook 33
9 Forget Foreign Wars 37
10 Everyday Low 41
11 Texas Chain Store 45
12 Right Place at the Wrong Time 49
13 Best Practices 53
14 Mama Don’t Take My Megapixels 57
15 In struments and Algorithms 61
16 Theory of Black Holes 65
17 Elegy in a Landfill 69
18 Theory of Ev erything 73
19 Deep Focus 77
20 Dappled Things 81
21 Morphology of the Biopic 85
22 Little Blue Coupe 89
23 Bicycle Socialism 93
24 Faux Book 97
25 Man of Steel 101
26 It’s Not Easy 105
27 Imagined Wall Street 109
28 The Eagle Flies 113
29 Architectural Assassination 115
30 Urban Plastination 119
31 Civic Im unology 123
32 World’s Greatest Architect 131
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"Here's a provocative collection of witty, insightful, and argumentative essays that helps us think about the world of architecture and design in new and startling ways."
— Steve Paul, Kansas City Star
"Like the extraordinary Whole Earth Catalog of our youth, these brilliant essays create patterns of possibility that allow the reader to see and design one's personal connection between each essay. The allusions to various cultural icons and their views on topics ranging from maps and communication to modern culture and creativity make this book a must read for the hungry mind. World's Greatest Architect is incisively written and along with William Mitchell's other contributions, firmly establishes his place in the pantheon of learning professionals."
—Richard Saul Wurman
The MIT Press | 0262633647 | 2008 | PDF | 160 pages | 2 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Artifacts (including works of architecture) play dual roles; they simultaneously perform functions and carry meaning. Columns support roofs, but while the sturdy Tuscan and Doric types traditionally signify masculinity, the slim and elegant Ionic and Corinthian kinds read as feminine. Words are often inscribed on objects. (On a door: "push" or "pull.") Today, information is digitally encoded (dematerialized) and displayed (rematerialized) to become part of many different objects, at one moment appearing on a laptop screen and at another, perhaps, on a building facade (as in Times Square). Well-designed artifacts succeed in being both useful and meaningful. In World's Greatest Architect, William Mitchell offers a series of snapshots—short essays and analyses—that examine the systems of function and meaning currently operating in our buildings, cities, and global networks.
In his writing, Mitchell makes connections that aren't necessarily obvious but are always illuminating, moving in one essay from Bush-Cheney's abuse of language to Robert Venturi's argument against rigid ideology and in favor of graceful pragmatism. He traces the evolution of Las Vegas from Sin/Sign City to family-friendly resort and residential real estate boomtown. A purchase of chips leads not only to a complementary purchase of beer but to thoughts of Eames chairs (like Pringles) and Gehry (fun to imitate with tortilla chips in refried beans). As for who the world's greatest architect might be, here's a hint: he's also the oldest.
About the Author
William J. Mitchell is the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directs the Smart Cities research group at MIT's Media Lab. He was formerly Dean of the School of Architecture and Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences at MIT. He is the author of Imagining MIT: Designing a Campus for the Twenty-First Century, Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City, e-topia: "Urban Life, Jim--but Not as We Know It," City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn, and The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era, all published by The MIT Press.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Kicking the Bottle 1
2 Paper Wonders 5
3 Viva Venturi 9
4 Sin No More 13
5 Loveliest of Trees 17
6 Alberti’s An iversary 21
7 The Net Has a Thousand Eyes 25
8 Surveillance Cookb ook 33
9 Forget Foreign Wars 37
10 Everyday Low 41
11 Texas Chain Store 45
12 Right Place at the Wrong Time 49
13 Best Practices 53
14 Mama Don’t Take My Megapixels 57
15 In struments and Algorithms 61
16 Theory of Black Holes 65
17 Elegy in a Landfill 69
18 Theory of Ev erything 73
19 Deep Focus 77
20 Dappled Things 81
21 Morphology of the Biopic 85
22 Little Blue Coupe 89
23 Bicycle Socialism 93
24 Faux Book 97
25 Man of Steel 101
26 It’s Not Easy 105
27 Imagined Wall Street 109
28 The Eagle Flies 113
29 Architectural Assassination 115
30 Urban Plastination 119
31 Civic Im unology 123
32 World’s Greatest Architect 131
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"Here's a provocative collection of witty, insightful, and argumentative essays that helps us think about the world of architecture and design in new and startling ways."
— Steve Paul, Kansas City Star
"Like the extraordinary Whole Earth Catalog of our youth, these brilliant essays create patterns of possibility that allow the reader to see and design one's personal connection between each essay. The allusions to various cultural icons and their views on topics ranging from maps and communication to modern culture and creativity make this book a must read for the hungry mind. World's Greatest Architect is incisively written and along with William Mitchell's other contributions, firmly establishes his place in the pantheon of learning professionals."
—Richard Saul Wurman
The Challenge of Change
D. Van Den Heuvel, M. Mesman, W. Quist and B. Lemmens
IOS Press | 1586039172 | 2008 | PDF | 568 pages | 20 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Conservation of architecture - and the conversation of modern architecture in particular - has assumed new challenges. Rather than attempting to return a modern building to its resumed original state, the challenge of these proceedings is to revalue the essence of the manifold manifestations of modern architecture and redefine its meanings in a rapidly changing world of digital revolution, worldwide mobility and environmental awareness. This volume aims to provide a variety of platforms for the exchange of ideas and experience. A large, international group of architects, historians, scholars, preservationists and other parties involved in the processes of preserving, renovating and transforming modern buildings has been invited to investigate the paradox of the modern monument, and to reflect on the manifold dilemmas of change and continuity.
