Socially Acceptable Affordable Housing - An Analytical Approach
Assemblage
A house is not just a series of rooms but a curated collection of objects and belongings. From the architects who have built the spaces to the artisans and makers who have crafted the objects, this stunning book features twenty-four inspiring interiors and the people that make them exceptional.Shannon McGrath, one of Australia's best interiors photographers, delves into her archive to reveal the details and layers that make up a room: from furniture and fittings to lighting choices, color palettes, and art curation. Grand or subtle, traditional or contemporary, each gesture is part of a house's legacy, adding layers of detail that bring it to life.Featuring text by experienced design writer Annie Reid, Assemblage is a true celebration of the beauty of design and intentional curation, revealing that even the smallest of objects, and the way they are assembled, can make an extraordinary impact.
Designing Commercial Interiors
Practical, comprehensive resource for commercial interior design, covering research, execution, safety, sustainability, and legal considerations Designing Commercial Interiors explores the entire design process of commercial projects from planning to execution to teach the vital considerations that will make each project a success. This book delivers a solid understanding of the myriad factors in play throughout designing restaurants, offices, lodging, retail and healthcare facilities. Updates to the newly revised Fourth Edition include changes to office space design to promote flexibility, post-pandemic considerations for work and interior design, the latest industry certification requirements, sustainable design considerations. and safety/legal codes. Updated supplemental instructor's resources, including a revised instructor's manual with sample test questions and exercises are available on the companion website. A list of terms fundamental to each chapter has also been added at the end of each chapter. Other topics covered in Designing Commercial Interiors include: A thorough review of relevant design and research skills and methods How the global marketplace shapes designers' business activities Product specification principles, WELL, and LEED certification and credentials Accessible design in facilities, elements of evidence-based design, and adaptive reuse Project manager responsibilities, working with stakeholders, and special considerations for executive-level clients Project delivery methods, including design-bid-build, design-build, and integrated design Designing Commercial Interiors is an authoritative and complete reference on the subject for university and community college students in programs related to interior design and those preparing for the NCIDQ exam. The text is also valuable as a general reference for interior designers less familiar with commercial interior design.
Revisiting the Rothko Chapel
"The Chapel is a place conducive to spiritual activity. We are cut off from the world and its suffocating multiplicity, able to wander in the infiniteHere we are nowhere and everywhere; here we can find a blessed wholeness, a sense of unity." (Dominique de Menil, 1989) This was the motto animating Dominique and John de Menil's commission of the Rothko Chapel, expressing their desire to create a space for unity in the individual, and unity in humankind. How can the contemporary visitor experience such unity today? Which functions does the Chapel perform as a contemplative or spiritual space for interfaith communion? The Rothko Chapel, a space set "between tragedy and hope" (according to Mark Rothko), has been functioning as a place for worship and reflection since its inauguration, hosting encounters with his Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Rutha Mae Harris, among many other world-renowned human rights activists and religious figures.
Enterprise Fortress
Enterprise Fortress is a comprehensive guide to building secure and resilient enterprise architectures, aimed at professionals navigating the complex world of cybersecurity. Authored by cybersecurity leader Alex Stevens, the book brings together his 20+ years of experience, blending technical expertise with business strategy.
Building the Presence of the Prince
By the late Middle Ages, architecture became an increasingly important means of representation of princely rule and institutions. In addition to their symbolic significance, the ruler's buildings served a host of practical purposes. Obviously, castles and fortresses defended the territory, while urban and rural residences served the itinerant court during its proceedings, but their possessions also comprised a wider network of estates that included infrastructure and agricultural, commercial, industrial, and administrative buildings. Together, these networks of sites became a significant means of consolidating the sovereigns' power and served as key instruments for promoting their rule. To tighten the control over their possessions and to ensure their upkeep, rulers set up Offices of Works, permanent administrative bodies entrusted with their management. These building administrations have not yet been systematically studied, and it remains unclear to what extent such centralised institutions developed autonomously, responding to local conditions and requirements, or were part of international developments facilitated by the close networks of the European courts. This volume, with contributions from architectural historians, administrative historians, and court historians, represents a first attempt to compare these institutions on a pan-European scale from the late Middle Ages up to the end of the seventeenth century. It aims to explore the relationships between the local specificities of these organisations and their shared characteristics. From a multidisciplinary perspective, it addresses questions concerning the nature of such administrations, their purpose, organisational structure, and judicial powers, as well as their role in the formation of the state.
