Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory

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The discipline of architecture depends on the transmission in space and time of accumulated experiences, concepts, rules, and models. From the invention of the alphabet to the development of ASCII code for electronic communication, the process of recording and transmitting this body of knowledge has reflected the dominant information technologies of each period. In this book Mario Carpo discusses the communications media used by Western architects, from classical antiquity to modern classicism, showing how each medium related to specific forms of architectural thinking.

Carpo highlights the significance of the invention of movable type and mechanically reproduced images. He argues that Renaissance architectural theory, particularly the system of the five architectural orders, was consciously developed in response to the formats and potential of the new printed media. Carpo contrasts architecture in the age of printing with what preceded it: Vitruvian theory and the manuscript format, oral transmission in the Middle Ages, and the fifteenth-century transition from script to print. He also suggests that the basic principles of "typographic" architecture thrived in the Western world as long as print remained our main information technology. The shift from printed to digital representations, he points out, will again alter the course of architecture.

Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory. (Reviews).(Book Review) : An article from: Renaissance Quarterly

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Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory. (Reviews).(Book Review) : An article from: Renaissance Quarterly
David R. Coffin
Manufacturer: Renaissance Society of America
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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 640 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory. (Reviews).(Book Review)
Author: David R. Coffin
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: 55 Issue: 3 Page: 1094(2)

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The origin of illustrations in architectural books. (Book Reviews).(Architecture in the Age of Printing - Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images ... article from: Architectural Science Review

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The origin of illustrations in architectural books. (Book Reviews).(Architecture in the Age of Printing - Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images ... article from: Architectural Science Review

Manufacturer: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
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Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Architectural Science Review, published by University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture on June 1, 2002. The length of the article is 478 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The origin of illustrations in architectural books. (Book Reviews).(Architecture in the Age of Printing - Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory) (book review)
Publication: Architectural Science Review (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
Volume: 45 Issue: 2 Page: 159(1)

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Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography & Printed Images In the History of Architectural Theory

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Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography & Printed Images In the History of Architectural Theory
Mario Carpo
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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It became a bestseller, garnered sterling critical reviews, and inspired a film: this harrowing story of a captured British agent in World War Two, his refusal to crack under horrific torture, and his imprisonment in a concentration camp, testifies to the strength of the human spirit. Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas, aka “The White Rabbit,” parachuted into France to aid the Resistance; two years later the Gestapo seized him and unleashed all their power to make him give up information… Chilling and unforgettable.

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Almost Autobiographical.......2007-04-07

Tommy Yeo-Thomas fell out with Bruce Marshall. This book was based on Yeo-Thomas' own manuscript but loaded with Marshall's religious imagery. Later, long after Tommy's death another book was written "Bravest of the Brave" by Mark Seaman ISBN-13: 978-1854794109

Tommy entered the RAF - Polish Air Force "Krakowski" 306 Squadron and then joined SOE "RF" Section under De Gaulle and the Free French. When Jean Moulin was captured by Klaus Barbie, Yeo-Thomas - Le Lapin Blanc - Yeo-Thomas took over. It was he who saw Churchill personally to get him to supply arms to the Maquis.

Captured in France he was tortured in Avenue Foch by the SD and sent to Buchenwald Concentration Camp where 16 of his fellow officers were executed on meat hooks and cremated, including Captain Desmond Hubble RA captured on Operation Citronelle near Revin, in France. Tommy had recruited Hubble to SOE, and now he escaped from Buchenwald as a typhoid-ridden corpse bringing Hubble's chess-set as a memento for his dead friend's children.

Tommy was in his 40s when all this took place and escaped Buchenwald Concentration Camp as a physical wreck living with the consequences until his early death in 1964. After a man has survived all this, how does he fit into a peacetime society with its strong desire to forget ?

True patriotism!.......2002-05-21

This is a thrilling account of one British officer's determination to survive and, even more, do everything possible to help win the war. The things this man experienced are almost incomprehensible, yet he endured it all with spirit and never let his fellow men down. It's one of the better-written post-war memoirs I've read, and one of the most enthralling.

Well worth reading..........2001-03-29

When World War II began, Frederick Yeo-Thomas was running the Paris fashion house of Molyneux. At his age, he could have easily sat out the war, parachuting into occupied France as an agent of Britain's Special Operations Executive. He was one of Britain's most heroic secret agents, and played a major role in the growth of the French Resistance. He survived the war, but just barely.

Readers of Leo Marks' "Between Silk and Cyanide" will recognize Yeo-Thomas...he was a man for whom Marks had intense admiration.