The general theme is elaborated through five sub-themes. The sub-theme 'Change and Continuity' addresses the tensions between change and continuity from a historical-theoretical perspective. 'Restructuring Cities and Landscapes' focuses on the larger scale of city and landscape, while 'Shifts in Programme and Flexibility' draws attention to the scale of the building or building complex, and questions limits of re-use and flexibility. The fourth sub-theme deals with education and the fifth sub-theme 'Progress, Technology and Sustainability' considers specific issues of techniques and materials.
LIST OF CONTENT
Modern Architecture is Durable: Using Change to Preserve / M. Casciato
Introduction / Organising Committee 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference
Change and Continuity 1
Change and Continuity 2
Change and Continuity 3
Change and Continuity 4
Cities and Landscape 1
Cities and Landscape 2
Shifts in Programme and Flexibility 1
Shifts in Programme and Flexibility 2
Education in Transformation
Technology, Progress and Sustainability 1
Technology, Progress and Sustainability 2
Short Papers
Change and Continuity
Restructuring Cities and Landscape
Shifts in Programme and Flexibility Education in Transformation
Technology, Progress and Sustainability
Exhibition
EDITORIAL REVIEW
IOS Press | 1586039172 | 2008 | PDF | 568 pages | 20 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Conservation of architecture - and the conversation of modern architecture in particular - has assumed new challenges. Rather than attempting to return a modern building to its resumed original state, the challenge of these proceedings is to revalue the essence of the manifold manifestations of modern architecture and redefine its meanings in a rapidly changing world of digital revolution, worldwide mobility and environmental awareness. This volume aims to provide a variety of platforms for the exchange of ideas and experience. A large, international group of architects, historians, scholars, preservationists and other parties involved in the processes of preserving, renovating and transforming modern buildings has been invited to investigate the paradox of the modern monument, and to reflect on the manifold dilemmas of change and continuity.
The general theme is elaborated through five sub-themes. The sub-theme 'Change and Continuity' addresses the tensions between change and continuity from a historical-theoretical perspective. 'Restructuring Cities and Landscapes' focuses on the larger scale of city and landscape, while 'Shifts in Programme and Flexibility' draws attention to the scale of the building or building complex, and questions limits of re-use and flexibility. The fourth sub-theme deals with education and the fifth sub-theme 'Progress, Technology and Sustainability' considers specific issues of techniques and materials.
LIST OF CONTENT
Modern Architecture is Durable: Using Change to Preserve / M. Casciato
Introduction / Organising Committee 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference
Change and Continuity 1
Change and Continuity 2
Change and Continuity 3
Change and Continuity 4
Cities and Landscape 1
Cities and Landscape 2
Shifts in Programme and Flexibility 1
Shifts in Programme and Flexibility 2
Education in Transformation
Technology, Progress and Sustainability 1
Technology, Progress and Sustainability 2
Short Papers
Change and Continuity
Restructuring Cities and Landscape
Shifts in Programme and Flexibility Education in Transformation
Technology, Progress and Sustainability
Exhibition
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Sacred Power, Sacred Space : An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship
J.H. Kilde
Oxford University Press | 0195336062 | 2008 | PDF | 248 pages | 7 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Jeanne Halgren Kilde's survey of church architecture is unlike any other. Her main concern is not the buildings themselves, but rather the dynamic character of Christianity and how church buildings shape and influence the religion. Kilde argues that a primary function of church buildings is to represent and reify three different types of power: divine power, or ideas about God; personal empowerment as manifested in the individual's perceived relationship to the divine; and social power, meaning the relationships between groups such as clergy and laity. Each type intersects with notions of Christian creed, cult, and code, and is represented spatially and materially in church buildings.
Kilde explores these categories chronologically, from the early church to the twentieth century. She considers the form, organization, and use of worship rooms; the location of churches; and the interaction between churches and the wider culture.
Church buildings have been integral to Christianity, and Kilde's important study sheds new light on the way they impact all aspects of the religion. Neither mere witnesses to transformations of religious thought or nor simple backgrounds for religious practice, church buildings are, in Kilde's view, dynamic participants in religious change and goldmines of information on Christianity itself.
LIST OF CONTENT
1. A Method for Thinking about Power Dynamics in Christian Space, 3
2. Early Christian Meeting Space in the Roman Empire, 13
3. Imperial Power in Constantinian and Byzantine Churches, 39
4. From Abbey to Great Church, Fortress to Heavenly City, 61
5. Transformations of the Renaissance and Reformation, 91
6. Formalism and Non- or Antiformalism in Worship and Architecture, 131
7. Historicism, Modernism, and Space, 161
8. Concluding Observations, 199
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"Jeanne Kilde is a gifted teacher and a mature scholar who has been studying and writing about material culture since before it was fashionable to do so. Her works are careful, imaginative, and daring, and this treatment of the linkages of power and space is brilliant. The book's depth and reach are breathtaking, and its implications are manifold." --Calvin J. Roetzel, Sundet Professor of New Testament and Christian Studies, University of Minnesota
"Kilde's book is one that has long been needed. It provides a concise introduction to the periods of church-building, enlivened by a clearly articulated point of view. It is focused on a selection of important churches. And it is informed by an interpretive grid that readers will find tremendously useful as a starting point for analysis and discussion. This book will be welcomed warmly as an interesting, accessible introduction to the subject." --Richard Kieckhefer, author of Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley
Oxford University Press | 0195336062 | 2008 | PDF | 248 pages | 7 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Jeanne Halgren Kilde's survey of church architecture is unlike any other. Her main concern is not the buildings themselves, but rather the dynamic character of Christianity and how church buildings shape and influence the religion. Kilde argues that a primary function of church buildings is to represent and reify three different types of power: divine power, or ideas about God; personal empowerment as manifested in the individual's perceived relationship to the divine; and social power, meaning the relationships between groups such as clergy and laity. Each type intersects with notions of Christian creed, cult, and code, and is represented spatially and materially in church buildings.