Playhouses and Privilege
Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construction of elite identity and modern childhoodPlayhouses and Privilege explores children's playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s and the mid-1930s. Different from the prefabricated buildings that later populated suburban backyards, these playhouses were often fully functional cottages designed by well-known architects for British royalty, American industrialists, and Hollywood stars. As Abigail A. Van Slyck shows, these buildings were more than extravagant spaces to cultivate children's imaginations and fantasy lives. Reviewing a rich archive that includes extant buildings, site plans, family photographs, baby books, and intimate household correspondence, Van Slyck demonstrates that these structures were tools of social reproduction shaped by elite parents' attitudes toward child-rearing, education, and class privilege. Recognizing playhouses as stages for the purposeful performance of upper-class identity, she illuminates their importance in influencing children to internalize gendered codes of conduct as they enacted rituals of hospitality and learned how to supervise servants. From Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's Swiss Cottage, built on their Osborne estate in 1853, to the children's cottage constructed on the grounds of Cornelius Vanderbilt's Newport mansion in 1886, and from the miniature bungalow commissioned in 1926 for the Dodge Brothers Motor Company heiress to the corporate-sponsored glass-block playhouse given to Shirley Temple in 1936, Van Slyck surveys a variety of playhouses and their milieus to trace the evolution of elite childhood and the broader social practices of wealth. Playhouses and Privilege makes clear that, far from being frivolous, playhouses were carefully planned architectural manifestations of adult concerns, integral to the reproduction of class privilege.
Buildings & Landscapes 31.2
Buildings & Landscapes examines the built world that most people experience every day--houses and cities, farmsteads and alleys, churches and courthouses, subdivisions and shopping malls. Strongly based on fieldwork and archival research that views buildings as windows into human life and culture, articles are written by historians, preservationists, architects, cultural and urban geographers, cultural anthropologists, and others involved with the documentation, analysis, and interpretation of the built world.
Future Anterior 19.1
Future Anterior approaches historic preservation from a position of critical inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and theoretical analysis. The journal is an important international forum for the critical examination of historic preservation, spurring challenges of its assumptions, goals, methods, and results. As the first journal in American academia devoted to the study and advancement of historic preservation, it provides a much-needed bridge between architecture and history. The journal also features provocative theoretical reflections on historic preservation from the point of view of art, philosophy, law, geography, archeology, planning materials science, cultural anthropology, and conservation.
Into Creativity
(Color version)Did anyone ever teach you how to be creative? Have you ever been asked to think outside the box and realized that you lack the tools to be your own artist? What if I told you that most of us don't realize our creative potential because we were never taught creativity as a process that leads from abstract ideas to final products. Everyone can become more creative and improve their skills through unique knowledge, concrete tools, and practices. This book will offer just that to all of you who are a part of any creative discipline, whether as a student, professional, or teacher. It will help you become more innovative and give you an advantage in your field by teaching you how to work with inspiration and translate your interior worlds and feelings into reality to achieve the success and creative freedom you always wanted.Let's dive together into creativity and redesign our lives.This book is for anyone who is wishes to cultivate their natural powers of imagination, creativity and innovation.It is for business professionals who would like to discover ways to excel at their job, it is for students who must learn to think creatively and allow for growth and flexibility to be able to navigate through the complex world they live in, it is for anyone who feels stuck in a silos thinking and would like to break away from fears, open their mind to different possibilities, discover and live an authentic life.
