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Architecture

Adolf Loos: The Art of Architecture

Widely regarded as one of the significant prophets of modern architecture, Adolf Loos was a celebrity in his own day. This book argues that Loos' masterful "astylistic architecture" was an appreciation of tradition and utility and not, as architectural historians have argued, a mere repudiation of the florid style of the Vienna Secession.

Site-writing: The Architecture of Art Criticism

Shows what happens when discussions concerning situatedness and site-specificity enter the writing of art criticism. This title explores the sites such as the material, emotional, political and conceptual settings of the artwork's construction, exhibition and documentation, as well as those remembered, dreamed and imagined.

Gordon Matta-Clark: Art, Architecture and the Attack on Modernism

Known for his brutal and spectacular building cuts, Gordon Matta-Clark's oeuvre is unique in the history of American art. This book considers the broad range of Matta-Clark's ephemeral practice, from montage to actual interventions and from performance art and installation to drawing, film and video.

The Delirious Museum: A Journey from the Louvre to Las Vegas

Presents a view of the idea of the museum in the twenty-first century, re-imagining the possibilities for museums and their displays. This work examines the blurred boundaries between museums and the cities around them.

Intervention Architecture: Buildings for Change

Across a range of settings - from dry river valleys of Yemen to tropical high-rise fabric of Singapore - projects selected for 10th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture match the design with a deep commitment to place. This text explores issues raised by the projects, from ecological urbanism to cosmopolitanism in architecture.

Art and Architecture: a Place Between

There have been some developments in the nature of collaboration between artists and architects and in the approaches taken by artists making work intended for public spaces. This book explores the proliferation of pioneering work by both artists and architects that seeks to blur traditional boundaries between the two fields.

Understanding Architecture: Styles and Structures from the Pyramids to Post Modernism

It frames contemporary architecture with reference to the pioneering work of Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers. Understanding Architecture is an essential reference for all students and practitioners as well as a rewarding information source.