John Pawson is an English architect who is often considered a modernist and especially a minimalist. But what interests me about the architect and his works is that he expresses a distinguished idea about architecture, like other great architects. — references: video: John Pawson on making calm, simple spaces
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AHN002 Name: House at 47 Hang Bac street City: Hanoi Program: Residential Theme: Description The house at 47 Hang Bac street is about 150 years old. It was built around 1880s and has an area of 206 m2. The house is comprised of 3 main segments, each possesses a light well. Currently the house accommodates 5 […]
AHN001 Name: Hanoi Museum City: Hanoi Program: Cultural Theme: Description The Museum of Hanoi (Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Hà Nội) is located in Nam Từ Liêm district of Hanoi, Vietnam. The museum displays artifacts from Hanoi’s 1000-year history and the history, culture, heritage, and architecture of Vietnam. It showcases over 50,000 artifacts in a total area of nearly 54,000 square meters. Thoughts Hanoi […]
CONTENTS Preface Nature by another Name: Coming to Terms with Terms Part I: Constant Determinants of an Ecological Aesthetic Introduction: Three Constant Themes A Growing Respect for Traditional Knowledge The Technological Imperative Facing up to an Urban Future Conclusion: A State of Flux Part II: Leading the Green Evolution Introduction: Reconfiguring the Modern Project Charles […]
Contents List of illustration credits ix List of contributors xi Preface xv Foreword xvii Nezar AlSayyad Introduction 1 Lindsay Asquith and Marcel Vellinga Part I The vernacular as process 21 1 Building tradition: control and authority in vernacular architecture 23 Simon J. Bronner 2 Endorsing indigenous knowledge: the role of masons and apprenticeship in sustaining […]
Contents 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ali Sayigh 2 Contested Legacies: […]
Contents Dedication …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………vii Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..ix Foreword: on the study of ‘regional architecture’ …………………………………………………………………..xi Preface – Regionalism reconsidered…………………………………………………………………………………….xiii List of illustrations……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xvii Section One Exploring the Nature of Place …………………………………………………………………………..1 1 An interpretive model for assessing regional identity amidst change ……………………………………. 3 2 Architecture as cultural production………………………………………………………………………………. 22 Section Two From Regional Theory to a Situated Regional […]
CONTENT Pierre Clément Hanoï : mise en perspective du Cahier et de l’Exposition Pierre Clément Les leçons de Hanoï Nguyen Quoc Thong Histoire de Hanoï : la ville en ses quartiers Le site de l’envol du dragon : de la terre née des eaux Céline Pierdet Le delta du Tonkin Tran Quoc Vuong Hanoï dans […]
Chengde, or Jehol, is a city in Hubei province in China. It used to be the summer residence for the emperors of the Qing dynasty. This place, along with ancient traditional Chinese philosphy of landscaping, had contributed to the gardening principles of the Qing Landscape Enterprise. reference: “Qing conceptions about space and time, representation of […]