Colin St John Wilson

Author : Sarah Menin,Stephen Kite
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429856129

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An Architecture of Invitation by Sarah Menin,Stephen Kite Pdf

First published in 2005, An Architecture of invitation: Colin St John Wilson is a distinctive study of the life and architectural career of one of the most significant makers, theorists and teachers of architecture to have emerged in England in the second half of the twentieth century. Exceptionally in an architectural study, this book interweaves biography, critical analysis of the projects, and theory, in its aims of explicating the richness of Wilson’s body of work, thought and teaching. Drawing on the specialisms of its authors, it also examines the creative and psychological impulses that have informed the making of the work – an oeuvre whose experiential depth is recognised by both users and critics.

Author : Roger Stonehouse
Publisher : Black Dog Architecture
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architects
ISBN : 1904772706

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Colin St John Wilson by Roger Stonehouse Pdf

Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects is the definitive monograph on Sir Colin St John Wilson, one of the most important British architects of the second half of twentieth century. The book coincides with and celebrates St John Wilson's 85th birthday, spanning projects from throughout his career, from early works, to perhaps his most celebrated building, the British Library in London and its extension to his current project, the masterplanning of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. St John Wilson's peers include the likes of Reyner Banham, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn, and he is one of the few living architects to have befriended both Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. St John Wilson is also recognised as a leading theorist and teacher. Colin St John Wilson: Buidings and Projects presents detailed, newly commissioned scale drawings of all of St John Wilson's major work. This 496 page hardback book is beautifully illustrated with over 450 colour and black and white illustrations. Fascinating texts by respected architects and writers including Professor Roger Stonehouse and Eric Parry fully elucidate St John Wilson's contribution to modern architecture. St John Wilson himself contributes an essay on the making, writing and teaching of architecture. This erudite, comprehensive publication is the perfect companion to Black Dog Publishing's re-issue of St John Wilson's seminal The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture: The Uncompleted Project.

Author : Colin St. John Wilson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0719057043

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Architectural Reflections by Colin St. John Wilson Pdf

Louise Erdrich is one of the most critically and commercially successful Native American writers. This book is the first fully comprehensive treatment of Erdrich's writing, analysing the textual complexities and diverse contexts of her work to date. Drawing on the critical archive relating to Erdrich's work and Native American literature, Stirrup explores the full depth and range of her authorship. Breaking Erdrich's oeuvre into several groupings - poetry, early and late fiction, memoir and children's writing - Stirrup develops individual readings of both the critical arguments and the texts themselves. He argues that Erdrich's work has developed an increasing political acuity to the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in Native American literatures. Erdrich's insistence on being read as an American writer is shown to be in constant and mutually-inflecting dialogue with her Ojibwe heritage.This sophisticated analysis is of use to students and readers at all levels of engagement with Erdrich's writing.

Author : Colin St John Wilson
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1854904124

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The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture by Colin St John Wilson Pdf

Author : R. B. Kitaj,M. J. Long
Publisher : Black Dog Architecture
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Painters
ISBN : UCSC:32106019298402

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Kitaj, the Architects by R. B. Kitaj,M. J. Long Pdf

RB Kitaj started painting The Architects in August of 1979 to celebrate the remodelling of his home by MJ Long. Painted largely without the models themselves present, this portrait of his friends against the backdrop of the stepped bookcase designed for him by MJ marks a transition in Kitaj's development as an artist.

Author : Colin St. John Wilson
Publisher : London : British Library
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021360271

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The Design and Construction of the British Library by Colin St. John Wilson Pdf

"The British Library at St Pancras, the major public monument built in the United Kingdom in the 20th Century, opened to the public in April 1998. Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson has spent the greater part of his working life on the project from 1962 onwards when various schemes for a building adjacent to the British Museum were proposed, through to the completion phase of the present design." "This book reveals how Professor Wilson and his team responded to successive changes in the Brief, whilst determinedly maintaining a commitment to the very highest quality in all aspects of a building designed to last 250 years. Illustrated with many original drawings and specially-commissioned photographs, it will appeal to anyone interested in modern architecture."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Colin St. John Wilson
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 1857594444

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The British Library by Colin St. John Wilson Pdf

The British Library at St Pancras opened to the public in April 1998 and no other project in Britain since the building of St Paul s Cathedral is comparable in time-scale or the magnitude of controversy surrounding it. Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson

Author : Adam Sharr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134120291

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Heidegger for Architects by Adam Sharr Pdf

Informing the designs of architects as diverse as Peter Zumthor, Steven Holl, Hans Scharoun and Colin St. John Wilson, the work of Martin Heidegger has proved of great interest to architects and architectural theorists. The first introduction to Heidegger’s philosophy written specifically for architects and students of architecture introduces key themes in his thinking, which has proved highly influential among architects as well as architectural historians and theorists. This guide familiarizes readers with significant texts and helps to decodes terms as well as providing quick referencing for further reading. This concise introduction is ideal for students of architecture in design studio at all levels; students of architecture pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in architectural theory; academics and interested architectural practitioners. Heidegger for Architects is the second book in the new Thinkers for Architects series.