Emery Roth's New York Apartment Buildings
The long list of apartment buildings and hotels designed by Emery Roth in the 1920s and 1930s includes names that will be familiar to any aficionado of Manhattan real estate: the Ritz Tower, the Beresford, the San Remo, the Ardsley. Roth's buildings, which ranged across Beaux Arts, Art Deco, and historical revival styles, shaped the ideal of residential luxury that is still called to mind by the phrase "prewar building."Emery Roth's New York Apartment Buildings, the first book to be published on this essential architect in nearly forty years, has two parts. The first is a meticulously researched catalogue raisonn矇 of Roth's work (including unbuilt and demolished projects), illustrated with new color photography. The second is a facsimile reproduction of Steven Ruttenbaum's long out-of-print monograph on Roth, Mansions in the Clouds, whose invaluable text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photography of the architect's interiors and exteriors.
Shaping the City to Come
This study reassesses modern architecture and town planning in mid-twentieth-century England, highlighting ideas and debates that were in circulation as modernist ideals gradually took root. The book reveals an architectural culture that was serious, active, and visionary, with impact that extended into the postwar years. Through close studies of specific works and writings, the author acknowledges the importance of the international context of modern architecture as it intersected with the variety of narratives that defined English modernism, such as national identity, the New Empiricism, and the picturesque, taking into account the large community of 矇migr矇 architects who settled in England with the approach of World War II, as well as a more general dissemination of international style forms and theories from continental Europe. The book places familiar figures such as Berthold Lubetkin and Ern繹 Goldfinger, as well as projects such as Tecton's Penguin Pool and the Festival of Britain's "Live Architecture" Exhibition, in new light, presenting a rich picture of the modern architectural climate in England. The study draws attention to the debates, proposals, and processes that fed into the development of modernist, urban-minded, and forward-looking architectural ideals.
Landscapes in the Making
How are landscapes created? Landscapes in the Making goes beyond professional design and planning to examine the social range of knowledge, technique, and imagination in the making and meaning of landscapes--from the work of quarrying and construction to that of cultivation, maintenance, stewardship, salvage, reclamation, ritual, and remembrance. Deploying an array of documentary, visual, and field sources, this volume brings to life the agency and skill of diverse and often disregarded peoples, in a range of periods and places, working in often demanding, precarious, and coercive conditions. Chapters focus on the physical and social worlds of trash dumps, gravel pits, and abandoned canneries as well as on construction sites for churches, palaces, parks, gardens, and government buildings. In addition to addressing local place-making, the volume surveys wider regional and international geographies of movement, both of people and materials. The landscapes described are far from finished--they are provisional, and always in the making.
Acoustics of auditoriums
Acoustics of auditoriums" is a classic book, that has held significant value throughout history, and to ensure its timeless wisdom is never lost, Alpha Editions has carefully preserved it by republishing it in a modern, accessible format for both present and future generations. Thoughtfully reformatted, retyped, and newly designed, this edition offers a clear and readable text-free from scanned copies of the original work. Alpha Editions is dedicated to breathing new life into antique and classic books, making these literary treasures available once again for readers who cherish history, culture, and timeless knowledge.
Boundary the Space Operation Way of Japan Which Changes the World
Japan which has cherished the culture which neither a "engawa" nor a "noren" divides space completely, but respects "aida". The construction community in the world is observing the technique and view. This book has suggested the possibility of "the sensitivity unique to Japan" which can also become the global standard of the construction community of the future.
