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2G 28 Aires Mateus (2G International Architecture Review)
J.B. Rodeia, A.C. Baeza
Gustavo Gili | 1136-9647 | 2003 | PDF | 144 pages | 29 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The architects Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus occupy an important and well-deserved place on the current Portuguese architecture scene. The sheer quantity of their public and private commissions, the competitions won over the last few years, the countless prizes received and the publicizing of their buildings at the international level are all signs of the recognition of their work.
This issue of 2G is the first monograph on the work of these Lisbon brothers and opens with a text by the critic João Belo Rodeia, a commentary by Alberto Campo Baeza on the house in Alenquer and an "informal conversation" with their teacher Gonçalo Byrne and Valentino Capelo de Sousa. Among the buildings presented one might single out the magnificent students' residence on the Coimbra University campus, the Universidade Nova de Lisboa rector's office or their splendid experiments in single-family housing, plus the rehabilitation of a ruined house in Alenquer, the Alvalade patio-house, the weekend house on the coast at Alentejo or the conversion of a former wine warehouse into housing in Brejos de Azeitão, all of these in Portugal.
LIST OF CONTENT
João Belo Rodeia
On Traveling a Distance
Student Residence on Campus II of the Universidade de Coimbra
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Rector's Office
Almedina Bookshop I, Lisbon
Almedina Bookshop III, Porto
Alberto Campo Baeza
A Handful of Air
House in Alenquer
House in Alvalade
House on the Alentejo coast
House in Brejos de Azeitão, Setúbal
House in the Serra de Mira d’Aire, Porto de Mós
House in Sesimbra
House in the Arrábida Natural Park, Setúbal
House in Alcácer do Sal
The Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Sines Cultural Center
The Lisbon Museum of Architecture
The Faro de Santa Marta Museum, Cascais
The Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Park Hyatt Hotel, Dublin
Biography
nexus
An Informal Conversation Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus, Gonçalo Byrne and Valentino Capelo de Sousa
EDITORIAL REVIEW
A Handful of Air
by Alberto Campo Baeza (excerpt)
"To make a house, you take a handful of air and you hold it in with some walls." It might seem that the Aires Mateus brothers have fulf-illed the words of this Nazarite proverb to the letter, since this, holding the air in with some walls, is what they've done in this very lovely house, erected outside of time and inside the space of beauty.
A sublimated ruin. Empty boxes
In their brief statement the architects claim they've merely shored up and repaired the ancient walls of the old house. I think they've done much more: they've sublimated them. At the start the self-contained twin box was a silent ruin. And they've made it speak. They've granted it significance by manipulating, opening and closing it, and unifying it with a radiant white color. And they've put in a deck-like wood-en floor, so that the individual elements acquire greater presence. And lastly it's been filled with light. So the whole thing has a certain metaphysical air that brings some of Giorgio de Chirico's pictures to mind. With tremendous force.
When a ruin has walls with a materiality so capable of trapping air and light, when in it gravity still constructs the space, the architect-ure openly exhibits itself to us, divested of everything, in its more radical form. The pure nakedness of the structure is wont to have the forceful intensity of the most essential architecture. The walls of many Roman ruins that move us work this way. The empty boxes of this house work this way, too.
The framed sky. The house of water
Maybe the most notable quality of these spaces is their verticality, which has been accentuated as the main attribute of the two boxes, boxes that once supported one or more stories and are now free all the way up. The unwonted proportion, never considered by the primitive builder of those walls, produces a certain fascination. The tall box of the swimming pool, like a jewel case of the water contained therein, produces, be it due to its reflection in the water or because of its transparency, an effect of utmost verticality.
Today proportion is still, and always will be, an effective tool in architecture. Even though someone might think that in the fleeting earthquake by which those that claim to go by the name of avant-garde architectures are shaken up, this attribute, proportion, may seem to have disappeared. A proportion that is the mastery of scale.
I would like to observe here how the empty box of the swimming pool seems higher than the other one, where the disproportion of the interstitial spaces might make you think that there was more vertical-ity in them. On the contrary, seated within the box of water our gaze is drawn upwards towards the framed sky, bringing the Pantheon in Rome to mind. Framing the air of the heavens.
The still camera
If we analyze the house-cum-container of functions accommodated in the second box, we are obliged to recognize that it's like a perfect watch mechanism, so well does it work. But if we analyze the precision with which each element focuses the landscape through the twin filters of window and recess, the simile of the still camera would be more apposite. And if we were to say that the box of water looks at the sky, this box of the house looks at the ground.
The functions are impeccably resolved. Below, the public space—living, cooking, eating—with a vision of the landscape more focused than framed. Above, maximum privacy in the small-sized bedrooms, each with a different view. Like a still camera.
And the light
In the end this whole house is no more than a very brilliant exercise in light. The white light jagged in the cast shadow dances on the surface of the hollowed-out water and is something to behold. The solid light shifts during the day against a background of reflected light that fills these sublime boxes and produces effects of the greatest beauty.
Gustavo Gili | 1136-9647 | 2003 | PDF | 144 pages | 29 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The architects Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus occupy an important and well-deserved place on the current Portuguese architecture scene. The sheer quantity of their public and private commissions, the competitions won over the last few years, the countless prizes received and the publicizing of their buildings at the international level are all signs of the recognition of their work.
This issue of 2G is the first monograph on the work of these Lisbon brothers and opens with a text by the critic João Belo Rodeia, a commentary by Alberto Campo Baeza on the house in Alenquer and an "informal conversation" with their teacher Gonçalo Byrne and Valentino Capelo de Sousa. Among the buildings presented one might single out the magnificent students' residence on the Coimbra University campus, the Universidade Nova de Lisboa rector's office or their splendid experiments in single-family housing, plus the rehabilitation of a ruined house in Alenquer, the Alvalade patio-house, the weekend house on the coast at Alentejo or the conversion of a former wine warehouse into housing in Brejos de Azeitão, all of these in Portugal.
LIST OF CONTENT
João Belo Rodeia
On Traveling a Distance
Student Residence on Campus II of the Universidade de Coimbra
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Rector's Office
Almedina Bookshop I, Lisbon
Almedina Bookshop III, Porto
Alberto Campo Baeza
A Handful of Air
House in Alenquer
House in Alvalade
House on the Alentejo coast
House in Brejos de Azeitão, Setúbal
House in the Serra de Mira d’Aire, Porto de Mós
House in Sesimbra
House in the Arrábida Natural Park, Setúbal
House in Alcácer do Sal
The Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Sines Cultural Center
The Lisbon Museum of Architecture
The Faro de Santa Marta Museum, Cascais
The Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Park Hyatt Hotel, Dublin
Biography
nexus
An Informal Conversation Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus, Gonçalo Byrne and Valentino Capelo de Sousa
EDITORIAL REVIEW
A Handful of Air
by Alberto Campo Baeza (excerpt)
"To make a house, you take a handful of air and you hold it in with some walls." It might seem that the Aires Mateus brothers have fulf-illed the words of this Nazarite proverb to the letter, since this, holding the air in with some walls, is what they've done in this very lovely house, erected outside of time and inside the space of beauty.
A sublimated ruin. Empty boxes
In their brief statement the architects claim they've merely shored up and repaired the ancient walls of the old house. I think they've done much more: they've sublimated them. At the start the self-contained twin box was a silent ruin. And they've made it speak. They've granted it significance by manipulating, opening and closing it, and unifying it with a radiant white color. And they've put in a deck-like wood-en floor, so that the individual elements acquire greater presence. And lastly it's been filled with light. So the whole thing has a certain metaphysical air that brings some of Giorgio de Chirico's pictures to mind. With tremendous force.
