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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Philip Johnson"”.
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Israelizing Jerusalem : the encounter between architectural and national ideologies, 1967-1977
… invited luminaries, like Louis Kahn, Bruno Zevi, Philip Johnson and Lewis Mumford, forcefully attacked Jerusalem's modernist masterplan in favor of a spiritual and historical theme for the city. Their criticism became the catalyst for a beautification campaign that intriguingly resembled the …
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The jungle in the clearing : space, form and democracy in America, 1940-1949
… Lewis Mumford, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, and Philip Johnson. Centering on the city, this debate recast monumentality in terms more progressive than commemorative; it posited open-ended architectural and urban strategies that offered a non-restrictive yet sympathetic public resonance. If …
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Democracy bestowed : the Boston Public Library and the evolution of the ideal of civic education
… McKim and its substantial addition (1972) by Philip Johnson, this thesis demonstrates that the tools of architecture and urban design have been used in varying ways throughout the history of the Library to emphasize or de-emphasize different elements of the Library's institutional mission. In …
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Your place or mine? The love hotel as a post-domestic hyperreality
… E.1027 by Eileen Gray and The Glass House by Philip Johnson to explore possible alternative models for a new post-domestic space. In Part 3, I will explore themes of sexuality and pleasure in a more urban setting. I will briefly return to the 19th century to discuss the influence of …
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The corporate plaza and the office tower: The potential for a mutualistic space-form relationship
… by one of the chief proponents of the movement, Philip Johnson. The once stark and desolate plaza was refurbished recently with the addition of fountains around the obelisk in the center. A skating rink is operated in the plaza during the winter months. The design process was initiated by three …
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Forma y composición en la arquitectura deconstructivista
… en una exposición, homónimamente titulada, que Philip Johnson y Mark Wigley organizaron en el Museo de Arte Moderno (MoMA) de Nueva York en 1988. En dicha oportunidad mostraron el trabajo de siete estudios de arquitectos estadounidenses y europeos: - Frank Owen Gehry - Daniel Libeskind - Rem …
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Three problems of folk psychology: meaning, character, and domain
… and extends insights from Ronald Giere, Philip Johnson-Laird, and Peter Godfrey-Smith. In chapter three I take up the problem of establishing folk psychology’s domain. This problem must be divided into two components: the first is specifying the role mindreading plays in the cognitive …
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Beyond the easel : the dissolution of abstract expressionist painting into the realm of architecture
A defining feature of American abstract expressionist painting is its enormous size and scale. Heroic ambition, the vast American landscape, and the sense of "something big" happening in American painting are often cited as determining factors in this phenomenon. This dissertation examines how …