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How printed, mass-produced books on architecture shaped knowledge of the discipline itself
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Examining the crossovers between book culture and building culture makes the axes visible along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Dissecting a breadth of architectural books through five conceptual tools―texture, surface, rhythm, structure and scale―author and architect André Tavares analyzes the material quality of books in order to assess their dialogue with architectural knowledge at large. The detailed history of Sigfried Giedion’s Befreites Wohnen and the two incarnations of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park and Sydenham provide a background that confront us not only with the rise of the industrialized book but also with the configuration of the book as a unique visual device. Richly illustrated with samples from the library of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the volume discusses a wide range of publications by several authors, including Vitruvius, William Morris, Gottfried Semper and Le Corbusier.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. How printed, mass-produced books on architecture shaped knowledge of the discipline itself. Examining the crossovers between book culture and building culture makes the axes visible along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Dissecting a breadth of architectural books through five conceptual tools-texture, surface, rhythm, structure and scale-author and architect Andre Tavares analyzes the material quality of books in order to assess their dialogue with architectural knowledge at large. The detailed history of Sigfried Giedion's Befreites Wohnen and the two incarnations of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park and Sydenham provide a background that confront us not only with the rise of the industrialized book but also with the configuration of the book as a unique visual device. Richly illustrated with samples from the library of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the volume discusses a wide range of publications by several authors, including Vitruvius, William Morris, Gottfried Semper and Le Corbusier. This book was published in conjunction with Canadian Centre for Architecture. AUTHOR: Andre Tavares is an architect and the founder of Dafne Editora, a publishing company based in Porto. He was chief co-curator of the 2016 Lisbon Architecture Triennale. His other books on architecture include Vitruvius without Text (gta publishers, 2022) and Architecture Follows Fish (MIT Press, 2024). SELLING POINTS: . A history of the design and production of architectural books, from early color printing in 19th-century books on the Crystal Palace to Sigfried Giedion's Befreites Wohnen and beyond. . Now back in print! This title previously appeared on our publisher backlist and we are thrilled to have it on our list for this season. Chapters include dedicated case studies and a cross-sectional view of book components, from text and texture to the anatomy of a spread. . Illustrated with archival images from books in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Architecture. 346 illustrations Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783037787694
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