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  | | The Modern Architecture Symposia, 1962–1966 A Critical Edition by Joan Ockman, Nancy Eklund Later, Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Other Distribution Hardcover, 340 Pages, Published 2015 by Other Distribution ISBN-13: 978-0-300-20995-2, ISBN: 0-300-20995-9 "In a series of three symposia at Columbia University in the 1960s, leading scholars and critics gathered to re-examine the architecture of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s and assess its scope and significance anew. Chaired by Henry-Russell Hitchcock with the support of Philip Johnson, the Modern Architecture Symposia marked a pivotal moment in the reappraisal of early modern architecture and its historiography during the late modern period. ..." |
 | | Complexity and Contradiction at Fifty(1st Edition) Robert Venturi's "Gentle Manifesto": A Symposium by Robert Venturi, David Brownlee, Jean-Louis Cohen, Lee Ann Custer, Martino Stierli, Diane Harris, Andrew Leach, Mary Mcleod, Stanislaus Von Moos, Joan Ockman, Emmanuel Petit, Peter Fröhlicher, Stanley Tigerman, Sam Jacob, Stephen Kieran, Michael Meredith, Deborah Berke, Tamburelli Pier Paolo, James Timberlake, Vincent Scully, Peter Froehlicher, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Frã Hlicher Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2019 by The Museum Of Modern Art ISBN-13: 978-1-63345-062-2, ISBN: 1-63345-062-7 "Now available in its original edition along with critical commentary, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture is the founding text of postmodernism in architectureFirst published in 1966, Robert Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, widely considered the foundational text of postmodernism, has become an essential document in architectural theory and criticism.This new two-volume boxed set presents a facsimile of t ..." |
 | | Architecture School(1st Edition) Three Centuries of Educating Architects in North America (The MIT Press) by Joan Ockman, Rebecca Williamsonrebecca Williamson, Marleen Kay Davis, Brian Kelly, Michael J. Monti Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2012 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-01708-4, ISBN: 0-262-01708-3 "Rooted in the British apprenticeship system, the French Beaux-Arts, and the German polytechnical schools, architecture education in North America has had a unique history spanning almost three hundred years. Although architects in the United States and Canada began to identify themselves as professionals by the late eighteenth century, it was not until nearly a century late ..." |
 | | Architecture Criticism Ideology(1st Edition) Revisions, Volume 1 (Revisions, Papers in Architectural Theory & Criticism) by Joan Ockman, Chronicle Unknown, Princeton Architectural Press Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1996 by Princeton Architectural Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-910413-04-6, ISBN: 0-910413-04-5 "One of the most important collections of essays in architectural criticism published in the last decade, Architecture Criticism Ideology?sparked a debate on the context of the critique of ideology.??This book contains essays by Manfredo Tafuri, Frederic Jameson, Tomas?Llorens, Demetri Porphyrios, and Alan Colquhoun. The essays examine the?role of ideology in architectural criticism and politics, a subject that,?until now, has received l ..." |
 | | Architecture Culture 1943-1968 (Columbia Books of Architecture) by Joan Ockman, Edward Eigen, And Preservation Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 1993 by Rizzoli ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-1522-7, ISBN: 0-8478-1522-6 "Architecture Culture 1943-1968 is an anthology of seventy-four international documents with critical commentary. Both a sourcebook and a companion history of architecture, the volume traces the evolution of modern architecture from the midst of the Second World War to the student revolts of May '68. Many of the selections are from hard-to-find sources, and some are translated into English for the first time. Readers will discover a rich ..." |
 | | The Pragmatist Imagination(1st Edition) Thinking About Things in the Making by Joan Ockman Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-287-8, ISBN: 1-56898-287-9 "What would it mean today to think or to imagine, to design or to construct, in relation not to "things made" but to "things in the making"? This question, first posed by the philosopher William James, was the point of departure for "The Pragmatist Imagination." The volume brings together position statements, theoretical speculations, and critical commentary by 33 leading thinkers and makers from over a dozen disciplines. Based on the pr ..." |
 | | Architecture Culture 1943-1968 (Columbia books of architecture) by Joan Ockman, Edward Eigen Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 1993 by Rizzoli ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-1511-1, ISBN: 0-8478-1511-0 "Architecture Culture 1943-1968 is an anthology of seventy-four international documents with critical commentary. Both a sourcebook and a companion history of architecture, the volume traces the evolution of modern architecture from the midst of the Second World War to the student revolts of May '68. Many of the selections are from hard-to-find sources, and some are translated into English for the first time. Readers will discover a rich ..." |
 | | The Architecture of the City(Reprint) (Oppositions Books) by Aldo Rossi, Diane Ghirardo, Joan Ockman, Peter Eisenman Paperback, 202 Pages, Published 1984 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-68043-1, ISBN: 0-262-68043-2 "Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential theorists writing today. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position ..." |
 | | Ira Rakatansky As Modern As Tomorrow. by Lynnette Widder, Joan Ockman, John Caserta, Ira Rakatansky Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2010 by William Stout Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-9819667-0-0, ISBN: 0-9819667-0-5 "A former student of Gropius and Breuer, Rakatanski's innovative brand of mid-century modernism blew a fresh breeze through staid colonial New England and has yet to lose its momentum. His office, established in 1946, has practiced into the 21st century, and this book captures the full range of his residential, religious, and commercial projects. Original technical drawings, original photography from media coverage, as well as stunning c ..." |