Kilde explores these categories chronologically, from the early church to the twentieth century. She considers the form, organization, and use of worship rooms; the location of churches; and the interaction between churches and the wider culture.
Church buildings have been integral to Christianity, and Kilde's important study sheds new light on the way they impact all aspects of the religion. Neither mere witnesses to transformations of religious thought or nor simple backgrounds for religious practice, church buildings are, in Kilde's view, dynamic participants in religious change and goldmines of information on Christianity itself.
LIST OF CONTENT
1. A Method for Thinking about Power Dynamics in Christian Space, 3
2. Early Christian Meeting Space in the Roman Empire, 13
3. Imperial Power in Constantinian and Byzantine Churches, 39
4. From Abbey to Great Church, Fortress to Heavenly City, 61
5. Transformations of the Renaissance and Reformation, 91
6. Formalism and Non- or Antiformalism in Worship and Architecture, 131
7. Historicism, Modernism, and Space, 161
8. Concluding Observations, 199
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"Jeanne Kilde is a gifted teacher and a mature scholar who has been studying and writing about material culture since before it was fashionable to do so. Her works are careful, imaginative, and daring, and this treatment of the linkages of power and space is brilliant. The book's depth and reach are breathtaking, and its implications are manifold." --Calvin J. Roetzel, Sundet Professor of New Testament and Christian Studies, University of Minnesota
"Kilde's book is one that has long been needed. It provides a concise introduction to the periods of church-building, enlivened by a clearly articulated point of view. It is focused on a selection of important churches. And it is informed by an interpretive grid that readers will find tremendously useful as a starting point for analysis and discussion. This book will be welcomed warmly as an interesting, accessible introduction to the subject." --Richard Kieckhefer, author of Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley
Building for the Performing Arts A Design & Development Guide 2nd
Ian AppletonArchitectural Press | 2008 | PDF | 296 pages | 16 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This Design and Development Guide is an essential book for those who are involved in the initiation, planning, design and building of facilities for the various performing arts, from local to metropolitan locations. It includes the stages in the development, decisions to be taken, information requirements, feasibility and advice necessary in the design and development of a new or adapted building.
Part one of this guide provides the background information about the organisation of the performing arts, the prevailing issues, the client and various building types. In the second part, the author deals with the components of design and development, identifying the roles of the client, advisors and consultants, the stages to be achieved, including client's proposal feasibility, the process of briefing, design and building and eventually hand-over and opening night, with a consideration of the building use. Studies include the assessment of demand, site requirements, initial brief, building design and financial viability. Information requirements, as design standards, for the auditorium and platform/stage, and the support facilities, are included. Separate studies focus on the adaptation of existing buildings and provision for children and young persons.
THE CONTENT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMING ARTS (CLASSICAL MUSIC, POP/ROCK, JAZZ, MUSICALS, DANCE, DRAMA) AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ON EACH AS AN ART FROM AND NECESSITIES TO HOUSE PERFORMANCES.
* Comprehensive view of design and development including assessment of demand, site requirement, initial brief, building design and financial viability
* Coverage includes all categories including classical music, pop/ rock, jazz, musicals, dance and drama
* Links information to the design process and sequence of decision-making
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Introduction 3
2 Types of production 7
3 Audiences 13
4 Types of client 17
5 Building types 21
6 Design and development 67
7 The client 69
8 Consultants 75
9 Stages in design and development 77
10 Audiences, companies and staff 97
11 Site considerations 101
12 Initial brief: Auditorium and platform/stage 105
13 Initial brief: Support facilities 161
14 Initial brief: Spaces for children and young persons 205
15 Initial brief: Existing buildings for the performing arts 215
16 Building design 229
17 Time-scale 255
18 Financial appraisal 257
EDITORIAL REVIEW
A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe
Conrad Rudolph
Wiley-Blackwell | 9781405102865 |
2006 | PDF | 704 pages | 16 Mb
DESCRIPTION
A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars.
Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives.
Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.
LIST OF CONTENT
1. Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art: Conrad Rudolph (University of California, Riverside).
2. Vision: Cynthia Hahn (Florida State University).
3. Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers: Madeline Harrison Caviness (Tufts University).
4. Narrative: Suzanne Lewis (Stanford University).
5. Formalism: Linda Seidel (University of Chicago).
6. Gender and Medieval Art: Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz (University of Zurich).
7. Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Herbert L. Kessler (Johns Hopkins University).
