#monographic #architecture | Residential Masterpieces 28 | Oscar Niemeyer : Casa das Canoas Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1950-53...

Oscar Niemeyer : Casa das Canoas Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1950-53, Casa Canvanelas Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1954 / photographed and text by Yoshio Futagawa.
Tokyo : ADA, 2019.
68 p. : il.
Serie: Residential Masterpieces ; 28.
ISBN 9784871405614
/ EN / Monográficos / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Brasil / Arquitectura doméstica – Brasil / Oscar Niemeyer
ehuBiblioteka BCG Referencia A-72(082) *RES/28
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1101186766

[.en] This edition highlights two houses by Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian modernist architect. Known as Casa das Canoas and Casa Cavanelas, both residences are located in Rio de Janeiro and both were built in the early 1950s. Yet, according to the essay by Yoshio Futagawa, the contrast between them is quite intriguing. The former, Niemeyer’s own residence, demonstrates the spatial truth in privacy that the architect explored; the latter startles the viewer with spectacular features orchestrated through Niemeyer’s collaboration with landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx. Futagawa’s exceptional photography completes the tribute to this pair of masterful designs.

#books #architecture | Albert Kahn's industrial architecture : form follows performance

Albert Kahn's industrial architecture : form follows performance / Thorsten Bürklin, Jürgen Reichardt (eds.).
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2019.
261 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035618099
/ EN / Libros / EN / Albert Kahn / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Estados Unidos / Arquitectura industrial / Construcciones industriales – Estados Unidos
ehuBiblioteka BCG -725.4 ALB
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1103606576

[.en] Albert Kahn is probably the most important industrial architect of the 20th century. With his factory for the Ford T models, designed for mass production, he found himself at the beginning of modern industrial architecture. His industrial buildings inspired the architects of European Modernism. They were the examples by which the structural rationality of Kahn's industrial developments became the guiding principle for the New Building movement up until today. The unrivalled monograph with its numerous photographs, plan layouts, site plans, and virtual 3D models comprehensively documents the buildings of Albert Kahn, which he was able to construct in a very short time due to his system-based working method - in the USA but also in the Soviet Union, Brazil, Sweden, France, China, Japan, and Australia.

#books #guides #architecture | NYC walks : guide to new architecture

NYC walks : guide to new architecture / John Hill ; photography by Pavel Bendov.
Munich [etc.] : Prestel, 2019.
223 p. : il.
ISBN 9783791384900
/ EN / Libros / Guías / Arquitectura – Guías / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – Estados Unidos / Nueva York
ehuBiblioteka BCG Referencia A-(036)72(73) NYC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1101426040

[.en] The first-ever walking tour guide of New York City's stunning contemporary architecture showcases the most intriguing new buildings in the city. It can be hard to keep up with New York City's surge of cutting-edge architecture since the turn of the millennium. This portable, easy-to-use guide directs readers to the city's newest architectural gems, all completed in the 21st century with some still under construction. Divided into ten 1- to 3-mile walks that extend from Columbia University through lower Manhattan and across to Brooklyn and Queens, this guidebook highlights over 150 buildings, popular destinations like the High Line and Lincoln Center, and trendy locations such as Williamsburg and the Bowery. Led by author John Hill, these tours are highly informative, engaging, and filled with fascinating insights and details. Maps and numerous photographs make this guide the perfect companion for anyone visiting New York City, architecture buffs, and those wishing to better know the city they call home.

#books #guides #architecture | Architectural guide : Oslo

Architectural guide : Oslo / Henning Nielsen, Ulf Meyer ; introduction by Falk Jaeger.
Berlin : Dom, 2019.
215 p. : il.
Serie: Architectural guide.
ISBN 9783869224602
/ EN / Libros / Guías / Arquitectura – Guías / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Noruega / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – Noruega / Oslo (Noruega)
ehuBiblioteka BCG Referencia A-(036)72(481) ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1099527600

[.en] ‘The alternating cultural centres, bustling commercial quarters, and tranquil residential complexes all make cycling along Oslo’s new harbour promenade the ultimate urban experience.’ - Falk Jaeger

Once known only for its natural surroundings, Oslo is now firmly on the map for its architecture. Contemporary showpieces such as Renzo Piano’s Astrup Fearnley Museum, Snøhetta’s iconic opera house, and the Barcode project line its new waterfront. This geographically organised guide leads the reader on a tour of these masterworks as well as out to the regions around Scandinavia’s smallest capital. It takes in everywhere from a brutalist church with an inverted dome and a ski jump with a 69 ­metre cantilever, to modernist restaurants and recently transformed areas such as Fornebu, the former site of the city’s airport. In two introductory essays and more than 150 projects, the book outlines not only how Oslo has turned to the water, but also what gives it such a special place in the hearts of architects, designers, and its citizens.

