#books #architecture | The women who changed architecture

The women who changed architecture / edited by Jan Cigliano Hartman ; foreword by Beverly Willis ; introduction by Amale Andraos ; Sarah Allaback [et al.] ; with Lori Brown ... [et al.].
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.
336 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura y mujeres / Mujeres arquitectas

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781616898717
Cita APA-7: Hartman, Jan Cigliano (ed.) (2022). The women who changed architecture. Princeton Architectural Press.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:316 WOM
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1310238850

[.en] A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion Mahony Griffin passed the architectural licensure exam in 1898 and created exquisite drawings that buoyed the reputation of Frank Lloyd Wright. Her story is one of the many told in ‘The Women Who Changed Architecture’, which sets the record straight on the transformative impact women have made on architecture. With in-depth profiles and stunning images, this is the most comprehensive look at women in architecture around the world, from the nineteenth century to today. Discover contemporary leaders, like MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, spearheading sustainable design initiatives, reimagining cities as equitable spaces, and directing architecture schools. An essential read for architecture students, architects, and anyone interested in how buildings are created and the history behind them.

#books #architecture | Canadian modern architecture : 1967 to the present

Canadian modern architecture : 1967 to the present / edited by Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey.
Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press ; Toronto, Ontario : Canadian Architect, 2019.
543 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura - Siglo XX - Canadá / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI - Canadá

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781616896454
Cita APA-7: Lam, Elsa, & Livesey, Graham (2019). Canadian modern architecture : 1967 to the present. Princeton Architectural Press.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.038(71) CAN
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1263739787

[.en] The book is co-edited by Canadian Architect’s Elsa Lam and architectural historian Graham Livesey. It is co-published by Princeton Architectural Press and Canadian Architect. ‘Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present’ is a comprehensive review of major work in this county. It includes 15 original essays by authors including George Baird, Brian Carter, Ian Chodikoff, Odile Hénault, George Kapelos, Lisa Landrum, Steven Mannell, Sherry McKay, Marco Polo, Lola Sheppard, David Theodore, Larry Wayne Richards, Adele Weder and Mason White. It is extensively illustrated with 500 photographs and drawings.The 50-year retrospective begins with the nation’s centennial and Expo 67 in Montreal. It covers the defining of national institutions and movements, how Canadian architects interpreted major international trends, regional and Indigenous architectural tendencies, and the influence of architects in Canada’s three largest cities—Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

#books #architecture | Projects and their consequences

Projects and their consequences / Reiser + Umemoto ; [contributors, Andrew E. Benjamin ... (et al.)].
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2019.
351 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI / Reiser + Umemoto

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781616897192
Cita APA-7: Reiser, J., Umemoto, N., & Benjamin, A. E. (2019). Projects and their consequences. Princeton Architectural Press.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72REISER PRO
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1126995650

[.en] Projects and Their Consequences offers a unique view of the intersections of the visionary, the speculative, and the practical work of architecture and its relationship to art and culture. Autobiographical, technical, prophetic, and meditative, Reiser + Umemoto's Projects and Their Consequences is a genre-blending monograph presenting thirty years of work by their firm, RUR Architecture. Projects and Their Consequences balances incisive interviews and essays with more than four hundred original drawings, collages, and paintings. Multiple, overlapping perspectives describe projects that vary widely in scope and approach : large-scale studies of infrastructure for the East River corridor and Hudson Yards areas in Manhattan and the Alishan Railway in Taiwan, as well as schemes for cultural institutions including the New Museum, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, and University of Applied Arts Vienna. Carefully conceived small-scale projects are documented, such as an imaginative water garden and the Sagaponack House, and thought-provoking "textual projects" - narrative works that blur the boundaries of art and architecture, such as a meditation on language in the context of the Globe Theater.

#books #architecture | Cold war hothouses : inventing postwar culture from cockpit to playboy

Cold war hothouses : inventing postwar culture from cockpit to playboy / Beatriz Colomina, Annmarie Brennan and Jeannie Kim, editors.
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2004.
287 p. : il.
ISBN 9781568983028
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Aspecto social / Estados Unidos – Condiciones sociales / Estados Unidos – Usos y costumbres
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-316.7 COL
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/929249039

[.en] The technological innovation and unprecedented physical growth of the cold war era permeated American life in every aspect and at every scale. From the creation of the military-industrial complex and the beginnings of suburban sprawl to the production of the ballpoint pen and the TV dinner, the artifacts of the period are a numerous and diverse as they are familiar. Over the past half-century, our awe at the advances of postwar society has softened to nostalgia, and our affection for its material culture has clouded our memories of the enormous spatial reorganizations and infrastructural transformations that changed American life forever. ‘Cold War Hot Houses’ casts a clear, often playful, eye on this pivotal time in history, examining topics as diverse as the creation of the interstate highway system and the shopping center, and the domestication of the national parks as well as the production of such seemingly mundane products as the drive-in theater, aluminum foil, and the king-size bed. The result is a vivid snapshot of American culture that still resonates today. This beautifully illustrated collection of essays is based on a series of seminars focusing on the impact of the Cold War on the built environment, which was recently conducted at Princeton University by Beatriz Colomina. Colomina is editor of ‘Sexuality and Space’.

