Le immagini scientifiche provenienti dalla natura, sostiene Richard Weston, hanno il potenziale di consentire a tutti di comprendere e partecipare in modo creativo alla rivoluzione digitale. Scoperte all'incontro tra un'ammonite ed uno scanner digitale seguiti da innumerevoli altri minerali e tecniche molte delle immagini di questo libro ricordano opere d'arte. Inoltre, possono essere facilmente combinati con la produzione digitale per offrire nuovi straordinari motivi grafici. In effetti, gli esperimenti di Weston con tessuti e piastrelle, tappeti e vetro, hanno portato ad un invito a disegnare sciarpe che sono state immediatamente bestseller. Traendo in qualche modo ispirazione dalle wunderkammer rinascimentali, le immagini scientifiche della natura sfumano il confine troppo spesso netto tra scienza ed arte mentre suggeriscono altrettanto nuove modalitą di progetto e produzione.

Featuring 75 of the world's most influential architects, this book presents the story of 20th-century architecture through the fascinating personal stories and significant works that have shaped the field. Arranged in a broadly chronological order, the book gives the reader a sense of the impact that inventive individuals have had on the development of architecture and our built environment. Key dates in the architects' careers are listed in timeline features, thereby allowing the author freedom to move beyond well-known biographies to analyze the buildings and map out the exciting visions behind them. With insightful text describing carefully selected examples, this is a dynamic and unique guide to the architects whose visions have created the buildings around us.

Nibbling peacefully in the meadow, a young rabbit hears animal sounds from the nearby farm and discovers the advantages of being quiet.

Fragments of Wilderness City reviews the work of renowned architect Brian Avery. Avery Associates Architects have worked in close collaboration with a diverse range of clients, including universities, commercial developers, government organisations, and charitable trusts. Fragments of Wilderness City presents perspectives from academics and architecture historians, exploring projects in India and the Middle East; major cultural commissions such as the IMAX cinemas in London and Dubai, the National Film Theatre, the Museum of the Moving Image, London Transport Museum, and the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts' headquarters in Bloomsbury, London; masterplanning work for Oxford Street in London, The Horniman Museum, and the Avenue of the Emirates in Abu Dhabi. Alongside profiles of their innovative work in product design and within the workplace is an essay by director Bryan Avery, providing insights into his notion of the sustainable 'wilderness city'.

This manifesto sets out a vision of an accountable architectural and planning approach to the contemporary city, situated in a natural landscape and taking on board references to both the walled cities of the medieval period and the self-contained urban environments of the twentieth century 'new towns'. Fully illustrated with photographs, plans, and technical and conceptual drawings, this volume will appeal to all those interested in architectural innovation at every scale, from planning to design to sustainable developments.

This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertaining and intelligent, it provides a concise history of the subject, and is also a fascinating resource to dip into. Arranged in a broadly chronological order to show the development of architecture, the ideas that comprise the book include innovative and influential concepts, technologies, techniques and movements. Each idea is presented through interesting text and arresting visuals, and explores when the idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.

Featuring more than one hundred of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, this second edition has been expanded and updated to include new buildings from the early part of the twenty-first century and work by architects who have risen to increasing international prominence.Richly illustrated with hundreds of architectural drawings and photographs, this book includes classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, as well as masterpieces by more recent masters such as Norman Foster and Frank Gehry.

For each building there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing typical floors, together with elevations, sections, and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially commissioned for the book and are based on the most reliable information and sources. A concise text supplemented by full-color images explains the significant architectural features of each building and the influences it shows or had generated. Cross-references to other buildings in the book highlight the various connections between these key structures. As an added bonus for readers, a free CD-ROM containing digital files of all the drawings is included inside the book.

Nel presentare un centinaio tra i progetti pił significativi e autorevoli del XX secolo, questa seconda edizione risulta ampliata e aggiornata al fine di includervi nuovi edifici realizzati all'alba del terzo millennio, opera di architetti che hanno acquisito una crescente rilevanza internazionale. Il volume, con il suo ricco corredo iconografico di fotografie e disegni, spazia dai lavori classici di illustri maestri come Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe e Alvar Aalto per giungere a grandi architetti pił vicini a noi, quali Norman Foster e Frank Gehry. Tra le nuove voci figura una vasta gamma di edifici di diverso tipo, dalla spettacolare Casa de Musica di rem Koolhaas, al Bloch Extension, l'ala nuova del Nelson Atkins Museum, realizzata da Steven Holl, fino alla deliziosa chiesa di Maannisto di Juha Leiviska. Ciascun progetto č accompagnato da numerosi e dettagliati disegni in scala delle piante dei piani, integrati, laddove opportuno, da prospetti, sezioni e planimetrie generali, realizzati appositamente per questo libro e basati sulle fonti pił attendibili. Un sintetico testo esplicativo, inoltre, riporta le caratteristiche architettoniche pił significative di ogni edificio, le influenze che ne hanno ispirato la realizzazione e quelle che l'opera stessa ha generato. In allegato - quale prezioso supporto didattico per gli studenti - anche un cd-rom gratuito, con i file digitali di tutti i disegni presentati nel libro.

What do paintings signify in an age of photographs? How do photographs modify the visual language of paintings? Richard Misrach's Pictures of Paintings showcases photographs of select museum masterpieces. Working primarily in the art museums of the American West, along with The Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Misrach photographs paintings to reexamine specific details, not so much as a guide to the artist’s style or technique, but as a means of understanding a lexicon of cultural values, among them race, gender, religion, and power.

By collapsing the barriers between the traditional practice of documentation and the recent strategies of appropriation art, these photographs raise important questions regarding representation itself. This publication marks the first comprehensive compilation of this significant body of work.

Blind Spot Books, a division of Blind Spot Inc. (publisher of the premiere art photography magazine Blind Spot), is now partnering with powerHouse Books to produce elegantly designed, sumptuously produced works of artistic and literary significance. Founding Blind Spot editor and publisher Kim Zorn Caputo will use the same uncompromising production standards and the finest printing available for the series. Each book will be treated as a creative medium that celebrates the integrity of the best in art and literature.