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Aaron Betsky

    Atelier van Lieshout
    Crafting Character
    The Complete Zaha Hadid
    Prostory touhy : je architektura sexy? = Spaces of desire : is architecture sexy?
    The Monster Leviathan
    Design NL
    • Design NL

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Design NL laat zien hoe hedendaagse ontwerpers vernieuwen en experimenteren. Zij zetten met hun Dutch Design Nederland internationaal op de kaart. Denk aan de Rotterdamse kubuswoningen van Piet Blom, stoffen van Hella Jongerius en bijzondere werkcapsules van Marcel Wanders. Ook werk van Rem Koolhaas, Lidewij Edelkoort, Gerrit Rietveld, Viktor & Rolf, Piet Hein Eek en vele anderen wordt getoond en beschreven. Het boek zelf is eveneens een fraai stuk Dutch Design. Veel geprezen grafisch kunstenaar Irma Boom tekende voor het ontwerp. De heldere beschouwingen van auteurs Aaron Betsky en Adam Eeuwens maken Design NL tot het boek over Dutch Design. Engelse versie: False Flat

      Design NL
      3,0
    • Visionary proposals for a mythic and strange architecture—or anarchitecture—through which we can imagine other and better worlds. Lurking under the surface of our modern world lies an unseen architecture—or anarchitecture. It is a possible architecture, an analogous architecture, an architecture of anarchy, which haunts in the form of monsters that are humans and machines and cities all at once; or takes the form of explosions, veils, queer, playful spaces, or visions from artwork and video games. In The Monster Leviathan, Aaron Betsky traces anarchitecture through texts, design, and art of the twentieth and early twenty-first century, and suggests that these ephemeral evocations are concrete proposals in and of themselves. Neither working models nor suggestions for new forms, they are scenes just believable enough to convince us they exist, or just fantastical enough to open our eyes. The Monster Leviathan gives students and lovers of architecture, as well as those hoping to construct a better, more sustainable, and socially just future, a set of tools through which they can imagine that such other worlds are possible. As Betsky eloquently articulates, anarchitecture already exists and does not exist at all. It is the myth of building, and all we have to do is find it.

      The Monster Leviathan
      4,5
    • The Complete Zaha Hadid

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      This expanded and up-to-date volume showcases Zaha Hadid's remarkable and inspiring work over the course of her career

      The Complete Zaha Hadid
      4,3
    • Crafting Character

      The Architectural Practice of CHYBIK + KRISTOF

      • 272bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Fourteen cinematic vignettes highlight projects as personified characters that have their own histories, dreams, secrets and stories to tell. Each vignette emphasises this relational culture and the practice of Chybik + Kristof in working with the common bonds within a space as being more important than any individual arguments and divisions within it. The first monograph of the Brno-based studio, this volume marks an exciting collaboration between Chybik + Kristof, Lukas Kijonka and ExLovers Studio, Adrian Madlener and Frame Publishers. With a passion for experimentation from all parties, the resulting pages stand apart from traditional monographs. From the design to the prose, the values of relationality and human-centric approaches are imbued in the pages, creating a cinematic reference guide to the practice of Chybik + Kristof.

      Crafting Character
      3,0
    • Atelier van Lieshout

      • 332bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      When Joep van Lieshout (b. 1963) founded the art and architecture studio that bears his name, he set in motion what has been described as "a new Dutch architectural style… dirty, delicious and direct." Now Atelier Van Lieshout is 10, and the first major monograph devoted to it, A Manual (1997), has been sold out for years. This new overview brings readers into AVL's contrarian applied art via luxuriously appointed "mobile homes," autonomous communes and surreal art projects, with equal time given to AVL-Ville (2001), a "free state" in Rotterdam's port, complete with its own flag, its own constitution and its own currency, and the revealing minutia of AVL's portfolio, from furniture to the "Bar Rectum," a perverse take on the Oscar-Meyer Weiner Mobile. The idea of art that can be used for a self-sufficient and independent lifestyle hits a uniquely high point in AVL-Ville, a culmination of all the work AVL has done before. And it lives After a successful and tumultuous year of work, AVL has recently located its first AVL-Ville export product in Park Middelheim in the AVL Franchise Unit. This richly illustrated survey tracks AVL's serious and often provocative portfolio through a crucial period in its growth and development.

      Atelier van Lieshout
      3,8
    • Architecture Must Burn

      • 144bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      This work presents a combative fusion of ideas and graphic design, mixing contemporary theories on spatiality, technology, literature and art. It contains 28 discussions revolving around the notion that architecture is an example of technology acting as a form of poetry.

      Architecture Must Burn
      3,5
    • Walker Evans, Decade by Decade

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Features photographs of the artist's work beyond his exhibition about Depression-era poverty, including photographs taken during the early 1930s, for the Fortune magazine, and with a Polaroid camera in the 1970s.

      Walker Evans, Decade by Decade
      3,7
    • Don't Build, Rebuild

      The Case for Imaginative Reuse in Architecture

      • 232bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Set against the backdrop of climate crisis and housing shortages, the book advocates for a transformative approach to architecture by emphasizing the importance of reusing materials. It challenges conventional construction practices and presents innovative solutions that prioritize sustainability and resourcefulness. Through visionary ideas, it seeks to inspire a shift towards more responsible building methods that can address pressing environmental issues while meeting societal needs.

      Don't Build, Rebuild
      3,4