Thomas Heatherwick
Wallpaper* once described Thomas Heatherwick as having "the world at his feet," and the designer's bestselling monograph puts his world at ours. Filling almost 650 pages, this fully revised and updated edition illuminates the breathtaking imagination behind more than one hundred and fifty of the studio's extraordinary works, from London to Shanghai, New York to Tokyo. Now with sixteen new projects, updated photography and an index for easy navigation, Thomas Heatherwick: Making will remain a crucial design resource.Covering the studio's complete output since its foundation in 1994, this new edition features several extraordinary new projects, at all scales, from an unfolding National Trust Glasshouse in Sussex to an iconic red Friction Table shown at Design Miami in Shanghai. Revealing texts give an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at Heatherwick's creative processes, now ingrained in the DNA of the studio itself, answering the question "How did he do that?" and "Why did he do that?" As Heatherwick's body of work continues to expand, pushing creative, design and manufacturing boundaries, this tome will provide inspiration for curious minds across the globe.
Moments at Home
Moments at Home celebrates the signature aesthetic of one of Australia's leading interiors stylist, Steve Cordony, in order to inspire home lovers globally. Steve seeks to share insightful interior styling and tablescaping ideas as well as small, everyday details which are the soul of the home. Including sumptuous photography of his clients' homes as well as Steve's own beautiful property, Rosedale farm, he wants to empower readers to create their own moments of reflection and connection. Steve carefully plots a visual journey to be followed through nine different areas of the home, from the kitchen and entry way to the bedroom and dining room, highlighting key styling tips in each one, showing how you can tailor them to your space to create meaningful moments in your home. Be encouraged by Steve's elegant and accessible approach to creating spaces that feel both personal and luxurious.
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods
This handbook further develops the theoretical and methodological knowledge base of urban design and engage with the question of "what urban design can be" with a primary focus on its research. In addition to the introduction chapter, this handbook includes 80 contributors and 52 chapters organised into 5 parts.
Up in the Air
How the Rise Rise Tower Block came to symbolise the welfare state, and what went wrong - fron an award-winning debut historian. Up in the Air tells the story of Britain's multi-storey council housing from its beginnings to the present day. Throughout its history, high rise has been a symbol of the welfare state for better or worse. Here, Holly Smith tells a new story from the perspective of those who lived there, exploring how residents grappled with this brave new world above the old skyline. Through a series of historical moments based upon prize-winning research, we confront the human story of high-rise Britain. Interrogating the complex inheritance of mid-century urban reconstruction, Smith shows how these buildings became a crucible for the welfare state's reimagination over the decades. She traces the scattering of a local community during the construction of Park Hill in Sheffield in the 1950s. The resistance of residents after the Ronan Point collapse of 1968. The formation of a pioneering tenants' cooperative to revive a crumbling estate during the closure of the Docklands. The rage of a National Tower Blocks Network advocating for high-rise safety in the 1980s and 1990s. The excitement of early digital culture in a Liverpudlian pensioners' high-rise internet television show in the 2000s. And the fierce battle to defend estates from demolition in the 2010s. Up in the Air is a rich history of political struggle within Britain's most misunderstood buildings, offering essential lessons for a reformed social housing compact.
An Introduction to the History of Architecture, Art & Design
Chronicling the times in which major works of architecture, art and design were created, this compact book includes features and images of major artworks from each art and design period.Architecture, art and design have shaped the world in which we live and are representative of the eras in which they were made. With vivid photographs of art, readers of this book will get a good understanding of the evolution of architecture, art and design, starting from the earliest periods of ancient civilisations to that of early 21st century.From ancient monuments to whistling kettles, from Renaissance masters to graffiti artists, and from the Colosseum to the Beijing Birds Nest, t he best examples from each period are illustrated together with their famous creators, alongside timelines that track the evolution of the artistic disciplines throughout history. All this information is presented 'in a clear and accessible way. This book is suitable for students and the interested general public.
Experiential Visualization in Architectural Design Media
Experimental Visualization in Architectural Design Media: How It Actually Works is a theoretical, practical, and interdisciplinary account of the tools used by architects and designers.
