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A groundbreaking global survey of the finest mid-20th-century homes - one of the most popular styles of our time. A fascinating collection of more than 400 of the world's most glamorous homes from more than 290 architects, the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses showcases work by such icons as Marcel Breuer, Richard Neutra, Alvar Aalto, and Oscar Niemeyer alongside extraordinary but virtually unknown houses in Australia, Africa, and Asia. A thoroughly researched, comprehensive appraisal, this book is a must-have for all design aficionados, Mid-Century Modern collectors, and readers looking for inspiration for their own homes.

Midcentury modern (Architecture) --- Architecture, Domestic --- Design --- History

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Staggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous—this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival. In 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed. Specifically, a town plan was prescribed to fortify the city from obscurity and disorder. With the proverbial handshake, Dubai's ruler hired British architect John Harris to design Dubai's strategy for capturing the world's attention—and then its investments. Showpiece City recounts the story of how Harris and other hired professionals planned Dubai's spectacular transformation through the 1970s. Drawing on exclusive interviews, private archives, dog-eared photographs, and previously overlooked government documents, Todd Reisz reveals the braggadocio and persistence that sold Dubai as a profitable business plan. Architecture made that plan something to behold. Reisz highlights initial architectural achievements—including the city's first hospital, national bank, and skyscraper—designed as showpieces to proclaim Dubai's place on the world stage. Reisz explores the overlooked history of a skyline that did not simply rise from the sands. In the city's earliest modern architecture, he finds the foundations of an urban survival strategy of debt-wielding brinkmanship and constant pitch making. Dubai became a testing ground for the global city—and prefigured how urbanization now happens everywhere.

Environmental planning --- urban planning --- Harris, John R. --- Dubai --- Architecture --- Harris, John R., --- Architecture. --- Dubai. --- Expertise. --- John R. Harris. --- Modern architecture. --- Post-colonial urbanism. --- Trucial States. --- United Arab Emirates. --- Urban planning. ---  Modernization.

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The long-anticipated monograph on OMA New York by Shohei Shigematsu and Jason Long is sure to be the design and architecture book of the season. Presenting more than 20 radical architectural projects from a new generation of the firm, this mammoth volume is the first compendium by OMA, since Content and Rem Koolhaas’s S, M, L, XL. Well into its fourth decade, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by Rem Koolhaas in 1975, remains one of the most influential and successful practices of its kind. OMA describes itself as “a firm operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism that applies architectural thinking to domains beyond.” OMA New York, has grown from an American outpost to a full-fledged operation with its own attitudes, contributing to the evolution of the globally acclaimed office. Through a diversity of projects, the firm has transformed our understanding of the city and our evolving relationship with art, fashion, food, sustainability, and other quintessentially twenty-first-century preoccupations The works presented here elaborate on OMA’s philosophy even as they expand its portfolio geographically. Featured projects (led by partners Shohei Shigematsu and Jason Long) include residential skyscrapers in New York, Miami, and San Francisco, mixed-use developments in cities from Tokyo to Houston, and projects like 11th Street Bridge Park in the public realm, alongside more intimate spaces such as the studio for renowned Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Permanent structures, such as Milstein Hall at Cornell University, the new galleries of Quebec’s Musée National des Beaux-Arts, a cultural forum and neighborhood for Faena in Miami, and the expansion of museums such as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo and the New Museum in Manhattan, contrast vividly with temporary interventions such as the Manus x Machina exhibition at the Met Costume Institute and the sculptural installation of soaring concrete columns for An Occupation of Loss. In between projects are dialogues with leading policy makers, museum directors, artists, fashion designers, musicians, chefs, and curators—Christopher Hawthorne, Lisa Phillips and Massimiliano Gioni, Taryn Simon, Iris van Herpen, Virgil Abloh, David Byrne, Alice Waters, and Cecilia Alemani—who provide insight onto areas of the firm’s interests and preoccupations beyond the realm of architecture.

Architecture, Modern --- Office for Metropolitan Architecture --- 72.07 --- OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) --- Architectuur ; 1ste helft 21ste eeuw ; OMA --- Modern architecture --- Architecture --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- History --- Office for Metropolitan Architecture. --- OMA --- Office of Metropolitan Architecture --- O.M.A. --- O.M.A./Koolhaas --- OMA/AMO Rem Koolhaas --- Koolhaas, Rem

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Modernist fans will want to dive right into the pages of this guide to remarkable buildings designed by famous architects - from Alvar Aalto to Charlie Zehnder. The 130 unique structures included here span the globe and cover the full spectrum of modernist principles from Brutalist to Bauhaus. Author Stefi Orazi has chosen the buildings because they are all open for visiting, with some even available for overnight stays. Full-color photography of the exterior and interiors highlight incredible details such as the bright red drum fireplace in Giancarlo de Carlo's Ca - Romanino in Urbino, Italy, or the constructivist-like staircase in Renaat Braem's house and studio in Antwerp, Belgium. Each building is accompanied by informative text which offers visitor information and insights into its history. Whether you're looking for a unique holiday experience or a global overview of Modernist architecture, Modernist Escapes stylishly documents these unforgettable spaces.

Architecture, Modern --- Architecture, Domestic --- Dwellings --- Modern movement (Architecture) --- Architecture and photography. --- 728.5 --- Modernism (Architecture) --- Modernist architecture --- International style (Architecture) --- Domiciles --- Homes --- Houses --- One-family houses --- Residences --- Residential buildings --- Single-family homes --- Buildings --- House-raising parties --- Household ecology --- Housing --- Photography and architecture --- Photography --- Architecture, Rural --- Domestic architecture --- Home design --- Rural architecture --- Villas --- Architecture --- Modern architecture --- Woningbouw ; hotels, logementen, herbergen --- Architecture and photography --- Modernistische architectuur ; waar men kan logeren --- Architecture domestique --- Mouvement moderne (architecture) --- History

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For several decades, 20th century architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time ? creating an architecture oscillating between tradition and avantgarde.Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brises-soleils and a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces are characteristic of an airy, often colorful architecture well-suited to life in the tropics. New photographs and drawings were specially prepared for this publication. A biographical survey portraits the 40 most important Cuban architects of the era.

72.03 --- 72.036 --- 71.036 --- Cuba --- República de Cuba --- Architectuurgeschiedenis --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- 20ste eeuw (stedenbouw) --- Twintigste eeuw (stedenbouw) --- Architecture --- 72.038(729.1) --- 72.037(729.1) --- Architectuur ; modernisme --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; Cuba --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 ; Cuba --- Architectuur ; modernisme ; Cuba ; 20ste eeuw --- Histoire --- Midcentury modern (Architecture) --- Architecture, Tropical --- Modern movement (Architecture) --- Modernisme du milieu du siècle (Architecture) --- Architecture tropicale --- Mouvement moderne (architecture) --- History --- Planification urbaine --- Architecture vernaculaire --- Mouvement moderne --- Cuban --- Mid-Century Modernist --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959 --- anno 1960-1969 --- Architecture - Cuba --- Architecture - Cuba - Histoire --- Architecture - 20e siècle