"In an evocative sequel to the acclaimed New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence, author and photographer Richard Sexton returns with an in-depth visual journey through the hidden mansions—some inhabited, many now long abandoned—of Louisiana's River Road. Bordering the Mississippi, these antebellum landmarks were once the epitome of gracious living in the Deep South. Over the past century, these grand dwellings have slowly succumbed to time, ..."
Impact(1st Edition) the Effect of Climate Change on Coastlines (Hardback Or Cased Book) द्वारा AlexMaclean Hardcover, 336 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2020 द्वारा Birkhauser, Switzerland ISBN-13: 978-3-0356-2178-5, ISBN: 3-0356-2178-0
"The book illustrates, in an impressive way, the ecological, commercial, and social impact associated with the rise in sea levels, taking the examples of the American East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico: the author has documented this region ..."
"Until recently, the construction of the cityscape tended to entail the subjugation of nature and landscape; the consequences of this approach have been climate change, water shortages and the loss of biodiversity. The twenty-first-century city must abide by a new model that deploys creative, sustainable solutions and a more holistic approach to urban development. On the occasion of an interdisciplinary exhibition at the Akademie der Kün ..."
""The mighty Mississippi" has inspired writers and artists for centuries. During the nineteenth century, Mississippi River towns attracted artists who traveled throughout the United States producing detailed drawings of cities and towns, which were then printed and sold as lithographs or used as wood engravings to illustrate books and magazines. Depicting each street and building, as well as the natural setting and geographic features of ..."
"Alex Maclean révèle un nouveau monde. Il ne s'agit pas seulement de New York, qui ne ressemble à nulle autre. Nous prenons conscience de la cinquième façade de chacune de nos villes."
" Speaking Code begins by invoking the "Hello World" convention used by programmers when learning a new language, helping to establish the interplay of text and code that runs through the book. Interweaving the voice of critical writing from the humanities with the tradition of computing and software development, in Speaking Code Geoff Cox formulates an argum ..."
""Mesmerizing....Look long enough and the obsession of photographer-pilot MacLean begins to resemble genius."—Los Angeles Times The tradition of aerial photography arose from a keen nineteenth-century desire to see "the world in motion." Starting with Nadar's photographic balloon trips, airborne experimentation with landscapes and cityscapes continued through great photographers from Steichen to Burkhardt. With Alex MacLean, we enter a ..."
The Banished द्वारा AlexMaclean Paperback, प्रकाशित 2019 द्वारा Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-07-219229-9, ISBN: 1-07-219229-2
Up on the Roof(1st Edition) New York's Hidden Skyline Spaces द्वारा Alex S. Maclean, Robert Campbell Hardcover, 240 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2012 द्वारा Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61689-050-6, ISBN: 1-61689-050-9
"Pilot and photographer Alex MacLean has flown his plane over large areas of the United States, documenting the landscape from beautiful agricultural patterns to geometric city grids. In his new book, he directs his lens at the rooftops of New York City, showing the great complexity and life of the roofs of New York's buildings. Depicting not only the city's famous water towers, but pools, tennis courts, gardens, sunbathers, art, and res ..."
"Detroit is the most thoroughly modern city in the world. Built to service the single-minded imperatives of automobile production, Detroit has come to represent the temporary nature of urbanism in the context of increasingly mobile capital. In the first half of the 20th century Detroit served as an international model for industrial urbanism arranged to maximize profits from the investment of speculative capital. In the second half of th ..."
AlexMacLean Las Vegas / Venice: Endangered Myths द्वारा Wolfgang Kemp, AlexMaclean Hardcover, 192 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2012 द्वारा Schirmer/Mosel ISBN-13: 978-3-8296-0542-7, ISBN: 3-8296-0542-0
The Playbook(1st Edition) द्वारा Alex S. Maclean, Susan Yelavich Vinyl Bound, 128 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2006 द्वारा Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51323-1, ISBN: 0-500-51323-6
"For more than thirty years, aerial photographer Alex S. MacLean has portrayed the history and evolution of the American land, from great desert spaces to agricultural patterns to city grids. A trained architect who is closely involved in landscape heritage protection issues, MacLean has set out to create a series of pictures that record the universal history of town and countryside, and raise the issue of the landscape's future.Here he ..."
"How exactly do small towns become suburbs? How do country roads turn into commercial strips? And what can planners do to prevent these changes in the future? Using the state of Vermont as the rural ideal, the authors compare contemporary vs. traditional development to demonstrate how today's primary way of developing land-suburban sprawl is forever changing the look of rural American. Using a host of aerial photographs-many altered thro ..."
"Only in the past century have Americans been able to see their country from the air, to view its majestic natural and manmade topography and muse how it came to look the way it does. Landscape architect James Corner and aerial photographer Alex MacLean now present breathtaking photographs, exquisite map-drawings, and thoughtful essays that record their flights across the continental United States and express their growing understanding ..."
Spuren(1st Edition) Die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Küstenregionen (German Edition) द्वारा MacLean, Alex Hard Cover, 336 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2020 द्वारा Birkhauser ISBN-13: 978-3-0356-2179-2, ISBN: 3-0356-2179-9