Characterisation of Compacted Earth Block for Use in Buildings
Routledge Handbook of Seascapes
Seascape studies have developed in response to questions arising from composite correlations such as coastal, island and marine research, social requirements, landscape design and planning, marine ecology, and environment and resource management. This global volume is the first comprehensive overview to provide a solid foundation on the concept of seascape, with the latest research findings from leading experts across a variety of fields, offering a holistic approach to seascape linking nature with culture, and theory with practice. Divided into six parts, it includes over 30 chapters from contributors around the world. Pioneering methods with illustrated case studies from the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, North Sea, North America and Asia serve as examples for future seascape development, conservation and governance.An important and extremely timely resource, the Routledge Handbook of Seascapes provides academics, practitioners, NGOs, consultants and government officials with a broad overview of current research and practice for future application and advance worldwide.
Inclusion and Exclusion of the Urban Poor in Dhaka
Inclusion and Exclusion of the Urban Poor in Dhaka explores how the inhabitants of poor neighborhoods in Dhaka, Bangladesh, gain inclusion in the city at the face of exclusion. The book considers how the people of poor neighborhoods encounter the exclusionary behavior of city development, and how their inclusionary attempts have influenced the urban design.The book is presented in two parts: first, it explains how people in poor neighborhoods face exclusion because of the imbalance of power and politics. Second, it demonstrates how the existing exclusion of urban poor is affecting their strategies to gain access to urban services through people's power and politics. Focusing on the transdisciplinary field of urban anthropology, the chapters uncover the urban forces, policies and actions that facilitate urban politics. It also investigates the people who live in poor neighborhoods, who in the face of exclusion, have included themselves in urban development planning and design by employing diverse strategies against those forces in the urban politics, e.g., accepting dominance, bargaining, or having control over their lives. This book will recontextualize an ethnographic inquiry into the exclusion and inclusion of the people within city development design, plans and innovations in applications of anthropological theory and methodology.This book will encourage the reader to understand the politics of state's development projects and plans, and furthermore instigate the city government, planners and policymakers to focus on the people's political power and agency that enables them to achieve inclusion. It will therefore be of interest to researchers and students of urban planning and development, urban geography, and urban anthropology, as well as planning professionals and policymakers.
Routledge Handbook of Chinese Architecture
This handbook, representing the collaboration of 40 scholars, provides a multi-faceted exploration of roughly 6,000 years of Chinese architecture, from ancient times to the present.This volume combines a broad-spectrum approach with a thematic framework for investigating Chinese architecture, integrating previously fragmented topics and combining the scholarship of all major periods of Chinese history. By organizing its approach into five parts, this handbook: Traces the practices and traditions of ancient China from imperial authority to folk culture Unveils a rich picture of early modern and republican China, revealing that modernization was already beginning to emerge Describes the social, intellectual, ideological, and formal enterprises of socialist architecture Frames a window on a complex and changing contemporary China by focusing on autonomy, state practices, and geopolitics of design, ultimately identifying its still evolving position on the world stage Examines the existing cultural and political theories to highlight potential avenues for future transformations in Chinese architecture that also retain Chinese identity Providing a pioneering combination of ancient and modern Chinese architecture in one coherent study, this book is a must-read for scholars, students, and educators of Chinese architecture, architectural history and theory, and the architecture of Asia.
Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge
罈Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge竄 is an academic journal in, on, and from the discipline of architecture, addressing the constitution of architectural knowledge. It explores methods genuine to the discipline and architectural modes of interdisciplinary methodological adaptions. Processes, and results of knowledge creation and practice are esteemed coequally, with particular attention to the architectural design in practice and research.罈Making Sense: Thinking through Making Architecture竄, Issue 06/2023, investigates how the production of architectural knowledge involves the interaction of the body, the material reality, and the environmental world. Making sense here is defined as the production of architectural knowledge through the physical act of making. The contributors to this issue show how making architecture may be understood as a way of thinking.