When a ruin has walls with a materiality so capable of trapping air and light, when in it gravity still constructs the space, the architect-ure openly exhibits itself to us, divested of everything, in its more radical form. The pure nakedness of the structure is wont to have the forceful intensity of the most essential architecture. The walls of many Roman ruins that move us work this way. The empty boxes of this house work this way, too.
The framed sky. The house of water
Maybe the most notable quality of these spaces is their verticality, which has been accentuated as the main attribute of the two boxes, boxes that once supported one or more stories and are now free all the way up. The unwonted proportion, never considered by the primitive builder of those walls, produces a certain fascination. The tall box of the swimming pool, like a jewel case of the water contained therein, produces, be it due to its reflection in the water or because of its transparency, an effect of utmost verticality.
Today proportion is still, and always will be, an effective tool in architecture. Even though someone might think that in the fleeting earthquake by which those that claim to go by the name of avant-garde architectures are shaken up, this attribute, proportion, may seem to have disappeared. A proportion that is the mastery of scale.
I would like to observe here how the empty box of the swimming pool seems higher than the other one, where the disproportion of the interstitial spaces might make you think that there was more vertical-ity in them. On the contrary, seated within the box of water our gaze is drawn upwards towards the framed sky, bringing the Pantheon in Rome to mind. Framing the air of the heavens.
The still camera
If we analyze the house-cum-container of functions accommodated in the second box, we are obliged to recognize that it's like a perfect watch mechanism, so well does it work. But if we analyze the precision with which each element focuses the landscape through the twin filters of window and recess, the simile of the still camera would be more apposite. And if we were to say that the box of water looks at the sky, this box of the house looks at the ground.
The functions are impeccably resolved. Below, the public space—living, cooking, eating—with a vision of the landscape more focused than framed. Above, maximum privacy in the small-sized bedrooms, each with a different view. Like a still camera.
And the light
In the end this whole house is no more than a very brilliant exercise in light. The white light jagged in the cast shadow dances on the surface of the hollowed-out water and is something to behold. The solid light shifts during the day against a background of reflected light that fills these sublime boxes and produces effects of the greatest beauty.
2G 20 Portuguese Architecture (2G International Architecture Review)
2G Editors
Gustavo Gili | 1136-9647 | 2003 | PDF | 144 pages | 120 Mb
Part 1
Part 2
DESCRIPTION
Portuguese architecture, and its place on the international scene, has been receiving a lot of attention in the specialised press for some time now. The work of such great Portuguese architects as Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza and Gonçalo Byrne has formed generations of internationally known figures, figures like Eduardo Souto de Moura, Adalberto Dias, Carrilho de Graça and Álvaro Rocha.
The aim of this issue of 2G is to present the architectures of a generation of architects whose work opens up new perspectives on Portuguese architecture, despite the latter being usually submitted to the scrutiny of the masters. Young architects who would form a more or less homogeneous "third generation", one caught between its ongoing marginality in geographical terms and an attentiveness to what is happening on the international scene.
LIST OF CONTENT
Introduction
Ground line: Presenting a new generation of Portuguese architects. João Belo Rodeia
Notes on Some Portuguese Architects. Daniel de Castro Lopes
Works and Projects
Aires Mateus e associados
House in Alenquer.
Library, Audìtorium and Art Center, Sines.
Atelier Búgio
The Quinta da Casa Branca Inn, Madeira.
Pedro Falcão de Campos
House for Dr. Saravia Lima, Alcácer do Sal.
José Fernando Gonçalves
Interventíons on the Parish Church, Oliveira do Douro.
Cristina Guedes, Francisco Vieira de Campos
Faculty of Fine Arts block, Porto.
Inês Lobo, Pedro Domingos
Chancellery and Residence of the Portuguese Embassy in Berlin.
João Mendes Ribeiro
Tea House, Montemor-o-Velho.
Four stage designs.
Pedro Mendes
Renovation of an "Island", Porto.
António Portugal, Manuel Maria Reis
School of Advanced Technology and Management of Portoalegre Polytechnic Institute.
Paulo Providência
S. Nicolau baths and wash-houses, Porto.
Tomé Ribeiro Pavilion, Maia.
Serôdio & Associados
House for Manuel Dias, Paredes.
Two apartment blocks, Foz do Douro.
Vilela & Gordon
Residence for the Portuguese Embassy in Brasilia.
Biographies
Nexus
The legacy of the "verdant 1950's". Permanence and Change in Portuguese Architecture from the Postwar Period to the Revolution.
Ana Tostões
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Notes on Some Portuguese Architects
Daniel de Castro Lopes
1.The current image of Portuguese architecture is a complex one; ideas that were once widely accepted have to be nuanced in order to conform to changes in the country.
Portugal's peripheral, artisanal and anachronous condition is becoming less evident, given that the economic boom of the last few years has privileged a not always well assimilated, accelerated modernisation of its territorial and economic structure. The imbalances existing in Portuguese society have been accentuated because of the passive adoption by part of the rising middle-class of foreign models, to the detriment of its own heritage and cultural references.
Designing architecture in Portugal is no longer an heroic creative profession -a situation created by Decree 73/73, which does away with the exclusivity of architects in the practice of architecture, reducing their field of action in practical terms to the mere authorial work for a cultured client-, but instead becomes an anonymous activity with a number of stipulated legal and technical responsibilities.
Portuguese architecture, centred on authors like Alvaro Siza, Fernando Tavora and Eduardo Souto Moura, and on their disciples, collaborators, masters or heirs, becomes increasingly rich and more complex when, in ten years, the number of qualified architects triples, dramatically enlarging the fields of actuation, sensibility and creative possibility.
The teaching of architecture, formerly restricted to a pedagogical model whose main axes were method and the master-disciple relationship, is broken up in twenty schools with a total of 9,000 students, all of which leads to the disintegration of teaching models and obliges the relationships in teaching to become more bureaucratic.
Under these new circumstances, the growing recognition of architecture is noteworthy, a recognition born of the media presence of its authors or the capitalisation of its economic-symbolic surplus value.
The large number of public competitions and the institutional support given to professional qualification as an aspect of quality, together with the increase in private commissions, are the most important consequences of this new situation.
2. Recent architectural output, both projectural and theoretical, conforms to this state of affairs. Young architects stand out for the clarity of their schemes and the coherence of their individual poetics. Most of them began their professional activity in the 1990s, and they largely constitute the changeover of generations within Portuguese architecture.
Yet they cannot be defined as a generation as such, since the coincidences between them are greater than the common choices, and consensus more important than personal bias. They form a network of active professionals (when not being activists, since they participate in different fields: teaching, publishing, specialised encounters, etc.) who share certain objectives, which does not prevent their trajectories from being extremely varied. Perhaps their most important "generational" characteristic is their respect for individual intellectual autonomy, along with open and disinterested collaboration, and the apparent absence of a group commitment begins and ends with society, since they reclaim a certain social and environmental activism for the practice of the project.
The standardised tastes that make up the cultural space in which architecture develops, the latter being understood as the most practical of the arts, is reflected in the set of images -which seem to constitute a new, purely mediatised, international style- that all use with greater or lesser purity, adapting these to new contexts.
3. Portuguese architecture has been generically defined by its tectonic quality (a mastery of materials and control of detail), by its composition (abstract, clear and precise), and by its topological skilfulness (the location as matrix). By focusing analysis on these categories, certain aspects can be discerned which, without forming a rigid norm, define the main axes of their thinking.
