twenty-first mackay-lyons contemporary construction

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Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond

1 review
Mari Sakamoto Nakahara, Ken Tadashi Oshima, ...

Princeton Architectural Press, 2006

Retired Architect/University Educator
This is a long overdue work of a couple of architect/designers which is a catalog of a simultaneous exhibition on their contribution to the profession. Tremendous research and exquisite reproductions of photographs of their work which runs from the U.S.A. to Japan and beyond. Both of the husband/wife team have worked for Wright, Corbu, et al., and have contributed their own "quality" to their ...

The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture

3 reviews
Jurgen Habermas, Kenneth Frampton, ...

Bay Press (WA), 1983

Accessible and Comprehensive
The majority of the essays are well-written in an approachable rhetoric that can be understood by a reader with relatively limited knowledge of the subject-matter. It also serves as a concise anthology of essays written by some of the leading critical thinkers in this area, making this both an excellent introductory book as well as a collection worthy to be on the expert's shelf.

Modern Architecture: A Critical History (World of Art)

15 reviews
Kenneth Frampton

Thames & Hudson, 1992

must have
This is one of those 'must have' books for anyone interested in modern architecture. Although it does not have detailed information on each architect or movement, it is a great starting point from which to have a general idea of how the pieces of modern architecture fit with each other.

Frank Lloyd Wright The Houses

17 reviews
Alan Hess

Rizzoli, 2005

Almost As Good As Being There
This is a necessary book for all who study architecture. Why? Because the photography conveys something close to the reality of Mr. Wright's works, especially so when it comes to the interiors. When I was studying architecture in college in the 1970s, the BEST photography books about Wright's oeuvre were "In the Nature of Materials" and the very expensive Wendingen Edition. Both are ...

Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff (Honolulu Academy of Arts)
Marc Treib, Karla Britton

Yale University Press, 2008

At the forefront of the postwar phenomenon known as tropical modernism, Vladimir Ossipoff (1907?1998) won recognition as the ?master of Hawaiian architecture.? Although he practiced at a time of rapid growth and social change in Hawai`i, Ossipoff criticized large-scale development and advocated environmentally sensitive designs, developing a distinctive form of architecture appropriate to the lush topography, light, and microclimates of the ...

Modern Architecture, Fourth Edition (World of Art)

1 review
Kenneth Frampton

Thames & Hudson, 2007

Framptonian Criticism
Excellent source for architecture students that want to acquire a perspective about modern architecture. Frampton provide his peculiar criticism about conflicts, particularities and contradictions of 19th and 20th century arquitectural history. Recommended for anyone.

Modern Swedish Design: Three Founding Texts

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008

Although modern Swedish design has exercised an extraordinary influence on international architecture and interior furnishings since the early twentieth century, some of the crucial generative writings on the subject have not been widely translated, and the movement's intellectual background is not well known. Modern Swedish Design collects three of Swedish design's founding texts for the first time in English. In Beauty in the Home (1899), ...

Patkau Architects

6 reviews

Monacelli, 2006

Long overdue monograph,,, finally in bookstore !
Based on Frampton, PA's architecture can be divided more or less chronologically into two groups. First group are the buildings that emphasize the combination of earthwork and roofwork. This group holds the indigenous spirit of the specific place, telling the story of totem and genius loci expressed in the irregularity of forms. On the other hand, second group are the projects, built ...

Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and the Natural World

1 review
Peter Buchanan

W. W. Norton, 2005

Environmental responsibility in architectural creations
Peter Buchanan's TEN SHADES OF GREEN: ARCHITECTURE AND THE NATURAL WORLD centers on ten buildings which illustrate how environmental responsibility influences modern architectural pursuits. Peter Buchanan is a curator and critic: his choices reflect designs which blend environmental responsibility with design excellence, showing how such a focus provides architects with new, innovative ideas.

Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture

4 reviews
Kenneth Frampton

The MIT Press, 2001

A must buy!
The book contains black and white high resolution photos and architectural drawings. Frampton's text is well written, to the point, and downright interesting. A must buy for any serious architect!

