Designed Future / Paulo Mendes da Rocha






















Designed Future / Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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Portuguese edition available here
Designed Future is a journey through the modern era: our life in cities, the Americas, new territories and the old continent, of vision and design as essential tools for building the future.
As the most complete collection of essays, interviews and lectures, this book is an in-depth view of the journey and particular thinking of one of the most contemporary architects, the Brazilian modern master, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021).
For the first time translated in English, it disclosures a must-read intense and provocative thinker in contemporary times.
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Hardcover, 22 x 15,5 cm, 248 pages
41 archive photos and croquis
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“I have hope, I have optimism. It’s the dimension within the force that history has already shown us, the force that exists in popular culture. We are not ready, and we do not wish to be ready. We count on this eternal incompleteness. We’re born and know we’re going to die. And why don’t we get discouraged? What is this enthusiasm? It’s the certainty that we are not born to die; we are born to begin. Each of us begins everything.”
“Architecture doesn’t aim at an aesthetic unconnected to social reality. On the contrary, it can only exist while connected to that reality and, alongside it, triumph in a tremendous adventure, which is living.”
“… a book that we point out, sure of the interest it will arouse among readers.”
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Edition by Daniela Sá, Guilherme Wisnik and João Carmo Simões
Hardcover, 22 x 15,5 cm, 248 pages
41 archive photos and croquisISBN 978 989 99485 6 3
English version -
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The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, for the first time in English. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking.
The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence in Siza’s particular way of working, some of which never published before.
A personal and fundamental testimony of one of the most celebrated living architects, covering the full range of design – from architecture to city planning, furniture and objects – in a must-read book for all interested in Art and Architecture.
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Hardcover, 21 x 14 cm, 156 pages
67 croquis
Third Edition
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Edição exclusivamente em Inglês
The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, first time in English. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking.
The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence in Siza’s particular way of working, some of which never published before.
A personal and fundamental testimony of one of the most celebrated living architects, covering the full range of design – from architecture to city planning, furniture and objects – in a must-read book for all interested in Art and Architecture.
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Capa dura, 21 x 14 cm, 156 páginas
67 desenhos
3.ª Edição Inglesa
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A groundbreaking work of modernity in Porto, the FEP faculty building is a hidden architectural masterpiece, designed by Alfredo Viana de Lima in the 1960s. Through photographs especially taken by João Carmo Simões and edited drawings, this book shows why the project has been, a silent reference for generations of Portuguese architects.
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Large format, 32 x 24 cm, 100 pages
47 photo plates, 8 inserts with color photo plates
Technical drawings
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Obra pioneira da modernidade no Porto, o edifício da Faculdade de Economia do Porto é uma obra-prima pouco conhecida, projectada por Alfredo Viana de Lima na década de 60. Com imagens de João Carmo Simões e desenhos de projecto reeditados, este livro mostra porque é que esta obra tem sido uma referência silenciosa para gerações de arquitectos portugueses.
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Grande formato, 32 x 24 cm, 100 páginas
47 imagens, 8 encartes com imagens a cores
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Futuro Desenhado é o livro seminal que revela em profundidade o percurso e o pensamento singular do mais reconhecido e premiado arquitecto brasileiro, Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Reunindo escritos, entrevistas e depoimentos na mais completa colectânea de textos publicada, este livro tem agora uma segunda edição, revista e aumentada.
Futuro Desenhado é um percurso pela condição moderna, da nossa vida nas cidades, da América, do território novo e do velho continente, da visão e do desenho como ferramenta essencial da construção do futuro.
22 x 15,5 cm, 272 páginas
27 imagens e 12 croquis
36 textos
2.ª Edição Revista e Aumentada
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English Edition available here
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This richly illustrated monograph explores the city-building aspirations of the Brazilian modern masters through their buildings in São Paulo. Works by Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, Salvador Candia, Rino Levi, Oscar Niemeyer and Paulo Mendes da Rocha were designed in response to the chaotic growth of one of the world’s largest metropolises.
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Hardcover, 30 x 22 cm, 354 pages
19 works, 299 photos plates
104 technical drawings
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CIVITAS apresenta o desejo de construir cidade manifestado pelos mestres modernos brasileiros através dos seus edifícios em São Paulo. Obras de Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, Salvador Candia, Rino Levi, Oscar Niemeyer e Paulo Mendes da Rocha são desenhadas como resposta ao caótico crescimento de uma das maiores metrópoles do mundo.
Este livro reúne pela primeira vez um conjunto singular de edifícios, propondo uma leitura actual através de imagens inéditas e peças gráficas redesenhadas pelo autor. Parte destas obras são hoje os espaços de referência da cidade sublinhando a relevância contemporânea desta arquitectura.
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Capa dura, 30 x 22 cm, 354 páginas
19 obras, 299 imagens
104 desenhos técnicos
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha is one of the most acclaimed contemporary architects, Pritzker Prize 2006 and RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2017. This book presents the first great work in Europe by the Brazilian architect. It is in Lisbon, in one of the best known and symbolic areas of the city, the district of Belém, that the National Coach Museum is located. Built on the famous site where the Portuguese set sail to travel overseas, the Museum promises to stimulate thought on the relationship between the great city and its buildings, Europe and America, and the very idea of being modern.