8. Art and Exegesis: Christopher G. Hughes (Getty Research Institute).
9. Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art: Jill Caskey (University of Toronto).
10. Collecting (and Display): Pierre Alain Mariaux (Universite de Neuchatel).
11. The Concept of Spolia: Dale Kinney (Bryn Mawr College).
12. The Monstrous: Thomas E.A. Dale (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
13. Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture: Laura Kendrick (Universite de Versailles).
14. Romanesque Architecture: Eric Fernie (University of London).
15. Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe: Colum Hourihane (Princeton University).
16. Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture: Robert A. Maxwell (University of Pennsylvania).
17. The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination: Adam S. Cohen (University of Toronto).
18. The Study of Gothic Architecture: Stephen Murray (Columbia University).
19. Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250: Martin Buchsel (University of Frankfurt).
20. Gothic Manuscript Illumination: The Case of France: Anne D. Hedeman (University of Illinois).
21. Glazing Medieval Buildings: Elizabeth Pastan (Emory University).
22. Toward A Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts: Brigitte Buettner (Smith College).
23. East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States: Jaroslav Folda (University of North Carolina).
24. The Art and Architecture of Lusignan Cyprus and the Latin States Established on Byzantine Territory (13th-14th Centuries): Tassos C. Papacostas (King's College, London).
25. Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe: Marie-Therese Zenner (Independent Scholar).
26. Sculptural Programs: Bruno Boerner (Technische Universitat).
27. Cistercian Architecture: Peter Fergusson (Wellesley College).
28. Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way: Paula Gerson (The Florida State University).
29. "The Scattered Limbs of the Giant": Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals.
Tina Waldeier Bizzarro (Rosemont College).
30. The Modern Medieval Museum.
Michelle P. Brown (Independent Scholar).
EDITORIAL REVIEW
“The 30 incisive and methodologically sophisticated essays in this Companion boldly refashion and redescribe an entire field of study: a must-read for any and all fascinated by art history’s powers to explain and illuminate.” Judson J. Emerick, Pomona College
“These wide-ranging essays provide a lucid overview of the state of medieval art history today, shedding light on the richness and complexity of both our historical materials and the methods by which they have been approached.” Jacqueline E. Jung, University of California, Berkeley
"…the scholarship is of the highest caliber. The endnotes and bibliographies are exhaustive and are excellent sources of material for further inquiry. An important resource for advanced undergraduates and scholars ready to take their studies in medieval art to the next level. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and up."—CHOICE, December 2006
Wiley-Blackwell | 9781405102865 |
2006 | PDF | 704 pages | 16 Mb
DESCRIPTION
A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars.
Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives.
Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.
LIST OF CONTENT
1. Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art: Conrad Rudolph (University of California, Riverside).
2. Vision: Cynthia Hahn (Florida State University).
3. Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers: Madeline Harrison Caviness (Tufts University).
4. Narrative: Suzanne Lewis (Stanford University).
5. Formalism: Linda Seidel (University of Chicago).
6. Gender and Medieval Art: Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz (University of Zurich).
7. Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Herbert L. Kessler (Johns Hopkins University).
8. Art and Exegesis: Christopher G. Hughes (Getty Research Institute).
9. Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art: Jill Caskey (University of Toronto).
10. Collecting (and Display): Pierre Alain Mariaux (Universite de Neuchatel).
11. The Concept of Spolia: Dale Kinney (Bryn Mawr College).
12. The Monstrous: Thomas E.A. Dale (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
13. Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture: Laura Kendrick (Universite de Versailles).
14. Romanesque Architecture: Eric Fernie (University of London).
15. Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe: Colum Hourihane (Princeton University).
16. Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture: Robert A. Maxwell (University of Pennsylvania).
17. The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination: Adam S. Cohen (University of Toronto).
18. The Study of Gothic Architecture: Stephen Murray (Columbia University).
19. Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250: Martin Buchsel (University of Frankfurt).
20. Gothic Manuscript Illumination: The Case of France: Anne D. Hedeman (University of Illinois).
21. Glazing Medieval Buildings: Elizabeth Pastan (Emory University).
22. Toward A Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts: Brigitte Buettner (Smith College).
23. East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States: Jaroslav Folda (University of North Carolina).
24. The Art and Architecture of Lusignan Cyprus and the Latin States Established on Byzantine Territory (13th-14th Centuries): Tassos C. Papacostas (King's College, London).
25. Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe: Marie-Therese Zenner (Independent Scholar).
26. Sculptural Programs: Bruno Boerner (Technische Universitat).
27. Cistercian Architecture: Peter Fergusson (Wellesley College).
28. Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way: Paula Gerson (The Florida State University).
29. "The Scattered Limbs of the Giant": Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals.
Tina Waldeier Bizzarro (Rosemont College).
30. The Modern Medieval Museum.
Michelle P. Brown (Independent Scholar).
