Jörg Brockmann Livres

Paradis du promeneur, Paris se découvre en flânant, l'œil aux aguets, afin de ne rien manquer d'un étonnant voyage architectural à travers styles et époques. De la majesté médiévale de Notre-Dame au futurisme coloré du Centre Georges-Pompidou, de l'hôtel particulier, véritable bijou classé, aux tours de verre et d'acier, des églises aux restaurants, des espaces publics aux résidences privées, mille bâtiments ont ainsi été photographiés avec brio et racontés avec passion. Jorg Brockmann et James Driscoll ont su saisir toute la richesse de la ville pour nous offrir une vision originale des architectures parisiennes, tandis que Kathy Borrus, combinant informations historiques et anecdotes surprenantes, nous livre un panorama unique de l'évolution de Paris au fil des siècles. Des cartes classées par arrondissements et de nombreux encadrés thématiques complètent cet ouvrage essentiel, célébration d'une capitale en perpétuel devenir.

From skyscrapers to parking structures, from the Stock Exchange to the historic townhouses of Harlem, the buildings of New York are as diverse as its culture—and they are artfully photographed here by Jorg Brockmann. Essential information, history, and background stories about each one, along with neighborhood maps and useful sidebars, make this the last word on New York buildings large and small. Bill Harris is a veteran New York historian and writer who has also logged many miles as a tour guide. Jorg Brockmann is an accomplished photographer whose talent matches the scale of the project. Together, they have created a feast for lovers of architecture and of great photography, as well as devotees of New York City. Now in a well-priced and easy-to-carry paperback edition, One Thousand New York Buildings is the ultimate guide to the Great American City.

They were the first white men to penetrate the continent, and they soon lost their identity, becoming something completely new and different, a hybrid of Native and European, part civilized, part wild. Often from farms on the edge of the wilderness, they learned the hard way how to survive in the woods, plains, and mountains of the West. They were men like George Drouillard, who became a scout for Lewis and Clark, whose expedition might not have been possible without the first incursions of the mountain men. Drouillard ended up a victim of the Blackfeet, beheaded, eviscerated, and left in pieces. When not in conflict with the Native Americans, they faced grizzly bears, wolves, snakes, getting lost, other trappers, and the encroachment of civilization. They were hunting beaver and buffalo, learning from and teaching the Native Americans the art of catching game. They worked for men like John Jacob Astor, whose multinational corporation, The American Fur Company, more or less controlled every pelt that came east. His traders fanned out across the nation, and the mountain men became their trappers. It was one of the most exciting eras in the history of the United States, and the mountain men were some of the most fascinating players. Here are their stories.

Von Wolkenkratzern bis zu Parkhäusern, von der Börse bis zu den historischen Stadthäusern von Harlem, sind die Gebäude New Yorks ebenso vielfältig wie seine Kultur – und sie sind hier kunstvoll von Jörg Brockmann fotografiert. Wesentliche Informationen, Geschichte und Hintergrundgeschichten zu jedem Gebäude, zusammen mit Stadtteilkarten und nützlichen Seiteninformationen, machen dies zum umfassenden Werk über die großen und kleinen Gebäude New Yorks.