The collection Architectural File presents a close look at particular works of some of the world’s greatest architects. Each volume contains an extended photographic essay, a critical interpretation by a respected specialist and an exploratory text by a renowned author from outside the field of architecture, proposing a different view of the project. A selected bibliography, chronology and a fold out poster assembling technical drawings and working details, provide the reader with a decisive insight into the work.
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Soft cover, 16,5 cm x 24 cm, 88 pages
35 photo plates
23 technical drawings and images
1 fold out poster 29 cm x 47,5 cm
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A primeira grande obra na Europa de um dos mais aclamados arquitectos contemporâneos, o brasileiro Paulo Mendes de Rocha, premiado recentemente com Prémio RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2017 e o Prémio Pritzker 2006.
É em Lisboa, numa das mais conhecidas e simbólicas esplanadas da cidade, a zona de Belém, que se situa o Museu Nacional dos Coches. Construído no local de referência de partida dos portugueses, das viagens e do além-mar, promete fazer pensar as relações entre a grande cidade e o casario, a Europa e a América, e a própria ideia de ser moderno.
Architectural File é uma colecção de livros sobre obras excepcionais de alguns dos melhores arquitectos do mundo. Cada volume contém um extenso ensaio fotográfico, um texto crítico de um especialista que nos introduz na leitura da obra e um ensaio por um autor de relevo, exterior à prática da arquitectura, que empresta o seu olhar sensível à revelação da arquitectura. Em conjunto com bibliografia seleccionada, cronologia de obras seleccionadas e um painel desdobrável com desenhos do projecto e pormenores construtivos, esta colecção constitui uma peça-chave no entendimento profundo e rigoroso de obras que compõem a maestria da prática da arquitectura.
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Capa mole, 16,5 cm x 24 cm, 88 páginas
35 fotografias
23 desenhos técnicos e imagens
Poster desdobrável 29 cm × 47,5 cm
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Silkscreen Álvaro Siza
Signed and Numbered by the Author
Limited Edition of 50
There is a game in which the player places an open palm and splayed fingers on a table, then, using a penknife, stabs back and forth between the gaps, faster and faster. A dangerous game. Such is Architecture.
Álvaro Siza
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Paper size: 470 x 390 mm / Image size: 290 x 210 mm
Signed and numbered in pencil on the front
Silkscreen 2 colours, Fabriano Acid-free paper 300 gms
Wrapped in acid-free tissue paper and packaged in large reinforced cardboard tube.
Shipping carefully worldwide.
Framed option available by request.
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Serigrafia Álvaro Siza
Assinada e numerada pelo Autor
Edição limitada de 50
Há um jogo segundo o qual, aberta a mão e afastados os dedos, se golpeiam sucessivamente os intervalos com uma navalha, cada vez mais rapidamente. Um jogo perigoso. Assim é a arquitectura.
Álvaro Siza
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Tamanho do papel: 470 x 390 mm / Tamanho da imagem 290 x 210 mm
Assinado e numerado a lápis, na frente
Serigrafia a 2 cores, Fabriano acid-free paper 300 gms
Envolvido em papel acid-free e embrulhado em tubo largo de cartão reforçado.
Envios para todo o mundo.
Opção com moldura disponível por consulta.
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Book + Silkscreen Álvaro Siza
Signed and Numbered by the Author
Limited Edition of 50
Celebrating the English edition of “Imagining the Evident” a silkscreen is launched of a drawing specially selected by Álvaro Siza to accompany this book.
The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, in its first English edition. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking.
The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence in Siza’s particular way of working, some of which never published before.
A personal and fundamental testimony of one of the most celebrated living architects, covering the full range of design – from architecture to city planning, furniture and objects – in a must-read book for all interested in Art and Architecture.
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Paper size: 470 x 390 mm / Image size 290 x 210 mm
Signed and numbered in pencil on the front
Silkscreen 2 colours, Fabriano Acid-free paper 300 gms
Wrapped in Acid-free tissue paper and packaged in large reinforced cardboard tube.
Shipping carefully worldwide.
Framed option available by request.
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Livro + Serigrafia Álvaro Siza
Assinada e numerada pelo Autor
Edição limitada de 50
A celebrar a publicação em Inglês “Imagining the Evident”, o arquitecto Álvaro Siza seleccionou um desenho para serigrafia limitada, especialmente para esta edição.
The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, in its first English edition. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking.
The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence in Siza’s particular way of working, some of which never published before.
A personal and fundamental testimony of one of the most celebrated living architects, covering the full range of design – from architecture to city planning, furniture and objects – in a must-read book for all interested in Art and Architecture.
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Tamanho do papel: 470 x 390 mm / Tamanho da imagem 290 x 210 mm
Assinado e numerado a lápis, na frente
Serigrafia a 2 cores, Fabriano Acid-free paper 300 gms
Edição exclusivamente em Inglês
Envolvido em papel acid-free e embrulhado em tubo largo de cartão reforçado. Envios para todo o mundo.
Opção com moldura disponível por consulta.
Para adquirir apenas o Livro, clicar aqui.
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