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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of John Andrews, world-famous Australian architect. In the mid-1960s, when only 29, Andrews was commissioned to design Scarborough College at Toronto University. One of the world’s first ‘megastructures’, it was an important experiment in urban and educational planning. Andrews also designed the Canadian National Tower in Toronto, which was the tallest freestanding structure in the world at the time it was built. Another of...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The architect Peter Zumthor lives and works in the remote village of Haldenstein in the Swiss Kanton of Graubünden. Here, keeping the politics of architecture at a comfortable distance, Zumthor enjoys the status of "world-class" architect for his unique modernist buildings. They can be found in many parts of Europe, soon to be followed by a public building in Los Angeles, where he is in charge of a new master plan for LACMA. Visiting him in his studio,...
Publisher
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion Mahony Griffin passed the architectural licensure exam in 1898 and created exquisite drawings that buoyed the reputation of Frank Lloyd Wright. Her story is one of the many told in The Women Who Changed Architecture, which sets the record straight on the transformative impact women have made...
4) Airports
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"As the world becomes more of a global community, air travel between states and countries is commonplace. Airports are playing an increasingly integral part of infrastructure in the United States and around the world. Through accessible text, readers travel to a time when airplanes landed on grassy fields, then move through the years to futuristic terminals featuring innovative technology. This captivating book takes a closer look at the airport industry...
5) Zaha Hadid
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, surrounded by music. She was a curious and confident child who designed her own modernist bedroom at nine years old. As a young woman studying at University in Beirut, she was described as the most outstanding pupil the teacher had ever met. With her ... vision and belief in the power of architecture, she founded her own firm and designed [world-famous] buildings ... including the London 2012 Olympic Aquatic Centre"--Publisher...
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The architecture of the 20th century is distinguished by an astonishing diversity. Just as the clash of aesthetic and commercial ambitions nevertheless produced many a happy symbiosis, so the purist and the expressive, the monumental and the picturesque came face to face. From lofty "starchitects" to lesser-known names around the world, this chronological overview takes you to the heart of the ideas, trends, and transitions that defined the 1900s....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Chicago is famous for its role in fostering modern architecture, owing to the legacy of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright in the late 1900s, and Mies van der Rohe in the mid-20th Century. Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang, gave the epithet "Chicago School" a new meaning. Gang, who started her architectural practice in Chicago in 1997, completed Aqua, an 82-story apartment tower, overlooking the city's Millennium Park in 2009. She differentiated...
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"Zaha Hadid creci̤ en Bagdad, Irak, rodeada de m͠sica. Era una nįa curiosa y confiada, que disę̤ su propio dormitorio modernista a los nueve ąos. Cuando era una mujer joven que estudiaba en la Universidad de Beirut, se la describi̤ como la alumna m̀s destacada que la maestra hab̕a conocido. Con su visi̤n espectacular y su creencia en el poder de la arquitectura, fund̤ su propia firma y disę̤ algunos de los edificios m̀s destacados del...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Born in Manchester, England, on the wrong side of the tracks, Norman Foster rose from a humble working class background to become one of the premier modern architects of our time. Beautifully filmed in over ten countries and homing in on his most iconic works, including London's Swiss Re Tower, New York's Hearst Building, Berlin's Reichstag, Beijing Airport's International Terminal and the breathtaking Millau Viaduct, over the Gorges du Tarn in France,...
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