One thing they share is the realism of their schemes. A resistant praxis that mistrusts images and is based on the analysis of reality generates a semantic economy that focuses on the very construction of architecture. Without spurning plasticity, they set out -by means of an exacting compositional labour, sparing in effects and materials- to appeal to the senses and to emotion, although from the ground of reason. A refined materiality, born of craftsmanship and the relative scarcity of materials (industrialised ones, at least), has been updated with the generalisation of technologically more developed constructional solutions. Added to which, the use of materials or the control of details has undergone a certain revision: critical schemes are proposed without falling into constructional anecdote or the functional objet trouvé.
The dignifying of prefabricated materials or industrial constructional solutions through the careful handling of details and an optimisation of resources emerges in the buildings of Cristina Guedes and Francisco Vieira de Campos, given that due to the ephemeral nature of their programs they opt for an investigation of quality in terms of means that might, at first glance, seem limited.
An identical sort of research is evident in the work of Paulo Providência, who reformulates banal programs with extreme elegance and spatial richness, utilising materials in an unexpected way, decontextualizing these and hence ennobling the program or material employed.
The purifying of detail by reducing the use of materials and redefining these in relation to the overall spatial scheme can be seen in the buildings of José Fernando Gonçalves, where materials take on more abstract meanings due to their being used with enormous restraint.
The architectural composition based on spatial investigation or semantic expressivity has seemingly involuted, given that after the "semantic nightmare" of the 1980s buildings have been reduced to regular volumes, or their aggregations, in which geometrical clarity and the elemental nature of the mass takes precedence. This visual reduction to the essential displaces the object of projectural thinking towards the meanings of the physical components of the work of architecture.
The norm -or a structuring conception of the order- is taken on board as a creative point of departure, as a substitute for visual invention, in the projects of João Pedro Serôdio and Isabel Furtado, in their integral abstract models derived from mathematical rules which structure the design from its implantation to its details.
The limits of the semantic elements of architectonic language is investigated in the recent projects of Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, who reflect on the dualities of wall/recess and mass/surface, concatenating complex spatial structures in simple volumes devoid of ornament or constructional showiness, proposing re-readings of the uses and the essence of space.
Aesthetics are addressed from the premise of constructional authenticity, thus avoiding the theatrical expedient, in the projects of Nuno Brandão Costa, who utilises the codes and logic of building systems as his main compositional tools.
An attentive reading of the external factors of the architectural project -location, program, construction, client, specification- has encouraged works of tremendous skill in their response to their surroundings. In an imploded territory submitted to tensions that occasionally admit of no solution, the defining of an autonomous territory is sought by means of bold abstract strategies.
The optimisation of the potentiality of both program and surroundings in the work of the Búgio Studio generates an order that structures and informs the project by maximising the external indices, suggestions and strictures.
The typological forcefulness of the construction of place in the buildings of Inés Lobo and Pedro Domingos, who seek to stabilise the surroundings by using their more expressive features to the full, in a Palladian conception of the architectonic opus, offers an architecture which avoids immediacy and leads to an active reading of its content.
Radicalness is displaced from praxis to the work: convictions and discourses are constructed and the profound meaning is gradually reclaimed of architecture as the setting and matrix of people's lives.
-Daniel de Castro Lopes
Gustavo Gili | 1136-9647 | 2003 | PDF | 144 pages | 120 Mb
Part 1
Part 2
DESCRIPTION
Portuguese architecture, and its place on the international scene, has been receiving a lot of attention in the specialised press for some time now. The work of such great Portuguese architects as Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza and Gonçalo Byrne has formed generations of internationally known figures, figures like Eduardo Souto de Moura, Adalberto Dias, Carrilho de Graça and Álvaro Rocha.
The aim of this issue of 2G is to present the architectures of a generation of architects whose work opens up new perspectives on Portuguese architecture, despite the latter being usually submitted to the scrutiny of the masters. Young architects who would form a more or less homogeneous "third generation", one caught between its ongoing marginality in geographical terms and an attentiveness to what is happening on the international scene.
LIST OF CONTENT
Introduction
Ground line: Presenting a new generation of Portuguese architects. João Belo Rodeia
Notes on Some Portuguese Architects. Daniel de Castro Lopes
Works and Projects
Aires Mateus e associados
House in Alenquer.
Library, Audìtorium and Art Center, Sines.
Atelier Búgio
The Quinta da Casa Branca Inn, Madeira.
Pedro Falcão de Campos
House for Dr. Saravia Lima, Alcácer do Sal.
José Fernando Gonçalves
Interventíons on the Parish Church, Oliveira do Douro.
Cristina Guedes, Francisco Vieira de Campos
Faculty of Fine Arts block, Porto.
Inês Lobo, Pedro Domingos
Chancellery and Residence of the Portuguese Embassy in Berlin.
João Mendes Ribeiro
Tea House, Montemor-o-Velho.
Four stage designs.
Pedro Mendes
Renovation of an "Island", Porto.
António Portugal, Manuel Maria Reis
School of Advanced Technology and Management of Portoalegre Polytechnic Institute.
Paulo Providência
S. Nicolau baths and wash-houses, Porto.
Tomé Ribeiro Pavilion, Maia.
Serôdio & Associados
House for Manuel Dias, Paredes.
Two apartment blocks, Foz do Douro.
Vilela & Gordon
Residence for the Portuguese Embassy in Brasilia.
Biographies
Nexus
The legacy of the "verdant 1950's". Permanence and Change in Portuguese Architecture from the Postwar Period to the Revolution.
Ana Tostões
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Notes on Some Portuguese Architects
Daniel de Castro Lopes
1.The current image of Portuguese architecture is a complex one; ideas that were once widely accepted have to be nuanced in order to conform to changes in the country.
Portugal's peripheral, artisanal and anachronous condition is becoming less evident, given that the economic boom of the last few years has privileged a not always well assimilated, accelerated modernisation of its territorial and economic structure. The imbalances existing in Portuguese society have been accentuated because of the passive adoption by part of the rising middle-class of foreign models, to the detriment of its own heritage and cultural references.
Designing architecture in Portugal is no longer an heroic creative profession -a situation created by Decree 73/73, which does away with the exclusivity of architects in the practice of architecture, reducing their field of action in practical terms to the mere authorial work for a cultured client-, but instead becomes an anonymous activity with a number of stipulated legal and technical responsibilities.
Portuguese architecture, centred on authors like Alvaro Siza, Fernando Tavora and Eduardo Souto Moura, and on their disciples, collaborators, masters or heirs, becomes increasingly rich and more complex when, in ten years, the number of qualified architects triples, dramatically enlarging the fields of actuation, sensibility and creative possibility.
The teaching of architecture, formerly restricted to a pedagogical model whose main axes were method and the master-disciple relationship, is broken up in twenty schools with a total of 9,000 students, all of which leads to the disintegration of teaching models and obliges the relationships in teaching to become more bureaucratic.
Under these new circumstances, the growing recognition of architecture is noteworthy, a recognition born of the media presence of its authors or the capitalisation of its economic-symbolic surplus value.
The large number of public competitions and the institutional support given to professional qualification as an aspect of quality, together with the increase in private commissions, are the most important consequences of this new situation.
2. Recent architectural output, both projectural and theoretical, conforms to this state of affairs. Young architects stand out for the clarity of their schemes and the coherence of their individual poetics. Most of them began their professional activity in the 1990s, and they largely constitute the changeover of generations within Portuguese architecture.
Yet they cannot be defined as a generation as such, since the coincidences between them are greater than the common choices, and consensus more important than personal bias. They form a network of active professionals (when not being activists, since they participate in different fields: teaching, publishing, specialised encounters, etc.) who share certain objectives, which does not prevent their trajectories from being extremely varied. Perhaps their most important "generational" characteristic is their respect for individual intellectual autonomy, along with open and disinterested collaboration, and the apparent absence of a group commitment begins and ends with society, since they reclaim a certain social and environmental activism for the practice of the project.