 | | Information Exchange How Cities Renew, Rebuild and Remember by Zoe Ryan, Raymond Gastil, Ms Diana Balmori, Jon Calame, Alexander Garvin, Arnold Hamilton, Hugh Hardy, Laurie Hawkinson, Nadim Karam, Jack Money, Ferhad Mulabegovic, Dr Justin O'connor, Sherida Paulsen, Yoshiko Sato, Till Schneider, Joan Ockman, Lawrence Vale, Angus Gavin, John King Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2003 by Van Alen Institute ISBN-13: 978-0-9725535-2-0, ISBN: 0-9725535-2-5 "After the attacks on the World Trade Center, the question of how cities renew, rebuild, and remember has become ever more pertinent. By placing the event within a global, cultural, and historical context, and examining the ways in which cities around the world have rebuilt in the wake of natural and man-made disasters, Van Alen Institute offers some possible answers to the question. Information Exchange explores a range of temporary and ..." |
 | | Rafael Viñoly(1st Edition) by Joan Ockman, Rafael Vinoly, Roman Vinoly, Princeton Architectural Press, Lars Muller Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-373-8, ISBN: 1-56898-373-5 "Rafael Viñoly is arguably our most consummate practitioner of architecture; Herbert Muschamp of the New York Times calls him "the most elegant architect now practicing in the United States," one whose powerful buildings "quicken your awareness of the present and its untapped possibilities." In a breathtaking list of major commissions, Viñoly has taken projects of an often conventional nature-conference centers, recital halls, exhibit ..." |
 | | Architecture Production and Reproduction (Revisions, Volume 2) by Beatriz Colomina, Princeton Architectural Press, Chronicle Unknown Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1988 by Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-0-910413-20-6, ISBN: 0-910413-20-7 |
 | | The Hand and the Soul Aesthetics and Ethics in Architecture and Art by Sanda Iliescu, Richard Shusterman, Joan Ockman, Howard Singerman, Robin Dripps, Nathaniel Coleman, Thomas Berding, Steven A. Moore, William Sherman, Timothy Beatley Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Virginia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-2760-2, ISBN: 0-8139-2760-9 "The essays in The Hand and the Soul explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process--a concern for the environment or for social justice--relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. The book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Yet the majority of contributors, among them historians, theorists, as well practicing designers an ..." |
 | | Adventures in Modernism(1st Edition) Thinking with Marshall Berman by Jennifer Corby, Jamie Aroosi, Marshall Berman, Todd Gitlin, Marta Gutman, Owen Hatherley, Esther Leslie, Andy Merrifield, Ali Mirsepassi, Joan Ockman, Robert Snyder Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2016 by Terreform ISBN-13: 978-0-9960041-6-9, ISBN: 0-9960041-6-5 "Marshall Berman was a political theorist, urbanist, and public intellectual who gave generations a way to think about what it means to be modern. He offered a vision of Marx as a pre-eminent modernist and humanist, which served as a touchstone for his exploration into the complexity of our modern world and our lives. Marshall seamlessly wove together the ideas of Dostoevsky and Kurtis Blow, the experiences of St. Petersburg and the Sout ..." |
 | | The Letters of Colin Rowe Five Decades of Correspondence by Rowe Colin, Daniel Naegele, Anthony Earley, Anthony Eardley, Joan Ockman Hardcover, 560 Pages, Published 2015 by Artifice Books On Architecture ISBN-13: 978-1-908967-53-4, ISBN: 1-908967-53-6 "Legendary architect, historian and critic, Colin Rowe taught Architecture and Urban Design at Liverpool University, the University of Texas at Austin, Cambridge University and for another 30 years at Cornell. From the late 1940s through to the early 1960s he wrote a uniquely perceptive series of articles on architecture that remains seminal to the discipline today. His books include The Mathematics of the Ideal villa and Other Essays, T ..." |
 | | Architecture Against the Post-Political(1st Edition) Essays in Reclaiming the Critical Project by Nadir Lahiji, Joan Ockman Hardcover, 252 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-72537-8, ISBN: 0-415-72537-2 " Written by a team of renowned contributors and carefully edited to address the themes laid out by the editors in their introduction, the book includes theoretical issues concerning the questions of aesthetics and politics and addresses city and urban strategies within the general critique of the "post-political". By focusing on specific case studies from Warsaw, Barcelona, Dubai, Tokyo and many more the book consolidates the contributi ..." |
 | | Architecture Against the Post-Political(1st Edition) Essays in Reclaiming the Critical Project by Nadir Lahiji, Joan Ockman Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-72538-5, ISBN: 0-415-72538-0 " Written by a team of renowned contributors and carefully edited to address the themes laid out by the editors in their introduction, the book includes theoretical issues concerning the questions of aesthetics and politics and addresses city and urban strategies within the general critique of the "post-political". By focusing on specific case studies from Warsaw, Barcelona, Dubai, Tokyo and many more the book consolidates the contributi ..." |
 | | Donogoo-Tonka or the Miracles of Science(Reprint) A Cinematographic Tale (Forum Project Publications) by Jules Romains, Brian Evenson, Joan Ockman Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2012 by Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61689-107-7, ISBN: 1-61689-107-6 "Donogoo-Tonka or the Miracles of Science is a satirical, parable like novel (or "cinematic novel" as referred to by author) published in 1920 by an important French modernist figure, Jules Romains. It has never been translated into English. The story begins with a famous geographer facing the embarrassment of being denied membership in the Academy of Sciences after it is discovered that his best known work contains a map of South Americ ..." |
 | | The Hand and the Soul Aesthetics and Ethics in Architecture and Art by Sanda Iliescu, Richard Shusterman, Joan Ockman, Howard Singerman, Robin Dripps, Nathaniel Coleman, Thomas Berding, Steven A. Moore, William Sherman, Timothy Beatley Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Virginia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-2772-5, ISBN: 0-8139-2772-2 "The essays in The Hand and the Soul explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process--a concern for the environment or for social justice--relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. The book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Yet the majority of contributors, among them historians, theorists, as well practicing designers an ..." |
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