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Surface Architecture

By: David Leatherbarrow,Mohsen Mostafavi

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Surface Architecture

By: David Leatherbarrow,Mohsen Mostafavi

A study of the building surface, architecture's primary instrument of identity and engagement with its surroundings. Visually, many contemporary buildings either reflect their systems of production or recollect earlier styles and motifs. This division between production and representation is in some ways an extension of that between modernity and tradition. In this book, David Leatherbarrow and Mohsen Mostafavi explore ways that design can take advantage of production methods such that architecture is neither independent of nor dominated by technology. Leatherbarrow and Mostafavi begin with the theoretical and practical isolation of the building surface as the subject of architectural design. The autonomy of the surface, the "free facade," presumes a distinction between the structural and nonstructural elements of the building, between the frame and the cladding. Once the skin of the building became independent of its structure, it could just as well hang like a curtain, or like clothing. The focus of the relationship between structure and skin is the architectural surface. In tracing the handling of this surface, the authors examine both contemporary buildings and those of the recent past. Architects discussed include Albert Kahn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Alison and Peter Smithson, Alejandro de la Sota, Robert Venturi, Jacques Herzog, and Pierre de Meuron. The properties of a building's surface—whether it is made of concrete, metal, glass, or other materials—are not merely superficial; they construct the spatial effects by which architecture communicates. Through its surfaces a building declares both its autonomy and its participation in its surroundings.

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MIT Press

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0262621940

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9780262621946

On Weathering

The Life of Buildings in Time

By: Mohsen Mostafavi,David Leatherbarrow

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On Weathering

The Life of Buildings in Time

By: Mohsen Mostafavi,David Leatherbarrow

On Weathering illustrates the complex nature of the architectural project by taking into account its temporality, linking technical problems of maintenance and decay with a focused consideration of their philosophical and ethical implications.In a clear and direct account supplemented by many photographs commissioned for this book, Mostafavi and Leatherbarrow examine buildings and other projects from Alberti to Le Corbusier to show that the continual refinishing of the building by natural forces adds to, rather than detracts from, architectural meaning. Their central discovery, that weathering makes the "final" state of the construction necessarily indefinite, challenges the conventional notion of a building's completeness. By recognizing the inherent uncertainty and inevitability of weathering and by viewing the concept of weathering as a continuation of the building process rather than as a force antagonistic to it, the authors offer alternative readings of historical constructions and potential beginnings for new architectural projects.

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156

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MIT Press

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026263144X

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9780262631440

Iranians in Texas

Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity

By: Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher

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Iranians in Texas

Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity

By: Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher

Thousands of Iranians fled their homeland when the 1978–1979 revolution ended the fifty-year reign of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Some fled to Europe and Canada, while others settled in the United States, where anti-Iranian sentiment flared as the hostage crisis unfolded. For those who chose America, Texas became the fourth-largest settlement area, ultimately proving to be a place of paradox for any Middle Easterner in exile. Iranians in Texas culls data, interviews, and participant observations in Iranian communities in Houston, Dallas, and Austin to reveal the difficult, private world of cultural pride, religious experience, marginality, culture clashes, and other aspects of the lives of these immigrants. Examining the political nature of immigration and how the originating and receiving countries shape the prospects of integration, Mohsen Mobasher incorporates his own experience as a Texas scholar born in Iran. Tracing current anti-Muslim sentiment to the Iranian hostage crisis, two decades before 9/11, he observes a radically negative shift in American public opinion that forced thousands of Iranians in the United States to suddenly be subjected to stigmatization and viewed as enemies. The book also sheds light on the transformation of the Iranian family in exile and some of the major challenges that second-generation Iranians face in their interactions with their parents. Bringing to life a unique population in the context of global politics, Iranians in Texas overturns stereotypes while echoing diverse voices.

