#books #architecture | Architectural projects of Marco Frascari : the pleasure of a demonstration

Architectural projects of Marco Frascari : the pleasure of a demonstration / Sam Ridgway.
Ashgate, Farnham, England [etc.] : 2015.
XXII, 109 p. : il.
Colección: Ashgate Studies in Architecture.
ISBN 9781472441744
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX.
Frascari, Marco, 1945-2013.
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Marco Frascari believed that architects should design thoughtful buildings capable of inspiring their inhabitants to have pleasurable and happy lives. A visionary Italian architect, academic and theorist, Frascari is best-known for his extraordinary texts, which explore the intellectual, theoretical and practical substance of the architectural discipline. As a student in Venice during the late 1960s, Frascari was taught and mentored by Carlo Scarpa. Later he moved to North America with his family, where he became a fulltime academic. Throughout his academic career, he continued to work on numerous architectural projects, including exhibitions, competition entries, and designs for approximately 35 buildings, a small number of which were built. As a means of (re)constructing the theatre of imaginative theory within which these buildings were created, Sam Ridgway draws on a wide selection of Frascari’s texts, including his richly poetic book Monsters of Architecture, to explore the themes of representation, demonstration, and anthropomorphism. Three of Frascari’s delightful buildings are then brought to light and interpreted, revealing a sophisticated and interwoven relationship between texts and buildings.

#books #architecture | Practical Building Conservation | Earth, brick and terracotta

Earth, brick and terracotta / volume editors Alison Henry ... [et al.].
Ashgate [etc.], Farnham [etc.] : 2015.
Colección: Practical Building Conservation
ISBN 9780754645535
Arquitectura -- Conservación y restauración.
Arquitectura -- Inglaterra.
Construcción de adobe.
Construcción de ladrillo
Construcción de tierra.
Terracota.
Vol. I: Part A. -- VIII, 374 p. : il.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-691 *PRA
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Vol. II: Part B. -- VI, P. 379-982 : il.
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Practical Building Conservation is a ten-part series that looks at the conservation of building materials and systems. It builds on our research and field experience and is aimed at those who work on or look after historic buildings: primarily architects, surveyors, engineers, conservators, contractors and conservation officers, but also owners, curators, students and researchers.

This volume, Earth, Brick and Terracotta deals with fired and unfired clay products. It considers their technological evolution, the processes causing deterioration and how these should be assessed and the methods used for their repair and maintenance.

#books #architecture | The architecture of James Stirling and his partners James Gowan and Michael Wilford

The architecture of James Stirling and his partners James Gowan and Michael Wilford : a study of architectural creativity in the twentieth century / Geoffrey H. Baker.
Ashgate, Farnham, England [etc.] : 2011.
xxi, 489 p. : il.
ISBN 9781409409267
Arquitectura postmoderna.
Gowan, James, 1923-
James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates.
Stirling, James, 1926-1992.
Wilford, Michael, 1938-
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Sir James Stirling was arguably the greatest British architect of the twentieth century. This book provides the most comprehensive critical survey of Stirling's work to date, charting the development of his ideas from his formative years, through his partnership with James Gowan, on to his period in practice as sole partner; and finally, his partnership with Michael Wilford. Using archival material, extensive interviews with his partners and others who worked for him, together with analytical examination of key buildings, this detailed critical examination explains his philosophy, working method and design strategy. In doing so, it sheds new light on the atelier structure of his office and who did what on his major buildings.

Geoffrey Baker is the first to analyse in depth the articulation systems used in major projects undertaken by Stirling. He confirms that the Staatsgalerie complex at Stuttgart does not demonstrate Stirling's interest in post modernism but rather an enhanced sensitivity towards context informed by his growing allegiance to the classical canon. Baker explains how this important development in his work, powerfully influenced by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is consummated in perhaps the finest of Stirling's uncompleted works, the extension to London's National Gallery.

In a discussion of his mature works, Baker explains how Stirling's work can be understood in terms of several interconnected ideas. These include surrealism, historicism, myth and metaphor, inconsistency and ambiguity, bi-lateral symmetry, the garden, rusticity and arcadia, and the archetype, seen as the repository of the collective architectural memory. As well as discussing his interests and those who influenced Stirling, the book compares his oeuvre with that of the pioneers of modern architecture, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier.

This book charts a remarkable career, and offers invaluable insights not only into the masterly, timeless architecture, but also into the man himself: charismatic, irreverent, courageous, serious; sometimes rude, often stubborn, belligerent, yet gentle. He was endlessly inventive and deeply dedicated to his art, producing buildings that reflect all of the above, buildings that are magnificent and ultimately humane.

#books #architecture | The geometry of creation : architectural drawing and the dynamics of gothic design

The geometry of creation : architectural drawing and the dynamics of gothic design / Robert Bork
Ashgate, Farnham, England [etc.] : 2011.
xxi, 462 p. : il., lám, mapas / Bibliogr.: pp. [441]-451.
ISBN 9780754660620
Arquitectura gótica.
Dibujo arquitectónico -- Historia.
Arquitectura -- Composición, proporciones, etc.
Geometría.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.033.5 GEO
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The flowering of Gothic architecture depended to a striking extent on the use of drawing as a tool of design. By drawing precise 'blueprints' with simple tools such as the compass and straightedge, Gothic draftsmen were able to develop a linearized architecture of unprecedented complexity and sophistication. Examination of their surviving drawings can provide valuable and remarkably intimate information about the Gothic design process. Gothic drawings include compass pricks, uninked construction lines, and other telltale traces of the draftsman's geometrically-based working method. The proportions of the drawings, moreover, are those actually intended by the designer, uncompromised by errors introduced in the construction process. All of these features make these drawings ideal subjects for the study of Gothic design practice, but their geometry has to date received little systematic attention. This book offers a new perspective on Gothic architectural creativity.

It shows, in a series of rigorous geometrical case studies, how Gothic design evolved over time, in two senses: in the hours of the draftsman's labor, and across the centuries of the late Middle Ages. In each case study, a series of computer graphics show in unprecedented detail how a medieval designer could have developed his architectural concept step by step, using only basic geometrical operations. Taken together, these analyses demonstrate both remarkable methodological continuity across the Gothic era, and the progressive development of new and sophisticated permutations on venerable design themes. This rich tradition ultimately gave way in the Renaissance not because of any inherent problem with Gothic architecture, but because the visual language of Classicism appealed more directly to the pretensions of Humanist princes than the more abstract geometrical order of Gothic design, as the book's final chapter demonstrates.

#books #architecture | Practical Building Conservation | Conservation basics

Conservation basics / volume editor, Ian McCaig
Ashgate [etc.], Farnham [etc.] : 2012.
VIII, 382 p. : il.
Colección: Practical Building Conservation
ISBN 9780754645511
Arquitectura -- Conservación y restauración -- Inglaterra.
Monumentos históricos -- Rehabilitación.
Bienes culturales -- Protección.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-691 *PRA
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Practical Building Conservation is a ten-volume series that looks at the conservation of building materials and systems. It builds on the research and field experience of English Heritage, and is aimed at those who work on or look after historic buildings: primarily architects, surveyors, engineers, conservators, contractors and conservation officers, but also owners, curators, students and researchers.

This volume, Conservation Basics, reviews the history and evolution of building conservation in England, explaining the philosophical and legal frameworks that exist today, and considering possible future developments. It covers the processes involved in caring for historic buildings, and gives advice on the practical application of current legislation and guidance. Topics covered include conservation planning, surveying and recording, assessment, and planning programmes of maintenance and repair (including specification and procurement).