Francoise Fromonot (133 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Gumshoe is a new series of architectural books that introduces an original approach to the writing of architectural history. Emulating the detective novel, the focus is on actual buildings rather than on speculative designs and theories. The style and form is fresh and scholarly but also easy and enjoyable to read. In Mysteries of a Communist Cave, the second book in the Gumshoe series, Lytle Shaw conducts an investigation of Oscar Niemeyer's building for the French Communist Party's (PCF) central committee in Paris.Designed in 1965, just as party theorists began to rethink many bedrock assumptions about representation, Oscar Niemeyer's PCF building is a microcosm of the shifting political and architectural landscape of the 1960s. It is also a literal Marxist structure that can thus help us concretely picture just exactly what Structuralist Marxism might have been. Shaw draws out the PCF's language and context one element at a time and puts the elegant curtain-wall building with its cave-like assembly hall into revelatory dialogue with interlocutors in film, philosophy, anthropology, and politics.Perhaps the ultimate mystery of the communist cave is that its owners have not more often and more powerfully presented their landmark building as the vivid source of imagery it could be for the kind of world the PCF might like to construct.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Gumshoe is new series of architectural books, introducing a new approach to the writing of architectural history. It returns the focus of architectural discourse back onto buildings, in a style and form that is original and scholarly but also easy and enjoyable to read. It emulates the detective novel - a form of writing beloved by many, but also one that has enjoyed a parallel academic life in disciplines and by writers as diverse as psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud), film (Sigfried Kracauer), and art history (Carlo Ginzburg) - but, significantly, not yet by architecture. Each volume will investigate a singular building as if it were a mystery waiting to be solved.Written by distinguished French architectural critic and historian Françoise Fromonot, the first case - The House of Doctor Koolhaas - is about the Villa dall'Ava, a private residence in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris. Fromonot brilliantly unpicks, explains and interprets the very first building completed by Rem Koolhaas, who is universally regarded as the world's most celebrated architect, and his Rotterdam-based firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Gumshoe is new series of architectural books, introducing a new approach to the writing of architectural history. It returns the focus of architectural discourse back onto buildings, in a style and form that is original and scholarly but also easy and enjoyable to read. It emulates the detective novel - a form of writing beloved by many, but also one that has enjoyed a parallel academic life in disciplines and by writers as diverse as psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud), film (Sigfried Kracauer), and art history (Carlo Ginzburg) - but, significantly, not yet by architecture. Each volume will investigate a singular building as if it were a mystery waiting to be solved.Written by distinguished French architectural critic and historian Françoise Fromonot, the first case - The House of Doctor Koolhaas - is about the Villa dall'Ava, a private residence in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris. Fromonot brilliantly unpicks, explains and interprets the very first building completed by Rem Koolhaas, who is universally regarded as the world's most celebrated architect, and his Rotterdam-based firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Investigates the history of the Villa dall'Ava in the playful style of a detective novel. Gumshoe is new series of architectural books, introducing a new approach to the writing of architectural history. It returns the focus of architectural discourse back onto buildings, in a style and form that is original and scholarly but also easy and enjoyable to read. It emulates the detective novel a form of writing beloved by many, but also one that has enjoyed a parallel academic life in disciplines and by writers as diverse as psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud), film (Sigfried Kracauer), and art history (Carlo Ginzburg) - but, significantly, not yet by architecture. Each volume will investigate a singular building as if it were a mystery waiting to be solved. Written by distinguished French architectural critic and historian Francoise Fromonot, the first case - The House of Doctor Koolhaas - is about the Villa dall'Ava, a private residence in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris. Fromonot brilliantly unpicks, explains and interprets the very first building completed by Rem Koolhaas, who is universally regarded as the world's most celebrated architect, and his Rotterdam-based firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture. AUTHORS: Francoise Fromonot is Professor of Design, History and Theory at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville, and William Wayne Caudill Professor of Architecture at Rice Architecture Paris. Thomas Weaver is an architectural writer, educator, and editor, and a lecturer at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, Switzerland. SELLING POINTS: . First volume in the highly anticipated new Gumshoe series of architectural books, introducing a new approach to the writing of architectural history . Gumshoe's focus is on buildings rather than theories or speculative projects . Distinguished authors from various countries write on notable buildings from across architectural history . Each volume investigates a singular building, emulating the style and book format of a detective novel 150 b/w illustrations Gumshoe is new series of architectural books, introducing a new approach to the writing of architectural history. The first caseThe House of Doctor Koolhaasis about the Villa dallAva, a private residence in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The second book in the Gumshoe series turns its investigative eye to Oscar Niemeyer's unique construction for the French Communist Party in Paris. Gumshoe is a new series of architectural books that introduces an original approach to the writing of architectural history. Emulating the detective novel, the focus is on actual buildings rather than on speculative designs and theories. The style and form is fresh and scholarly but also easy and enjoyable to read. In Mysteries of a Communist Cave, the second book in the Gumshoe series, Lytle Shaw conducts an investigation of Oscar Niemeyer's building for the French Communist Party's (PCF) central committee in Paris. Designed in 1965, just as party theorists began to rethink many bedrock assumptions about representation, Oscar Niemeyer's PCF building is a microcosm of the shifting political and architectural landscape of the 1960s. It is also a literal Marxist structure that can thus help us concretely picture just exactly what Structuralist Marxism might have been. Shaw draws out the PCF's language and context one element at a time and puts the elegant curtain-wall building with its cave-like assembly hall into revelatory dialogue with interlocutors in film, philosophy, anthropology, and politics. Perhaps the ultimate mystery of the communist cave is that its owners have not more often and more powerfully presented their landmark building as the vivid source of imagery it could be for the kind of world the PCF might like to construct. AUTHORS: Lytle Shaw is Professor of English at New York University and a contributing editor for Cabinet Magazine. His books include The Mollino Set, New Grounds for Dutch Landscape and Frank O'Hara: The Poetics of Coterie. He has also published catalogue essays on artists including Gerard Byrne, Zoe Leonard, Robert Smithson and the Royal Art Lodge, and for institutions including the Dia Center for the Arts, the Museo Reina Sofia, and the Drawing Center. Thomas Weaver is an architectural writer, educator, and editor based in London. He also lectures at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, Switzerland. SELLING POINTS: . Illustrates how Oscar Niemeyer's building for the French Communist Party in Paris focalised the massive philosophical and political debates of the 1960s . First book about Structuralist Marxism that explores its possible relation to an actual Marxist structure . Fundamentally re-conceives the relationship between theory and architecture . The Gumshoe series investigates singular buildings, emulating the style and book format of a detective novel . Distinguished authors from various countries write on notable buildings from across architectural history 204 b/w illustrations Illustrates how Oscar Niemeyers building for the French Communist Party in Paris focalised the massive philosophical and political debates of the 1960s. The second book in the Gumshoe series. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1400grams, ISBN:9782845760042.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book is in good condition with wear to the front and back covers and creasing on the spine. Contents are in very good condition with minimal wear.

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