EDITORIAL REVIEW
“The 30 incisive and methodologically sophisticated essays in this Companion boldly refashion and redescribe an entire field of study: a must-read for any and all fascinated by art history’s powers to explain and illuminate.” Judson J. Emerick, Pomona College
“These wide-ranging essays provide a lucid overview of the state of medieval art history today, shedding light on the richness and complexity of both our historical materials and the methods by which they have been approached.” Jacqueline E. Jung, University of California, Berkeley
"…the scholarship is of the highest caliber. The endnotes and bibliographies are exhaustive and are excellent sources of material for further inquiry. An important resource for advanced undergraduates and scholars ready to take their studies in medieval art to the next level. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and up."—CHOICE, December 2006
Architecture and Modernity: A Critique
Hilde Heynen
The MIT Press | 0262581892 | 2000 | PDF | 276 pages | 7 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Critical theories such as those of the Frankfurt School of the twenties and thirties gave rise to a complex and sophisticated critique of modernity and modernism. The history and theory of twentieth-century architecture, which developed rather independently of this rich tradition, appear naive and unbalanced in comparison. In this exploration of the relationship between modernity, dwelling, and architecture, Hilde Heynen attempts to bridge this gap between the discourse of the modern movement and cultural theories of modernity. On one hand, she discusses architecture from the perspective of critical theory, and on the other she modifies positions within critical theory by linking them with architecture. She assesses architecture as a cultural field that structures daily life and that embodies major contradictions inherent in modernity, arguing that architecture nonetheless has a certain capacity to adopt a critical stance vis-à-vis modernity.
Besides presenting a theoretical discussion of the relation between architecture, modernity, and dwelling, the book provides architectural students with an introduction to the discourse of critical theory. The subchapters on Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno, and the Venice School (Tafuri, Dal Co, Cacciari) can be studied independently.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Architecture Facing Modernity
Concepts of Modernity 8
Dwelling Fades into the Distance. . . 14
The Dilemmas of Architecture 18
2 Constructing the Modern Movement
An Architectural Avant-Garde? 26
Sigfried Giedion: A Programmatic View of Modernity 29
Das Neue Frankfurt: The Search for a Unified Culture 43
3 Reflections in a Mirror
The Experience Rupture 72
Adolf Loos: The Broken Continuation of Tradition 75
Walter Benjamin: The Dream of a Classless Society 95
Building on a Hollow Space: Ernst Bloch's Criticism of Modern Architecture 118
The Venice School, or the Diagnosis of Negative Thought 128
4 Architecture as Critique of Modernity
Avant-Garde versus Modernism 148
New Babylon: The Antinomies of Utopia 151
No Way Out: Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory 174
Mimesis in Architecture 192
Afterword: Dwelling, Mimesis, Culture 220
Notes 226
Index 26
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"[A] very helpful synthetic overview of the principal positions in critical theory's arguments over modernity."
—South Carolina Review
The MIT Press | 0262581892 | 2000 | PDF | 276 pages | 7 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Critical theories such as those of the Frankfurt School of the twenties and thirties gave rise to a complex and sophisticated critique of modernity and modernism. The history and theory of twentieth-century architecture, which developed rather independently of this rich tradition, appear naive and unbalanced in comparison. In this exploration of the relationship between modernity, dwelling, and architecture, Hilde Heynen attempts to bridge this gap between the discourse of the modern movement and cultural theories of modernity. On one hand, she discusses architecture from the perspective of critical theory, and on the other she modifies positions within critical theory by linking them with architecture. She assesses architecture as a cultural field that structures daily life and that embodies major contradictions inherent in modernity, arguing that architecture nonetheless has a certain capacity to adopt a critical stance vis-à-vis modernity.
Besides presenting a theoretical discussion of the relation between architecture, modernity, and dwelling, the book provides architectural students with an introduction to the discourse of critical theory. The subchapters on Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno, and the Venice School (Tafuri, Dal Co, Cacciari) can be studied independently.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Architecture Facing Modernity
Concepts of Modernity 8
Dwelling Fades into the Distance. . . 14
The Dilemmas of Architecture 18
2 Constructing the Modern Movement
An Architectural Avant-Garde? 26
Sigfried Giedion: A Programmatic View of Modernity 29
Das Neue Frankfurt: The Search for a Unified Culture 43
3 Reflections in a Mirror
The Experience Rupture 72
Adolf Loos: The Broken Continuation of Tradition 75
Walter Benjamin: The Dream of a Classless Society 95
Building on a Hollow Space: Ernst Bloch's Criticism of Modern Architecture 118
The Venice School, or the Diagnosis of Negative Thought 128
4 Architecture as Critique of Modernity
Avant-Garde versus Modernism 148
New Babylon: The Antinomies of Utopia 151
No Way Out: Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory 174
Mimesis in Architecture 192
Afterword: Dwelling, Mimesis, Culture 220
Notes 226
Index 26
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"[A] very helpful synthetic overview of the principal positions in critical theory's arguments over modernity."
—South Carolina Review
Architectural Design : New Health Facilities
ArchDesign
Links | 8489861668 | 2001 | English | 240 pages | 37 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problem raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to create new and better health facilities.
LIST OF CONTENT
Links | 8489861668 | 2001 | English | 240 pages | 37 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problem raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to create new and better health facilities.
