880円 De tous temps, la femme a toujours été essentielle à travers les religions, ainsi qu'au sein des mythologies celtes, grecques, égyptiennes, nordiques, indiennes, juives et chrétiennes. En proposant une rapprochement entre ce rôle clef de la mère et le noos, Efi Papavassilopoulou nous livre un ess...

1,100円 Nel luglio del 1929 Claire Beck sposa Adolf Loos, uno dei grandi innovatori dell’architettura contemporanea. Lei, ebrea, ha venticinque anni e lui, cattolico, sta per compierne sessanta. Il matrimonio dura tre anni e si conclude poco prima della morte di Loos. Il libro è il diario conciso e tocca...

1,327円 Good housing proved to be the savior of the working world in the last pandemic. The term "family" could also be understood much more broadly today: Neighborhoods, co-living, working groups have taken on much of the characteristics of a close-knit, jointly socialized group. Three presented project...

3,799円 The man who envisioned and realized such landmark buildings as the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the National Assembly complex in Bangladesh, Louis Kahn was born in what is now Estonia, immigrated to America, and became one of the towering figures in his adopted country’s built worl...

5,496円 WINNER, THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY NEW YORK, 2022 BOOK AWARD How a prolific yet little-known architect changed the face of education in New York City As Superintendent of School Buildings from 1891 to 1922, architect Charles B. J. Snyder elevated the standards of school architecture. Unprecedented imm...

1,267円 What is creativity? What is the relationship between work life and personal life? How is it possible to live truthfully in a world of contradiction and compromise? These deep and deeply personal questions spring to the fore in Thomas Yarrow's vivid exploration of the life of architects. Yarrow ta...

12,176円 Sir Percy Thomas was the most important twentieth-century architect in Wales, renowned for interwar civic buildings such as Swansea Guildhall and the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. His architectural practice, Sir Percy Thomas & Son, designed much of the post-1945 welfare state and industry in Wales ...

4,580円 The story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life is no less astounding than his greatest architectural works. He enmeshed himself eagerly in myth and hearsay, and revelled in the extravagance of his creative persona. Throughout his long career, Wright strongly resisted the suggestion that his accomplishmen...

9,578円 How did architecture, design and art transform from an aesthetic enterprise to serving the needs of the masses? And how did a single individual–and an outstanding representative of "radical modernism"--pursue his personal convictions in an age marked by war and totalitarianism in the name of the ...

300円 In "Some Old Masters of Greek Architecture," Harry Douglas embarks on an erudite exploration of the seminal figures who shaped the architectural landscape of ancient Greece. Through meticulous scholarship and engaging prose, Douglas delves into the lives and legacies of renowned architects such a...

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3,487円 Frank Furness (1839-1912) has remained a curiosity to architectural historians and critics, somewhere between an icon and an enigma, whose importance and impact have yet to be properly evaluated or appreciated. To some, his work pushed pattern and proportion to extremes, undermining or forcing to...