The standardised tastes that make up the cultural space in which architecture develops, the latter being understood as the most practical of the arts, is reflected in the set of images -which seem to constitute a new, purely mediatised, international style- that all use with greater or lesser purity, adapting these to new contexts.
3. Portuguese architecture has been generically defined by its tectonic quality (a mastery of materials and control of detail), by its composition (abstract, clear and precise), and by its topological skilfulness (the location as matrix). By focusing analysis on these categories, certain aspects can be discerned which, without forming a rigid norm, define the main axes of their thinking.
One thing they share is the realism of their schemes. A resistant praxis that mistrusts images and is based on the analysis of reality generates a semantic economy that focuses on the very construction of architecture. Without spurning plasticity, they set out -by means of an exacting compositional labour, sparing in effects and materials- to appeal to the senses and to emotion, although from the ground of reason. A refined materiality, born of craftsmanship and the relative scarcity of materials (industrialised ones, at least), has been updated with the generalisation of technologically more developed constructional solutions. Added to which, the use of materials or the control of details has undergone a certain revision: critical schemes are proposed without falling into constructional anecdote or the functional objet trouvé.
The dignifying of prefabricated materials or industrial constructional solutions through the careful handling of details and an optimisation of resources emerges in the buildings of Cristina Guedes and Francisco Vieira de Campos, given that due to the ephemeral nature of their programs they opt for an investigation of quality in terms of means that might, at first glance, seem limited.
An identical sort of research is evident in the work of Paulo Providência, who reformulates banal programs with extreme elegance and spatial richness, utilising materials in an unexpected way, decontextualizing these and hence ennobling the program or material employed.
The purifying of detail by reducing the use of materials and redefining these in relation to the overall spatial scheme can be seen in the buildings of José Fernando Gonçalves, where materials take on more abstract meanings due to their being used with enormous restraint.
The architectural composition based on spatial investigation or semantic expressivity has seemingly involuted, given that after the "semantic nightmare" of the 1980s buildings have been reduced to regular volumes, or their aggregations, in which geometrical clarity and the elemental nature of the mass takes precedence. This visual reduction to the essential displaces the object of projectural thinking towards the meanings of the physical components of the work of architecture.
The norm -or a structuring conception of the order- is taken on board as a creative point of departure, as a substitute for visual invention, in the projects of João Pedro Serôdio and Isabel Furtado, in their integral abstract models derived from mathematical rules which structure the design from its implantation to its details.
The limits of the semantic elements of architectonic language is investigated in the recent projects of Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, who reflect on the dualities of wall/recess and mass/surface, concatenating complex spatial structures in simple volumes devoid of ornament or constructional showiness, proposing re-readings of the uses and the essence of space.
Aesthetics are addressed from the premise of constructional authenticity, thus avoiding the theatrical expedient, in the projects of Nuno Brandão Costa, who utilises the codes and logic of building systems as his main compositional tools.
An attentive reading of the external factors of the architectural project -location, program, construction, client, specification- has encouraged works of tremendous skill in their response to their surroundings. In an imploded territory submitted to tensions that occasionally admit of no solution, the defining of an autonomous territory is sought by means of bold abstract strategies.
The optimisation of the potentiality of both program and surroundings in the work of the Búgio Studio generates an order that structures and informs the project by maximising the external indices, suggestions and strictures.
The typological forcefulness of the construction of place in the buildings of Inés Lobo and Pedro Domingos, who seek to stabilise the surroundings by using their more expressive features to the full, in a Palladian conception of the architectonic opus, offers an architecture which avoids immediacy and leads to an active reading of its content.
Radicalness is displaced from praxis to the work: convictions and discourses are constructed and the profound meaning is gradually reclaimed of architecture as the setting and matrix of people's lives.
-Daniel de Castro Lopes
2G 5 Eduardo Souto de Moura (2G International Architecture Review)
X. Guell
Gustavo Gili | 1136-9647 | 1998 | PDF | 144 pages | 60 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Eduardo Souto de Moura (b. Oporto, 1952) is one of the greatest architects on the contemporary Portuguese scene. A key figure among recent generations of architects in his country, it is he who has assumed the mantle the two great maestros of modern Portuguese architecture: Fernando Tavora and Alvaro Siza.
In 1990 Editorial Gustavo Gili published the first monograph devoted to his work, and the growing interest expressed by the international critical community since then has motivated us to publish this second monographic issue, which complements the first by focussing on the recent, extensive output of the architect.
This is a body of work which, without abandoning the standards set by his earlier buildings, attains a delicate maturity. His use of materials and the straightforward and antirhetorical constructional elementality of his latest works sets him apart from the particular stylistic and regional continuity of current Portuguese architecture, bringing him closer to certain positions shared by other European architects, in a critical vision of the limits of what seemed to be understood as a region.
With abundant graphic and photographic documentation, this issue presents 14 works and projects on Portuguese territory, from one-family houses in Tavira and Moledo, various art galleries, to works of wider scope like his remodelling of the Alfandega building in Lisbon and that of the Monastery of Santa Maria do Bouro, near Braga.
The issue includes critical essays by Jacques Lucan and Eduard Bru.
The "Nexus" section, includes material by the architect himself, the text "Time" and an interview with Xavier Guell.
LIST OF CONTENT
Introductions
The transmutation of matter. Jacques Lucan
Eduardo Souto de Moura in three times. Eduard Bru
Works & projects
House in Tavira
Conversion of the Alfándega building into the National Transport Museum
House in Moledo
Conversion of Santa Maria do Bouro Monastery
Residential block
Market in Braga
Porto Metro
Courtyard houses
Burgo project
House in Serra da Arrábida
Art Galleries
Biography
Nexus
Interview with Eduardo Souto de Moura. Xavier Güell
Time. Eduardo Souto de Moura
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Gustavo Gili | 1136-9647 | 1998 | PDF | 144 pages | 60 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Eduardo Souto de Moura (b. Oporto, 1952) is one of the greatest architects on the contemporary Portuguese scene. A key figure among recent generations of architects in his country, it is he who has assumed the mantle the two great maestros of modern Portuguese architecture: Fernando Tavora and Alvaro Siza.
In 1990 Editorial Gustavo Gili published the first monograph devoted to his work, and the growing interest expressed by the international critical community since then has motivated us to publish this second monographic issue, which complements the first by focussing on the recent, extensive output of the architect.
This is a body of work which, without abandoning the standards set by his earlier buildings, attains a delicate maturity. His use of materials and the straightforward and antirhetorical constructional elementality of his latest works sets him apart from the particular stylistic and regional continuity of current Portuguese architecture, bringing him closer to certain positions shared by other European architects, in a critical vision of the limits of what seemed to be understood as a region.
With abundant graphic and photographic documentation, this issue presents 14 works and projects on Portuguese territory, from one-family houses in Tavira and Moledo, various art galleries, to works of wider scope like his remodelling of the Alfandega building in Lisbon and that of the Monastery of Santa Maria do Bouro, near Braga.
The issue includes critical essays by Jacques Lucan and Eduard Bru.
The "Nexus" section, includes material by the architect himself, the text "Time" and an interview with Xavier Guell.
