The Roofscape as Locus of Modernity in Giedion and Zola
…to-speak ‘acculturation’ occurred, whereby foreign attitudes were combined with consideration for the local context. 16 In consequence, it cannot be interpreted as straightforward appropriation, and thus a definitive genealogy of…
…throughout his career Eberstadt called for the geometer’s two-dimensional map as a guiding principle in city planning to be replaced with more complex architectural engagements with three-dimensional space and typo-morphological…
…areas awaiting for large-scale clean up, he proposed to use the remnants as a component to mix with cement and straw to produce light weight bricks, namely “Rebirth Brick.” Since…
…community—engendering thus an act of violence, acknowledged or not. Shaping Distance The hut turned out to be a central concept for thinking architecture in the century to come, and even…
…this new profession’s popularity: Thomas Hope’s Household Furniture and Interior Decoration published 1807 and George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration published 1808 and “Within…
…in the imperial retreats of Kyoto, as opposed to the rigid Tokugawa culture centred in Edo (today’s Tokyo) and Nikko. The activities that took ‘place’ in Katsura Villa, referring to…