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These seventeen essays span thirty-two years in the careers of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. In these careers one can see the inextricable blending of the building of buildings and the building of words. They "look, analyze, synthesize through writing, synthesize through design, then look again." Robert Venturi''s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, published in 1966, has been acknowledged as the most important thinking and writing on architecture since Le Corbusier. It provided a theoretical base for architects to transform architectural design from Modern to contemporary. A leading exponent of the Postmodern, the firm of Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown has been in the forefront of new approaches in architecture and design, combining traditional with modern. And their writing has been viewed as "brilliant and liberating." Paul Goldberger, in The New York Times, says of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: "They merge a kind of childlike delight with an adult''s ironic sensibility, bringing to architecture an attitude not altogether different from that which Lewis Carroll brought to literature." -- from book cover.

Rem Koolhaas : in conversation with Enrique Walker -- Denise Scott Brown : in conversation with Enrique Walker -- Yoshiharu Tsukamoto : in conversation with Enrique Walker -- Enrique Walker : retroactive manifestoes

Publié par un couple de jeunes architectes et enseignants qui y sonnent la révolte, Learning from Las Vegas cristallise les débats dans le milieu architectural américain du début des années soixante-dix. Aux constructions imaginaires d''un monde meilleur, l''ouvrage oppose l''observation de la réalité, faisant de la ville existante - ici Las Vegas - un modèle à reproduire, imiter, ou parodier. Il rompt ainsi brutalement avec l''idéologie moderniste où la création architecturale ou urbanistique suppose une tabula rasa, une page blanche, ouvrant la voie à bien des écrits d''architectes qui, depuis, ont inversé le rapport entre théorie et réel.

Ausgangspunkt fur diese Veroffentlichung, die sich schon lange zu einem Klassiker der Architekturtheorie entwickelt hat, war ein Seminar mit dem Titel -Learning from Las Vegas, or Form Analysis as Design Research- an der Fakultat fur Kunst und Architektur der Yale University 1968.

"The strength of this book is that it does not look at a single case or even a few disparate examples of drug, weapon, and human trafficking but looks at many patterns-intra-regionally, cross-nationally, and internationally. It is an innovative addition to the literature on the nature of the safe havens-or ''black spots''-currently being used for illicit activity. This book will make a clear impact on the scholarship of transnational crime and the geopolitics of the illicit global economy." -Jeremy Morris, Aarhus University, Denmark Transnational criminal, insurgent, and terrorist organizations seek places that they can govern and operate from with minimum interference from law enforcement. This book examines 80 such safe havens which function outside effective state-based government control and are sustained by illicit economic activities. Brown and Hermann call these geographic locations ''black spots'' because, like black holes in astronomy that defy the laws of Newtonian physics, they defy the world as defined by the Westphalian state system. The authors map flows of insecurity such as trafficking in drugs, weapons, and people, providing an unusually clear view of the hubs and networks that form as a result. As transnational crime is increasing on the internet, Brown and Hermann also explore if there are places in cyberspace which can be considered black spots. They conclude by elaborating the challenges that black spots pose for law enforcement and both national and international governance.

Las Vegas é atravessada pela Rota 91, o arquétipo do corredor comercial, o fenômeno mais puro e intenso. A documentação e a análise cuidadosa de sua forma física é tão importante para os arquitetos e urbanistas de hoje quanto foram os estudos da Europa medieval e da Grécia e Roma antigas para gerações anteriores. Um estudo desse tipo ajuda a definir um novo tipo de forma urbana que surge nos Estados Unidos e na Europa, radicalmente diferente de tudo o que se conhece. Um dos objetivos deste estudo é, por meio de uma investigação aberta e sem preconceitos, chegar a compreender essa nova forma e começar a desenvolver técnicas para seu tratamento. Dividida em duas partes, a obra trata primeiramente da descrição do estudo dos autores sobre a arquitetura do corredor comercial e, posteriormente, da generalização sobre o simbolismo na arquitetura e a iconografia do esparrame urbano.

Robert Venturi est reconnu comme l''un des grands architectes-théoriciens du XXe siècle. Vu depuis le Capitole (qui aurait tout aussi bien pu s''intituler De Michel-Ange à McDonald) rassemble dix-sept articles écrits avec son associée, Denise Scott Brown, entre 1953 et 1982, et publiés à l''origine dans des revues d''architecture. Ils y livrent leurs réflexions sur l''histoire de l''architecture depuis la Renaissance et le baroque et, concernant les XIXe et XXe siècles, évoquent aussi bien l''Ecole des beaux-arts que Frank Furness, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Alvar Aalto ou l''influence de la pop culture américaine sur l''architecture. On redécouvre également ce que furent les polémiques passionnées qui opposèrent Venturi et Scott Brown à l''historien Kenneth Frampton ou aux architectes du Team 10, Alison et Peter Smithson. Ces textes - ciselés, parfois irrévérencieux, toujours brillants - ont permis aux architectes Scott Brown et Venturi de clarifier leurs idées et leurs problématiques du moment et, rassemblés en recueil, ils révèlent le cheminement de leur pensée sur trente ans. "Ils ont un caractère d''urgence, comme des lettres d''un champ de bataille" et s''en dégage, à la lecture, une intense énergie. Ils s''inscrivent dans le prolongement des deux livres devenus des classiques : De l''ambiguïté en architecture (1966) et L''Enseignement de Las Vegas (1972).

Aprenda a cuidar de si mesmo, diminuir o estresse e recuperar sua saúde física e mental. “Dr. Brown nos mostra o caminho para cuidarmos de nós mesmos fora do consultório do psiquiatra.” – David Eagleman , neurocientista de Stanford Nossa saúde mental é importante demais para ficar apenas nas mãos dos médicos e terapeutas. Neste livro, o psiquiatra Gregory Brown demonstra que, no tratamento do estresse, da ansiedade e da depressão, é na rotina do autocuidado que o trabalho mais importante acontece. A consciência de que podemos melhorar a maneira como nos sentimos, aliada a práticas diárias e a mudanças no estilo de vida, é o meio mais seguro para alcançar o bem-estar sustentável. Apresentando estratégias práticas, ele mostra como fortalecer o que chama de os cinco pilares do autocuidado: respiração, sono, espiritualidade, alimentação e movimento. Respaldado pela ciência e comprovado pela prática clínica, o ato de cuidar de si mesmo a cada dia é um remédio poderoso para sua saúde. E o melhor de tudo: coloca o poder de cura de volta em suas mãos.