For thousands of years, the existence of beings superior to us has been recorded in the annals of our history...Many cultures speak of reptilian beings once revered as gods. There is abundant evidence—traces these entities have left throughout our history. The ancients portrayed and honored them in their paintings, writings, and above all, in their architecture—structures so advanced they remain impossible to replicate even today....

For thousands of years, the existence of beings superior to us has been recorded in the annals of our history...Many cultures speak of reptilian beings once revered as gods. There is abundant evidence—traces these entities have left throughout our history. The ancients portrayed and honored them in their paintings, writings, and above all, in their architecture—structures so advanced they remain impossible to replicate even today.T...

For thousands of years, the existence of beings superior to us has been recorded in the annals of our history...Many cultures speak of reptilian beings once revered as gods. There is abundant evidence—traces these entities have left throughout our history. The ancients portrayed and honored them in their paintings, writings, and above all, in their architecture—structures so advanced they remain impossible to replicate even today.T...

For thousands of years, the existence of beings superior to us has been recorded in the annals of our history...Many cultures speak of reptilian beings once revered as gods. There is abundant evidence—traces these entities have left throughout our history. The ancients portrayed and honored them in their paintings, writings, and above all, in their architecture—structures so advanced they remain impossible to replicate even today.T...

This collection focuses on how architectural material is transformed, revised, swallowed whole, plagiarized, or in any other way appropriated. It charts new territory within this still unexplored yet highly topical area of study by establishing a shared vocabulary with which to discuss, or contest, the workings of appropriation as a vital and progressive aspect of architectural discourse. Written by a group of rising scholars in the field of architectural history and criticism, the chapter...

Can love survive the promises that were broken?Elisa believed marriage was forever.Even after months of silence, heartbreak, and betrayal, she never stopped fighting for the man she loved. When Riley suddenly returns home, desperate for forgiveness and determined to repair the damage he caused, Elisa is forced to confront the painful truth: loving someone doesn't always mean trusting them.As old wounds resurface and unanswered questions linger betwe...

Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture?‘Curate’ is now a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. Curatorial-studies programs continue to grow, and the business world is adopting cu...

What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibitionmaking; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory activism. Less obvious, but increasingly of concern, are issues such as rethinking spectatorship, engaging viewers as co-curators and t...

The 50 most significant principles and styles in architecture, each explained in half a minute. The bestselling 30-Second series offers a new approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Every title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute. 30-Second Architecture present...

In this provocative collection of essays, renowned architect Daniel Solomon delves into the complexities of what makes a city vibrant. Acknowledging that a city is not a static thing, he argues we need to pay more attention to nurturing what he calls “continuous cities.” In such a city, he says, “new buildings, new institutions, and new technologies don’t rip apart the old and wreck it. They accommodate, they act with respect, and they add vibrant new chapters to history without eradicatin...

This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, revealing the often cont...

In the first volume of Makers of Modern Architecture (2007), Martin Filler examined the emergence of that revolutionary new form of building and explored its aesthetic, social, and spiritual aspirations through illuminating studies of some of its most important practitioners, from Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright to, in our own time, Renzo Piano and Santiago Calatrava.Now, in Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume II, Filler continues his investigations into t...