Author : Colin St. John Wilson
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Painting
ISBN : 0853317593

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The Artist at Work by Colin St. John Wilson Pdf

"This is the first full-scale study to focus on the working methods of artists by direct observation - in this case two leading members of the School of London, William Coldstream and Michael Andrews. This comparative analysis contains hitherto unpublished material by the artists and includes the author's copious notes and his own sketches and photographs of the artists at work painting portraits of him." "This study highlights the very different working methods of the two artists, and yet shows their concern to represent through paint alone the reality of human presence." --Book Jacket.

Author : Claude Lichtenstein,Thomas Schregenberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3907078438

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As Found by Claude Lichtenstein,Thomas Schregenberger Pdf

British art and architecture of the 1950s are little known but extraordinarily topical today. Of particular relevance are the activities of the Independent Group, a loosely structured organization whose members included artists Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Magda Cordell, More...photographer Nigel Henderson, critics Reyner Banham and Lawrence Alloway, and architects Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling, and Colin St. John Wilson, who sought the essence of the everyday through a sensitivity to the hardships and charm of life in the raw. As Found encounters the transdisciplinary relationship between the constructed environment as it is visually perceived and verbally expressed. Edited by Claude Lichtenstein & Thomas Schregenberger. Artists include: Magda Cordell, Richard Hamilton, Nigel Henderson and Eduardo Paolozzi. Architects include: Alison & Peter Smithson, James Stirling and Colin St. John Wilson.

Author : Nicola Flora,Paolo Giardiello,Gennaro Postiglione,Colin St. John Wilson
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 178075003X

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Sigurd Lewerentz by Nicola Flora,Paolo Giardiello,Gennaro Postiglione,Colin St. John Wilson Pdf

This is the only comprehensive monograph of the work of Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975), one of the leading Swedish architects of the twentieth century. Lewerentz was a master of religious architecture and this book includes his major works at Malmo Cemetery, the church of St Peter at Klippan, and Uppsala Cathedral among a definitive catalogue of more than 150 projects researched from the archives of the Stockholm Museum of Architecture. The book also includes an essay on Lewerentz's sacred architecture by the esteemed late architect Colin St John Wilson and the only known piece of writing by Lewerentz - a text on cemetery landscapes.

Author : Colin Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:872773825

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The Outsider by Colin Wilson Pdf

Individet på den forkerte hylde søger at hævde sig gennem overkreativitet

Author : John Rodger
Publisher : Rias in Partnership with the Lighthouse Scotland's Centre for Architecture Design and City
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1873190581

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Gillespie Kidd & Coia by John Rodger Pdf

Gillespie, Kidd & Coia: Architecture 1956 - 1987 has been created by The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City in partnership with The Glasgow School of Art and Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The project celebrates the work of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia from 1956 - 1987. The programme comprises a major exhibition, a book, a website, an education and outreach programme and the cataloguing and conserving of the Gillespie, Kidd & Coia archive held at The Glasgow School of Art.The project has been funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, The Scottish Government, Historic Scotland, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, The Craignish Trust and The Ernest Cook Trust

Author : Anonim
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0198605684

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The Oxford Companion to Architecture by Anonim Pdf

The Oxford Companion to Architecture offers a lucid survey of the architects, building types, movements and styles, materials, and designs that make up the history and technology of architecture. The Companion is particularly strong in its coverage of architecture around the world, and of modern and vernacular architecture.

Author : Colin Wilson
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781626818675

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A Criminal History of Mankind by Colin Wilson Pdf

This “immensely stimulating story of true crime down the ages” tells the history of human violence, from Peking Man to the Mafia (The Times, London). This landmark work offers a completely new approach to the history and psychology of human violence. Its sweep is broad, its research meticulous and detailed. Colin Wilson explores the bloodthirsty sadism of the ancient Assyrians and the mass slaughter by the armies led by Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Ivan the Terrible, and Vlad the Impaler. He delves into modern history, exploring the genocides practiced by Stalin and Hitler. He then takes a chilling look into the sex crimes and mass murders that have become symbols of the neuroses and intensity of modern life. With breathtaking audacity and stunning insight, Wilson puts criminality firmly in a wide, illuminating historical context. “A work of massive energy, compulsively readable, splendidly informative . . . it establishes Wilson in a European tradition of thought that includes H. G. Wells, Sartre and Shaw.” —Time Out London “A tremendous resource for crime buffs as well as a challenging exposition for some of the more subtle criminological thinking of our time.” —Kirkus Reviews