#books #guides #architecture | CHD Chandigarh

CHD Chandigarh / Vikramāditya Prakāsh ; editor, Ariadna A. Garreta.
Barcelona : Altrim, 2014.
243 p. : il.
Serie: Indian architectural travel guides.
ISBN 9788494234200
/ EN / Libros / Guías / Atquitcetura – Guías / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – India
ehuBiblioteka BCG Referencia A-(036)72(54) CHD
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/900055726

[.en] Chandigarh is a unique city, besides being one of the newest city in the twentieth century, characterized by the seal of Le Corbusier, who planned the city and was also the architect of its most emblematic buildings including the Capitol Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Chandigarh, you will also find the work of a large team of architects led by the partner of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, who conducted the master plan and built much needed public housing and facilities much needed in the city, along with the British team of Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew. As a result, Chandigarh is one of the benmarch cities of the Modern Movement. Also worth of noting are Indian architects (such as MN Sharma, A. Prakash, BP Mathur and JK Choudhury) who worked alongside Le Corbusier and Jeanneret to turn Chandigarh into a reality. Although unknown to most, they have played an important role in modern and contemporary Indian architecture. With this useful guide, you will discover the city and its architecture along three types of routes, depending on how travellers plan their trip, as well as suggestions for other places you can visit on the outskirts of the city. Each itinerary offers practical information to enjoy the architecture, and visitors will be introduced to the culture and lifestyle of the city.

[.es] Chandigarh es una ciudad singular, además de ser una de las new towns del siglo XX que se caracteriza por llevar el sello de Le Corbusier, que la planificó y fue también el autor de sus edificios más emblemáticos. Además en Chandigarh encontraremos la obra de un gran equipo de arquitectos capitaneado por el socio de Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret quien junto con los británicos Maxwell Fry y Jane Drew llevaron a cabo el masterplan y proyectaron las viviendas públicas y los equipamientos que necesitaba la ciudad. Como resultado, Chandigarh es una de les ciudades de referencia de la arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno. También conocerán la obra de los arquitectos indios (como M.N. Sharma, A. Prakash, B.P. Mathur y J.K. Choudhury) que colaboraron con Le Corbusier y Jeanneret para que Chandigarh se hiciera realidad. Aunque desconocidos para la mayoría, han sido una pieza fundamental para la arquitectura India moderna y contemporánea. Con esta práctica guía, descubrirán la ciudad y su arquitectura mediante dos tipos de itinerarios, en función de la planificación del viajero, y una propuesta complementaria de otros lugares que se pueden visitar a las afueras de la ciudad. Cada itinerario cuenta con informaciones prácticas para de además de disfrutar de la arquitectura, el visitante se pueda introducir en la cultura y el estilo de vida de la ciudad.

#books #architecture | The Lhasa house : typology of an endangered species

The Lhasa house : typology of an endangered species / André Alexander.
Chicago : Serindia Publications, 2019.
407 p. : il.
Serie_ Tibet Heritage Fund's Conservation Inventory ; 2.
ISBN 9781932476842
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura doméstica / Arquitectura popular – Región autónoma del Tíbet (China)
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-728.6 LHA
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104227837

[.en] The Lhasa House is a comprehensive survey of the architecture of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, based on the Tibet Heritage Fund s official five-year conservation project in Tibet, during which the author and his team had extensive access to the buildings studied. The companion volume of The Temples of Lhasa (Serindia 2005), this book is concerned with the traditional vernacular architecture, in the form of the historic Lhasa town house, as it was built and lived in from the mid-17th to the mid-20th centuries. According to the earliest proper survey of the city, Lhasa in 1948 consisted of around 700 traditional Tibetan town houses, a small city by any standards. In 1993, little more than 300 of these remained. By January 2010, this had dwindled to less than 100. The most detailed documentation of its kind yet published, this book aims to define the Lhasa house as a distinct variety of traditional Tibetan architecture, by providing a technical analysis, discussion of the cultural framework and the development of a typology. The core of the work (chapter 5) presents architectural surveys (collected with the help of many others), photographs, maps and descriptions of 127 historic residential buildings, arranged by type, data compiled with some urgency during the demolition and rebuilding of the old city in the 1990s.

