Architects category: 3350 books

Jane Jacobs is universally recognized as one of the key figures in American urbanism. The author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, she uncovered the complex and intertwined physical and social fabric of the city and excoriated the urban renewal policies of the 1950s. As the legend goes,...

Richard Rogers was born in Florence in 1933. He was educated in the UK and then at the Yale School of Architecture, where he met Norman Foster. Alongside his partners, he has been responsible for some of the most radical designs of the twentieth century, including the Pompidou Centre, the Millennium...

Clarence S. Stein (1882–1975) was an architect, housing visionary, regionalist, policymaker, and colleague of some of the most influential public figures of the early to mid-twentieth century, including Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye. Kristin E. Larsen's biography of Stein comprehensively examines...

This is the story of Bill Mitchell’s life – his career and his body of work from hospital at an early age to a life of art with commissions offered 80 years later. It describes gaining commissions, experiments with materials and methods and his determination to produce magnificent works of art....

First biography of the remarkable and hugely admired artist, Joseph Pike. ** ** Author aided by artist’s family including his grandson, Hugh Salmon, (founder of www.Lovereading.co.uk), giving access to personal details and illustrations. ** ** Joseph Pike has been described...

At the heart of ''And One Fine Morning'' lies the story of the heart attack, failed recovery and death of  the author's father, in the mid-1950s, when he was at the height of his career as one of Minnesota's most successful modernist architects. It is also the story of the ''Minnesota Irish''...

This unusual biography of a remarkable New Zealand artist and arts tutor, offers a view of life in remote New Zealand amongst Maori during the 1920s. Be guiled by the fascinating story of an eccentric woman who would not be told, and therefore achieved much. Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit (Theresa...

「就算規模很小，我也想要做出可以對全世界引以為傲的建築。」 「這就是我成為建築師的起點。」 第一次看到法蘭克．洛伊．萊特的舊帝國飯店而感動，第一次接觸科比意而感到景仰，第一次看到帕德嫩神廟的震撼，對建築有了堅定不移的信仰與熱愛。 建築當前，他是一名虔誠的信徒；人生當下，他熱愛整個世界和生命。 旅行，造就了一個建築家；夢想，扭轉了一個人的命運。 從一個高中畢業，沒有念過大學，沒有受過專業訓練的人，如何成為世界知名的建築師？如何拿到一座又一座的獎項？實踐夢想的精力來源究竟是什麼？ 我們往往觀視成功\者只看到光輝亮麗的一面，而忘了他們背後無止盡的付出與努力。在外人眼中，安藤忠雄是個嚴以律己，也嚴以待人的人，要工作室的實習生們走路八小時的路程回家，他覺得「『年輕』這個特質本身真的很棒。有體力，也有夢想」；當我們抱怨工作難找，薪資太低的時候，他卻淡定的說：「工作不是等來的，是自己創造出來的。」我們認為「科技始終來自於人性」，他卻偏偏覺得就是要「刻意不方便」，因為「當面親自和對方溝通，經常會找到度過難關的線索，讓工作進行得更順利。」諸如此類的特殊觀點，往往予人一種當頭棒喝、恍然大悟的感受。 本書且看安藤忠雄暢談自己的人生經驗，與孩提時代直到今日在世界各地工作的經過；亦看到他對建築的熱情與理想，乃至對社會和自然環境的關切與責任。本書字字珠璣的佳言錦句──獻給一百年後想要成為建築師的年輕人！ 【名家推薦】 ◎實踐大學建築設計系副教授...

Synopsis of Future Present This book, set against of the backdrop of his partners decline and death from AIDS, relates the review the author experienced of his life when confronted with this tragedy. It is told in anedotes, stories, and insights with his poems (18) and paintings (104) while...

This is a compilation of several autobiographical works and writings by some of history’s most famous actors. A table of contents is included.

Amid a childhood steeped in tragedy, murder, and abuse clouded by the familys alcoholism and inner demons, one boy, crowned with an innate gift imposed on him by the miracle of human creation, at the age of fourteen, separates himself from the family ignominies and to stave off poverty. He is determined...

Mitten im Saal - eine Geschichte über eine Probe des Tanztheaters Pina Bausch in Wuppertal, eine Geschichte über Pina Bausch von Andy Hagel. Vor vielen Jahren arbeitete ich am Tanztheater Pina Bausch in Wuppertal und war Ihr ein, zwei mal begegnet - Pina Bausch - der Grande Dame des Tanztheaters... Diese Erzählung schildert einen Augenblick im Leben von Pina Bausch. Ein Nachruf!

Most girls grow up fantasizing about the type of man they are going to marry and how their wedding will be, and they imagine things like the house with the white picket fence, two kids, and maybe a dog. No girl grows up dreaming about a man who will want to marry her, control her, and nearly kill her. However, the truth is that many girls end up doing just that.

Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART is a compelling hybrid of history, memoir, and performance theory. It tells the story of the interdisciplinary performance group PME-ART and their ongoing endeavour to make a new kind of highly collaborative theatre dedicated to the fragile but essential...