Contemporary History – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 5

Leila Taylor

Sick Houses

Explores the architecture of haunted houses, uncanny domestic spaces, and how the horror genre subverts and corrupts the sanctity of home.Horror begins at homeFrom family homes in Amityville to Gothic man…

Evan Joseph, Amy Evans

Brooklyn Then and Now

Pairing archive and contemporary photographs of the same location side-by-side, Brooklyn Then and Now® provides a visual chronicle of the borough's past, full of rich history and culture.Home to more than…

Maryam Rahmani

Spatiotemporal Politics in Contemporary Iran

In contemporary Iran, commemorative rituals serve as spatio-temporal tools for fostering social bonds, yet they also represent contested spaces where the state and society negotiate power. The portrayal o…

Shigeru Ban

Von Notunterkünften im Baukastensystem über minimalistische Stadthäuser oder eine Kathedrale aus Karton bis zu Ausstellungs­räumen aus Containern und dem Centre Pompidou in Metz - der mit dem Pritzker-Pre…

Dominic Bradbury

Mid-Century Modern Designers

An homage to the design pioneers who defined the Mid-Century aesthetic through their work in furniture, glassware, ceramics and textilesMore than 50 years later, the fascination with mid-century design is…

Bobo Stenson (geb. 1944)

Goodbye (SHM-CD)

Product Information A new album by the Bobo Stenson Trio is always an event. There can be few contemporary jazz piano trios that draw upon such wide-ranging repertoire. “Goodbye” continues its trad…

The Rolling Stones

Dirty Work (remastered) (180g) (Half Speed Master)

The Rolling Stones' 18th studio album was released in 1986, having been recorded under the toughest possible circumstances. It is astonishing that it was ever made. Less astonishingly, it's a superbly acc…

The Rolling Stones

Bridges To Babylon (SHM-CD) (Papersleeve)

The Rolling Stones' 21st studio album was recorded in Los Angeles in the first half of 1997. Here it's clear that the band and their stellar production team had taken contemporary musical developments on …

40 Leadenhall Street

40 Leadenhall Street is London's newest architectural landmark. Spanning 900,000 square metres and accommodating up to 10,000 people, it is one of the biggest schemes to ever receive planning permission i…

Barbara Lamprecht

Neutra

In der Architektur von Richard Neutra (1892-1970) finden Inneres und Äußeres ihren vollkommenen modernistischen Einklang: Glänzende, klare Gebäudefassaden reflektieren die kalifornische Sonne, und riesige…

Modern Architecture A-Z

Mit über 270 Einträgen bietet dieses Lexikon der Baukunst einen unverzichtbaren Überblick über die Schlüsselfiguren bei der Erschaffung moderner Bauformen . Die wegweisenden Architekten des 19. bis 21. Ja…

Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria

A sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral processIn 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violenc…

Mimi Pond

Do Admit

Mimi Pond crafts a gorgeous, dazzling biography of the Mitford SistersBorn with pedigrees but without the pocketbooks to match, The Mitfords were certainly no strangers to lies, intrigue, or scandal. Nanc…

Eva Hagberg

When Eero Met His Match

A uniquely personal biographical account of Louchheim's life and work that takes readers inside the rarified world of architecture mediaAline B. Louchheim (1914--1972) was an art critic on assignment for …

The Rolling Stones

Dirty Work (SHM-CD) (Papersleeve)

The Rolling Stones' 18th studio album was released in 1986, having been recorded under the toughest possible circumstances. It is astonishing that it was ever made. Less astonishingly, it's a superbly acc…

The Rolling Stones

Bridges To Babylon (2009 Remastered)

The Rolling Stones' 21st studio album was recorded in Los Angeles in the first half of 1997. Here it's clear that the band and their stellar production team had taken contemporary musical developments on …

Bobo Stenson (geb. 1944)

Goodbye (UHQ-CD)

Product Information A new album by the Bobo Stenson Trio is always an event. There can be few contemporary jazz piano trios that draw upon such wide-ranging repertoire. “Goodbye” continues its trad…

The Rolling Stones

Dirty Work (2009 Remastered)

The Rolling Stones' 18th studio album was released in 1986, having been recorded under the toughest possible circumstances. It is astonishing that it was ever made. Less astonishingly, it's a superbly acc…

The Techniques of E-Guitar Playing