The writing style of "White Rabbit" is craftsmanlike but not exceptional.

An incredible account of a soldiers perseverence........1998-11-15

This book reads stranger than any fiction I can recall. The events that take place for this covert operator in WWII france will make a man doubt his own ability to confront adversity of a similar kind and to indure torture and a certain expectation of a gruesome death. An Iron will, indomitable spirit and some good fortune add up to the survival of a man who was a member of the greatest covert organization to ever exist in the free world. I personally know the son of one of the characters in the book and after talking to him about his fathers comments on The White Rabbit I can reassure you that as amazing as this story is, it is true.

Baseball in World War II Europe (Images of Sports) (Sports History)

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Baseball in World War II Europe: A Big Hit !

Baseball in World War II Europe (Images of Sports) (Sports History)
Gary Bedingfield
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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For Baseball Lovers.......2000-04-13

Gary Bedingfield has done a FANtastic job showing the American Pastime. It's like a trip though The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. This is a must for all baseball fans. The photos bring back memories of the House of David and other barnstorming teams. Seeing integrated baseball teams years before the Major League, is something I never knew existed. Well done, Gary!

Baseball in World War II Europe: A Big Hit !.......2000-04-09

Baseball has always been one of America's favorite pasttimes, whether one played or was a spectator. Here is a beautiful collection of photos and history recapping baseball in a way that many may not even be aware. The author salutes the unknown heroes that served in World War II and boosted the morale of other soldiers and spectators by exhibiting their love of the game of baseball. For anyone who served and had loved ones involved in the sport, this is an absolute treasure. One can reminesce or capture the spirit of those who played and witnessed the game that has become and always will be America's favorite. If you like baseball and would like to learn more of its history, reading these pages will certainly increase your knowledge and give you insight on the significance of baseball's presence during World War II.

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This digital document is an article from Journal of International Affairs, published by Columbia University School of International Public Affairs on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 628 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: After Kyoto: Are There Rational Pathways to a Sustainable Global Energy System?(Review) (book review)
Author: Matthew G. Smith
Publication: Journal of International Affairs (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1999
Publisher: Columbia University School of International Public Affairs
Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Page: 369

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Shortly after the Mexican crisis of 1994-95, the major industrial countries undertook to strengthen the international financial architecture. They sought to reduce the risk of future crises by increasing the availability of information about economic conditions in emerging-market countries and strengthening the financial systems of those countries. They sought better ways to manage future crises, including ways to involve private-sector creditors in crisis management.

In this book, Peter B. Kenen reviews the reform effort and assesses the results. He shows how the effort was influenced by the Asian, Russian, and Brazilian crises. He compares the results of the effort with the more radical recommendations of outside experts and of the Meltzer Report and examines the implications of the reform effort for the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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This digital document is an article from Global Governance, published by Lynne Rienner Publishers on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 6576 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: What New Architecture? International Financial Institutions and Global Economic Order.(four books on managing international finance) (book review)
Author: Louis W. Pauly
Publication: Global Governance (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Page: 469(16)

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Presented in this guidebook for managers are lessons for getting the job done successfully and keeping everyone on task without making enemies. Included are tips for effective communication, time management, delegation of work, setting a good example, displaying empathy, and getting to know others and using that information to create teams that work based on the strengths and weaknesses of the group.

Se presentan en este libro para directivos lecciones y consejos para manejarse exitosamente sin hacer enemigos en el campo de trabajo. Incluye pautas de cómo interesarse por los otros para crear buenos equipos, comunicarse efectivamente, la delegación justa del trabajo, control del tiempo, la conducta apropiada y profesional, y la expresión de la empatía.

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Tom Peters step aside

Understanding dilemmas

One of the 21 books to read for the 21st century

21 Leaders for The 21st Century
Fons Trompenaars
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With a client list that includes Motorola, Daewoo, AT&T, and Volvo, Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner are considered today’s most knowledgeable, innovative management consultants. In 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, they tap into the wisdom of high-performing leaders from around the globe—from Michael Dell to Richard Branson—who candidly discuss their own views and experiences in analyzing and solving business dilemmas.

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Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner are considered today?s most knowledgeable, innovative management consultants. In 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, they tap into the wisdom of high-performing leaders from around the globe who candidly discuss their own views and experiences in analyzing and solving business dilemmas.

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Tom Peters step aside.......2004-05-03

My introduction to formalized leadership came during the Korean War, as I served as an instructor in the U.S. Army Infantry Leadership Course at Ft. Dix, NJ. There it was a pretty cut and dried formula with no opportunity for innovation. In the ensuing years leadership innovations have leaped into the spotlight with ever increasing frequency. Hardly a year goes by without some professor or management guru promulgating the latest leadership theory and its applications.

