Benedikt, Michael

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Modern French Theatre
Michael Benedikt
Manufacturer: Dutton
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FH4WFM

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Nice
A perfect little book
Literature of Irony
Very important
Thoughts on realness - Lost and found

For an Architecture of Reality
Michael Benedikt
Manufacturer: Lumen Books/Sites Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0930829050

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Michael Benedikt teaches, practices architecture, and writes in Austin, where he is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas. His second book, Deconstructing the Kimbell (0-930829-16-6), is also published by Lumen. "Benedikt has written a bold theoretical essay, with stirring cultural implications, that argues to restore the missing sense of reality to architecture and insists on 'the direct esthetic experience of the real.' . . . a timely manifesto. Thought-provoking and eminently quotable, it succeeds admirably in what it sets out to do: to recall architecture, and not only architecture, to those all but mute meanings so often passed over and yet inseparable from our everyday existence.-Karsten Harries "This book will still be useful when this year's round arches have all been remodeled (isn't it inevitable?) into pointed. And because it is so vividly -and thoughtfully--written, it will still be a pleasure to read."-Charles Moore "Every literate architect should take an afternoon off to read and ponder this brief and thoughtful and thoroughly engaging book. . . . Benedikt says more about some central aesthetic and philosophical issues confronting contemporary architecture than many celebrated pundits manage to squeeze into a shelfful of books. . . . He offers a straightforward account of his own struggle to understand the pleasures and responsibilities of architecture in an age when aesthetic pleasure is all but indiscernible from entertainment, and responsibility is often a cover for thoughtless conformity."-Roger Kimball, Architectural Record "Benedikt marches bravely into the philosophical thicket to find a working definition of reality. . . . In his sensibilities, he is quite transcendental, much like a Thoreau or an Emerson in a hotel lobby of potted ficus trees."-Howard Mansfield, Small Press ". . . the book of the decade in Texas architectural circles. . . "-Texas Architect

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Nice.......2007-02-07

Unlike poetics of bordom this one is short and sweet. Simple concept told with pictures and very little narrative. I read it on a train ride. Thanks.

A perfect little book.......2006-10-14

Even though this book was written a while ago (by fashions standard) it is completely relevant today. Benedikt nails down what I've been looking for and inarticulately talking about for a while: the "realness" of buildings. I'm tired of flash and fashion and this essay is a call to arms for architects to re-engage fundamental concepts about how our designs relate to space and time. A must read, preferably in masters years...

Literature of Irony.......2006-10-09

Mr. Benedikt writes with good intentions but a pretentious flare that I feel undermines the very statement he is making with this book. If one is to get from the beginning of an idea to the end of that idea with efficiency and clarity, one should probably do so without excessive quotes, brackets and interstitials like "I think." This call to arms is reduced to an academic brain tease, muddles its point, and probably wastes a lot of black ink. How "real" is that? Covering one side of each bleached-white page with black ink? Excellent points are made, but there is much too much of Mr. Benedikt between each.

Very important.......2006-03-11

I'm in the middle of an M.ARCH degree right now and this book has been the most influential thing I've read so far. It reminds me why I'm in school and what I'm supposed to be learning how to do. You can make sexy images and wonderful compositions that pretend to be sections and plans, or, you can think about the actual presence of the building. It's the difference between Hadid's work - which is incredibly beautiful on paper and in her paintings and yet often disorienting in real life - and Kahn's work which has fairly boring plans and sections (to me), but is powerful beyond words in actuality.

Thoughts on realness - Lost and found.......2006-02-25

10 years ago I borrowed this small book to a friend who liked it so much I never saw it since. The thoughts on the essence of realness in architecture, though a reaction to postmodernism, have made a lasting impression, and I was happy to regain the book. It is a reminder that architecture sometimes, just by being there, defines a _here_ and _now_ for us. No references, no games, no pretending. Pure existance. Thoughtprovoking and challengeing.

Overland Partners: Building on Values Costruire Sui Valori

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Overland Partners: Building on Values Costruire Sui Valori

Manufacturer: L'Arcaedizioni
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 8878381152

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This book possesses a design philosophy that emphasizes attention to context, making a significant contribution to the development of contemporary architecture.

