Contemporary History – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 3

Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning
Building Modern Scotland

Combining architectural and social history, this open access book tells for the first time the in-depth story of Scotland's new towns.One of the most significant episodes in modern architectural, urban an…

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Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning
Building Modern Scotland

Combining architectural and social history, this open access book tells for the first time the in-depth story of Scotland's new towns.One of the most significant episodes in modern architectural, urban an…

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Dominic Bradbury, Richard Powers
The Iconic House

Now available in paperback, this essential book on modern architecture presents over one hundred of the most significant houses of the past hundred years.

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Jerzy Ilkosz, Beate Störtkuhl
Netzwerke der Moderne

Schriften des Bundesinstituts für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa - Band 66

Breslau/Wroclaw, Europäische Kulturhauptstadt des Jahres 2016, war in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts ein Zentrum der Architekturmoderne, das heutige Besucher fasziniert. In den damals entstan…

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Dominic Bradbury, Richard Powers
The Iconic Nordic House

Celebrates 40 great exemplars of Nordic residential architecture from the past 120 years, exploring both the groundbreaking modernist homes of the 20th century and more contemporary dream residences.The N…

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Walter Koditek
Bangkok Modern

A lavishly illustrated and visually stunning study of the buildings that changed Bangkok from 1950-1970.In the post-war decades, Thai architects, many of whom had studied abroad, embraced modern principle…

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Phil Child
The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation

The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation explores how the urban transformation of Britain between 1945 and 1970 was understood politically by the Labour Party. Placing the Labour Party at the ce…

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Tom White
Bad Dust

Though it was banned in the UK in 1999, asbestos still kills more than 5,000 people every year. How did this happen? And what can we do about it?Asbestos was once known as the "magic mineral." C…

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Christopher Rawlins
Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction

Featuring new houses, many additional photographs and a new afterword, Fire Island Modernist offers a fascinating look at the history and culture of this "gay paradise" through the life and work…

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Fumihiko Maki
Maki Opus

MAKI OPUS is the definitive book showcasing the life and work of the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, known for designing understated yet boundary-pushing buildings in Japan and around the world. At four…

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Fragments of Victory

'Written by activists, this book tells stories of Irish movements and left groups as a key resource for struggles elsewhere' Laurence Cox, author of We Make Our Own History**'The authors' sympathies sharp…

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Esguerra Sáenz Urdaneta Samper

The Colombian architectural firm ESUS (Esguerra, Saenz, Urdaneta y Samper) played a key role in the development of modern architecture in Colombia during the mid-20th century. Notable for their technical …

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Design and Agency

Design and Agency brings together leading international design scholars and practitioners to address the concept of agency in relation to objects, organisations and people. The authors set out to expand t…

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Michael M Greenburg
The Great Miscalculation

"The Great Miscalculation is the compelling true story of a structural engineering crisis and one man's confrontation with principle - both mathematical and ethical. It is the story of a moral dilemm…

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Carlo Scarpa,
Carlo Scarpa: The Message of the Structure

Focuses specifically and in depth on the structural designs of Carlo Scarpa's architectural designs.

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Ana Bonet Miró
Architecture, Media, Archives

A critical investigation of the 1960s Fun Palace that focuses on its ambitious cultural agenda and emphasises the crucial role that Joan Littlewood played as co-designer.

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Dominic Bradbury
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces

Featured in Vogue , Wallpaper* , and Core77An innovative and original survey of the best Mid-Century Modern architecture from around the worldFeaturing 450 of the very best works of Mid-Century Modern arc…

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Bernard Tschumi
Event-Cities 5

An essential resource on the work of Bernard Tschumi Architects, with a focus on how concept, context, and program intersect with intuition in singular and unexpected ways.Event-Cities 5 is the fifth and …

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Tami Christiansen,
Mexico Modern

A captivating exploration of Mexican architecture, from iconic homes by legendary masters to new groundbreaking work shaping the future of design.Mexico has long been a wellspring of inspiration for desig…

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Kathi Holt, Errol Haarhoff, Walter Peters,
Hans Heyerdahl Hallen

"Analysing the life and work of architect Hans Heyerdahl Hallen (1930-2022), this book reveals the transnational influences that shaped his practice in South Africa, and the migratory circles of idea…

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