Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by William J. Mitchell. By The MIT Press.
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2 comments about Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City.
- Placing words continues the author's thesis on no such thing as death of distance. This is a good news for all space loving, teleworking, and distant cousins, in the global village.
Another good thing is, in addition to many stories and histories, this book offers a glimpse of application of data mining technique in the area of architecture and spatial design (62-64).
The weakness of the book (if this book has to be a good reading for the non-architects), is the absence of any explanation on what the title and the sub-title are supposed to be. For instance, symbols, as used in this book, relate to graphic and computer icons, rather than symbols or signs in place, space and visual domains (as in religious, secular, or others).
Further, as seen in the acknowledgements (p. 213), this book also includes auhtor's already published works, and hence it is not much of the current (the worldview as-is) and real-time (synchronous) information visualization.
- (Planeta Journal) - Subtitled "Symbols, Space and the City" this book is the work of a MIT Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and author of the superb e-topia. Among the topics this book addresses is the necessity of flashy downtown office towers in an age of corporate Web sites. Clever, funny and insightful, this book is highly recommended reading.
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Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by Liane Lefaivre and Alexander Tzonis. By Prestel Publishing.
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No comments about Critical Regionalism: Architecture and Identity in a Globalized World (Architecture in Focus).
Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by Reinhold Martin. By The MIT Press.
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No comments about The Organizational Complex: Architecture, Media, and Corporate Space.
Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by Jonathan Hill. By Black Dog.
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No comments about The Illegal Architect.
Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by Sally A. Kitt Chappell. By University Of Chicago Press.
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1 comments about Chicago's Urban Nature: A Guide to the City's Architecture + Landscape.
- This book is a small jewel, reflecting all the riches of Chicago's fusion of architecture and landscape, with beautiful photographs, useful
maps and suggested tours. A real treasure!
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Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
By Whitman Coin Products.
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No comments about Westward Series Nickels 2004-2006.
Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
By Prestel Publishing.
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No comments about Architourism: Authentic, Escapist, Exotic, Spectacular.
Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by Grant Hildebrand. By University of California Press.
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No comments about Origins of Architectural Pleasure.
Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by Howard S. Andros. By UPNE.
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No comments about Buildings and Landmarks of Old Boston: A Guide to the Colonial, Provincial, Federal, and Greek Revival Periods, 1630-1850.
Posted in Art and Photography (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
Written by Cesar Pelli. By Monacelli.
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2 comments about Observations for Young Architects.
- In 200 pages or so and generously illustrated with photographs of his work, Cesar Pelli had summed up a lifetime of his own architectural insights. His thoughts are very pragmatic with a careful balance of theoretical insights. This book really shows how architecture should connect to our past, our present culture, and to our future. It reveals his design process and the way he envisions, plans, and designs his projects. It talks about how materials are related to architecture.
His thoughts are incisive and demonstrate the importance of clear thinking in architectural work. In many ways, his book does not deal with all the academic architectural mumble jumble out there. It shows a very useful path for all "students" of architecture. I really wish more architects would write books like this one. Thanks Mr. Pelli!
- I found this book to be very insightful. In this book, Pelli says there are 8 "connections" that influence architecture: time, construction, place, purpose, culture, design process, constituency, and oneself. In each section of the book he goes into each in depth. Reading the book almost makes you feel like Cesar Pelli himself is actually teaching you about the profession of architecture.
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