Plain Modern: The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons (New Voices in Architecture)

1 review
Malcolm Quantrill, Kenneth Frampton

Princeton Architectural Press, 2005

Striking Houses
So much architecture these days is known primarily because it is the same general thing repeated endlessly. Sort of like the houses made of ticky-tacky in Daly City. Then once in a while you find a book like this one which features a series of buildings, that truly stand out. Located mostly in Nova Scotia, the architecture of Mr. MacKay-Lyons stands out as truly distinctive. Mostly of small ...

Aldrete . Hass: The Invisible in Architecture (Lo Invisible en Arquitectura)
Aldrete Hass, Jose Antonio, ...

Hass, 2006

Architecture catalog from the architecture firm Aldrete Hass. Extensive bilingual spanish/english catalog of the works & projects of Jose Antonio FORMADO COMO ARQUITECTO Y URBANISTA EN MÉXICO Y EN EL EXTRANJERO, EL TRABAJO DE JOSÉ ANTONIO ALDRETE-HAAS IGNORA LOS LÍMITES TRADICIONALES DE LA ARQUITECTURA, LA JARDINERÍA O LA ESCULTURA Y CREA UN HABITAT EN SU SENTIDO MÁS AMPLIO, QUE RESPONDE A LA PERCEPCIÓN Y NO A PARÁMETROS ESTABLECIDOS ...

Le Corbusier (World of Art)

2 reviews
Kenneth Frampton, Le Corbusier

Thames & Hudson, 2001

16 selected projects in 98 illustrations
ISBN: 0671206923 and ISBN: 0500580049 ONLY! This mostly black & white - and comprising almost exclusively of 98 illustrations - survey of 16 major works from 1929 to 1964 on only 136 pages hardcover 10.25" x 8" (26 cm x 20 cm) was published in English in 1970 by Simon & Schuster in US (Thames & Huston, London in Masters of Modern Architecture series) following the first edition in Japan in 1967 ...

Alvaro Siza: Complete Works

3 reviews
Kenneth Frampton

Phaidon Press, 2006

An Overview
This monograph gives a wide-ranging coverage to both the built, as well as the unbuilt work of Alvaro Siza. Most project entries contain sketches, images, and line drawings. The images are good quality, Siza's sketches are incredible as always, my only complaint is that the line-drawings tend to be a little small. The essays vary in quality, but overall, this is the best monograph of Siza's ...

Atelier 66 - The architecture of Dimitris and Suzana Antonakakis

1 review

Rizzoli, 1985

Architecture of environment
This couple gave architecture a new meaning. If Frank Lloyd Wright is so famous these guys are so much more ahead of him. Green Architecture before the term green was even mentioned. A must for any serious architect and builder.

Team 10
Jos Bosman, Christine Boyer, ...

NAi Publishers, 2006

Description: Team 10, 1953-1981 brings together the complete history of this influential European architectural fellowship for the first time, delving into hitherto closed collections and archives, and bringing readers formerly unavailable documents and the insights that come with them. From the mid-1950s well into the 1970s, the ongoing debate on Modern architecture and the city found new life in this crowd of young architects spun off from Le ...

American Masterworks: Houses of the Twentieth & Twenty-first Centuries

1 review
Kenneth Frampton

Rizzoli, 2008

Thirty-three American residential masterpieces
This book successfully captures the vast architectural contributions achieved in the Twentieth Century in American residential design by spotlighting 33 masterpieces located across the country. The book begins with stunning photographs and drawings of remarkable homes built early in the century, including the Greene and Greene Gamble House in Pasadena, Ca., Rudolph Schindler's Lovell Beach ...

Campo Baeza (Contemporary World Architects)

3 reviews
Kenneth Frampton, Alberto Campo Baeza, ...

Rockport Publishers, 1997

Top-notch Spanish architect's designs and writings
Alberto Campo Baeza, one of Spain's outstanding modern architects and professor of architecture at American and European universities, has his elegant designs reviewed in Kenneth Frampton's book.

Modernity and Community: Architecture in the Islamic World
Kenneth Frampton, Charles Correa, ...

Thames & Hudson, 2002

The 2001 Aga Kahn Award for Architecture. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established in 1977 to encourage and bring to international attention the work of architects and designers building in Muslim nations. Previous winners of this prestigious award, which is given every three years, include such architects as Balkrishna Doshi, Ken Yeang, Jean Nouvel, Charles Correa, Frei Otto, and Hassan Fathy. Nominated and documented by their ...

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