LIST OF CONTENT
Architectural Design : New Working Spaces
2000 - 2005,
Architecture,
Drawing and Modelling,
Interior Design,
Reference,
Specific Building Types and Styles
Links
Links | 8489861188 | 2003 | PDF | 240 pages | 26 Mb
DESCRIPTION
New Working Spaces features architecture created for the tertiary sector which has become a hot topic at present. The application of new computer technologies has caused a revolution in the way that we work, which in turn has caused a revolution in the way are accommodated at work. As this book demonstrates a more pleasant working environment is being created through the application of criteria such as intelligent construction, ergonomics, improved air conditioning systems, new cladding methods, ecological efficiency, health concerns, and control of light intensity.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Links | 8489861188 | 2003 | PDF | 240 pages | 26 Mb
DESCRIPTION
New Working Spaces features architecture created for the tertiary sector which has become a hot topic at present. The application of new computer technologies has caused a revolution in the way that we work, which in turn has caused a revolution in the way are accommodated at work. As this book demonstrates a more pleasant working environment is being created through the application of criteria such as intelligent construction, ergonomics, improved air conditioning systems, new cladding methods, ecological efficiency, health concerns, and control of light intensity.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
New Forms Architecture in the 1990s
Philip Jodidio
Taschen | 3822812331 | 2001 | PDF | 240 pages | 17 Mb
DESCRIPTION
In the 1990s architecture has evolved considerably despite economic constraints. The new architecture has been guided by the rapid progress of computer assisted design and a newly rediscovered affinity for the arts. Indeed, many architects - from France's Dominique Perrault, creator of the new Bibliothèque Nationale de France, to Japan's Tadao Ando - explain their work in terms of references to minimalism or land art. At the same time art itself has veered towards installations and works which approach architecture. These influences have enriched and diversified contemporary architecture in the developed world.
The Author:
Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard and has been editor-in-chief of the French art magazine "Connaissance des Arts" in Paris since 1980. He has written numerous books and articles on contemporary architecture.
LIST OF CONTENT
Urban Strategies 51
Space for Art 81
Places of Gathering 109
Art & Architecture 143
Outlook 179
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Taschen | 3822812331 | 2001 | PDF | 240 pages | 17 Mb
DESCRIPTION
In the 1990s architecture has evolved considerably despite economic constraints. The new architecture has been guided by the rapid progress of computer assisted design and a newly rediscovered affinity for the arts. Indeed, many architects - from France's Dominique Perrault, creator of the new Bibliothèque Nationale de France, to Japan's Tadao Ando - explain their work in terms of references to minimalism or land art. At the same time art itself has veered towards installations and works which approach architecture. These influences have enriched and diversified contemporary architecture in the developed world.
The Author:
Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard and has been editor-in-chief of the French art magazine "Connaissance des Arts" in Paris since 1980. He has written numerous books and articles on contemporary architecture.
LIST OF CONTENT
Urban Strategies 51
Space for Art 81
Places of Gathering 109
Art & Architecture 143
Outlook 179
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art
Christopher Day
Architectural Press | 0750659017 | 2003 | PDF Format | 323 pages | 23 MB
DESCRIPTION
Revised to incorporate the changes in opinions and attitudes since its first publication, the second edition of 'Places of the Soul' has brought Christopher Day's classic text into the 21st century.
This new edition of the seminal text reminds us that true sustainable design does not simply mean energy efficient building. Sustainable buildings must provide for the 'soul'. For Christopher Day architecture is not just about a building's appearance, but how the building is experienced. 'Places of the Soul' presents buildings as environment, intrinsic to their surroundings, and offers design principles that will open the eyes of the architecture student and professional alike, presenting ideas quite different to the orthodoxy of modern architectural education.
Christopher Day's experience as an architect, self-builder, professor and sculptor have all added to the development of his ideas that encompass issues of economic and social sustainability, commercial pressures and consensus design. This book presents these ideas and outlines universal principles that will be of interest and value to architects, builders, planners and developers alike.
* Author is leading authority in this field and has a throng of devoted admirers
* 1st edition is considered a classic in the industry and it has been renewed for the 21st century
* Sustainability and environmental design is one of the key areas of interest and study for architects today
LIST OF CONTENT
Architecture: Does it matter?;
Architecture with Health-Giving Intent;
Architecture as Art;
Building for Physical Health;
Qualities and Quantities;
Conversion or Conflict?;
Space for Living in;
Design as a Listening Process: Creating Places with Users and Builders;
Ensouling Buildings;
Building as a Health-Giving Process;
Healing Silence: the Architecture of Peace;
The Urban Environment: Cities as Places, Cities for People, Cities for Life;
Building for Tomorrow;
Index.
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"...one of the seminal architecture books of recent times."
- Professor Tom Wooley, Architects Journal
"This gentle book offers a route out of the nightmare of so much callous modern construction. I was inspired."
- Colin Amery, The Financial Times.
"The 'bible' of many architects and those interested in architecture."
- Centre for Alternative Technology.
"...an inspiration to all those who care about the influence of the environment on Man's health and well-being."
- The Scientific and Medical Network
"A wonderful, ground-breaking book."
- Permaculture Magazine
"If this book was set to music, it would be an "ultimate chill-out" album. From start to finish Christopher Day's seminal work "Places of the Soul" is a haven of tranquility, warmth and rationality. First written in 1988, but now thoroughly revised, his flowing style and inviting, curvaceous line illustrations quickly begin to caress your soul to such a degree that you feel you'll never draw a straight line again!"
- Get Sust!
"Are you looking for a book that recognizes the need for designing buildings to meet lofty sustainability goals, but that also places human needs on an equal or superior plane? Do you look at new mechanistic buildings of steel, titanium and low-e glass and wonder how it's possible to feel inspired, or even comfortable, when you're in them? If you answer yes to these questions, then perhaps you would benefit from reading the second edition of Christopher Day's book, Places of the Soul, Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art. Places of the Soul is an excellent primer for students of architecture seeking a balance between design for sustainability and for human needs, between a mass-produced machine aesthetic and one that includes hand-craftsmanship, and between sterile mind-numbing sameness and invigorating variety."
