The Great Builders (Paperback) /anglais

A unique survey of 40 architect-engineers who have been pioneers in both aesthetic design and technological innovation, written by leading architectural historians and practising architects The buildings around us have always been designed to influence the way we see, think and move. The Great Builders celebrates the careers of 40 great figures whose engineering skills have been crucial to their success. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, plans and drawings, the book brings these remarkable characters and their work to life, revealing the technical ingenuity and aesthetic flair that define some of the world’s most iconic structures. Here is Brunelleschi, who built the ‘unbuildable’ dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a design for the Crystal Palace, London, on a piece of blotting paper; and James Bogardus, an early American evangelist of the opportunities offered by cast-iron architecture. Rapid advances in industrial production inspired experiments with new materials and techniques, gradually allowing a whole new architecture to emerge: reinforced concrete, plate glass and steel were central to the creations of Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret and Mies van der Rohe, for instance; and, in the High-Tech architecture of the present day – represented by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, among others – computer-aided design has seemingly tested the boundaries of the possible. Winner: Longman – History Today Awards 2013, Historical Picture Researcher of the Year: Pauline Hubner Table of Contents Pioneers of Structure: Filippo Brunelleschi; Qavam al-Din Shirazi; Giuliano da Sangallo; Sinan; Shah Jahan; Christopher Wren; Sebastien Vauban The Age of Iron: Thomas Telford; Karl Friedrich Schinkel; James Bogardus; Joseph Paxton; Victor Baltard; Isambard Kingdom Brunel; A. W. N. Pugin; Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc; John Fowler Concrete and Steel: Giuseppe Mengoni; William Le Baron Jenney; Gustave Eiffel; François Hennebique; Antoni Gaudí; Louis H. Sullivan; Frank Lloyd Wright; Auguste Perret; Mies van der Rohe; Le Corbusier; Konstantin Melnikov; Pier Luigi Nervi New Visions: R. Buckminster Fuller; Ove Arup; Louis I. Kahn; Jean Prouvé; Oscar Niemeyer; Eero Saarinen; Frei Otto; Frank Gehry; Kenzo Tange; Norman Foster; Santiago Calatrava; Kengo Kuma. Filippo Brunelleschi, The Father Of Renaissance Architecture -- Qavam Al-din Shirazi, Architect To The House Of Tamerlane -- Giuliano Da Sangallo, Wood Sculptor, Architect And Student Of Antiquity -- Sinan, Master Architect Of The Ottoman Empire -- Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor And Builder -- Christopher Wren, Scientist, Architect And Engineer -- Sébastien Le Prestre De Vauban, Foremost Military Engineer Of The 17th Century -- Thomas Telford, Innovator Of Cast-iron Bridge Design -- Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Genius And Engineer -- James Bogardus, Inventor Of Cast-iron Architecture -- Joseph Paxton, Landscape Gardener And Architect -- Victor Baltard, Municipal Architect Of Paris -- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Visionary Railway Engineer And Ship Designer -- A. W. N. Pugin, Realist And Revolutionary -- Eugène-emmanuel Viollet-le-duc, Gothic As Constructive Will -- John Fowler, Renowned Developer Of Urban Railways -- Giuseppe Mengoni, Architect Of Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele Ii. William El Baron Jenney, Developed Chicago's Distinctive Skyscrapers -- Gustave Eiffel, Engineering Mastermind Of Tall Metal Structures -- François Hennebique, Symbol Of Reinforced Concrete -- Antoni Gaudí, Architect-craftsman With A Unique Creative Style -- Louis H. Sullivan, Ornamentalist, Skyscraper Designer And Advocate Of An American Style -- Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect Of The Space Within -- Auguste Perret, An Aesthetic Language And Doctrine For Concrete Construction -- Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, The Last Great Inventor Of Form -- Le Corbusier, In Concrete Or Stone, Wood Or Metal? -- Konstantin Melnikov, Leap Into The Unknown -- Pier Luigi Nervi, Transfigurations Of An Engineer -- R. Buckminster Fuller, Design For The Future -- Ove Arup, The Outsider And The Art Of The Impossible -- Louis I. Kahn, Architect Of The Poetics Of Action And Construction -- Jean Prouvé, The Constructive Imagination -- Oscar Niemeyer, Radical Critic Of Modernist Orthodoxies -- Eero Saarinen, Exuberance And Technological Innovation -- Frei Otto, Innovator Of Tensile And Membrane Structures -- Frank Gehry, Designer Of Expressively Iconic Buildings -- Kenzo Tange, The Architect Of Megastructures -- Norman Foster, Invention And Innovation In Structure And Materials -- Santiago Calatrava, A Universal Designer -- Kengo Kuma, An Architecture Of Materiality And Immateriality. Edited By Kenneth Powell. Includes Bibliographic References (p. 294-299) And Index. Celebrates the creations of forty architect-engineers who have been pioneers in aesthetic design and the application of materials. Seven hundred years of architectural innovation make for an international survey of spectacular scope and depth, from the dome of St. Pauls cathedral to the arresting angles of the Sydney Opera House, from the monumental Taj Mahal to Kengo Kumas attempts to erase architecture, to fortresses, bridges, and skyscrapers. The contributors include practicing architects and leading academics, and their essays focus on the architects