#books #architecture | Casa Wabi

Casa Wabi / Tadao Ando ... [et al.].
New York : Rizzoli Electa, 2018.
152 p. : principalmente il.
ISBN 9780847866861
/ EN / Libros / Casa Wabi (Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico) / Centros culturales – México / Tadao Ando
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-727 CAS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1101969828

[.en] Casa Wabi, a nonprofit arts center located in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, is a stage for world-renowned contemporary artists and architects to engage with the local community. Tadao Ando's remarkable Casa Wabi dots the Pacific coastline of Mexico with structures by Alberto Kalach, Alvaro Siza, Kengo Kuma, Gloria Cabral, Solano Benitez, Jorge Ambrosi, and Gabriela Etchegaray. Founded in 2013 by renowned Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, it combines artist residencies, a gallery, and living quarters with classrooms, gardens, and public space. Tadao Ando centers the foundation on a 312-meter-long wall; his trademark concrete structures radiate off it, capped in woven palm tree leaves for ventilation. These local palapa-style roofs are often the only element distinguishing indoor and outdoor spaces, an effect complemented by wooden shutters in place of paned glass windows. Other unusual native building materials include Mexican parota wood and marmolina. Led by director Carla Sodi, Casa Wabi challenges architects and artists to contemplate nature deeply, as it provides new tools for area residents. Casa Wabi is both a world-class architectural destination and a model for new strategies of creative intervention within economically depressed communities.

#monograficos #arquitectura | a+t 51 | Public space strategies : activators

Public space strategies : activators / editors, Aurora Fernández Per, Javier Mozas.
Vitoria-Gasteiz : a+t architecture publishers, 2018.
117 p. : il. 
Ed. bilingüe español - inglés.
Serie: a+t ; 51.
ISBN 9788409049295
/ ES / EN / Monográficos / Espacios públicos / Zonas de recreo
ehuBiblioteka BCG Referencia A-72(082) *AMA/51
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1107250253

[.es] La revista a+t retoma la serie Strategy, iniciada en 2010 con el objetivo de resaltar y dar nombre a estrategias y acciones presentes en los proyectos de espacio público. Este nuevo volumen de la serie, llamado ‘Activadores’, incluye obras de MVRDV, Jaja, Adept, Nendo, Vaumm, Wowhaus y Ola, entre otros. Se trata de proyectos que agregan nuevas dinámicas al espacio público a través de la incorporación de instalaciones para el ocio, el deporte o el aprendizaje lúdico. Un índice de 85 acciones, identificadas dentro de los 13 proyectos incluidos en este número, permite analizarlas según:

• Escala de influencia: Contexto, Lugar, Objetos.
• Tipo de estrategia: Ambiental, Socioeconómica, Estética. 

[.en] The magazine returns to examine the public realm through the ‘Strategy’ series, which began in 2010 with the aim of highlighting and naming the strategies underlying each project. This new cycle of the series begins with “Activators” – projects capable of adding new dynamics to the public space through the incorporation of facilities for leisure, sports, or recreational learning. Featured are works by MVRDV, Jaja, Adept, Nendo, Vaumm, Wowhaus, and Ola, among others.

#monograficos #arquitectura | a+t 49 | Complex buildings : dwelling mixers : three generations

Complex buildings : dwelling mixers : three generations / [editors = dirección, Aurora Fernández Per, Javier Mozas].
Vitoria-Gasteiz : A + T, 2017.
309 p. : principalmente il.
Ed. bilingüe español – inglés.
ISBN 9788469772515
/ ES / EN / Monográficos / Arquitectura doméstica / Centros sociales / Inmuebles para vivienda / Urbanismo
ehuBiblioteka BCG Referencia A-72(082) *AMA/49
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055605291
 