LIST OF CONTENT
Introductions
The transmutation of matter. Jacques Lucan
Eduardo Souto de Moura in three times. Eduard Bru
Works & projects
House in Tavira
Conversion of the Alfándega building into the National Transport Museum
House in Moledo
Conversion of Santa Maria do Bouro Monastery
Residential block
Market in Braga
Porto Metro
Courtyard houses
Burgo project
House in Serra da Arrábida
Art Galleries
Biography
Nexus
Interview with Eduardo Souto de Moura. Xavier Güell
Time. Eduardo Souto de Moura
EDITORIAL REVIEW
2G 4 Arne Jacobsen (2G International Architecture Review)
Gili Editors
Gustavo Gili | 11369647 | 1997 | PDF | 144 pages | 60 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971), better known for his prominent career as a designer of furniture and objects than as an architect, is the ultimate proponent of the modern movement in Denmark. Though he was a master of using traditional materials and textures within a modern vernacular, Jacobsen was also interested in industrial buildings and new technologies.
His public buildings followed the same criteria of simplicity, order, utility and harmony as all his other projects.
However, in his public architecture, Jacobsen also added the discipline inherent in standardisation and use of industrial components.
Rustica 30 x 23 cm 144 pp pages illustrated in colour
text: english/español
Quarterly ISSN: 11369647
LIST OF CONTENT
Introduction Arne Jacobsen 1902-1971.
Lisbet Balslev Jorgensen Works and projects Stelling Huis,
Copenhague Aarhus City Hall Sollerod City Hall Munkegards School,
Gentofte Offices for Jespersen & Son,
Copenhagen Rodovre City Hall SAS Building/Royal Hotel,
Copenhagen St. Catherine`s & Merton College,
Oxford National Bank,
Copenhagen Hew Offices,
Hamburg Christianeum Gymnasium,
Hamburg Kuwait Central Bank Danish Embassy,
London Biography Nexus On form and design at the present time.
Arne Jacobsen Speech at the opening of the Arne Jacobsen exhibition in Aarhus.
Knud Aerbo
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Gustavo Gili | 11369647 | 1997 | PDF | 144 pages | 60 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971), better known for his prominent career as a designer of furniture and objects than as an architect, is the ultimate proponent of the modern movement in Denmark. Though he was a master of using traditional materials and textures within a modern vernacular, Jacobsen was also interested in industrial buildings and new technologies.
His public buildings followed the same criteria of simplicity, order, utility and harmony as all his other projects.
However, in his public architecture, Jacobsen also added the discipline inherent in standardisation and use of industrial components.
Rustica 30 x 23 cm 144 pp pages illustrated in colour
text: english/español
Quarterly ISSN: 11369647
LIST OF CONTENT
Introduction Arne Jacobsen 1902-1971.
Lisbet Balslev Jorgensen Works and projects Stelling Huis,
Copenhague Aarhus City Hall Sollerod City Hall Munkegards School,
Gentofte Offices for Jespersen & Son,
Copenhagen Rodovre City Hall SAS Building/Royal Hotel,
Copenhagen St. Catherine`s & Merton College,
Oxford National Bank,
Copenhagen Hew Offices,
Hamburg Christianeum Gymnasium,
Hamburg Kuwait Central Bank Danish Embassy,
London Biography Nexus On form and design at the present time.
Arne Jacobsen Speech at the opening of the Arne Jacobsen exhibition in Aarhus.
Knud Aerbo
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Richard Meier Architect, Vol. 3
R. Meier, K. Frampton, J. Rykwert
Rizzoli | 0847819965 | 1999 | PDF | 444 pages | 57 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The third volume in Rizzoli's bestselling monograph series on the eminent modernist presents 24 of his post -1985 masterworks, including the internationally acclaimed Getty Center arts and humanities complex in Los Angeles. Other projects documented in this significant survey include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona and the Church of the Year 2000, to be built in Rome.
About the Author
Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University and established his office in New York City in 1963. Since that time, his international practice has included museums, courthouses, city halls, corporate headquarters, educational facilities, and public housing in addition to private houses. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture and the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.
Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
LIST OF CONTENT
Smith House
Bronx Development Center
Douglas House
Olivetti Branch Office Prototype
The Atheneum
The Hartford Seminary
Frankfurt Museum of Art
Siemens Corporate Headquarters
The Getty Center
Westchester House
Ackerberg House
Grotta House
The Hague City Hall and Central Library
Ulm Exhibition and Assembly Building
Weishaupt Forum
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
Royal Dutch Paper Mills Headquarters
Madison Square Garden Site Redevelopment
Canal+ Headquarters
Rachofsky House
Islip Courthouse
Neugebauer House
Phoenix Courthouse
Church of the Year 2000
The Richard Meier Archive
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Amazon.com Review
While architectural styles keep changing, Richard Meier is a rock of constancy, holding fast to the forms and principles of classic 20th-century modernism. His pristine white buildings, precise and articulated, proclaim that rationality and clarity still have the power to impress us in an age of unfettered stylistic experimentation. Others may seize the role of Dionysus, but he is content to be Apollo.
This is the third installment of a series of monographs on Meier's architecture; the first volume was published in 1985. It records 23 works designed or completed between 1992 and 1999. The best known of these is the legendary Getty Center in Los Angeles, but that billion-dollar Wagnerian extravaganza has not distracted Meier from turning out many other impressive structures of large and small scale, including the Hague City Hall and Central Library, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Rachovsky House in Dallas. Two-thirds of the projects are in Europe or Asia, suggesting that America may not be taking full advantage of this native son's abilities.
This large-format, square book is handsomely assembled, with 444 pages and more than 650 well-reproduced color and black-and-white photos and finely honed line drawings. Essays by architectural historians Kenneth Frampton and Joseph Rykwert and a postscript by architect Arata Isozaki--all major figures in their fields--provide valuable analysis that completes this impressive volume. --John Pastier
Rizzoli | 0847819965 | 1999 | PDF | 444 pages | 57 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The third volume in Rizzoli's bestselling monograph series on the eminent modernist presents 24 of his post -1985 masterworks, including the internationally acclaimed Getty Center arts and humanities complex in Los Angeles. Other projects documented in this significant survey include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona and the Church of the Year 2000, to be built in Rome.
About the Author
Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University and established his office in New York City in 1963. Since that time, his international practice has included museums, courthouses, city halls, corporate headquarters, educational facilities, and public housing in addition to private houses. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture and the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.
Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
LIST OF CONTENT
Smith House
Bronx Development Center
Douglas House
Olivetti Branch Office Prototype
The Atheneum
The Hartford Seminary
Frankfurt Museum of Art
Siemens Corporate Headquarters
The Getty Center
Westchester House
Ackerberg House
Grotta House
The Hague City Hall and Central Library
Ulm Exhibition and Assembly Building
Weishaupt Forum
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
Royal Dutch Paper Mills Headquarters
Madison Square Garden Site Redevelopment
Canal+ Headquarters
Rachofsky House
Islip Courthouse
Neugebauer House
Phoenix Courthouse
Church of the Year 2000
The Richard Meier Archive
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Amazon.com Review
While architectural styles keep changing, Richard Meier is a rock of constancy, holding fast to the forms and principles of classic 20th-century modernism. His pristine white buildings, precise and articulated, proclaim that rationality and clarity still have the power to impress us in an age of unfettered stylistic experimentation. Others may seize the role of Dionysus, but he is content to be Apollo.
This is the third installment of a series of monographs on Meier's architecture; the first volume was published in 1985. It records 23 works designed or completed between 1992 and 1999. The best known of these is the legendary Getty Center in Los Angeles, but that billion-dollar Wagnerian extravaganza has not distracted Meier from turning out many other impressive structures of large and small scale, including the Hague City Hall and Central Library, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Rachovsky House in Dallas. Two-thirds of the projects are in Europe or Asia, suggesting that America may not be taking full advantage of this native son's abilities.
