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Seeding Change: Visionary Timber Architecture at Hooke Park, 1981–2001
Edited by Kate Davies and Anna Lisa Reynolds
Sharp Words: Selected Essays of Dennis Sharp
Edited by Paul Finch
Small Architecture/Natural Architecture
Kengo Kuma
Snowing in the Supercomputer
Unknown Fields
Some Reasons For Travelling To Italy
Peter Wilson
Stefan Sebok 1901–1941: In Search of a Forgotten Architect
Lilly Dubowitz
Sub-urbanism and the Art of Memory
Sébastien Marot
The Breastmilk of the Volcano
Unknown Fields
The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K Le Guin
Edited by So Mayer and Sarah Shin
The World of Madelon Vriesendorp
Edited by Shumon Basar and Stefan Trüby
Third Natures
Cristina Diaz Moreno and Efrén Garcia Grinda
Translated By
Edited by Charles Arsène-Henry and Shumon Basar
Translations from Drawing to Building and Other Essays
Robin Evans
Treasured Island
Unknown Fields
Venice Takeaway: Ideas to Change British Architecture

Nightswimming: Discotheques from the 1960s to the Present

Nightswimming: Discotheques from the 1960s to the Present

Nightswimming: Discotheques from the 1960s to the Present

Giovanna Silva

Bedford Press

This is a history of discotheques. It is told in a subjective and partial way, but always with a clear purpose in mind: the analysis of space. The history of dance clubs has shown how the cultural and economic evolution of society has progressively transformed the idea of entertainment, and consequently the spaces in which it is formed and shaped. These places have been gradually adjusted to new requests and new fashions, modified and updated, finally reaching the contemporary paradox: that discotheques are now hardly ever spaces designed by architects; they are rather temporary occupations of spaces dedicated to other functions. From the 1960s until today, through the photographs of Giovanna Silva, a selection of interviews and a collection of critical texts, Nightswimming takes you into the fascinating world of the night.

9781907414497, 2015
27 × 22cm, illustrated, 192pp, paperback

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