[.es] ‘Dwelling mixers’ es el segundo volumen de la serie ‘Complex buildings’. La nueva familia media solo es un croquis de posibilidades. Ante la variedad de situaciones vitales, la vivienda se esfuerza por satisfacer las necesidades de uso, de renta, de convivencia, de temporalidad. Y a través de esa indagación del ahora colectivo se aleja cada vez más de la vivienda media, del tipo estándar, para proponer nuevas maneras de vivir juntos, que es una opción con factor de complejidad incluido. La vivienda colectiva del siglo XXI dibuja una línea de tiempo en la que conviven tres generaciones de proyectos, en cuanto a grados de complejidad:

• Primera generación: Diversidad de tipos
• Segunda generación: Lo mejor de los dos mundos
• Tercera generación: Reducción del espacio individual

#books #architecture | Aldo Rossi and the spirit of architecture

Aldo Rossi and the spirit of architecture / Diane Y. F. Ghirardo.
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
XIII, 262 p. : il.
ISBN 9780300234930
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX / Aldo Rossi
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72ROSSI ALD
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1103605492

[.en] An essential new look at the Italian architect, writer, and designer whose work paved the way for the postmodern movement.

This crucial reassessment of Aldo Rossi’s (1931–1997) architecture simultaneously examines his writings, drawings, and product design, including the coffeepots and clocks he designed for the Italian firm Alessi. The first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize, Rossi rejected modernism, seeking instead a form of architecture that could transcend the aesthetic legacy of Fascism in postwar Italy. Rossi was a visionary who did not allow contemporary trends to dominate his thinking. His baroque sensibility and poetic approach, found both in his buildings and in important texts like ‘The Architecture of the City’, inspired the critic Ada Louise Huxtable to describe him as “a poet who happens to be an architect.”

Diane Ghirardo explores different categories of structures—monuments, public buildings, cultural institutions, theaters, and cemeteries—drawing significantly on previously unpublished archival materials and always keeping Rossi’s own texts in the forefront. By delving into the relationships among Rossi’s multifaceted life, his rich body of work, and his own reflections, this book provides a critical new understanding of Rossi’s buildings and the place of architecture in postwar Italy.

Diane Y. F. Ghirardo is professor of the history and theory of architecture at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

#books #architecture | Portugal lessons : environmental objects

Portugal lessons : environmental objects / editors, Harry Gugger ... [et al.].
Zurich : Park Books, 2018.
210 p. : il.
Serie: Teaching and Research in Architecture.
ISBN 9783038601098
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Aspecto del mesio ambiente / Arquitectura – Dibujos y planos / Arquitectura – Estudio y enseñanza – Portugal / Portugal – Descripciones y viajes
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:378 POR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1099656752

[.en] Architecture is often seen as confronting the natural environment, its buildings and other objects inscribing boundaries and thereby expressing an internalized point of view. But there is another way of seeing and practicing architecture: By questioning the distinction between landmarks and the landscape they adjoin, architectural objects can themselves be environmental objects that amplify nature and increase our awareness of it. Portugal Lessons is a project of laba, or Laboratory Basel, founded in 2011 as a satellite studio of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne's School of Architecture. The book presents the studio's case studies of the country and processes of urbanization. Rooted in laba's latest research, it explores architectural forms of life and housing: whom we live with or open our home to and how permeable that boundary should be. The findings are presented in more than two hundred striking graphics, drawings, plans, and photographs. The book also features proposals for architectural interventions by laba's students, all of them tackling issues of housing.

#books #architecture | New architecture Los Angeles

New architecture Los Angeles / Mike Kelley.
Munich [etc.] : Prestel, 2019.
221 p. : il.
ISBN 9783791384771
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – Estados Unidos / Fotografía de arquitectura / Los Angeles (Californnia)
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.038(73)NEW
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1101618384

[.en] This exhilarating and richly illustrated guide to Los Angeles's most exciting new buildings establishes the city as a mecca for forward-thinking and environmentally conscious architecture. Some of the world's leading architects are making their mark on Los Angeles's cityscape with exciting and innovative projects. Fifty of the most striking buildings are profiled in this book that features every type of architecture--houses, municipal structures, art museums, office buildings, performance spaces, and houses of worship. Some of the world's leading design firms, including Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Eric Owen Moss Architects, Selldorf Architects, and wHY Architecture, have contributed to the city's structural vernacular. While the projects here are as varied as the luminous Walt Disney Concert Hall by Gehry Partners and Bestor Architecture's compact housing development named "Blackbirds," each building embraces an unmistakably Californian aesthetic reimagined for a new century. With original photography, this is the first book to focus on the surge of creative building that has taken place in Los Angeles in the new millennium.

