All Building Design articles in 01 June 2007 – Page 5
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Review
Ludwig Wittenstein by Edward Kanterian
Ludwig Wittenstein Edward KanterianReaktion Books£10.95 192pp PBOne of the founders of modern analytical philosophy, this account uses many quotations from his own writings as well as numerous illustrations.
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Transport Design A Travel History by Gregory Votalato
Transport Design: A Travel History Gregory VotalatoReaktion Books £17.95 240pp PBAccount of 2 centuries of travel design with investigates the experience of travel analysing the vehicle from the passengers’ and drivers’ points of view.
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News
King’s Cross leaps over final hurdle
The £2 billion redevelopment of King’s Cross, masterplanned by Allies & Morrison, is finally set to go ahead after local campaigners lost a last-ditch court battle.
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Conversions by Emma O’Kelly and Corinna Dean
This book shows that all sorts of buildings can be converted into homes, from barns, churches and offices to factories and wine warehouses.
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Designing Community by David Walters
Designing Community David WaltersArchitectural Press£29.99288pp PBModern design charettes are now integral to post-modern planning and community development. This is an invaluable guide to the process.The book blends history, theory and practice to paint the full picture of the past, present and possible future of community planning.
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Design and Landscape for People by Clare Cumberlidge and Lucy Musgrave
Can architects, designers, landscapers and artists make a real difference to people's quality of life?
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Building Study
Musical chairs
Allies & Morrison’s makeover of the much-loved Royal Festival Hall has been hailed as a respectful transformation, but do the changes go too far
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Review
Japan Style by Gian Carlo Calza
Japan Style Gian Carlo CalzaPhaidon £29.95 240pp HBA guide to the aesthetics of Japan, examining its architecture, arts, crafts, cinema and literature.
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News
Tories blast Livingstone over skyscraper frenzy
Cameron’s policy group accuses architects of pandering to the ‘vulgarity of bigness’
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Review
Big Shed by Will Pryce
Big Shed Will PryceThames and Hudson £32.00 240 illustrations. HBBeginning with the roots of the big shed, the book includes 19th century iron structures, the work of Buckminster Fuller, Archigram and others. It is then organised by function: exhibitions, industry, transport, sports and arts. Together these areas account for the ...
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Maison Blanche: Charles Eduard Jeanneret/ Le Corbusier edited by Klaus Spechtenhauser and Arthur Ruegg
The complete building history, from conception to restoration, of the first house designed by Le Corbusier.
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Islamic Architecture by Henri Stierlin
Islamic Architecture Henri StierlinThames and Hudson £6.95 160pp PBA pocket- sized illustrated introduction to Islamic architecture.
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Contemporary Church Architecture by Edwin Heathcote and Laura Moffatt
Contemporary Church Architecture Edwin Heathcote and Laura MoffattJohn Wiley £45.00 238pp HBDescriptions of 28 churches from around the world which are extraordinary in their richness and diversity of approach.It includes John Pawson’s Nov’y Dvur Monastery in the Czech republic, Tony Fretton’s Faith House in Dorset as well as churches ...
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Archibald Simpson by David Miller
Account of the life and work of Archibald Simpson (1790 – 1847), a local Aberdeen architect who influenced the way the City has developed over the last two hundred years.
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Architecture and Authorship edited by Tim Anstey, Katja Grillner and Rolf Hughes
This book comprises 16 essays that explore issues of authorship, attribution and intellectual property in architecture. With contributions from international experts, it explores the work of luminaries including Ernst Neufert, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Cedric Price and Lewis Carroll.
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Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design by Christopher Long
Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design Christopher LongYale University Press£35.00225pp HBIn the early 20s Frankl opened a New York City shop that became an epi-centre of American Modernism. The book charts the impact of Frankl’s ideas on merchants and consumers, on his fellow designers, and on the changing look ...
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600 – 1840 Fourth Edition by Howard Colvin
A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600 – 1840. Fourth Edition Howard ColvinYale University Press £75.00 1296pp HBThis authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architect.
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