Published on the occasion of French writer Raymond Roussel's (1877–1933) 2012 retrospective exhibition at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, and the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. His poems, theoretical exercises and plays, though not widely celebrated during his lifetime, went on to have a profound impact on 20th-century artmaking, inspiring generations of conceptual, Surrealist, avant-garde and performance artists, including figures as notable as Marcel Duchamp and André Breton. Archival materials, combined with an extensive selection of artworks and writings by prominent artists and.....
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From Birkhäuser’s DETAIL series, which breaks down highly specific building information into comprehensive reference volumes. This edition brings together detailed designs and illustrations, photographs, and a wide range of built examples, offering an in-depth resource on the planning and execution of refurbishment projects. Acting as a practical planning aid, the manual provides detailed background information and scientifically grounded guidance, organized into chapters. It covers topics such as refurbishment strategies, the categorization of typical building flaws, and relevant planning factors, including a breakdown of historical periods as a reference for.....
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From Birkhäuser’s DETAIL series, which breaks down highly specific building information into comprehensive reference volumes. This edition brings together 2,000 illustrations, photographs, and a wide range of built examples, offering an in-depth resource on the construction of pitched roofs. Organized into chapters, the manual examines roof elements and joining techniques, covering 13 different types of roofs and their relevant materials, including thatch, slate, fiber cement, glass, and more. It also addresses essential considerations such as ventilation and insulation. The latter half of the volume is dedicated to fully illustrated.....
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A comprehensive survey created through the collaboration of Belgian and French architects, academics, and dendrochronologists (the study of the rings of timber to date past events), documenting and analyzing timber framing techniques from the 11th to the 19th century, spanning from northern France to Belgium. A catalogue raisonné of 300 examples of timber framing, this illustrated volume combines historical data with architectural drawings, charts, maquettes and black-and-white photographs. Text in French.

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Hard Pressed poetry portfolio No. 3, edited by Jane Bissell, C.B. Davis, Ray Hadley, and Ellen Rosser. Published by Ellen Rosser aka Ellen’s Old Alchemical Press. All broadsides are typeset and handprinted or letterpressed. Poetry by Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Hirschman, Stephen Dunn, Sandra Gilbert, Michael McClure, Rosellen Brown, Joyce Odam, Freya Manfred and others. Contributing artists are Kenneth Rogers, Sally Anderson, and John Wright. At least seven issues of Hard Pressed were published between 1975 and 1986. Hard Pressed Nos. 2 and 5 are also available on our website.....
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A collection of documents relating to the Electronic Music Studio at Mills College: - A Fall 1975 two-page document "Special Information for Applicants in Compostion" with info on Ashley and Riley, and the Electronic Music Studio, which featured a Moog synthesizer and the Buchla synthesizer. - A two-page document "Center for Contemporary Music" with descriptions of the studio facilities and equipment. - Nine pages of photocopied college admissions material entitled "Graduate Study", possibly mailed to the recipient along with the above documents, with information on requirements and fees for the.....
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The complete set of four exhibition postcards for the Dwan Gallery's highly-influential "Language Shows," beginning with 1967's "Language to be Looked at and/or Things to be Read" curated by Robert Smithson and Sol LeWitt. The Dwan Gallery was among the first to produce exhibits focusing on language, and the 1967 group show brought together works by Duchamp, Smithson, LeWitt, On Kawara, Jasper Johns, Carl Andre, Picabia and Ad Reinhardt, among others. In the book "Words to Be Looked At: Language in 1960s Art" Liz Kotz writes: "The four exhibitions helped.....
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