Ceramics in Plain Sight
The volume presents the immured glazed vessels (the bacini) located on the facades of numerous churches in the regional unit of Chania. It comprises the first part of a larger project which will gather similar data from the other regions of Crete. The research was undertaken in the framework of the research programme "Immured vessels in Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches in Greece: an electronic corpus". This study highlights an unexplored aspect of the material culture of Crete during the Venetian and Ottoman periods, offering further information about the history of the area and its contacts with other regions from the 13th to the 20th centuries. It also explores facets of this practice surviving into modern times. The ceramics involved here are primarily connected with the monument they adorn, but also touch on the people of western Crete themselves: apart from the detailed archaeological documentation, aspects of ceramic diffusion and immuration practice are unfolded. The text is made up of a detailed catalogue, a map, sketches, drawings and numerous photographs. Although the practice of immuration is also encountered in other regions of the Mediterranean, through the systematic study and the full presentation of the material from the region of Chania, its special diffusion in Crete is highlighted.
The Central Synagogue of Sofia
The Central Synagogue of Sofia was built between 1905 and 1909 as a highly visible and monumental structure in the social, commercial, and religious center of the Bulgarian capital. Having survived the Second World War, it remains a testament to early 20th century Sofia and its majority Sephardic Jewish community. In its architecture, it reflects the city's search for its own modern, European, and national identity, whilst attesting to the struggle of the Sofia Jewish community headed by its chief rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis to claim its place within the nation building project. In this first in-depth study of the building, Fani Gargova illuminates the history of the Central Synagogue of Sofia and the motivations behind its construction by positioning its appearance and architecture vis-a-vis Central European Reform synagogues and the emerging Bulgarian national style. By looking at the building through the lens of urban planning, building material and technique, liturgy, as well as musical performance, this book significantly expands the common notion of synagogue architecture.
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Industrial and Architectural Rocks and Stones
"Rocks and Stones: From Prehistoric Times to the Computer-Robotic Artificial Intelligence Era" From the earliest civilizations to the technological marvels of today, rocks and stones have been the fundamental building materials of the Earth's crust. In "Rocks and Stones", we explore the fascinating journey of these essential resources throughout history, as they have been used for construction, architecture, and industry. This comprehensive guide delves into the intricate process of transforming natural rocks into the perfectly crafted stones required for various engineering projects. We examine how the usage of rocks and stones varies depending on specific requirements and specifications in construction, architecture, and the stone industry. Understanding the mineralogical, petrological, and structural geological parameters that shape natural rock deposits is crucial in ensuring their quality. That's why this book incorporates valuable techniques and guidelines for assessing the quality of rock deposits prior to quarrying, mining, and usage. We also introduce cutting-edge technology, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for topographic surveys in geological exploration and mining operations. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology for demarcating subsurface lithological variations prior to mining operations is also suggested. "Rocks and Stones" goes beyond theoretical knowledge by providing practical insights into planning for quarrying and mining massive rock deposits. Experts in the field share their recommended methods through captivating case studies, giving readers a comprehensive understanding of the process. Environmental impact is a crucial consideration in any mining operation. That's why include guidelines and approval methods for quarrying and mining granite and other minor minerals, in accordance with the District Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) guidelines. Also, the book provides information on the latest amendments to the environmental clearance process, ensuring readers stay up-to-date with climate change regulations. To further enhance the learning experience, each chapter includes learning objectives, the latest research, technical developments, and references for further study. Additionally, several chapters feature illustrative case studies and references to additional reading, allowing readers to expand their knowledge beyond the book. Whether you're an engineering or science student, a research scholar, or a professional working in rock sciences and rock engineering studies, "Rocks and Stones" is an invaluable resource. It is also essential for professionals involved in industrial rock deposit exploration, mining, quality assessment, utilization, trading, and marketing. With insights into the fields of architecture, construction engineering, civil engineering, mining engineering, archaeology, and natural stone usage, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in the fascinating world of rocks and stones.