Generation Y takes a critical look at the Baby Boomers in this veritable encyclopedia of Cold War invention. Cold War Hot Houses strips away the nostalgic haze surrounding the 1950s and 1960s to critically reappraise the importance of everything from the model home, the drive-in movie, the interstate highway, the suburban lawn, the bomb shelter, the TV, and the king size bed. It takes the seemingly quirky features of the postwar life style and shows how they are intimately connected to the economic, political and psychological forces of the period. Written by smart young group of scholars, groomed in their methods and introduced to us by a proven innovator in architectural thinking. Great visuals will amuse and delight the reader.

#books #art #sexuality | Sexuality and Space

Sexuality and Space / Beatriz Colomina, editor; Jennifer Bloomer [et alt.].
Princeton : Princeton Architectural Press, 1992.
389 p. il.
Serie: Princeton Papers on Architecture ; 1.
ISBN 9781878271082
/ EN / Libros / Congresos / Arte – Siglo XX / Sexualidad en el arte / Espacio (Arquitectura) / Espacio (Arte) / Estética
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.011 SEX
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/758063416

[.en] Sexuality & Space's interdisciplinary essays address gender in relation to architectural discourse and critical theory, focusing on the relationships between sexuality and space hidden within everyday practices. Contributors include Jennifer Bloomer, Victor Burgin, Beatriz Colomina, Elizabeth Grosz, Catherine Ingraham, Meaghan Morris, Laura Mulvey, Molly Nesbit, Alessandra Ponte, Lynn Spigel, Patricia White, and Mark Wigley. A milestone in the evolving discourse of architectural history and criticism. These essays raise crucial questions about design and the experience of architecture, and many attempt to engage the rich critical literature of cultural studies.

#books #architecture | Contemporary curtain wall architecture

Contemporary curtain wall architecture / Scott Murray.
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2009.
264 p. ; il.
ISBN 9781568987972
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI / Construcción de cristal / Fachadas
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-692.2 CON
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/758112454

[.en] Recent years have seen a rapidly growing interest among contemporary architects in the use of curtain walls to create innovative, attention-grabbing building facades. With new concerns about the environment and affordable envelopes, the curtain wall represents a microcosm of issues important to architecture: climate responsiveness and energy use, intelligent utilization of resources, and advancements in digital design and fabrication. In Contemporary Curtain Wall Architecture, architect and building technology expert Scott Murray presents an exhaustive taxonomy of the materials and techniques necessary for the design, fabrication, and installation of today's curtain wall systems. Murray presents a history of curtain wall design from the early skeleton-frame structures of the late-nineteenth century to the complex configurations of mullions, infill panels, and adhesives of today. Contemporary Curtain Wall Architecture features detailed analyses of contemporary projects by leading architects and engineers, including the Blue Tower by Bernard Tschumi Architects; the Yale Sculpture Building by KieranTimberlake Associates; 100 Eleventh Avenue by Ateliers Jean Nouvel; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Steven Holl Architects; the Atlas Building by Rafael Viñoly; the New York Times Building by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and FXFOWLE Architects; One Omotesando by Kengo Kuma and Associates; and the Seattle Public Library by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and LMN Architects. Each cutting-edge project is documented through detailed drawings, color photography, and insightful descriptions of the aesthetic and technical considerations that make these projects best-case examples of curtain wall technology.

In his book ‘Contemporary Curtain Wall Architecture’, Scott Murray traces the evolution of the curtain wall, from early skeleton-frame structures of the past to today’s complex and technologically advanced configurations. Presenting twenty-four detailed case studies of exemplary structures completed in the twenty-first century, he reveals the curtain wall as one of the most enduring and malleable concepts of contemporary architecture, capable of adapting intelligently to site constraints, utilizing resources efficiently, and offering unprecedented opportunities for innovations in digital design and fabrication, material detailing, and aesthetic expression. Research for this book was supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. A review of the book in the ‘Library Journal stated that “this book will serve as an essential supplement to Konrad Gatz’s seminal ‘Curtain Wall Construction’ (Praeger, 1965) and Herman Sands’s ‘Wall Systems: Analysis by Detail ‘(McGraw-Hill, 1986),” and that “it would serve as an essential text in any course on 21st-century architectural developments.”