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212

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University of Texas Press

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0292742827

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9780292742826

Surface Architecture

By: David Leatherbarrow,Mohsen Mostafavi

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Surface Architecture

By: David Leatherbarrow,Mohsen Mostafavi

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On Weathering

The Life of Buildings in Time

By: Mohsen Mostafavi,David Leatherbarrow

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The Life of Buildings in Time

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Delayed Space

Work of Homa Fardjadi and Mohsen Mostafavi

By: Homa Fardjadi,Mohsen Mostafavi

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Delayed Space

Work of Homa Fardjadi and Mohsen Mostafavi

By: Homa Fardjadi,Mohsen Mostafavi

A monograph presenting recent work of architects Fardjadi and Mostafavi including the Matteson Library; Municipal Building, Mobile; Ulug Beg Cultural Center, Samarkand; Cultural Park, Athens; Ackerman/Slosburg-Ackerman Residence; Evanston Library; and Residence, Dover as well as four essays examinin

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Princeton Architectural Press

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187827189X

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9781878271891

Sea Cucumbers

Aquaculture, Biology and Ecology

By: Mohamed Mohsen,Hongsheng Yang

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Sea Cucumbers

Aquaculture, Biology and Ecology

By: Mohamed Mohsen,Hongsheng Yang

Sea Cucumbers: Aquaculture, Biology and Ecology presents the latest scientific research on sea cucumbers and their ecological and nutritional benefits. This practical reference helps professionals and students understand basic biology and farming methods by presenting the basic knowledge needed to not only promote aquaculture and ?sheries management in different environments, but to also improve the management of sea cucumber health and successful aquaculture operations. Information in this book includes a variety of sea cucumber species, population status, aquaculture development, and the explored bene?ts of sea cucumbers in unique regions, including Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Arabian countries of the Persian Gulf. - Covers the recent literature surrounding the biology and ecology of sea cucumbers - Highlights the medicinal and pharmaceutical values of sea cucumbers - Presents the advantages of developing sea cucumber farming as a viable aquaculture enterprise - Includes practical case studies of sea cucumber aquaculture

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Academic Press

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0128243988

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Louis Vuitton

Architecture and Interiors

By: Frédéric Edelmann

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Louis Vuitton

Architecture and Interiors

By: Frédéric Edelmann

An exploration of the dynamic and innovative architecture and interiors commissioned by Louis Vuitton. A prescient advocate of contemporary interiors and architecture, Louis Vuitton continues to encourage innovation and playfulness in the designs of their retail spaces without losing sight of the essence of luxury central to its identity. This process of designing places to display high-style objects has created a new venue for cutting-edge architecture and transformed city streetscapes. This exploration of Louis Vuitton's international stores, as well as industrial sites and unrealized projects, includes interviews with some of today's most talented architects and designers who discuss the beautiful and complex structures they have produced in collaboration with Louis Vuitton. This book examines the physical aspects of these buildings as well as the ideas that went into their composition. Acting as both a backdrop for luxurious retail goods and the physical manifestation of the brand, these spaces are a genre unto themselves that invite exploration. With luxurious finishes and unexpected textures, these fantastic buildings represent the intersection of fashion and interior design. The book includes interviews with Jun Aoki, Peter Marino, Christian de Portzamparc, David McNulty, and Christian Reyne.

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Rizzoli International Publications

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0847836525

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9780847836529

Design Thinking in the Digital Age

By: Peter G. Rowe

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Design Thinking in the Digital Age

By: Peter G. Rowe

In 1987, Peter G. Rowe published his pioneering book Design Thinking. In it, he interrogated conceptual approaches to design in terms of both process and form. Thirty years later, in a lecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Rowe offered a reappraisal of his earlier work, describing ways in which the capacities of the digital age have changed the way we perceive and understand creative problem-solving in architectural design. In this new account of "design thinking" based on that memorable talk, Rowe charges that ideas about the "precision" and "incompleteness" of information have become exaggerated and made more manifest. He dives into the crucial role of schema theory and the heuristics that flow from it, but concedes that the "ineffable characteristics of design problems and of design thinking also appear to have remained." The Incidents is a series of publications based on events that occured at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design between 1936 and tomorrow. Edited by Jennifer Sigler and Leah Whitman-Salkin Copublished with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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101

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Sternberg Press

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3956793773

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9783956793776

Book's by Mohsen Mostafavi

Surface Architecture

Surface Architecture

On Weathering

On Weathering

Iranians in Texas

Iranians in Texas

Surface Architecture

Surface Architecture

On Weathering

On Weathering

Delayed Space

Delayed Space

Sea Cucumbers

Sea Cucumbers

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

Design Thinking in the Digital Age

Design Thinking in the Digital Age

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