Kenneth frampton essay (6 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st thus (1998). 320pp. VG clean copy.

hardcover. Condición: fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good(+). First. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. 240 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w. (scuffing to front panel). London: Phaidon, (1993). First edition. Tiny mark to front end paper; otherwise a fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. HOPKINS, Michael (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 116 pages, 29 color, 54 b/w illustrations and plans, clothbound - The Friendship Centre in Gaibandha, Bangladesh, was built for the local NGO Friendship, which provides services for poor citizens of the region. Built by Dhaka-based architect Kashef Chowdhury, it was designed to provide an inviting and accessible space for those who use the Centre's services. This book looks closely at the Centre's design and construction. Situated on two acres, the complex is designed to blend with the natural environment while echoing the ruins of Mahasthan, a Buddhist dwelling from the third century BC, located nearby. It is constructed and finished primarily of one materiallocal handmade bricksand individual pavilions, courtyards, pools, and green spaces are woven throughout. The result, as evidenced in the book's photographs, by celebrated Swiss architectural photographer Hélène Binet, is a building that is a celebration of essential and simple beauty.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 4to. pp. 180. English & Japanese text. profusely illus. in colour & b/w. biblio. wrs. (nick & short tear to back cover, scuffed).

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. The format is approximately 9 inches by 12 inches. 219, [1] pages. With 446 illustrations, 252 in color. Bibliography. Sources of Illustrations. Index. Among the competitions cover are The White House in Washington, Houses of Parliament in London, The Paris Opera, The Reichstag in Berlin, the Eiffel Tower, The Austrian Savings Bank in Vienna. Stockholm Town Hall, Helsinki Station, The Peace Palace, The Hague, Chicago Tribune Tower, Termni Station Rome, Sydney Opera House, Congress Building in Kyoto, Japan, Amsterdam Down Hall, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Essay by Dennis Sharp on Architectural competitions : a watershed between old and new, an Essay by Kenneth Frampton on Le Corbusier at Geneva: the debacle of the Societe des Nations. The volume compiles papers presented at a technical conference, reviewing the significance and impact of international architectural competitions over the past two centuries. It establishes essential guidelines for citing materials, discusses publication processes, and explores the broader implications of architectural competitions in shaping the built environment. Contributors include prominent figures in architecture, reflecting a diverse range of perspectives and scholarship. The volume presents selected papers from a technical conference on architectural competitions. Papers reflect the authors' work and thoughts, published as originally submitted. Presumed First U.S. Edition, Presumed First Printing.…

VG bright and tight copy in publishers blue boards in like dustjacket. 273pp. Illustrated. 1st edition, 1st issue. In the late 20th century, many of the world's greatest architectural challenges lie not in the West but in what India's best known architect, Charles Correa, is happy to call the Third World. The architectural and urban planning solutions proposed by this architect have gained him a global following. His projects, fully documented in this volume, have been as wide ranging as they are impressive: low-rise, low-cost, high-density housing, entire townships and extensions to major cities, but also many individual schemes and buildings, from the Gandhi Museum (1962-65) to the National Crafts Museum in New Delhi (1975-90). This model study of an increasingly influential figure is completed by a detailed chronology and bibliography. ISBN 0500092680.…