In my reading of this literature, I find that many, if not most, of them offer little of substance and seem to focus on providing panaceas that seldom seem to be applicable to my or my clients' situations. They enjoy waves of popularity and then like the old soldier just fade away to be replaced by the next new popular leadership theory.

Well, Tom Peters et al can step aside. The dynamic duo of Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner clearly demonstrate what effective managers need to learn to lead their organizations into the digital age. Rather than offering universal applications, these authors examine the nature of effective leadership in some depth. In specific situations they review the dilemmas of management and provide hardcore examples of how to reconcile fundamental issues of leadership.

Utilizing their base data from thousands of surveys of leaders and followers around the world and with their seven dimensions of cultural competence they have interviewed global leaders as they cope with the dilemmas of leadership. Rather than presenting seven or more essential habits, they focus on how these leaders reconcile differences to attain more effective management.

The authors suggest that business cultures are different, and that because business is run differently around the globe, we need different managerial and leadership competencies. What they call transcultural competence is their way of bridging those differences. It is a logic that tends to unify differences and that delineates the manager from the leader and the successful leader from the unsuccessful one. They call for a new way of thinking. Through-Through thinking is beyond either-or and even and- and thinking in that it synthesizes seemingly opposed values into coherence. Thus the main theme throughout this book is that effective leaders reconcile value dilemmas better than those who don't.

In in-depth interviews with 21 business leaders that run the range from Richard Branson of Virgin through the former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko, to corporate leaders throughout the West, we see the applications of transcultural competence through the use of the authors' seven dimensions: rule-making vs exception finding, that is universalism vs particularism; self-interest and personal fulfillment vs group interest and social concern, that is individualism vs communitarianism; preference for precise, singular, "hard" standards vs preference for pervasive, patterned. "soft: processes, that is specificity vs diffusion; emotions inhibited vs emotions expressed, that is neutral vs affective; status achieved through success and track record vs status ascribed to person's potential such as age, family, education, that is achievement vs ascription; control and effective direction comes from within vs control and effective direction comes from inside, that is inner-directed vs outer-directed; and time is conceived of as a "race" with passing increments vs time is conceived of as a "dance" with circular iterations, that is sequential vs synchronic. While not all of the 21 leaders address all of the above factors in their corporations, we do see that a number of these dimensions occur in varying issues of each organization. They include Kiriyenko working to reconcile dilemmas at the Nizhmy Novorod Oil Company (NORSI) such as that of inner direction (young Russians) vs outer directed (older Russians) or that of cronyism vs new rules or universalism vs particularism. Philippe Bourguignon of Club Med working to reconcile the dilemma of the unique, seamless, personalized vacation vs the reliable, affordable, segmented, standardized holiday with the specific ingredients going into the making of diffuse experiences.

Other examples of the reconciliation of dilemmas appear in such case studies as: creating a hyperculture with Martin Gillo of Advanced Micro Devices; recapturing the true mission with Christian Majgaard of Lego; the balance between market and product with Anders Knutsen of Bang and Olufsen; keeping closer to the customer with David Komansky of Merrill Lynch; and much more. Each of the case studies in the book offers rare insights into how the dilemmas of leadership can be met and how transcultural competence can be applied to leadership in the digital age. To quote the book itself: "The central premise that evolved is that the propensity to reconcile seemingly different contradictory values is the key competence behavior required for a leader to be effective in today's digital world." This is a fascinating spellbinding text blending the intercultural dilemmas of management with the reconciling forces of leadership to create innovative leaders. The examples from 21 business leaders prove again and again that Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner have hit enough nails on the head to build a solid model for the future.

David C. Wigglesworth an interculturalist is a management and organization development consultant and is president of D.C.W. Research Associates International in Kingwood, Texas. He can be reached at 281-359-4234 and dcwigg@earthlink.net
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Understanding dilemmas.......2002-09-26

Charles Hampden-Turner and Fons Trompenaars have been collaborating for many years to develop an understanding of how different cultures approach and resolve problems and the cross-cultural issues that arise from it. In the course of this collaboration they have developed a formidable database of responses from managers around the world, and a 'dilemma methodology' which they use to demonstrate how superior results flow from the way in which dilemmas are managed and resolved.

This book is a direct successor to a series of books by one or both authors, which develop the methodology and its application. This one applies it to the question of effective leadership, and makes a valuable contribution to a generally overcrowded field. In particular, it adds to understanding of the particular skill of an effective leader and also helps to build an operational understanding of what is meant by 'managing a culture'. The book can be read and used without reference to the earlier works, but Building Cross-Cultural Competence is particularly useful in providing an extended statement of the principles and dimensions summarized in the first 2 chapters of 21 Leaders.

