Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)

Toronto - the largest and one of the most multicultural cities in Canada - boasts an equally interesting and diverse architectural heritage. Architecture, Design and Craft in Toronto 1900-1940 tells a story of the significant changes in domestic life in the first 40 years of the twentieth century. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach to studies of residential spaces, the author examines how questions of modernity and modern living influenced not only architectural designs but also interior furnishings, modes of transportation and ways to spend leisure time. The book discusses several case...

Using Leberecht Migge (modernist landscape architect) as a base, Haney creates a comprehensive history of German ecological design. Linking with modern ideas of 'green' design, this is a unique look at how one man changed the way planning could unite house and garden.

Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt with diverse but surprisingly familiar economic issues. Told through case studies, the narrative begins in the mid-nineteenth century and ends with 2011, with introductions by Editor Peggy Deamer to pull the main themes together so that you can see how other architects in different times and in...

Modern treasures: Discoveries from the Julius Shulman vaults

The photography of Julius Shulman (1910 2009) transported a West Coast dream around the world. His images of mid-century, Southern Californian architecture captured not only the distinctive structural, functional, and design elements of a building but also the context of its surroundings and inhabitants in a holistic, evocative sense of lifestyle. Over time, Shulman s talents would take him around the world, steadily crafting one of the most...

Die acht Bande dieser auergewohnlichen Edition, die zwischen 1929 und 1970 veroffentlicht wurde und seitdem immer wieder nachgedruckt wurde, zeigen die groe Bandbreite des Werks von Le Corbusier. Sie dokumentieren das Werk des einflussreichsten Architekten des 20. Jahrhunderts. In direkter Zusammenarbeit mit Le Corbusier in uber 40 Jahren entstanden, bildet das Set eine einzigartige und erschopfende Bestandsaufnahme seiner Gebaude, Projekte, Skizzenhefte, Manifeste, Zeichnungen und Texte, welche die Welt der Architektur nachhaltig verandert haben.