This large-format, square book is handsomely assembled, with 444 pages and more than 650 well-reproduced color and black-and-white photos and finely honed line drawings. Essays by architectural historians Kenneth Frampton and Joseph Rykwert and a postscript by architect Arata Isozaki--all major figures in their fields--provide valuable analysis that completes this impressive volume. --John Pastier
The Saga of Sydney Opera House: The Dramatic Story of the Design and Construction of the Icon of Modern Australia
2008,
Architect Monographs,
Civil,
Engineering,
General Building Types and Styles,
History and Periods,
Reference
Peter Murray
Spon Press | 0415325218 | 2008 | PDF | 184 pages | 6 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Peter Murray has managed to unravel one of the most intriguing architectural controversies of recent times - what really happened when they built Sydney Opera House?
LIST OF CONTENT
Chapter 1 A magnificent doodle 1
Chapter 2 Collaboration and creativity 18
Chapter 3 The move to Sydney 31
Chapter 4 A quart into a pint pot 41
Chapter 5 The turn of the screw 56
Chapter 6 ‘You have forced me to leave’ 71
Chapter 7 The aftermath 87
Chapter 8 Ars longa, vita brevis 103
EDITORIAL REVIEW
'Peter Murray presents a nicely balanced view of the controversies that have dogged this remarkable building. He has probably come closest to the real story of what happened in those years of struggle.' - CIOB International News
'Peter Murray relates the murky affair with a splendidly light and fair-minded touch.' - Building
Peter Murray presents a nicely balanced view of the controversies that have dogged this remarkable building. He has probably come closest to the real story of what happened in those years of struggle. - CIOB International News
Peter Murray relates the murky affair with a splendidly light and fair-minded touch. - Building
Spon Press | 0415325218 | 2008 | PDF | 184 pages | 6 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Peter Murray has managed to unravel one of the most intriguing architectural controversies of recent times - what really happened when they built Sydney Opera House?
LIST OF CONTENT
Chapter 1 A magnificent doodle 1
Chapter 2 Collaboration and creativity 18
Chapter 3 The move to Sydney 31
Chapter 4 A quart into a pint pot 41
Chapter 5 The turn of the screw 56
Chapter 6 ‘You have forced me to leave’ 71
Chapter 7 The aftermath 87
Chapter 8 Ars longa, vita brevis 103
EDITORIAL REVIEW
'Peter Murray presents a nicely balanced view of the controversies that have dogged this remarkable building. He has probably come closest to the real story of what happened in those years of struggle.' - CIOB International News
'Peter Murray relates the murky affair with a splendidly light and fair-minded touch.' - Building
Peter Murray presents a nicely balanced view of the controversies that have dogged this remarkable building. He has probably come closest to the real story of what happened in those years of struggle. - CIOB International News
Peter Murray relates the murky affair with a splendidly light and fair-minded touch. - Building
Architecture Now!
Philip JodidioTaschen | 2004 | PDF | 532 pages | 82 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This installment of Architecture Now!, provides an overview of what is happening right now in architecture, be it of traditional inspiration, or at the very edge of current thinking. What is the spirit of this moment, and how does architecture reflect the creativity as the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close? Architecture Now! is THE reference for what is happening and what is to come. Easy-to-navigate illustrated A Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and web sites.
About the Author
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was editor-in-chief of the leading French art journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books on contemporary architecture, including TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, Building a New Millennium, and monographs Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Alvaro Siza.
LIST OF CONTENT
44 Tadao Ando
58 Andresen O'Gorman
66 Paul Andreu
78 Angelil/Grahan/Pfenninger/Scholl
82 Wiel Arets
90 Asymptote
98 Shigeru Ban
104 Berger + Parkkinen
112 Boora Architects
116 Mario Botta
122 Branson Coates
126 Will Bruder
134 Santiago Calatrava
152 Alberto Campo Baeza
158 Daly, Genik
162 Diller + Scofidio
174 Steven Ehrlich
180 Norman Foster
186 Massimiliano Fuksas
192 Garofalo, Lynn, McInturf
198 Frank O. Gehry
212 Gigon/Guyer
218 Zaha Hadid
232 Hiroshi Hara
238 Zvi Hecker
244 Herzog & de Meuron
260 Steven Holl
270 David Hovey
276 Arata Isozaki
282 Jacob + MacFarlane
292 Francoise-Helene Jourda
298 Rei Kawakubo
312 Khras
320 Waro Kishi
326 Kohn Pedersen Fox
330 Lamott Architekten
336 Maya Lin
346 Mahler Gunster Fuchs
354 Fumihiko Maki
364 Marmol Radzinner
374 Richard Meier
380 Jose Rafael Moneo
392 Toshiko Mori
396 Morphosis
402 Eric Owen Moss
410 Glenn Murcutt
416 MVRDV
428 Takehiko Nagakura
438 Neutelings Riedijk
456 Jean Nouvel
466 Dominique Perrault
474 Polshek Partnership
482 Christian de Portzamparc
488 Elizabeth de Portzamparc
494 Richard Rogers
500 Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen
510 Alvaro Siza
522 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
526 Eduardo Souto de Moura
532 Philippe Starck
538 Yoshio Taniguchi
544 Bernard Tshumi
556 Un Studio
568 Williams and Tsien
EDITORIAL REVIEW
10x10. 100 Architects, 10 Critics
2000 - 2005,
Architect Monographs,
Architecture,
General Building Types and Styles,
History and Periods,
Reference
Phaidon Press
Phaidon Press | 9780714844411 | 2004 | DjVu | 470 pages | 48.39 mb
DESCRIPTION
Since the release of the critically acclaimed 10x10 five years ago, the world of architecture has evolved: Advances in technology and research continue to produce increasingly sophisticated forms; advances in communication have resulted in decentralized, multicity architecture offices; and an impressive crop of young architects is emerging from countries with comparatively little previous recognition in the field, such as Slovenia, South Korea, and China. Many of the architects featured in 10x10— including Asymptote, Shigeru Ban, and MVRDV—have become established fixtures on the international scene, opening the way to a new generation of talent. With the expertise of a highly knowledgeable and high-powered group of curators, 10x10_2 picks up where its predecessor left off.
10x10_2 is a comprehensive and global view of new architecture, presenting the work of 100 up-and-coming architects in 28 countries, selected by 10 of the world’s best-informed architectural critics. Organized in A–Z order, the book introduces each architect or studio on four pages that include photographs, drawings, and accompanying text written by the critics. Although some of the architects are beginning to gain worldwide recognition, others have achieved acclaim in their own countries for their work over the past five years. The selection in this volume features more than 250 buildings and projects, including recently built work as well as those currently under construction and due for completion. The effects of the global economy and political shifts are also evident in the book’s selection, which includes several architecture studios in Slovenia, South Korea, and China. Also notable is a widespread move toward multi-location architecture collectives such as Servo, Ocean North, and n-o-m-a-d, which take advantage of a network of contacts in key cities around the world.
10x10 _2 also includes 10 original essays written by the critics that express their views on current architectural issues. In addition, each critic has chosen 10 cultural references—from designed objects to film, theory, and literature—that exemplify the range of influences on today’s rapidly changing design environment. The complete list of these references as well as one reading from each critic is reproduced in the book, which concludes with complete biographical information on each critic and architect/firm, as well as an index.
LIST OF CONTENT
this enormous book, measuring one square foot and weighing ten pounds, introduces 100 of the most promising architects and architectural firms from 28 countries, including Slovenia, South Korea, Brazil, and China.
These talented individuals are presented in the form of alphabetical four-page pictorial spreads, featuring their most intriguing designs and abbreviated biographies.