The nine opening pages of the Introduction provide a succinct overview of the main thesis, described as a 'metatheory of leadership'. They argue that leaders 'manage culture' by fine-tuning and reconciling dilemmas and that that culture then runs the organization. Outstanding leaders are particularly adept at reconciling dilemmas - they make the necessary distinctions yet integrate them into a viable whole. The authors conceptualise apparently opposed values (eg individualism versus communitarianism) as being the opposite ends of a continuum and the test of successful reconciliation being that both values should emerge stronger from the interaction.

The book and most of the examples are based on issues of cross-cultural in the sense of cross-national values, but the principles apply equally wherever there is a potential clash of values - for example in a merger or a major program of change.

Through expanding their methodology and showing how it applies in a wide range of complex situations the authors seek to help leaders :

"Elicit and become aware of major business dilemmas in cross-cultural environments
See dilemma resolution as a crucial ingredient of strategy
Utilize dilemmas as strategic contexts for action
Learn the art of achieving one value through another in a virtuous circle (a process known as through-through thinking)
Learn how transnational entrepreneurs take their stands (preneur) between (entre) contrasting values."

Much of the book is devoted to case studies of the 21 selected leaders. These are not all the 'usual suspects' of the management literature, but include a former Russian Prime Minister and the heads of companies in a variety of industries and from a range of nations. Each is well-written and argues its particular points in a way that gives depth to the main thesis of the book.

One of the 21 books to read for the 21st century.......2001-06-30

This book should be read by everyone from young adults to senior executives. As a lay person, not only did I understand how to be successful in the business world, but how to improve my own life. The pages provided me with a fresh insight into leadership; one is not born as a leader, rather one must use leadership skills. Although this book provides examples with well known figures, it also points towards lesser known, but amply talented, leaders. However, albeit how successful some of these people are, some stories serve to remind us that even leaders cannot escape their own humanity. I loudly applaud Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner for giving me the tools to make my way through the 21st century!

Global Leaders for the 21 Century (Suny Series in Management-Communication)

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Insights Into Leadership
Fantastic book on global leadership

Global Leaders for the 21 Century (Suny Series in Management-Communication)
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New times demand new kinds of leaders. In a technological workplace which may be more virtual than physical, where bytes of information and cyberspace need to be managed more than people, leaders will have to thrive amidst high chaos and continuous change. Global Leaders for the Twenty-First Century profiles twelve such leaders from business and government and discusses eight key attributes necessary for successful leadership in the future.

Based upon extensive research and experiences with top leaders from around the world, the authors have identified the eight critical competencies needed by twenty-first century leaders: (1) a global mindset, (2) learning and teaching skills, (3) a servant-steward relationship to one's organization, (4) systems thinking, (5) spirituality and a concern for ethics, (6) a willingness to embrace new technologies, (7) innovation and risk-taking, and (8) vision-building.

Twelve of the top up-and-coming leaders from around the world who possess these attributes are profiled. They include the Fortune magazine's first two Asian leaders of the year (CEOs Nobuyuki Idei of Sony and Cheong Choong Kong of Singapore Airlines), two highly acclaimed political leaders (President Mary McAleese of Ireland and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan), the leading lights in the technology field (CEOs Jorma Ollila of Nokia in Finland and John Chambers of Cisco Systems in the United States), pioneer leaders for women (Carol Bartz, CEO of AutoDesk) and minorities (Ken Chenault, CEO-designate of American Express), the world's most innovative leader (Ricardo Semler, owner of Semco in Brazil), a leader in recognizing the importance of community service and employee partnership (Henry Carris, Carris Community of Companies), the director of one of the top executive development programs in the world (Felipe Alfonso, Asian Institute of Management), and a radical new thinker in the energy field (John Browne, CEO of BP Amoco).

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Insights Into Leadership.......2001-06-23

This book presents the challenges, philosophies, and strengths of twelve leaders from around the world. The authors present these leaders in a way that allows the reader to understand their leadership characteristics, their visions, and what it is about them that makes people follow them. These leaders all have varied backgrounds but at the same time some common traits. This book is a great way to get to know these twelve leaders, and what makes them tick.

Fantastic book on global leadership.......2000-12-03

This book has done an excellent job of identifying 12 of the top leaders from all over the world and demonstrating why they are successful in today's complex environment. The eight attributes they all share provide real insight for their successes.

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