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Philip Jodidio Building a new Millennium ENPráce 57 architektov súčasnosti, ktorí určujú najnovšie trendy v architektúre a bytovom dizajne... The first in a series of bi-annual surveys of architectural practice Building a New Millennium is an essential reference tool for anyone with a passion for up-to-the-minute buildings and design. The work of 57 architects is represented, with exhaustive photos, plans and commentary on 83 buildings. The selection…
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C.R. Stecyk Bunker Spreckels ENThe tale of Bunker Spreckels (1949–1977) reads like a pitch for a movie to rival Boogie Nights: The stepson of Clark Gable is a privileged Los Angeles party boy who is heir to a multimillion dollar fortune; passionate about surfing, martial arts, guns, and women, he lives the life of a debauched international jet-setter before succumbing to his excesses at the tender age of 27. Born Adolph B. Spreckels III, heir to…
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Genoa Caldwell Burton Holmes Travelogues ENIt was the Belle Époque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, when Burton Holmes (1870–1958) began a lifelong journey to bring the world home. From the grand boulevards of Paris to China’s Great Wall, from the construction of the Panama canal to the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Holmes delighted in finding “the beautiful way around the world” and made a…
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Genoa Caldwell Burton Holmes: TraveloguesIt was the Belle Epoque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, when Burton Holmes (1870-1958) began a lifelong journey to bring the world home.From the grand boulevards of ...
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Werner Oechslin Byrne: Six Books of Euclid ENElemental Ancient Greek mathematics meet modernist design Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th-century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the color scheme for his 1847 edition of Euclid's mathematical and geometric treatise Elements. Byrne's idea was to use color to make learning easier and diffuse permanent knowledge. The result has been described as one of the…
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Philip Jodidio Cabins ENEver since Henry David Thoreau’s described his two years, two months, and two days of cabin existence at Walden Pond, Massachusetts in Walden, or, Life in the Woods (1854), the idea of a refuge dwelling has seduced the modern psyche. In the past decade, as our material existence and environmental footprint has grown exponentially, architects around the globe have become particularly interested in the possibilities…
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Philip Jodidio CabinsEver since Henry David Thoreau's described his two years, two months, and two days of refuge existence at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, in Walden, or, Life in the Woods (1854), the idea of a cabin dwelling has seduced the modern psyche...
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Philip Jodidio Calatrava CZSantiago Calatrava je nejen jeden z nejvýznamnějších světových architektů, ale také konstruktér, sochař a malíř. Pověst nepřekonatelného architekta a stavitele stvrdil četnými projekty mostů po celém světě. Projekty z poslední doby - olympijský stadion v Athénách nebo nová železniční stanice v belgickém Lutychu, si vybudoval jméno v Evropě. Jeho práce na poli architektury úzce souvisí s kresbami lidského těla a se…
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Philip Jodidio CalatravaSantiago Calatrava is a world-renowned architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic Sports Complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering ...
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Jim Heimann California CrazyWhether it’s flinging frozen rats or parading in holly evergreens, racing snails or carrying wives, human beings have long displayed their creativity in wild, odd, and sometimes just wonderful rituals and competitions....
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Gilles Lambert Caravaggio CZCaravaggio je najtajomnejším a podľa mnohých aj najrevolučnejším maliarom v dejinách umenia. Jeho majstrovstvo poburovalo spoločnosť rovnako ako jeho osobný život. Kvalitné reprodukcie a pútavý text knihy približuje život a dielo tohoto rozporuplného umelca.
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Sebastian Schütze Caravaggio ENA Revolution in Painting The mysterious genius who transformed European art Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Today, he is considered one of the greatest…
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Sebastian Schütze Caravaggio. The Complete Works ENThe complete œuvre of the dark genius who revolutionized European painting — and remains as controversial 400 years after his death Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was a legend even in his own lifetime. Celebrated by some for his naturalism and his revolutionary pictorial inventions, he was considered by others to have destroyed painting. Few other artists have provoked…
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Daniel Alexander Ross Cars Now! ENAs emerging technologies promise to revolutionize the car in coming years, we explore the full spectrum of vehicles in production today. Offering an unparalleled guide to today’s most stylish, innovative and intriguing cars, we go make by make, model by model, to capture a snapshot of a species evolving. Almost everyone alive uses or interacts with automobiles daily. From affordable off-road workhorses to eye…
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Tony Thacker Cars of the 50s ENFor much of the world, the 1950s were a drab decade of rebuilding after the devastation of World War II. In stark contrast, the United States economy was booming, and colorful tract housing developments were flourishing across the country. And as cars became a key part of this new lifestyle, they were saturated with color too. The war sparked a technology boom in the U.S., giving automakers as well as a growing band…
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F. X. Feeney Cary Grant ENHe’s the most self-invented man in movies, this side of Charlie Chaplin. Like Chaplin, Cary Grant grew up poor, trained as an acrobat, and brims with confidence, romance, and a spirit of merry larceny—he just has a better tailor. His impeccable timing and light, cat burglar’s touch at stealing women’s hearts were perfect for the jaunty heroics and romantic farce of such classic films as An Affair to Remember,…
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Elizabeth A.T. Smith Case Study HousesThe Case Study Houses program (1945-1966) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the ...
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Lee Lockwood Castro's Cuba ENOriginally published in 1967, Lockwood’s interviews and observations are now republished by TASCHEN alongside hundreds of photographs covering both the weeks Lockwood spent traveling with Castro and the years he documented Cuba’s transformation throughout the ’60s. From military encampments in the Sierra Maestra mountains to Havana street life and political rallies, many of these color images have never been…
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Walter Chandoha, Susan Michals CatsOn a winter's night in 1949 in New York City, young marketing student and budding photographer Walter Chandoha spotted a stray kitten in the snow, bundled it into his coat, and brought it home...
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Frédéric Chaubin CCCPElected the architectural book of the year by the International Artbook and Film Festival in Perpignan, France, Frédéric Chaubin’s Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed explores 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics. Each of these structures expresses what Chaubin considers the fourth age of Soviet architecture, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the 1920s and 1950s,…
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Ingo F. Walther, Rainer Metzger Chagall CZMarc Chagall, básnik, rojko, exot – po celý jeho dlhý život bol označovaný ako podivín a človek stojaci stranou. Ako Žid, opovrhujúci starým zákonom vytvárať obrazy, ako Rus, ktorý prekonal tichú skromnosť, ako syn chudobných rodičov, ako človek, ktorý sa etabloval v mondénnej elegancii umeleckých salónov, sa stal Chagall akýmsi pútnikom medzi rozdielnymi svetmi. Robil všetko pre to, aby si zachoval imidž…
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