Palladio S Children

Author : N.J. Habraken
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134325405

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Palladio's Children by N.J. Habraken Pdf

Based on many years of personal observation, Palladio's Children critically examines the role of the architect as a professional descendent of Palladio, and as an heir to his architectural legacy. Seven innovative and carefully crafted essays explore the widening ideological schism between today’s architects whose core values, identity and education remain rooted in the Renaissance legacy of creating artful ‘masterpieces’, and the practical demands on a profession which acts within an evolving, ubiquitous and autonomous built environment or ‘field’. Clearly written yet expressing complex, evolving ideas, this extended argument opens a new forum of debate across design theory, professional practice and academic issues. Moving the subject on from a historical perspective, Habraken shows how architects are increasingly involved in the design of everyday buildings. This must lead to a reassessment of architects’ identities, values and education, and the contribution of the architect in the shaping of the built environment.

Author : Nikolaas John Habraken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415357918

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Palladio's Children by Nikolaas John Habraken Pdf

Critical examination of the role of the architect as a professional descendent of Palladio, and as a heir to his architectural legacy. Exploration of the widening ideological schism between today's architects whose core values, identity and education remain rooted in the Renaissance legacy of creating artful masterpieces, and the practical demands on a profession which acts within an evolving, ubiquitous and autonomous built environment or 'field'. Architecs are increasingly involved in the design of everyday buildings, which leads to a reassessment of architects' identies, values and education, and the contribution of the architect in the shaping of the built environment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:911894405

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Palladio's Children by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sir Banister Fletcher
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230197656

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Andrea Palladio; His Life and Works by Sir Banister Fletcher Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX ANDREA PALLADIO'S FAMILY AND DECLINING DAYS WE have no information regarding Palladio's marriage, neither do we find any mention made of the wife of so famous a man. She is merely called "Moglie," a word much used in these days even in the noblest families. Her death is also shrouded in uncertainty. It appears a tomb was built by Silla, Palladio's son, and Della Fede, his son-in-law, two years before his own death, and we can but surmise that this may have been for his wife, if not for her, then probably for his only daughter, Zenobia. Palladio had a family of four sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Marc Antonio, became a sculptor, like his father; we find him living at Venice in 1588, and he died in 1600. Leonidas, who assisted his father, died about 1574. We read of his directing the building of the dome at Montagnana in 1566.1 Silla, the youngest, was an architect, and assisted by Scamozzi, completed the Teatro Olimpico, upon which his father was engaged at the time of his death, and died about 1627. Zenobia married Giovanni Battista, afterwards Della Fede, a goldsmith, whose name appears inscribed in the guild of goldsmiths at Vicenza. Orazio, the third son, studied law in Padova in 1564. He was capable, it seems, of writing cultivated poetry, and a sonnet to Giovanna Aragona in 1568 shows great nobility of thought and elegance of style. He died about 1574. Palladio, who appears to have been a most devoted father, gave up much of his time to the instruction of his sons. His treatise upon the works of Caesar in 1575 contained copper engravings executed by them. 1 "Memorie Intorno." A. Palladio. It is extremely pathetic to think of the great man's grief at the loss of his beloved children. His two sons died within a...

Author : Tracy Elizabeth Cooper,Andrea Palladio
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300105827

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Palladio's Venice : Architecture and Society in a Renaissance Republic by Tracy Elizabeth Cooper,Andrea Palladio Pdf

A glamorous and unprecedented exploration of Palladio's work in one of the most beautiful of all cities

Author : Marco Marino
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031432880

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The Working Method of Andrea Palladio by Marco Marino Pdf

This book shows through historical data, diagrams and drawings, the design system of an Italian historic center, that of Vicenza, Italy. Vicenza is the result of an urban construction process that has as its model the invention of the Palladian design system. The main argument is how the architectural vision of Andrea Palladio shaped Vincenza to the city it is today. Vicenza is an example of a collective dream, an expression of the best Renaissance artistic culture, a classic example that a city can reform itself through intellectual activity.

Author : Sally Gable,Carl I. Gable
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307489340

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Palladian Days by Sally Gable,Carl I. Gable Pdf

“Palladian Days is nothing short of wonderful–part adventure, mystery, history, diary, and even cookbook. The Gables’ lively account captures the excitement of their acquisition and restoration of one of the greatest houses in Italy. Beguiled by Palladio and the town of Piombino Dese, they trace the history of the Villa Cornaro and their absorption of Italian life. Bravo!” –Susan R. Stein, Gilder Curator and Vice President of Museum Programs, MonticelloIn 1552, in the countryside outside Venice, the great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio built Villa Cornaro. In 1989, Sally and Carl Gable became its bemused new owners. Called by Town & Country one of the ten most influential buildings in the world, the villa is the centerpiece of the Gables’ enchanting journey into the life of a place that transformed their own. From the villa’s history and its architectural pleasures, to the lives of its former inhabitants, to the charms of the little town that surrounds it, this loving account brings generosity, humor, and a sense of discovery to the story of small-town Italy and its larger national history.

