Objective Netherlands - Changing Lanscape 1974-2018
by Reinjan Mulder
Architecture and photography are both semi-autonomous disciplines, suspended between the fine arts and the utilitarian. Because of this condition, realism is considered a given in both, something that happens almost by default. As soon as a building is inhabited it becomes the backdrop for somebody's everyday drama - just like a photograph that, the moment it is taken, is understood as an automatic record of whatever was in front of the camera. In his new book, Epics in the Everyday, Jesus Vass...
An illustrated journey led by a leading architectural historian and cistercian specialist to an architecture of compelling simplicity. Living, working, worshipping and praying within this austerely beautiful environment the monks sought transformation and re-formation into the image and likeness of God.
Though the countries that border both sides of the Pacific incorporate vastly different cultures, climates, and languages, their contemporary residential architecture shares many similar traits. The Pacific Rim is a global epicenter of growth: Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia have strong economies that have translated into building booms, including striking modern houses designed by some of the world's most talented architects. Sometimes their designs are striking in their consistently crisp,...
Histoire Du Chateau Et Des Sires De Saint-Sauveur-Le-Vicomte Suivie De Pieces Justificatives
by Anonymous
Taking the reader on a journey through Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy, the Dordogne, Provence and the Pays Basque, this book provides a celebration in words and pictures of the beautiful buildings of rural France. The text includes an explanation of the way in which the vernacular architecture of each region has evolved and the photographs record the diversity of style and detail. The book aims to be both evocative and informative, and to enhance the knowledge and appreciation of all those who lov...
The former Bernarda teacher training college in Menzingen was built between 1955 and 1958 by the two renowned Zug architectural teams of Hanns A. Brütsch and Alois Stadler, and Leo Hafner and Alfons Wiederkehr. The school on a gentle slope in the midst of the attractive landscape between Lake Zug and Lake Zurich is an exceptional example of 1950s Swiss architecture. The facility impresses with its staging of the exposed location, the coherent arrangement of five highly individualised bui...
A landmark illustrated history of rural church monuments - the forgotten national treasures of England and WalesDeep in the countryside, away from metropolitan abbeys and cathedrals, thousands of funerary monuments are hidden in parish churches. These artworks - medieval brasses and elegant marble effigies, stone tomb chests and grand mausoleums - are of great historical and cultural significance, but have, due to their relative inaccessibility, faded from accounts of our art history.Over twenty...
Armin Linke & Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss
by Tobia Bezzola and Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss
Richard Meier, Architect (Galaxy Books)
by Richard Meier, Kenneth Frampton, and Jospeh Rykwert
Richard Meier, Architect - Volume 4 comprehensively documents Meier's work since the publication of the previous volume in 1999. This extensively illustrated presentation, designed by renowned graphic artist Massimo Vignelli, vividly conveys the purity and power of Meier's unique and celebrated vision. Twenty-seven residential, commercial, and civic projects in all are featured, including the two residential towers in New York overlooking the Hudson River; the Yale University History of Art and...
Palaces of Florence
by Francesco Gurrieri, Patrizia Fabbri, and Stefano Girald
The remarkable art, architecture, interiors, and gardens of Florence's most influential families.
From horses to tobacco to bourbon, the barn is at the heart of Kentucky's heritage and industry and is a staple of the Bluegrass landscape. In Kentucky Barns: Agricultural Heritage of the Bluegrass, Carol Peachee showcases the barns with exquisite photography.From elegant Thoroughbred farms to historical treasures like the 1803 stone barn of Runnymede Farm in Bourbon County, Peachee travels across the state to capture and preserve the diverse architecture, heritage, and design that make these...