A new book recently published by Prestel sought to catalogue a few of the buildings completed after 2000 which continue that architectural legacy which has come to define the city. New Architecture Los Angeles features text by Brooke Hodges and photos of over 40 new Los Angeles buildings by local photographer Mike Kelley.

#books #architecture #urbanism | Imagining the modern : architecture and urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance

Imagining the modern : architecture and urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance / [edited by] Chris Grimley, Michael Kubo, Rami el Samahy.
New York : The Montacelli Press, 2019.
367 p. . il.
ISBN 9781580935234
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Estados Unidos / Urbanismo – Siglo XX – Estados Unidos
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-711.4(73) IMA
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104227764

[.en] ‘Imagining the Modern’ explores Pittsburgh's ambitious modern architecture and urban renewal program that made it a gem of American postwar cities, and set the stage for its stature today. In the 1950s and '60s an ambitious program of urban revitalization transformed Pittsburgh and became a model for other American cities. Billed as the Pittsburgh Renaissance, this era of superlatives--the city claimed the tallest aluminum clad building, the world's largest retractable dome, the tallest steel structure--developed through visionary mayors and business leaders, powerful urban planning authorities, and architects and urban designers of international renown, including Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei, Mies van der Rohe, SOM, and Harrison & Abramovitz. These leaders, civic groups, and architects worked together to reconceive the city through local and federal initiatives that aimed to address the problems that confronted Pittsburgh's postwar development.

Initiated as an award-winning exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 2014, ‘Imagining the Modern’ untangles this complicated relationship with modern architecture and planning through a history of Pittsburgh's major sites, protagonists, and voices of intervention. Through original documentation, photographs and drawings, as well as essays, analytical drawings, and interviews with participants, this book provides a nuanced view of this crucial moment in Pittsburgh's evolution. Addressing both positive and negative impacts of the era, ‘Imagining the Modern’ examines what took place during the city's urban renewal era, what was gained and lost, and what these histories might suggest for the city's future.

#libros #arte | Bauhaus 1919-1933

Bauhaus 1919-1933 / Magdalena Droste.
Cologne : Taschen, 2019 / ed. actualizada.
552 p. : il.
ISBN 9783836565547
/ EN / Libros / Arte – Siglo XX – Alemania / Bauhaus
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 BAU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104821070

[.es] Catorce años. En ese breve período entre la dos guerras mundiales, la escuela de arte y diseño alemana Bauhaus sentó las bases de la modernidad. Con ideales utópicos fue pionera en la fusión vanguardista de las bellas artes, la artesanía y la tecnología y su aplicación a otros medios y prácticas artísticas, del cine al teatro, de la escultura a la cerámica.

Esta obra de referencia es posible gracias a la colaboración del Bauhaus-Archiv/ Museum für Gestaltung de Berlín, que alberga la colección más importante hoy sobre esta famosa escuela artística. Con documentos, estudios, más de 250 nuevas fotografías, bocetos, planos y maquetas sobre las obras realizadas, nos acerca a los principios rectores y las personalidades de esta comunidad creativa idealista a través de sus tres sedes sucesivas en Weimar, Dessau y Berlín. Desde retratos informales de gimnasia en grupo hasta los dibujos de una clase impartida por Paul Klee; desde extensos planos arquitectónicos hasta un cenicero infinitamente elegante de Marianne Brandt, la colección late con los colores, los materiales y las geometrías que conforman la visión Bauhaus de la obra de arte total.

Cerca ya de la celebración del centenario de la Bauhaus, este libro es la prueba definitiva de su energía y su rigor; no sólo como un movimiento creativo pionero, sino también como paradigma de la educación artística. Allí donde la expresión y las ideas vanguardistas produjeron obras al mismo tiempo funcionales y hermosas. Este práctico volumen presenta a artistas destacados como Josef Albers, Marianne Brandt, Walter Gropius, Gertrud Grunow, Paul Klee, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe y Lilly Reich.