Author : Nigel C. Lewis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781119539537

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Design and Order by Nigel C. Lewis Pdf

Teaches the principles behind the successful planning and creation of inspired built forms and urban places This book offers an integrated understanding of both the principles and the perception of the design of built environments and public spaces. It outlines the fundamental characteristics that are evident in the creation of built form and illustrates how they determine the experience of resultant places. It also consolidates the key criteria that need to be taken into consideration in the development of these areas. All of the above-mentioned aims to provide designers with a solid understanding of the implications of their decisions on perception and behavior during the creation of new spaces. Design and Order: Perceptual experience of built form - Principles in the Planning and Making of Place starts by examining the designing of natural environments and the affect that they have on humans. It teaches readers how people experience and are shaped by a space—via their eyes, brain, and overall perception. It then instructs on proper grammar of form and syntax so that designers can understand how to pursue design processes systematically. The book then takes readers through this process of designing, informing them on the principles of form, function, configuration, communication, organization, color and contrasts, building structures, good practice and more. Seeks to improve the methodological approach to the planning and design of buildings Broadly address all of the functions that impact the realization of new built and urban form Outlines the fundamental characteristics that are evident in the design of built forms and illustrates how these characteristics determine the experience of the resultant places Comprehensively covers the ideas, principles, and the perception of design Teaches designers to make informed decisions about applying or discarding principles when creating spaces. Design and Order is a unique book that will appeal to students and professionals in architecture, urban design and planning, as well as designers and developers.

Author : John Murray (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Italy
ISBN : HARVARD:HNSH1Y

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Comprising the continental states and island of Sardinia, Lombardy, and Venice by John Murray (Firm) Pdf

Author : John Murray (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026448311

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Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy. Part I.: Comprising the Continental States and Island of Sardinia, Lombardy and Venice. Part II.: the Duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Modena, North Tuscany and Florence. Sixth Edition [of the Work Originally Written by Sir Francis Palgrave], Carefully Revised and Corrected to the Present Time, Etc by John Murray (Firm) Pdf

Author : John Murray (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026168678

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Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy ... Thirteenth Edition [of the Work Originally Written by Sir Francis Palgrave]. Carefully Revised, Etc. [The Editor's Preface Signed: J. Y. J.] by John Murray (Firm) Pdf

Author : Steven A. Moore,Barbara B. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135079871

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Questioning Architectural Judgment by Steven A. Moore,Barbara B. Wilson Pdf

The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "technics" and the codes that regulate it. The struggle to define "sustainability," and thus judge architecture through such lenses, is but one dimension of the contemporary problem of judgment. By providing the reader with an inherently interdisciplinary study of a particular discipline—architecture, it brings to the topic lenses that challenge the too frequently unexamined assumptions of the discipline. By situating architecture within a broader cultural field and using case studies to dissect the issues discussed, the book emphasizes that it is not simply a matter of designing better, more efficient, or more stringent codes to guide place-making, but a matter of reconstructing the boundaries of the systems to be coded. The authors are winners of the EDRA Place-Research Award 2014 for their work on the Green Alley Demonstration Project used in the book.

Author : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Corsica (France)
ISBN : NYPL:33433003308446

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Italy : Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) Pdf

Author : Guido Beltramini,Andrea Palladio
Publisher : Lars Muller Publishers
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3037782994

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The Private Palladio by Guido Beltramini,Andrea Palladio Pdf

Andrea Palladio's villa architecture is still admired for its elegance and harmony, but little is known about the person behind the buildings. Experienced Palladio researcher Guido Beltramini has worked meticulously on material from historical documents about Palladio's person and life, and assembled a full picture of the architect. Palladio in Private follows his career, his rise from being the ordinary miller's son Pietro della Gondola to become the architect Andrea Palladio. Beltramini does not just explore Palladio's origins, his training as a stonemason, and his complex relationship with powerful clients and scholars, but also his private life: his jovial character, his life as a married man with five children, and not least his profound conviction that architecture can and must enrich life. The text is complemented by numerous illustrations. Guido Beltramini , born in 1961, has been director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio in Vicenza since 1991. He has curated numerous exhibitions at venues including the Venice Biennale, the Royal Academy of Art, London, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal.

Author : Architect Andrea Palladio,Andrea Palladio,Vaughan Hart,Peter Hicks
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300109091

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Palladio's Rome by Architect Andrea Palladio,Andrea Palladio,Vaughan Hart,Peter Hicks Pdf

Andrea Palladio (1508�-1580), one of the most famous architects of all time, published two enormously popular guides to the churches and antiquities of Rome in 1554. Striving to be both scholarly and popular, Palladio invited his Renaissance readers to discover the charm of Rome’s ancient and medieval wonders, and to follow pilgrimage routes leading from one church to the next. He also described ancient Roman rituals of birth, marriage, and death. Here translated into English and joined in a single volume for the first time, Palladio’s guidebooks allow modern visitors to enjoy Rome exactly as their predecessors did 450 years ago. Like the originals, this new edition is pocket-sized and therefore easily read on site. Enhanced with illustrations and commentary, the book also includes the first full English translation of Raphael’s famous letter to Pope Leo X on the monuments of ancient Rome. For architectural historians, tourists, and armchair travelers, this book offers fresh and surprising insights into the antiquarian and ecclesiastical preoccupations of one of the greatest of the Renaissance architectural masters.