- Thomas L. McKittrick, Professor Emeritus, Architecture, Texas A&M University
"The book concludes with a strong discussion of ideas for planning urban environments while promoting economic vitality and sense of community that will be appealing to those interested in urban planning and revitalization.
The book's photos and the discussion of interior space décor will appeal to those favoring a rustic and timeless aesthetic."
- Environments
"The book presents a critical analysis of the form and function of modern construction by shifting standard planning and design methods to those more socially and environmentally sustainable and (most importantly) people-centered."
- Gregory Rose, Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Architectural Press | 0750659017 | 2003 | PDF Format | 323 pages | 23 MB
DESCRIPTION
Revised to incorporate the changes in opinions and attitudes since its first publication, the second edition of 'Places of the Soul' has brought Christopher Day's classic text into the 21st century.
This new edition of the seminal text reminds us that true sustainable design does not simply mean energy efficient building. Sustainable buildings must provide for the 'soul'. For Christopher Day architecture is not just about a building's appearance, but how the building is experienced. 'Places of the Soul' presents buildings as environment, intrinsic to their surroundings, and offers design principles that will open the eyes of the architecture student and professional alike, presenting ideas quite different to the orthodoxy of modern architectural education.
Christopher Day's experience as an architect, self-builder, professor and sculptor have all added to the development of his ideas that encompass issues of economic and social sustainability, commercial pressures and consensus design. This book presents these ideas and outlines universal principles that will be of interest and value to architects, builders, planners and developers alike.
* Author is leading authority in this field and has a throng of devoted admirers
* 1st edition is considered a classic in the industry and it has been renewed for the 21st century
* Sustainability and environmental design is one of the key areas of interest and study for architects today
LIST OF CONTENT
Architecture: Does it matter?;
Architecture with Health-Giving Intent;
Architecture as Art;
Building for Physical Health;
Qualities and Quantities;
Conversion or Conflict?;
Space for Living in;
Design as a Listening Process: Creating Places with Users and Builders;
Ensouling Buildings;
Building as a Health-Giving Process;
Healing Silence: the Architecture of Peace;
The Urban Environment: Cities as Places, Cities for People, Cities for Life;
Building for Tomorrow;
Index.
EDITORIAL REVIEW
"...one of the seminal architecture books of recent times."
- Professor Tom Wooley, Architects Journal
"This gentle book offers a route out of the nightmare of so much callous modern construction. I was inspired."
- Colin Amery, The Financial Times.
"The 'bible' of many architects and those interested in architecture."
- Centre for Alternative Technology.
"...an inspiration to all those who care about the influence of the environment on Man's health and well-being."
- The Scientific and Medical Network
"A wonderful, ground-breaking book."
- Permaculture Magazine
"If this book was set to music, it would be an "ultimate chill-out" album. From start to finish Christopher Day's seminal work "Places of the Soul" is a haven of tranquility, warmth and rationality. First written in 1988, but now thoroughly revised, his flowing style and inviting, curvaceous line illustrations quickly begin to caress your soul to such a degree that you feel you'll never draw a straight line again!"
- Get Sust!
"Are you looking for a book that recognizes the need for designing buildings to meet lofty sustainability goals, but that also places human needs on an equal or superior plane? Do you look at new mechanistic buildings of steel, titanium and low-e glass and wonder how it's possible to feel inspired, or even comfortable, when you're in them? If you answer yes to these questions, then perhaps you would benefit from reading the second edition of Christopher Day's book, Places of the Soul, Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art. Places of the Soul is an excellent primer for students of architecture seeking a balance between design for sustainability and for human needs, between a mass-produced machine aesthetic and one that includes hand-craftsmanship, and between sterile mind-numbing sameness and invigorating variety."
- Thomas L. McKittrick, Professor Emeritus, Architecture, Texas A&M University
"The book concludes with a strong discussion of ideas for planning urban environments while promoting economic vitality and sense of community that will be appealing to those interested in urban planning and revitalization.
The book's photos and the discussion of interior space décor will appeal to those favoring a rustic and timeless aesthetic."
- Environments
"The book presents a critical analysis of the form and function of modern construction by shifting standard planning and design methods to those more socially and environmentally sustainable and (most importantly) people-centered."
- Gregory Rose, Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Spirit & Place : Healing our environment, Healing environment
C.Day
Architectural Press | 0750653590 | 2002 | PDF | 264 pages | 18 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially.
Spirit & Place shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how to create places that are nourishing psychologically and physically, to soul and spirit as well as body.
This book's unique arguments identify important, but often unrecognised, principles and illustrate their applicability in a wide range of situations, price-ranges and climates. It shows how to reconcile the apparently incompatible demands of environmental, economic and social sustainability; how to moderate climate to make places of delight, and realign social pressures so places both support society and maximise economic viability. Thought provoking and easy to understand, Christopher Day uses everyday examples to relate his theories to practice and our experience.
LIST OF CONTENT
Part One - Issues for the Twenty-First Century. Beneath the Surface of Today; A New Way for Our Time; Beyond Individualism; The Journey from Style to Purpose; Conscious Reconnection; From Past to Future.