and engineers through history who have shaped and transformed the built environment. More than two hundred illustrations of structures famous, revolutionary, and surprisingincluding original drawings and prints and modern photographybring the works to life. Architectural structures both subtle and spectacular have always been designed with an audience in mind, an intent to influence the way we see, think, move, and interact; and the builders themselves can be as fascinating as their creations. Mathematician and visionary, philosopher and ecologist, nationalist, modernist, rationalist, the characters behind the buildings are many and varied. Featuring work by Filippo Brunelleschi, Shah Jahan, Christopher Wren, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, John Fowler, Gustave Eiffel, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, R. Buckminster Fuller, Louis Kahn, Oscar Niemeyer, Eero Saarinen, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Santiago Calatrava, and many more. 150 full-color and 80 black-and-white illustrations The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history. Here is Brunelleschi, who built the 'unbuildable' dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a design for the Crystal Palace, London, on a piece of blotting paper; and James Bogardus, an early American evangelist of the opportunities offered by cast-iron architecture. Rapid advances in industrial production inspired experiments with new materials and techniques, gradually allowing a whole new architecture to emerge: reinforced concrete, plate glass and steel were central to the creations of Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret and Mies van der Rohe, for instance; and, in the High-Tech architecture of the present day - represented by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, among others - computer-aided design has seemingly tested the boundaries of the possible The Great Builders celebrates the careers of forty great figures whose engineering skills have been crucial to their success. Illustrated with over two hundred photographs, plans and drawings, the book brings these remarkable characters and their work to life, revealing the technical ingenuity and aesthetic flair that define some of the worlds most iconic structures. Here is Brunelleschi, who built the 'unbuildable dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a design for the Crystal Palace, London, on a piece of blotting paper; and James Bogardus, an early American evangelist of the opportunities offered by cast-iron architecture. Rapid advances in industrial production inspired experiments with new materials and techniques, gradually allowing a whole new architecture to emerge: reinforced concrete, plate glass and steel were central to the creations of Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret and Mies van der Rohe, for instance; and, in the High-Tech architecture of the present day - represented by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, among others - computer-aided design has seemingly tested the boundaries of the possible "Seven hundred years of architectural innovation make for an international survey of spectacular scope and depth, from the dome of St. Paul's cathedral to the arresting angles of the Sydney Opera House, from the monumental Taj Mahal to Kengo Kuma's attempts "to erase architecture," to fortresses, bridges, and skyscrapers. The contributors include practicing architects and leading academics, and their essays focus on the architects and engineers through history who have shaped and transformed the built environment. More than two hundred illustrations of structures famous, revolutionary, and surprising--including original drawings and prints and modern photography--bring the works to life. Architectural structures both subtle and spectacular have always been designed with an audience in mind, an intent to influence the way we see, think, move, and interact; and the builders themselves can be as fascinating as their creations. Mathematician and visionary, philosopher and ecologist, nationalist, modernist, rationalist, deconstructivist: the characters behind the buildings are many and varied."--Résumé de la notice dérivée Seven hundred years of architectural innovation make for an international survey of spectacular scope and depth, from the dome of St. Paul's cathedral to the arresting angles of the Sydney Opera House, from the monumental Taj Mahal to Kengo Kuma's attempts "to erase architecture," to fortresses, bridges, and skyscrapers. The contributors include practicing architects and leading academics, and their essays focus on the architects and engineers through history who have shaped and transformed the built environment. More than two hundred illustrations of structures famous, revolutionary, and surprising--including original drawings and prints and modern photography--bring the works to life. Architectural structures both subtle and spectacular have always been designed with an audience in mind, an intent to influence the way we see, think, move, and interact; and the builders themselves can be as fascinating as their creations. Mathematician and visionary, philosopher and ecologist, nationalist, modernist, rationalist, deconstructivist: the characters behind the buildings are many and varied. --- Book Description A celebration of the lives and careers of forty pioneering designers provides a global tour of the great structures of the world, from St. Paul's Cathedral to the Sydney Opera House and the Taj Mahal