The Gray Cloth: A Novel on Glass Architecture

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The German expressionist, architectural visionary, author, inventor, and artist Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) wrote several fictional utopian narratives related to glass architecture. In The Gray Cloth, the first of his novels to be translated into English, Scheerbart uses subtle irony and the structural simplicity of a fairy tale to present the theories of colored glass outlined in his well-known treatise Glass Architecture.

The novel is set forward in time to the mid-twentieth century. The protagonist, a Swiss architect named Edgar Krug, circumnavigates the globe by airship with his wife, constructing wildly varied, colored-glass buildings. His projects include a high-rise and exhibition/concert hall in Chicago, a retirement complex for air pilots on the Fiji Islands, the structure for an elevated train across a zoological park in northern India, and a suspended residential villa on the Kuria Muria Islands off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea. Fearing that his architecture is challenged by the colorfulness of women’s clothing, Krug insists that his wife wear all gray clothing with the addition of ten percent white. This odd demand brings him notoriety and sensationalizes his international building campaign. For the reader, it underlines the confluence of architecture with fashion, gender, and global media.

In his introduction John Stuart surveys Scheerbart’s career and role in German avant-garde circles, as well as his architectural and social ideas. He shows how Scheerbart strove to integrate his spiritual and romantic leanings with the modern world, often relying on glass architecture to do so. In addition to discussing the novel’s reception and its rediscovery by contemporary architects and critics, Stuart shows fiction to be a resource for the study of architecture and places The Gray Cloth in the context of German Expressionism.

Paul Scheerbart's novel on Glass architecture. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: Architectural Science Review

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Paul Scheerbart's novel on Glass architecture. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: Architectural Science Review

Manufacturer: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FHHIU
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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Title: Paul Scheerbart's novel on Glass architecture. (Book Reviews). (book review)
Publication: Architectural Science Review (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
Volume: 45 Issue: 2 Page: 155(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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The Gray Cloth: Paul Scheerbart's Novel on Glass Architecture

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The Gray Cloth: Paul Scheerbart's Novel on Glass Architecture
Paul / Stuart, John A. (TRN) / Stuart, John A. Scheerbart
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback
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Andrew H. / photographs by Roger Strauss III Malcolm
Manufacturer: St. Martin's, 1991
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MS09SI

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U.S. 1, America's Original Main Street
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ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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A Battlefield atlas of the English Civil War

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A Battlefield atlas of the English Civil War
Anthony Baker
Manufacturer: Ian Allan
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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Stokes Oriole Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying and Enjoying Orioles
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Sokes Oriole Guide Review.......2000-05-24

I enjoyed this book alot as you can see by me rating. It has alot of colorfull pictures, but could have more. It provides good information and it is to the point but they could have gone further to explain it better. They could have provided more information on specific feeders, and pictures and brand names to go along with their descriptions. All together I thought this was a great book. I would encourage any one who is interested in orioles or birds in general to read it.

Sokes Oriole Guide Review.......2000-05-24

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Accurate, full-color scenes of Indian life and culture: 5 teepees decorated with clan symbols plus 20 "action figures" with movable bases — Indians riding horses, cooking, standing guard, hunting buffalo, playing games — and in groups — dancing, curing fish, playing lacrosse, more. Instructions.

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Good for ages 4 - 8 to teach about Plains Indians.......2007-01-09

A easy project for the K through 3rd grader, realistic and accurate enough to be used for a teaching tool

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Multimedia-- and increasingly, the Internet-- has redefined the way we look at printed matter, how we listen to sound, and how we react to products. As crossovers of media broaden the possibility of both personal expression and commercial design, Sonic Graphics/Seeing Sound explores the fusion of music and graphics. How are melody, harmony and rhythm played out in graphics? How does music influence design? How is it captured in static form as design?

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60 Full-color photos, 5 1/2" by 8 1/2"

Contains the most current up-to-date source of information on outdoor marijuana growing. available. Novice & experienced will learn how today's growers are achieving record harvests. Cervantes travelled troughout North America, Europe, Great Britain & Australia to learn how growers harvested the best bud in the world.

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Guerilla Growing!.......2000-06-22

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