Dobrović in Dubrovnik
Dobrović in Dubrovnik

Author: Krunoslav Ivanišin

Publisher: Jovis Verlag

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783868593570

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Dobrović in Dubrovnik traces the past and the present of avant-garde modern architecture constructed in the nineteen- thirties, in the Mediterranean landscape of the south Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea. Comprehensive historical, theoretical, and phenomenological readings of events and forms, in two essays by architects Krunoslav Ivanišin and Ljiljana Blagojević respectively, describe a specific yet, by its spirit, universal Venture in Modern Architecture. Spatially condensed to an area within ten square miles and temporally to less than ten years, these quintessentially modern villas, gardens, and hotels built seventy years ago by the architect Nikola Dobrović (1897-1967), are presented through previously unpublished original design drawings, black and white photographs from the period of their construction, and the contemporary color photographs by Wolfgang Thaler. The color plates depict precisely the beauty in decay of heroic works of international modern architecture and convey admirably their meaningful Mediterranean resilience.

Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges
Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges

Author: Manuel Jorge Rodrigues Couceiro da Costa

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-08-08

Total Pages: 1267

ISBN-13: 1351849581

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The escalating interdependecy of nations drives global geopolitics to shift ever more quickly. Societies seem unable to control any change that affects their cities, whether positively or negatively. Challenges are global, but solutions need to be implemented locally. How can architectural research contribute to the future of our changing society? How has it contributed in the past? The theme of the 10th EAAE/ARCC International Conference, “Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges”, was set to address these questions. This book, Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges, includes reviewed papers presented in June 2016, at the 10th EAAE/ARCC International Conference, which was held at the facilities of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon. The papers have been further divided into the following five sub-themes: a Changing Society; In Transit – Global Migration; Renaturalization of the City; Emerging Fields of Architectural Practice; and Research on Architectural Education. The EAAE/ARCC International Conference, held under the aegis of the EAAE and of the ARCC, is a conference organized every other year, in collaboration with one of the member schools/ universities of those associations, alternatively in North America or in Europe.

Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges Volume 1
Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges Volume 1

Author: Manuel Jorge Rodrigues Couceiro da Costa

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-09-19

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 1351652664

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The EAAE/ARCC International Conference, held under the aegis of the EAAE (European Association for Architectural Education) and of the ARCC (Architectural Research Centers Consortium), is a conference organized every other year, in collaboration with one of the member schools / universities of those associations, alternatively in North America or in Europe. The EAAE/ARCC Conferences began at the North Carolina State University College of Design, Raleigh with a conference on Research in Design Education (1998); followed by conferences in Paris (2000), Montreal (2002), Dublin (2004), Philadelphia (2006), Copenhagen (2008), Washington (2010), Milan (2012) and Honolulu (2014). The conference discussions focus on research experiences in the field of architecture and architectural education, providing a critical forum for the dissemination and engagement of current ideas from around the world.

Re-Scaling the Environment
Re-Scaling the Environment

Author: Ákos Moravánszky

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 3035608237

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From 1960–1980, both eastern and western Europe experienced a construction boom of new dimensions. Cybernetics, the science of planning, and sociology, as well as the new possibilities offered by technology and production, paved the way to large-scale processes and systems in architecture and urban design, which favored technocratic and utopian concepts. Increasingly, architects and planners saw themselves as designers of comprehensive infrastructure and mega-structures in a technology-focused world. The authors assesses these developments on the back of a knowledge transfer between East and West. It confirms a change in attitude that can still be felt today – recession, social changes, and environmental problems led to criticism of the then contemporary concepts of modernity.

Iron Landscapes
Iron Landscapes

Author: Felix Jeschke

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2021-08-13

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1789207770

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Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia built an ambitious national rail network out of what remained of the obsolete Habsburg system. While conceived as a means of knitting together a young and ethnically diverse nation-state, these railways were by their very nature a transnational phenomenon, and as such they simultaneously articulated and embodied a distinctive Czechoslovak cosmopolitanism. Drawing on evidence ranging from government documents to newsreels to train timetables, Iron Landscapes gives a nuanced account of how planners and authorities balanced these two imperatives, bringing the cultural history of infrastructure into dialogue with the spatial history of Central Europe.

Dubrovnik and around Rough Guides Snapshot Croatia (includes Cavtat, the Elaphite Islands and Mljet)
Dubrovnik and around Rough Guides Snapshot Croatia (includes Cavtat, the Elaphite Islands and Mljet)

Author: Jonathan Bousfield

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-05-23

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1409338223

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The Rough Guide Snapshot to Dubrovnik is the ultimate travel guide to this stunning medieval city. It guides you through the city with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from walking a circuit of the city walls and exploring the peaceful Dominican monastery decorated with Renaissance paintings to hitting the local beaches and enjoying a šljivovica (plum brandy) at a pavement café. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the most memorable possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Croatia, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the country, including transport, food, drink, costs and health. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Croatia. Full coverage: The city walls, The Rector's Palace, The Jesuit Church, The Dominican monastery, Lokrum, Local beaches, Trsteno, Zupa, Cavtat, The Konavle, The Elaphite Islands, Mljet (Equivalent printed page extent 76 pages). Now available in ePub format.