Modernity Unbound Other Histories of Architectural Modernity (Architecture Words) द्वारा DetlefMertins Paperback, 200 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2011 द्वारा Architectural Association Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-902902-89-0, ISBN: 1-902902-89-0
"For almost 20 years, Detlef Mertins has been a critical voice in renewing our understanding of architectural modernity. Architect, historian, professor, his essays have often taken up familiar themes in order to redress inaccuracies and release energies that we were unaware of.These essays elaborate on such key modernist tropes as transparency, glass architecture, organicism, life and event, sameness and difference. Previously published ..."
"First published in 1923, the journal "G: Material zur Elementaren Gestaltung" ("G: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation") helped shape a new phase in the history of the European avant-garde. Founded by Hans Richter, a pioneer of abstract animated film, G featured works by some of the important names in the advanced cultures of Europe: Hans Arp, Walter Benjamin, Theo van Doesburg, Viking Eggeling, Naum Gabo, Werner Graeff, George Grosz, ..."
"The architect and theorist Walter Behrendt was involved with public housing and urban development as a designer and administrator for the German government after World War I. From 1925 to 1926 he edited the journal Die Form for the German Werkbund and led an articulate and well-orchestrated campaign in support of the Modern Movement. A friend and colleague of Lewis Mumford, he immigrated in 1934 to the United States where he taught cour ..."
"Richard Gluckman is an architect who creates spaces comparable to minimalist art. His careful consideration of the basic components of architectureâstructure, scale, proportion, material, and lightâproduces buildings and interiors that heighten the perception of physical space and what is contained in that space. Subtle design elements, all drawn from a vocabulary of modernism, characterize his distinctive projects.More than fifteen ..."
"The Bauhaus, the school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, brought together artists, architects and designers--among them Anni and Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lilly Reich, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stolzl--in an extraordinary conversation on the nature of art in the industrial age. ..."
Mies(1st Edition) (ARCHITECTURE GENERALE) द्वारा DetlefMertins Hardcover, 544 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2014 द्वारा Phaidon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-3962-2, ISBN: 0-7148-3962-0
"Mies is the most readable, beautiful and comprehensive book ever published on one of the twentieth century's most influential architects. Known for the beauty and purity of his work, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe built remarkable houses, skyscrapers, museums and multi-building campuses. The clarity of this architecture belies the diversity of Mies's interests, which included philosophy and science as well as design, and Detlef Mertin's rigor ..."
"The first woman to be awarded the distinguished Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004, Zaha Hadid is internationally known for projects that have literally "shifted the geometry of buildings." The Iraqi-born, London-based architect has collaborated with the Guggenheim on several projects leading up to this comprehensive retrospective, including the design for the museum's exhibition The Great Utopia in 1992. Each of Hadid's dynamic and i ..."
Presence of Mies(1st Edition) द्वारा DetlefMertins, George Baird Paperback, 272 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 1996 द्वारा Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-013-3, ISBN: 1-56898-013-2
"The Presence of Mies is an interdisciplinary collection of essays?that reconsiders the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, putting forth new ways of thinking about his work and new possibilities for extending its influence into contemporary architecture and cultural theory.??The work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of this century's?most important architects, has alternately been revered and reviled.??The diverse outlook of the contribut ..."
"Back in print, the essential, unsurpassed Bauhaus overviewThe Bauhaus, the school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, brought together artists, architects and designers--among them Anni and Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lilly Reich, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stolzl--in an extraordinar ..."
"A wonderful, whimsical journey through the pioneering space-race graphics of the former Soviet UnionThis otherworldly collection of Soviet space-race graphics takes readers on a cosmic adventure through Cold War-era Russia. Created against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, the extraordinary images featured, taken from the period's hugely successful popular-science magazines, were a vital tool for the promotion of state ideology. P ..."
Mies(1st Edition) (Architecture Generale) द्वारा DetlefMertins Hardcover, 544 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2020 द्वारा Phaidon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-83866-106-9, ISBN: 1-83866-106-9
"The classic and most definitive monograph ever published on iconic architect Mies van der Rohe - now back in printThis is the most readable, beautiful, and comprehensive book ever published on one of the twentieth century's most influential architects. Known for the beauty and purity of his work, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe built remarkable houses, skyscrapers, museums, and multibuilding campuses. The clarity of his architecture belies the ..."
"The impact of visionary Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid (1950–2016) upon contemporary architecture cannot be overstated. Among her many talents, Hadid was also an accomplished artist and highly skilled calligrapher, influenced by the Russian avant-garde (Malevich, Tatlin and Rodchenko).This concise, beautifully designed catalog, with its die-cut cover that pays homage to her unique formal vocabulary, presents a large selection o ..."
"This limited edition box set contains the latest four volumes in the highly-acclaimed Architecture Words series: Vol. 5: Form, Function, Beauty = Gestalt (Max Bill); Vol. 6: Projectiles (Bernard Cache); Vol. 7: Modernity Unbound (Detlef Mertins); and Vol. 8: Tarzans in the Media Forest (Toyo Ito)."
"European emigr s have been changing the face of modern American architecture for decades. Winka Dubbeldam surely belongs to that long list of distinguished practitioners. Working across scales from a New York skyscraper to a rural house the Dutch-born architect has established herself as one of the most provocative figures in the field by seamlessly integrating function and form, technology and comfort, city and home. Folded glass facad ..."
"Description: SOM Journal 2 presents the recent work of one of the world's largest and most influential design firms in the context of a critical discussion between some of the profession's leading thinkers. Commentary by artist James Turrell, architects Tod Williams & Douglas Garofalo, engineer Werner Sobek, and architect and critic Wilfried Wang gives a frank review of the firm's current work. Projects featured are: Avery Fisher Hall a ..."
"Since 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has set the standard for corporate design practice, producing some of the most iconic buildings of the century and shaping cities throughout the world. The SOM Journal, a new, small-format publication, takes stock of the firm's most recent work in progress and brings SOM's current design research to light. Contributors include the artist Jenny Holzer, Ove/Arup & Partners engineer Cecil Balmond, the ..."
"This study of one of the 20th century's greatest architects re-evaluates the entire body of work undertaken by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between his emigration to America in 1938 and his death in 1969. Based on considerable new research and bringing to light previously unstudied material - drawings and collages, photographs, project documents, letters, and extensive interviews with many of those who worked with Mies - this is the first s ..."
"Like their compatriot Peter Zumthor, the Swiss architects Marianne Burkhalter and Christian Sumi are dedicated to an exploration of the nature of materials and construction. In the last fifteen years, they have built a series of remarkable buildings in wood and stone in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Their work is a thoughtful pursuit of the fundamentals of architectural construction--a style that, like that of Zumthor's buildings, ..."
"Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, founded in 1987 in Toronto, has risen to become one of the most prominent architectural offices in Canada, where they have realised numerous projects including the Kitchener City Hall (1990), Queen's University Library in Kingston, Kanada (1992-1995) and the Hilton Hotel Toronto (2000). In addition, they have built up a reputation in the fields of interior and retail design, and the creation o ..."
"Since 1987, the award-winning firm of Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects has become one Canada's leading design practices, sustaining fifty professionals in an active studio environment in downtown Toronto. Its work is recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for excellence in architecture, planning, urban design, and interior design. KPMB's portfolio demonstrates a diversity of projects, from commercial to instit ..."