The Louvre and Versailles
In tracing the evolution of the Louvre from fortress to palace and of Versailles from hunting domain to dynastic capital, Dr Tadgell's detailed architectural analysis of many projects - external and internal, realised and unrealised - is set in the context of the development of the medieval monarchy towards absolutism, of the development of the medieval ch璽teau towards precedents for the seat of absolutism, and of the effect of the French monarchy's financial incontinence on the realisation of royal building ambitions.In particular, Tadgell challenges received opinion on the introduction of Hispano-Burgundian court etiquette to French palace design, relates the court front of Lescot's Renaissance Louvre to the iconography of apotheosis, revises the current ordering of Fran癟ois Mansart's designs for the Louvre and reassesses the subsequent contribution of Claude Perrault to the completion of the east front in respect for the opinion of 17th and 18th century commentators. After surveying the various phases of work for Louis XIV at Versailles, he traces the evolution of Ange-Jacques Gabriel's grand projet for rebuilding the town side of the palace for Louis XV, noting the influence of Bernini on the definitive phase, and he masters the intricacies of the incessant changes to the royal apartments which inhibited rebuilding.Finally, the book looks at the influence of the great French palaces on those seeking to emulate their ambition, from Stockholm in the late-17th century to the deliriously opulent late-19th century palace of Ludwig II of Bavaria at Herrenchiemsee. A wealth of illustrative material and supporting documents bring this comprehensive and authoritative text to life.
Franklin D. Israel
This book examines the life and legacy of Franklin D. Israel, an influential member of the Los Angeles school of architects. Acclaimed Los Angeles architect Franklin D. Israel (1945-1996) created innovative residential projects and office interiors that made him one of the most talked-about designers of his generation. In this vivid account, architectural historian Todd Gannon draws on archival resources, analyses of Israel's buildings, and recent interviews with the architect's colleagues, clients, and contemporaries, including Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, and Robert A. M. Stern. Gannon traces Israel's development from his early years and career on the East Coast to his formative world travels and residence at the American Academy in Rome. The author guides readers through the Los Angeles architectural context, Israel's influential teaching at UCLA, his dalliance with Hollywood, and the personal motivations behind his architecture and design work--all aspects of an influential career that was cut short by his death from AIDS-related complications at the age of fifty. Franklin D. Israel is a compelling work of architectural history and biography, chronicling one gay man's engagement with the largely heteronormative world of American architectural culture. It explores the achievement of this central figure in the still largely unstudied history of late twentieth-century avant-garde Los Angeles architecture.
Teaching Design for Sustainable Futures
Teaching Design for Sustainable Futures: Community Construction and Creativity explores how creativity can be integrated into sustainability education within the built environment.
Bureau--Short Stories
A compilation of the transgressive work of architecture firm BUREAU. BUREAU, with offices in Geneva and Lisbon, is directed by architects Daniel Zamarbide and Carine Pimenta, and visual artist, designer, and art educator Galliane Zamarbide. The practice operates at the intersection of architecture, scenography, design, landscape design, and education. Founded in 2012, the firm focuses on building new and converting existing structures, interior design and furniture, exhibition design, inhabitable sculptures, and temporary pavilions. Their buildings and interventions feature spatial experiments, unusual shapes and perspectives, and play with the factor of time as well. BUREAU thus navigates across the traditional boundaries of architecture, design, visual art, architectural teaching, and cultural education. Short Stories is the first survey of the firm's work to date. Brief texts--both narrative and descriptive--are contributed by architects and researchers Fabrizio Gallanti, Amir Halabi, Andr矇 Tavares, Marina Otero Verzier, and Ava Violich-Kennedy; curators and critics Julia Albani and Tirdad Zolghadr; designer and curator Alexandra Midal; and by Daniel Zamarbide. More than three hundred and fifty images, as well as concise information on the depicted buildings and projects by BUREAU, round off this beautiful book.