Some of the world's best-known architecture critics, writers, educators, and designers are responsible for the selections, including architect Zaha Hadid (London), historian Kurt Forster (Germany), and architectural educator Toshiko Mori (Harvard Univ. Graduate Sch. of Design).
Everything in this book is cutting edge, from the imaging and the graphics to the production techniques and the cover design. For all architecture libraries.-Peter Kaufman, Boston Architectural Ctr.
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Amazon.com Review
Who are the world's most exciting up-and-coming architects? 10 x 10_2 has 100 definitive answers, provided by 10 influential curators, educators and architects—including Zaha Hadid, Toshiko Mori, and Kurt Foster. Each featured architect is allotted four generously sized, photo-rich pages, with concise yet informative texts. The projects are distinguished by a rare combination of inventiveness, thoughtful use of materials and sheer beauty. In Zurich, Christian Kerez stacked and cantilevered solid concrete shear walls between large expanses of glass to create a multifamily residence of pristine structural integrity. In Minneapolis, Vincent James Associates Architects endowed a boathouse with the rhythm of repeated trussed beams, inspired by the activity of rowing. SPBR Arquitetos' glass-and-wood dental clinic in São Paulo features a transparent facade, designed to win the trust of neighborhood residents. In Tokyo, Tezuka Architects designed the space-saving Wall-less House, a steel-frame structure supported only by the central utility core and two columns. Among the more futuristic approaches are ONL's glass-and-metal highway sound barrier housing an industrial building in The Netherlands; New York-based Evan Douglas' fluid architectural elements, created by digital morphing; and Beijing-based Fake Design's dramatically scaled geometric stone formations for a riverside development in China. As a stimulating bonus, each member of the curatorial team offers an annotated list of 10 personal cultural influences, which range from John Berger's classic, Ways of Seeing, to films by Wim Wenders and the architecture-rich city of Chicago. Biographies of the 100 architects are also included. The only drawback of this splendid book, the second in a series, is its eccentric typeface. Stretched across overly long lines of body text and captions, it makes for eye-straining reading. --Cathy Curtis
Phaidon Press | 9780714844411 | 2004 | DjVu | 470 pages | 48.39 mb
DESCRIPTION
Since the release of the critically acclaimed 10x10 five years ago, the world of architecture has evolved: Advances in technology and research continue to produce increasingly sophisticated forms; advances in communication have resulted in decentralized, multicity architecture offices; and an impressive crop of young architects is emerging from countries with comparatively little previous recognition in the field, such as Slovenia, South Korea, and China. Many of the architects featured in 10x10— including Asymptote, Shigeru Ban, and MVRDV—have become established fixtures on the international scene, opening the way to a new generation of talent. With the expertise of a highly knowledgeable and high-powered group of curators, 10x10_2 picks up where its predecessor left off.
10x10_2 is a comprehensive and global view of new architecture, presenting the work of 100 up-and-coming architects in 28 countries, selected by 10 of the world’s best-informed architectural critics. Organized in A–Z order, the book introduces each architect or studio on four pages that include photographs, drawings, and accompanying text written by the critics. Although some of the architects are beginning to gain worldwide recognition, others have achieved acclaim in their own countries for their work over the past five years. The selection in this volume features more than 250 buildings and projects, including recently built work as well as those currently under construction and due for completion. The effects of the global economy and political shifts are also evident in the book’s selection, which includes several architecture studios in Slovenia, South Korea, and China. Also notable is a widespread move toward multi-location architecture collectives such as Servo, Ocean North, and n-o-m-a-d, which take advantage of a network of contacts in key cities around the world.
10x10 _2 also includes 10 original essays written by the critics that express their views on current architectural issues. In addition, each critic has chosen 10 cultural references—from designed objects to film, theory, and literature—that exemplify the range of influences on today’s rapidly changing design environment. The complete list of these references as well as one reading from each critic is reproduced in the book, which concludes with complete biographical information on each critic and architect/firm, as well as an index.
LIST OF CONTENT
this enormous book, measuring one square foot and weighing ten pounds, introduces 100 of the most promising architects and architectural firms from 28 countries, including Slovenia, South Korea, Brazil, and China.
These talented individuals are presented in the form of alphabetical four-page pictorial spreads, featuring their most intriguing designs and abbreviated biographies.
Some of the world's best-known architecture critics, writers, educators, and designers are responsible for the selections, including architect Zaha Hadid (London), historian Kurt Forster (Germany), and architectural educator Toshiko Mori (Harvard Univ. Graduate Sch. of Design).
Everything in this book is cutting edge, from the imaging and the graphics to the production techniques and the cover design. For all architecture libraries.-Peter Kaufman, Boston Architectural Ctr.
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Amazon.com Review
Who are the world's most exciting up-and-coming architects? 10 x 10_2 has 100 definitive answers, provided by 10 influential curators, educators and architects—including Zaha Hadid, Toshiko Mori, and Kurt Foster. Each featured architect is allotted four generously sized, photo-rich pages, with concise yet informative texts. The projects are distinguished by a rare combination of inventiveness, thoughtful use of materials and sheer beauty. In Zurich, Christian Kerez stacked and cantilevered solid concrete shear walls between large expanses of glass to create a multifamily residence of pristine structural integrity. In Minneapolis, Vincent James Associates Architects endowed a boathouse with the rhythm of repeated trussed beams, inspired by the activity of rowing. SPBR Arquitetos' glass-and-wood dental clinic in São Paulo features a transparent facade, designed to win the trust of neighborhood residents. In Tokyo, Tezuka Architects designed the space-saving Wall-less House, a steel-frame structure supported only by the central utility core and two columns. Among the more futuristic approaches are ONL's glass-and-metal highway sound barrier housing an industrial building in The Netherlands; New York-based Evan Douglas' fluid architectural elements, created by digital morphing; and Beijing-based Fake Design's dramatically scaled geometric stone formations for a riverside development in China. As a stimulating bonus, each member of the curatorial team offers an annotated list of 10 personal cultural influences, which range from John Berger's classic, Ways of Seeing, to films by Wim Wenders and the architecture-rich city of Chicago. Biographies of the 100 architects are also included. The only drawback of this splendid book, the second in a series, is its eccentric typeface. Stretched across overly long lines of body text and captions, it makes for eye-straining reading. --Cathy Curtis
An Architects Guide to Fame
P. Davies, T. Schmiedeknecht
Architectural Press | 075065967X | 2005 | PDF | 192 pages | 4 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the essays of specialist contributors, this book enables the reader to understand the complex relationship between what they see as the built environment and the unwritten stories behind how it came about.
LIST OF CONTENT
Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Introduction;
Part I Paper Architecture;
What is it about the Smithsons?;
The Archigram Group;
Boyarsky and the Architectural Association;
Fame and the Changing Role of Drawing;
Part II Bricks and Mortar;
Switzerland – Botta:
Fame and Scale;
Italy – Rossi:
Fame and Familiarity;
The Netherlands – Koolhaas and the Profession at Play;
Germany – (Un)edited Architecture;
Wettbewerbe Aktuell;
Spain – The Fame Game;
USA – Ground Zero:
1,776 ft into Thin Air;
Part III Conduits;
Editors – Architectural Design in the 1970s and 1980s;
It?s not About the Work!;
All The Kings Men;
All The Kings Men and a Few Women;
Part IV Portraits;
The Portraits;
Art, Architecture, Artists and Architects;
A-List Architects;
The Fall and Rise of Craig Ellwood;
Situating Dalibor Vesely;
The Psyche of the Unit Master;
The Psyche of a Depressed and Disappointed Unit Master;
Seeking Peter Zumthor;
Kit Allsopp;
The Chapter According to St John
EDITORIAL REVIEW
This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous.
