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UNMADE BED OF ARCHITECTURE, THE.
Author: Mäkinen, Matti K., Malcolm Quantrill
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 192
Illustrations: 184 Color Illustrations. 37 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9516827616
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5439
Price: $59.50
Two distinguished teachers and writers Quantrill, Director of the CASA at Texas A+M University and his Finnish colleague Mäkinen, former Director General of the National Board of Public Buildings share reflection on architecture and culture, in conversations, correspondence and related provocations. “What are we trying, then? We approach our object by checking the premises, by searching for the elements of change rather than the detailed results. We prefer the journey rather than reaching the end-station. We study the structures rather that the rivet-heads. We study the different aspects that will form and re-form the contexts of architecture to be.” Here the authors engage in dialogues as they explore the present state of architecture and its culture.
URBAN MUTATIONS. Periodization, Scale, Mobility
Author: Nielsen, Tom, Niels Albertsen, Peter Hemmersam, eds
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 231
Illustrations: 147 Color Illustrations. 18 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8790979117
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 5696
Price: $79.50
Dramatic changes have taken place in European cities and societies during the last 50 years. The development of the welfare state and the partially realized utopias of modern urban planning have had extensive consequences for the urban landscape, many of them unintended. Today, this process appears as a line of mutations, of how the planned was transformed into the unplanned and unexpected. The urban mutations represent a new challenge for all professions involved in forming the future of European cities. In this book they are addressed from both a theoretical and a practical perspective, focusing on three central notions - periodidization, scale and mobility. A very important publication on urban design.
URBAN PLANNING IN HISTORY.
Author: Kjærsdam, Finn
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1995
No. of pages: 170
Illustrations: 35 Color Illustrations. 144 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/4”x8 1/4”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8773074748
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 2627
Price: $59.50
From the dawn of human history, man has deliberately planned our physical environment. In this book, emphasis has been put on explanations of what has been done within town planning, to solve the various problems which have been presented to town planners by the different types of societies that have been tried in man’s social evolution. The difference in this book is its strong focus on the historical use of town planning by those in power to preserve their positions,(often at the expense of the larger society), and so, should contribute to a better understanding of town planning and its contribution to the development of society and philosophy.
USE OF STEEL IN HOUSING RENOVATION.
Author: Miettinen, Esko & Harri Ripatti & Risto Saari
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 133
Illustrations: 281 Color Illustrations. 79 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 12”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9516824838
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 5275
Price: $65.00
The book presents state-of-the-art knowledge and introduces steel as a strong, formable and recyclable material that facilitates quick and economical construction/ renovation. This book has been written by a Finnish architect with indepth knowledge of environmental issues, as well as two engineering experts representing different fields of technology. The result is their statement on how the environment should be treated with delicacy in connection with housing rennovation. Includes plans and elevations.
UTOPIA & REALITY MODERNITY IN SWEDEN 1900-1960.
Author: Behr, Shulamith, Marie-Louise Bowallius,Peter Cornell, et al
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 328
Illustrations: 153 Color Illustrations. 106 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound w/ jacket
Size: 11 1/2”x 9”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 300093594
Biblio/Bio: Bios. Bibl. Index.
Code: 5018
Price: $39.50
The 20th century was characterized by an obsession with the impulse to be ‘modern’. New times demanded new ideologies and models of social organization that in turn stimulated new forms of art, architecture, photography, film, and design. This beautiful book, containing more than 200 photographs, examines how modernity was expressed in Sweden during the 20th century.