Part Two - The Elements of Life. The Nourishing Elements; Rooting Earth; Water for Life; Fresh Air; Nurturing Warmth.
Part Three - Design in the Context of Life. Hidden Costs; Sustaining Sustainability.
Part Four - People Places and Process.
Part Five - Process-based Design.
Part Six - Environment and Health.
EDITORIAL REVIEW
'This book is quite simply about how to make the world a better place, through better buildings...It tells us how we can all step beyond the ego to the eco, from the sustaining to the sustainable, to the healthy, healing, life-enhancing buildings that nourish the spirit and repair the community. Using the elements of light, water, earth, warmth and air Christopher leads us gently through ways of shaping space, light and heat, and our own human endeavour, to create beautiful buildings.'
Taken from the Foreword by Sue Roaf
'Christopher Day's commitment to the creation of a sustainable environment is well known and, in many respects, beyond criticism.'
Architect's Journal
'I have never read a book about architecture that so comfortably combines an intensely pragmatic approach with an innately spiritual understanding.'
Resurgence Magazine
'It is a book that presents ideas not only for a healthy planet but a healthy spirit - ultimately two conditions that are irrevocably linked. Day addresses the costs of building, from environmental pollution to social consequences such as crime and ill health.'
Natural Home Magazine
'Christopher Day is a practicing architect, a teacher and a philosopher and I believe he knew that his book would be recommended to be used in the context of the design studio in Schools of Architecture'
Centre for Education in the Built Environment
Architectural Press | 0750653590 | 2002 | PDF | 264 pages | 18 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially.
Spirit & Place shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how to create places that are nourishing psychologically and physically, to soul and spirit as well as body.
This book's unique arguments identify important, but often unrecognised, principles and illustrate their applicability in a wide range of situations, price-ranges and climates. It shows how to reconcile the apparently incompatible demands of environmental, economic and social sustainability; how to moderate climate to make places of delight, and realign social pressures so places both support society and maximise economic viability. Thought provoking and easy to understand, Christopher Day uses everyday examples to relate his theories to practice and our experience.
LIST OF CONTENT
Part One - Issues for the Twenty-First Century. Beneath the Surface of Today; A New Way for Our Time; Beyond Individualism; The Journey from Style to Purpose; Conscious Reconnection; From Past to Future.
Part Two - The Elements of Life. The Nourishing Elements; Rooting Earth; Water for Life; Fresh Air; Nurturing Warmth.
Part Three - Design in the Context of Life. Hidden Costs; Sustaining Sustainability.
Part Four - People Places and Process.
Part Five - Process-based Design.
Part Six - Environment and Health.
EDITORIAL REVIEW
'This book is quite simply about how to make the world a better place, through better buildings...It tells us how we can all step beyond the ego to the eco, from the sustaining to the sustainable, to the healthy, healing, life-enhancing buildings that nourish the spirit and repair the community. Using the elements of light, water, earth, warmth and air Christopher leads us gently through ways of shaping space, light and heat, and our own human endeavour, to create beautiful buildings.'
Taken from the Foreword by Sue Roaf
'Christopher Day's commitment to the creation of a sustainable environment is well known and, in many respects, beyond criticism.'
Architect's Journal
'I have never read a book about architecture that so comfortably combines an intensely pragmatic approach with an innately spiritual understanding.'
Resurgence Magazine
'It is a book that presents ideas not only for a healthy planet but a healthy spirit - ultimately two conditions that are irrevocably linked. Day addresses the costs of building, from environmental pollution to social consequences such as crime and ill health.'
Natural Home Magazine
'Christopher Day is a practicing architect, a teacher and a philosopher and I believe he knew that his book would be recommended to be used in the context of the design studio in Schools of Architecture'
Centre for Education in the Built Environment
Sherpa Architecture
Valerio SestiniUnesco |1978 | PDF | 78 pages | 2 Mb
DESCRIPTION
LIST OF CONTENT
1. The environment and population of Khumbu
Essential geography
The Sherpas of Khumbu
2. Architecture in Khumbu
General characteristics
The Sherpa house
3. Religious architecture in Khumbu
Origin, form and symbolism of the stupa
The chorten in Tibet
The chorten in Khumbu
The gompa in Khumbu
4. Building materials and building art in Khumbu
Environment and building materials
Building materials and construction details
New trends in building materials and methods
EDITORIAL REVIEW
The Construction of Secret Hiding Places
Charles RobinsonDesert Publications | 1981 | PDF | 63 pages | 2 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Have you ever needed to hide something where no one could find it? Well, this is the book for you. Over 60 pages of clever hiding places large enough for guns, jewelry, and just about anything you can think of. 5.5" x 8.5," 63 pages, illus., & softcover.
LIST OF CONTENT
1. Putting "Dead Space" To Work
2. Standard Hardware, Molding Aids
3. Electric Outlet Stash
4. Hiding Flat Objects
5. Kitchen Supply Hiding Places
6. Hiding Places in Everyday Objects
7. Hide It In A Door
8. Behind The Medicine Chest
9. Plumbing Can Hold More Than Water
10. Stashes In & Behind Molding
11. Gun & Hat Rack Stashes
12. A Stairway to Secrecy
13. Secret Compartments Behind Shelves
14. Kitchen Cabinetry Stashes
15. Secret Rooms & Panels
16. Heating & Cooling Vents
17. Windowsills & Brickwork
