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China's New Architecture

In recent years, a refreshingly unconventional architectural scene - outside the mainstream - has established itself in China. Its representatives, many of whom were trained in the West, are known for their sensitive handling of space, light, and material, and by their engagement with context and their own tradition. Since Wang Shu, one of the most important representatives of the profession, won the Pritzker Prize, international professionals have become more aware of China's new architecture. Twenty fascinating examples of different building typologies - many with social relevance - as well as an introductory essay illustrate current building activities and provide an insight into the cultural and architectonic influences.

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Fundamental Concepts of Architecture (eBook, PDF)

Architecture is an experience - with the intellect and with all our senses, in motion, and in use. But in order to actually discuss and assess it with relevance, a clarification of terms is essential in order to avoid the vagueness that often prevails when talking about architecture.This dictionary provides a vocabulary that allows the architecture discourse to go beyond the declaration of constructive relationships or the description of architectonic forms in familiar terms like "roof," "base," "wall," and "axis" or "proportion". The point is to describe the experience of architecture: how exactly does it contribute to the experience of a situation? For instance, the staging of an entrance situation, or the layout and visitor routes through a museum.From "context," through "guidance," "readability," "patina," "spatial structure," "symmetry" and "tectonics," to "width" (and "narrowness") or "window," the most important terms in architectural language are explained precisely and in detail.

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Building Images

Formensprache konstruktivistischer ArchitekturChristine Erhard (geb. 1969 in Crailsheim, lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf) setzt sich in fotografischen Arbeiten mit der Abbildungsgeschichte von Architektur, namentlich der des Neuen Bauens, des Konstruktivismus und des Brutalismus auseinander. Ar-chivbesuche sind Ausgangspunkte für ihre Bildfindungen. Überwiegend greift sie auf Fotografien zurück, die architektonische Räume oder Stadtlandschaften zeigen. In Ausstellungen werden Erhards Bilder mit installativen Anordnungen in den realen Raum zurückgeführt und so in einer Dialektik von Bild und Raum erfahrbar gemacht. Das fotografische Bild wird in diesen Installationen zum Körper, der zwischen flächi-gem Ornament, räumlichem Illusionismus und Skulptur changiert.Die umfangreiche Monografie zeigt die wichtigsten Werke und neue Arbeiten der Künstlerin. Die Texte schrieben Christin Müller und Prof. Dr. Georg Imdahl.The Formal Vocabulary of Constructivist Architecture The photographer Christine Erhard's (b. Crailsheim, 1969; lives and works in Düssel-dorf) work delves into the history of the depiction of architecture, and specifically of early-twentieth-century German modernism and constructivist and brutalist structures. Her compositions are inspired by archival research, in which she unearths photographs that typically show architectonic spaces, modernist buildings, or cityscapes. In exhibi-tions, Erhard arranges her pictures in installations that transpose them back into three dimensions, for a vivid experience of the dialectical interplay between depiction and physical space. The photographic image emerges in these installations as a body hovering between flat ornament, the illusion of depth, and sculptural presence.The extensive monograph gathers the artist's most important works as well as new pieces. With essays by Christin Müller and Prof. Dr. Georg Imdahl.

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