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Discover the gentler face of modernism in this introduction to Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect who defied the slick geometries set by the International Style to prioritize soft, poetic, undulating forms. Whether a villa, a sauna, or a lamp design, Aalto's organic structures championed environmentally sound and progressive design with a deep-rooted sense of humanity and home.

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David Adjaye is one of the worlds most exciting and accomplished architects, and has built many highly acclaimed houses and public buildings in the UK and USA. This title documents Adjaye's tribute to African metropolitan architecture.

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The African continent contains some of the world's most vibrant culture and creativity, and yet its buildings - vernacular, colonial or contemporary - have rarely engaged the interest of Western architects. This seven-volume work is suitable for all those interested in the burgeoning continent.

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Brings together the early works of Sir David Adjaye, one of the most important architects at work in the world today.

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Along with a selection of thirty projects illustrated by photographs, this book reveals the capacity of the Arab Engineering Bureau to respect tradition and at the same time espouse the future of Qatar, which is involved in preparations for the 2022 World Cup, and the economic, social and environmental development plan Qatar National Vision 2030.

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Discover the master of Modernist simplicity in this overview of Tadao Ando's entire career. Following the architect from his beginnings in 1975 to today, this updated tribute profiles each structure through fresh photographs and drawings, and includes such new projects as the He Art Museum in Foshan, China, and the Bourse de Commerce in Paris.

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Discover the master of Modernist simplicity, Tadao Ando. Bringing our XXL-sized tribute to a smaller, more convenient format, this collection spans the architect's entire career-including new projects like the Shanghai Poly Grand Theater and the Roberto Garza Sada Center in Monterrey, Mexico-and profiles each structure through photographs and architectural drawings.

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An architectural journey through the cityscapes and buildings of Andrew Brombergs career to date, exploring the influences of nature and social and urban development on his projects and ideas about architecture.

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A defining form-giver of the 20th century, Marcel Breuer is a modernist locus classicus. From his landmark tubular furniture to "binuclear" housing, his projects across Europe and the United States are case studies in the balance of texture, color, and form, and the elegant symbiosis of local and global, big and small, rough and smooth.

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A major monograph on the artist widely regarded as the 16th centurys greatest Netherlandish painter, published to mark the 450th anniversary of his death.

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The second book in the My Life as an Architect series, looking at the buildings that have shaped the practice and outlook of the celebrated Korean architect Byoung Cho.

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Through buildings of culture, science, and faith, and across his many famous bridges, explore the neofuturistic structures of Santiago Calatrava. This compact introduction explores the architect's unique fusion of organic forms, deft engineering, and dramatic, aerodynamic impact.

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"A showcase of homes designed by Grant Kirkpatrick, a native son of Southern California. His work evokes a luxurious and idyllic lifestyle through a welcoming modernism that incorporates nature. More than just houses, these homes are personal sanctuaries for their residents as well as individual interpretations of the California Dream"--

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Ideas, integrity, and pure spatial experience combine in the works of David Chipperfield, one of the most understated architectural maestros of our time. From Berlin to Beirut, traverse Chipperfields most striking projects to discover how his drive to reject starchitecture and instead expose the remarkable concealed in ordinariness has put...

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An exclusive look at the inner-workings of the Los Angeles-based architectural practice Clive Wilkinson Architects, explaining an innovative approach to workplace design.

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A study of the work of Denis Lasdun, this volume examines the ideas and guiding myths behind Lasdun's forms and shows how his architecture fits into both the British and international modern movements, and how it is indebted to classical and earlier traditions.

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Sir Denys Lasdun is one of Britain's most eminent living architects, whose career spans the entire period of modernism in British architecture. This is the first full-length critical study of Lasdun, whose best-known work is London's National Theatre.