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addendum to above review
better than a bathtub of giraffes

The poetry of surrealism: An anthology
Michael Benedikt
Manufacturer: Little, Brown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

French | Poetry | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

French | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0316088978

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addendum to above review.......2001-02-01

Yes, this perhaps the best anthology of surrealist poetry ever compiled. However, Rimbaud is not in it, and is not a surrealist, in any case, altho embraced by Breton through the surrealist time machine. Apollinaire being the only "precursor" appearing here. But also includes Artaud, Arp, and Daumal, who are marginally Surrealists, altho certainly influenced. Arp, of course, along with Tzara here, being of original Dada gang. Benedikt intro. and commentaries are worth the price of admission, if you can find a copy! For some reason, this is an amazingly elusive tome. Good luck.

better than a bathtub of giraffes.......2000-04-20

And you thought surrealists only painted. Highballs can't compare to Verlaine burning on a streetcar at dusk in Paris; she is in the bath. The most complete anthology of surrealist poetry I've yet encountered. Rimbaud, Artaud, Reverdy, yum yum yum I eat it. Back order back order. Give me more!

Modern Spanish Theatre: An anthology of plays

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Modern Spanish Theatre: An anthology of plays
George E. Wellwarth Michael Benedikt
Manufacturer: E. P. Dutton & C., Inc., NY,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKCLG2

Deconstructing the Kimbell: An Essay on Meaning and Architecture

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Kahn and Decon

Deconstructing the Kimbell: An Essay on Meaning and Architecture
Michael Benedikt
Manufacturer: Lumen Books/Sites Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0930829166

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Kahn and Decon.......2000-11-15

One of the best essays relating literary deconstruction and architecture, and one of the few i have seen that has such a curious premise- That Louis Kahn was employing many of the methodologies described by derrida and that it is up to us to now discover those methodologies 30 years later. the first 25 pages of the book are a crash course in architectural deconstruction, and those pages alone make the book a must for architecture students, practitioners, and theorists. Also read benedikt's "for an architecture of meaning"- the two books create a strong couple.

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A beautiful museum

Paul Klee: Zentrum Paul Klee
Ursina Barandun , Klaus Baumgartner , Michael Baumgartner , Stefan Frey , Christine Hopfengart , Benedikt Loderer , Andreas Marti , Lorenz Meyer , Rolf Soiron , Adrian Weber , Kasper Zehnder , and Paul Klee
Manufacturer: Hatje Cantz Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 3775715339
Release Date: 2005-08-15

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The Zentrum Paul Klee, which opened its doors during the summer of 2005, is not an art museum in the traditional sense--just as its raison d''tre, Paul Klee, was by no means a traditional artist. Klee, who was also a musician, teacher, and poet, ranks comfortably as one of the 20th-century's most significant and beloved artists. His artworks, which partook marvelously in the spirit of the naef and the childlike, were the visual wonder of an intellect that also produced fascinating theoretical and educational treatises. The center, housed in a marvelously undulating building designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, is set to become the leading resource worldwide for mediations on the life and work of Paul Klee, as well as the reception of his art. The diversity of Klee's artistic activities will be thoroughly represented here, with nearly 40 percent of the artist's entire oeuvre accounted for, totalling some four thousand paintings, watercolors, and drawings, as well as plentiful archives and biographical material. The collection has been compiled from a number of contributing sources, including generous donations and loans from the founding Klee and Mller families, the former Paul Klee foundation, and numerous private holdings.

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A beautiful museum.......2007-04-08

Very good museum guide, a bit too extensive, though, on the building itself and the story of how and why the museum was conceived. But it is the largest collection of Klee's works in the world, so if you can't make it to Bern, buy the book.

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Cyberspace: First Steps
Michael Benedikt
Manufacturer: MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Culture | Business & Culture | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

General | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

Chaos & Systems | Physics | Science | Subjects | Books

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Archaeologies of the Future (Poetics of Social Forms)
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LILLABULERO / 13 (Number Thirteen), Spring 1974

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LILLABULERO / 13 (Number Thirteen), Spring 1974
Russell & William Matthews, eds.; W. S. Merwin, Michael Benedikt, et al. Banks
Manufacturer: Lillabulero Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KNS842

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Sky (The Wesleyan poetry program)
Michael Benedikt
Manufacturer: Wesleyan University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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