#books #architecture | Printing architecture : innovative recipes for 3D printing

Printing architecture : innovative recipes for 3D printing / Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello.
Princeton Architectural Press, New York : 2018.
173 p. : il.
ISBN 9781616896966
Construcción -- Materiales.
Impresión tridimensional.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-691 PRI
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1878291~S1*spi

Although 3D printing promises a revolution in many industries, primarily industrial manufacturing, nowhere are the possibilities greater than in the field of product design and modular architecture. Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, of the cutting-edge San Francisco Bay Area-based design firm Emerging Objects, have developed remarkable techniques for "printing" from a wide variety of powders, including sawdust, clay, cement, rubber, concrete, salt, and even coffee grounds, opening an entire realm of material, phenomenological, and ecological possibilities to designers. In addition to case studies and illustrations of their own work, Rael and San Fratello offer guidance for sourcing alternative materials, specific recipes for mixing compounds, and step-by-step instructions for conducting bench tests and setting parameters for material testing, to help readers understand the process of developing powder-based materials and their unique qualities.

#books #architecture | Wright sites : a guide to Frank Lloyd Wright public places

Wright sites : a guide to Frank Lloyd Wright public places / Joel Hoglund, editor.
Princeton Architectural Press, New York : 2017 / 4th ed.
159 p. : il.
ISBN 9781616895778
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- Estados Unidos.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72WRIGHT GUI
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1870949~S1*spi

Frank Lloyd Wright's groundbreaking designs, innovative construction techniques, and inviting interiors continue to astound and inspire generations of architects and nonarchitects alike. The only comprehensive collection of Wright-designed buildings open to the public in the United States and Japan, Wright Sites has been revised and expanded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the architect's birth in June 1867. The fourth edition of our best-selling guidebook contains twenty new sites, updated site descriptions and access information, and, for the first time, color photographs. It also includes itineraries for Wright road trips, a list of archives, and a selected bibliography. The introduction, revised for this edition, is by Jack Quinan, a founding member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and author of ‘Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House’.

#books #construction | Guastavino vaulting : the art of structural tile

Guastavino vaulting : the art of structural tile / John Ochsendorf ; photographs by Michael Freeman.
Princeton Architectural Press, New York : 2010
255 p. : il. / Bibliogr.: pp. 247-251
ISBN 9781616892449
Guastavino Moreno, Rafael, 1842-1908.
Guastavino Expósito, Rafael, 1882-1950.
Guastavino Co.
Bóvedas.
Azulejos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72GUASTAVINO GUA
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1806790~S1*spi

The first monograph to celebrate the architectural legacy of the Guastavino family is now available in paperback. First-generation Spanish immigrants Rafael Guastavino and his son Rafael Jr. oversaw the construction of thousands of spectacular tile vaults across the United States between the 1880s and the 1950s. These versatile, strong, and fireproof vaults were built by Guastavino in more than two hundred major buildings in Manhattan and in hundreds more across the country, including Grand Central Terminal, Carnegie Hall, the Biltmore Estate, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Registry Room at Ellis Island, and many major university buildings. Guastavino Vaulting blends a scholarly history of the technology with archival images, drawings, and stunning photographs that illustrate the variety and endurance of this building method.

#books #architecture | Balthazar Korab : architect of photography

Balthazar Korab : architect of photography / John Comazzi.
Princeton Architectural Press, New York : 2012.
191 p. : il. bl. y n.
ISBN 9781616890414
Korab, Balthazar, 1926–2013.
Fotografía de arquitectura.
Sbc Aprendizjae A-77.033 BAL
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1751669~S1*spi

No one captured the midcentury modernism of the Mad Men era better than Balthazar Korab. As one of the period's most prolific and celebrated architecture photographers, Korab captured images as graceful and elegant as his subjects. His iconic photographs for master architects immortalized their finest works, while leaving his own indelible impact on twentieth century visual culture. In this riveting illustrated biography, the first dedicated solely to his life and career, author John Comazzi traces Korab's circuitous path to a career in photography. He paints a vivid picture of a young man forced to flee his native Hungary, who goes on to study architecture at the famed École des Beaux-Arts in Paris before emigrating to the United States and launching his career as Eero Saarinen's on-staff photographer. The book includes a portfolio of more than one hundred images from Korab's professionally commissioned architecture photography as well as close examinations of Saarinen's TWA Terminal and the Miller House in Columbus, Indiana. The photos documenting finished buildings and architects at work include iconic images of Mies van der Rohe's S. R. Crown Hall, Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum and Salk Institute, Minoru Yamasaki's World Trade Center, Richard Meier's Douglas House, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, and Jørn Utzon's Sydney Opera House, among many others.