Magdalena Droste estudió Historia del Arte y Literatura en Aquisgrán y Marburgo. A partir de 1980 trabajó en el Bauhaus-Archiv de Berlín y fue luego profesora de Historia del Arte en la BTU Cottbus. Ha sido responsable de numerosas exposiciones y publicaciones sobre todo tipo de temáticas y artistas de la Bauhaus.

#books #architecture #art | The spirit of the Bauhaus

The spirit of the Bauhaus / [Raphaèle Billé...(et al.)].
London [etc.] : Thames & Hudson, 2018.
263 p. : il.
ISBN 9780500021804
/ EN / Libros / Catálogos / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Alemania / Arte – Siglo XX – Alemania / Bauhaus
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 SPI
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104820479

[.en] 'Architects, sculptors, painters, we all must return to the crafts!' declared architect Walter Gropius in his Bauhaus manifesto. Founded in 1919 as an art school in Weimar, the Bauhaus established itself as a major influence on twentieth- century art and design. Bauhaus students were taught by some of the most celebrated artists of the time, including Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Wassily Kandinsky. Having moved to Berlin in 1932 under architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, it was forced to close for good by the Gestapo in 1933. Uncovering the sources of inspiration that brought the Bauhaus into existence, from medieval cathedrals of Europe and Hokusai prints to William Morris and Arts and Crafts, The Spirit of the Bauhaus explores workshops and courses in detail, illustrating the extraordinary wealth of experimentation in every medium: ceramics, wood and metalwork, textiles, glass- painting, sculpture, mural, printing and binding, theater, architecture, and photography. This essential and accessible guide to the Bauhaus, published in time for the 100th anniversary of the school in 2019, celebrates a school that continues to be recognized as the most durable and influential source of modern ideas about art, design, and craft.

#books #art | The story of the Bauhaus : the art and design school that changed everything

The story of the Bauhaus : the art and design school that changed everything / Frances Ambler.
London : Ilex, 2018.
224 p. . il.
ISBN 9781781575970
/ EN / Libros / Arte – Siglo XX – Alemania / Bauhaus
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 STO
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104821104

[.en] A lively introduction to the seminal art and design movement that changed the way we see, think and live. Now 100 years old, the Bauhaus still looks just as fresh today as it did when it began. It was a place to experiment and embrace a new creative freedom. Thanks to this philosophy, the Bauhaus still shapes the world around us. Trace ‘The Story of the Bauhaus’ through the 100 personalities, designs, ideas and events that shaped this monumental movement. Learn about leaders Paul Klee, Walter Gropius, Anni Albers and Wassily Kandinsky; witness groundbreaking events and wild parties that would revolutionise contemporary design; and discover a range of innovative ideas and new ways of thinking. 

Frances Ambler is a London-based writer and art historian. She has a special interest in 20th-century design and is the author of ‘Mid-Century Modern: Icons of Design and The Story of the Bauhaus’. She has worked with museums and galleries across the globe, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, London's Victoria and Albert Museum and the Scottish Sculpture Trust.

#books #catalogs | Bauhaus imaginista : a school in the world

Bauhaus imaginista : a school in the world / edited by Grant Watson, Marion von Osten.
London : Thames and Hudson, 2019.
311 p. : il.
ISBN 9780500021934
/ EN / Libros / Catálogos / Arte – Siglo XX / Bauhaus
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 BAU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1091233378

[.en] Bauhaus Imaginista marks the centennial anniversary of this fascinating and popular school of art, which championed the idea of artists working together as a community. The Bauhaus reconnected art with everyday life and was active in the fields of architecture, performance, design, and visual art. Founded by Walter Gropius, its faculty included such luminaries as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy, and Josef Albers. Placing emphasis on the international dissemination and reception of the Bauhaus, this book expresses the Bauhaus influence, philosophy, and history beyond Germany. Rethinking the school from an international perspective, it sets its entanglements against a century of geopolitical change, as many of its artists fled World War II Germany.Bauhaus Imaginista takes readers on a global visual tour of Bauhaus influence from art and design museums to campus galleries and art institutes in India, Japan, China, Russia, Brazil, Berlin, and the United States.

#books #architecture | Bauhaus architecture 1919-1933

Bauhaus architecture 1919-1933 / Hans Engels ; texts by Axel Tilch.
Munich [etc.] : Prestel, [2018].
151 p. : il.
ISBN 9783791384818
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Alemania / Bauhaus / Fotografía de arquitectura / Movimiento moderno (Arquitectura) / Walter Gropius
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.036(430) BAU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104820636

[.en] Now available in an expanded and revised edition, this book contains an outstanding collection of photographs by the renowned architectural photographer Hans Engels and provides a detailed survey of surviving Bauhaus architecture in Europe. Focusing on buildings designed by Bauhaus members from 1919 to 1933, this book features some 65 famous and lesser-known building projects in Germany, Vienna, Barcelona, Prague, and Budapest by architects including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Arranged chronologically, Bauhaus Architecture offers informative commentary and site plans along with photographs, taken especially for this book. Engels' photographs show many buildings in their newly restored conditions and reflect the full range of Bauhaus architecture, one of the most influential schools of architecture in the twentieth century.

The architectural photographer, Hans Engels, depicts a selection of famous and less famous buildings by architects such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The buildings are shown in chronological order, from the formation of the Bauhaus in 1919 through to its closure in 1933, using masterful photographs taken specially for this book. Informative texts by Axel Tilch complement the photos with valuable details about the buildings’ history.

#books #art | Bauhaus and America : experiments in light and movement

Bauhaus and America : experiments in light and movement / director, Hermann Arnhold.
Bielefeld, Germany : Kerber Verlag, 2018.
272 p. . il.
Catalogo de la exposición celebrada en el LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 9 noviembre 2018 – 10 marzo 10 2019.
ISBN 9783735605115
/ EN / Libros / Catálogos / Arte – Siglo XX / Bauhaus
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 BAU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104820846

[.en] One hundred years after the founding of the Bauhaus in 1919, ‘Bauhaus and America’ considers the myriad ways in which the German art, design and architecture school influenced the art and culture of the United States after the World War II. ‘Bauhaus and America’ identifies one particular area of influence: the Bauhaus stage, which functioned like an interdisciplinary laboratory for diverse artistic experiments with light and movement―from light and kinetic art, to experimental film, to dance and performance art. When the rise of German National Socialism forced the Bauhaus to close in 1933, its members scattered, bringing their experimental ethos with them as they left Germany (many of them headed to the US). Thus the exploration of light and motion that began on the Bauhaus stage continued to spread. Gathered here are works exploring these themes by, among others, Josef Albers, Oskar Fischinger, László Moholy-Nagy, Wassily Kandinsky, Xanti Schawinsky, Oskar Schlemmer and Andor Weininger―alongside images of those numerous American artists impacted by the Bauhaus legacy, such as Merce Cunningham, Robert Rauschenberg, Sol LeWitt and Barbara Kasten.

#books #art | Bauhaus goes west : modern art and design in Britain and America

Bauhaus goes west : modern art and design in Britain and America / Alan Powers.
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
280 p., [24] p. de lám. : il.
ISBN 9780500519929
/ EN / Libros / Arte – Siglo XX – Estados Unidos / Arte – Siglo XX – Gran Bretaña / Bauhaus
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 BAU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104820745

[.en] ‘Bauhaus Goes West’ tells the fascinating story of the journey taken by the Bauhaus – both the concept behind the school and some of the individuals who represented it – from Germany to Britain and the United States. It is therefore a story of cultural exchange, not only between the Bauhaus émigrés and the countries to which they moved, but also in the other direction, focusing in particular on Britain. Most significantly, perhaps, it considers in detail the presence in the UK during the 1930s of three of the school’s most important figures – Gropius, Marcel Breuer and László Moholy-Nagy – using meticulous research to tell for the first time the stories of their British experiences in parallel. After considering some of the lesser-known Bauhäusler who stayed in Britain for life, the book concludes by returning to the lives of the main protagonists and their continuation of the Bauhaus ideals in America. Taking as its starting point the cultural connection between Britain and Germany in the early part of the 20th century, ‘Bauhaus Goes West’ offers a timely re-evaluation of the school’s influence on and relationship with modern art and design, offering fresh insights and challenging assumptions along the way.

#books #art | Bauhaus masterworks : new world view

Bauhaus masterworks : new world view / Michael Robinson.
London : Flame Tree Publishing, 2017.
191 p. . il. 
ISBN 9781786645432
/ EN / Libros / Arte – Siglo XX – Alemania / Bauhaus
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 BAU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104820887

[.en] Bauhaus inherited the mantle of beauty and craftsmanship from the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th Century but was founded on geometric principles, associated with Art Deco and firmly rooted in the challenge of modern production methods. Kandinsky, Klee, Franz Marc and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy taught at the Bauhaus school - created by Walter Gropius in 1919 and closed by the Nazis in the early 1930s - which influenced a wide range of design, from buildings to typography, furniture and painted forms. This luxurious new book explores the origins and extensive influence on the contemporary art and architecture.

#libros #diseño | B de Bauhaus : un diccionario del mundo moderno

B de Bauhaus : un diccionario del mundo moderno / Deyan Sudjic, Deyan. Sudjic Sudjic, Deyan.
Madrid : Turner, 2014.
355 p.
ISBN 9788416142064
/ ES / Libros / Arquitectura / Arte / Bauhaus / Diseño
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.05 BDE
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/898022480

[.es] Una clase magistral sobre diseño, arquitectura, forma, objetos y consumo en el siglo XXI. Con la A de Auténtico. Así empieza este libro, que es algo más que un diccionario: una guía esencial para entender el mundo moderno. Por qué Warhol es auténticamente falso, cómo se crean las identidades nacionales, y qué es esa extraña manía de coleccionar. También explica por qué Grand Theft Auto es un gran invento o por qué los apartamentos de Hitchcock no podrían existir. Y no es una autobiografía, pero brinda al lector la visión personal de uno de los más reconocidos expertos del mundo en el diseño y sus manifestaciones. 

Deyan Sudjic. Fue periodista y crítico antes de hacerse cargo de la dirección del Design Museum de Londres, la institución más emblemática del mundo en el campo del diseño. En España se han traducido sus títulos anteriores ‘La arquitectura del poder’ y ‘La casa del siglo XX’.

#books #catalogs #architecture | Elemental : Alejandro Aravena : interview with Alejandro Aravena

Elemental : Alejandro Aravena : interview with Alejandro Aravena / by Michael Juul Holm ; [edited by Mette Marie Kallehauge and Laerke Rydal Jørgensen].
Zü̇rich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers ; Humlebæk, Denmark : Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2018.
236 p. : il.
Serie: Architect's Studio.
Publicado con motivo de la exposición "The Architect's studio, so far ... Elemental : Alejandro Aravena" que tuvo lugar en el Louisiana Museum of Modern Art del 10 de octubre de 2018 al 28 de febrero de 2019.
ISBN 9783037785720 / 9788793659100
/ EN / Libros / Alejandro Aravena Mori / Arquitectura – Siglo XXK / Elemental
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72ARAVENA ELE
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1101189595

[.en] The Elemental studio is headed by artistic director Alejandro Aravena, winner of the Pritzker Prize and director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016. The studio is based in the capital of Chile, Santiago, and is untraditionally composed of people with a variety of skills and abilities. Their analytical approach to architecture and urban planning has led them towards original solutions to social challenges, such as the housing shortage in Santiago’s economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Instead of designing cheap housing, Elemental builds “half houses” at the same cost and enables customers to build the other halves themselves. The combination of good design and the engagement of the owners creates more sustainable housing areas. In the series The Architect’s Studio the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition on the Elemental studio, curated by Mette Marie Kallehauge and Kjeld Kjeldsen. The richly illustrated publication portrays Elemental’s working methods and work philosophy, as well as showing examples of their most important projects.

Led by Pritzker Prize–winning artistic director Alejandro Aravena (born 1967), the Elemental studio, based in Santiago, Chile, possesses a diversely skilled staff whose analytical approach has produced highly original solutions to social challenges such as the housing shortage in Santiago's poorer neighborhoods. Instead of designing cheap housing, Elemental builds "half houses" at the same cost and enables buyers to build the other half themselves. This combination of good design with the engagement of the buyers creates more sustainable housing areas. The studio works on both large and small scales in Chile and in the rest of the world; all projects bear the marks of their pragmatic approach. ‘Alejandro Aravena: Elemental’ portrays the company's working methods and provides examples of its most important projects.