In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the essays of specialist contributors, this book enables the reader to understand the complex relationship between what they see as the built environment and the unwritten stories behind how it came about.
* Internationally known architects bring an insider's view of the profession to life
* Shows architects how to establish a strong reputation in one of the most competitive professional fields
* Links themes of contemporary culture to key architectural issues
Architectural Press | 075065967X | 2005 | PDF | 192 pages | 4 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the essays of specialist contributors, this book enables the reader to understand the complex relationship between what they see as the built environment and the unwritten stories behind how it came about.
LIST OF CONTENT
Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Introduction;
Part I Paper Architecture;
What is it about the Smithsons?;
The Archigram Group;
Boyarsky and the Architectural Association;
Fame and the Changing Role of Drawing;
Part II Bricks and Mortar;
Switzerland – Botta:
Fame and Scale;
Italy – Rossi:
Fame and Familiarity;
The Netherlands – Koolhaas and the Profession at Play;
Germany – (Un)edited Architecture;
Wettbewerbe Aktuell;
Spain – The Fame Game;
USA – Ground Zero:
1,776 ft into Thin Air;
Part III Conduits;
Editors – Architectural Design in the 1970s and 1980s;
It?s not About the Work!;
All The Kings Men;
All The Kings Men and a Few Women;
Part IV Portraits;
The Portraits;
Art, Architecture, Artists and Architects;
A-List Architects;
The Fall and Rise of Craig Ellwood;
Situating Dalibor Vesely;
The Psyche of the Unit Master;
The Psyche of a Depressed and Disappointed Unit Master;
Seeking Peter Zumthor;
Kit Allsopp;
The Chapter According to St John
EDITORIAL REVIEW
This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous.
In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the essays of specialist contributors, this book enables the reader to understand the complex relationship between what they see as the built environment and the unwritten stories behind how it came about.
* Internationally known architects bring an insider's view of the profession to life
* Shows architects how to establish a strong reputation in one of the most competitive professional fields
* Links themes of contemporary culture to key architectural issues
Architectural Monographs no 20 : Foster & Associates - Recent Works
A. Papadakis
Academy Edition | 185401117 | 1992 | PDF | 143 pages | 52 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Foster Associates was established by Norman and Wendy Foster in 1967 after several years of working with Richard Rogers. Perhaps best known internationally for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the firm has worked recently in the UK, Japan, France, Germany and Spain. Having received over 50 awards and commendations for outstanding architectural design, there has continued to exist a passionate belief in modern architecture and the adaptation of technology to meet human needs. The work presented in this volume covers an enormous range of recent, diverse projects and also illustrates a number of unrealised projects.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Academy Edition | 185401117 | 1992 | PDF | 143 pages | 52 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Foster Associates was established by Norman and Wendy Foster in 1967 after several years of working with Richard Rogers. Perhaps best known internationally for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the firm has worked recently in the UK, Japan, France, Germany and Spain. Having received over 50 awards and commendations for outstanding architectural design, there has continued to exist a passionate belief in modern architecture and the adaptation of technology to meet human needs. The work presented in this volume covers an enormous range of recent, diverse projects and also illustrates a number of unrealised projects.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Frank Lloyd Wright (Treasures of Art)
T. Copplestone
Gramercy Books | 051716115X | 1999 | PDF | 80 pages | 59 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This volume is a tribute to the man who remains as controversial and widely-discussed as he was in his own lifetime. Here is a survey of his finest buildings, complete with floor plans, architectural renderings, and full-color photographs of interiors, exteriors, and architectural details.
The importance of the architect to the quality and character of any society is not usually as widely regarded as it deserves to be. While every past civilization is, to a considerable extent, recognized and judged by its architecture, its creators are in general little known or revered; it would seem as though the buildings which are of such importance to our lives have spontaneously appeared as if by magic.
Civilizations are more widely evaluated by their literature, music, painting and sculpture and other useful artefacts, while architecture is merely taken for granted.
In this century, however, where great and far-reaching developments have occurred which require examination and justification, architects have come to be regarded with a mixture of interest, suspicion and sometimes dismay. All this has served to transform the interest of the general public in architecture and the architect is beginning to be appreciated and valued.
When they have great strength of character, lucidity of exposition and, in the view of the media, an interesting personal history as well, they have become publicly recognized figures of social importance. None more so than the subject of this book whose personality and achievement has, unlike many of his peers, dominated the first half of this century. With such figures as Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, he is recognized as a creative architectural genius. His singular individual achievement, as a native-born American, was to gather together the strands of American historical architecture and create a corpus of work which is both modern and essentially American.
Frank Lloyd Wright's career, sometimes tragic, sometimes tempestuous—at all times creative—has been examined and re-examined in numerous studies and articles both during his lifetime and since his death in 1959 shortly before his most famous and notorious Guggenheim Museum in New York was completed. And his life continues to demand re-examination as the progress of architectural philosophy inspires dramatic stylistic change. This concise consideration of his life and work offers a careful analysis of this complex, powerful and confident personality as well as the architectural legacy left behind by him.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW
Gramercy Books | 051716115X | 1999 | PDF | 80 pages | 59 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This volume is a tribute to the man who remains as controversial and widely-discussed as he was in his own lifetime. Here is a survey of his finest buildings, complete with floor plans, architectural renderings, and full-color photographs of interiors, exteriors, and architectural details.
The importance of the architect to the quality and character of any society is not usually as widely regarded as it deserves to be. While every past civilization is, to a considerable extent, recognized and judged by its architecture, its creators are in general little known or revered; it would seem as though the buildings which are of such importance to our lives have spontaneously appeared as if by magic.
Civilizations are more widely evaluated by their literature, music, painting and sculpture and other useful artefacts, while architecture is merely taken for granted.
In this century, however, where great and far-reaching developments have occurred which require examination and justification, architects have come to be regarded with a mixture of interest, suspicion and sometimes dismay. All this has served to transform the interest of the general public in architecture and the architect is beginning to be appreciated and valued.
When they have great strength of character, lucidity of exposition and, in the view of the media, an interesting personal history as well, they have become publicly recognized figures of social importance. None more so than the subject of this book whose personality and achievement has, unlike many of his peers, dominated the first half of this century. With such figures as Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, he is recognized as a creative architectural genius. His singular individual achievement, as a native-born American, was to gather together the strands of American historical architecture and create a corpus of work which is both modern and essentially American.
Frank Lloyd Wright's career, sometimes tragic, sometimes tempestuous—at all times creative—has been examined and re-examined in numerous studies and articles both during his lifetime and since his death in 1959 shortly before his most famous and notorious Guggenheim Museum in New York was completed. And his life continues to demand re-examination as the progress of architectural philosophy inspires dramatic stylistic change. This concise consideration of his life and work offers a careful analysis of this complex, powerful and confident personality as well as the architectural legacy left behind by him.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW
Living in Milan (Nuovi Ambienti Italiani)
2000 - 2005,
Architect Monographs,
Architecture,
General Building Types and Styles,
History and Periods
P. Gallo
IPS| 8876851186 | 2001 | PDF | 240 pages | 28 Mb
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LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
IPS| 8876851186 | 2001 | PDF | 240 pages | 28 Mb
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LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Le Corbusier in Detail
F. Samuel
Architectural Press | 0750663545 | 2007 | PDF | 264 pages | 10 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This is the first book to give such close attention to Le Corbusier's approach to the making of buildings. It illustrates the ways in which Le Corbusier's details were expressive of his overall philosophical intentions. It is not a construction book in the usual sense- rather it focusses on the meaning of detail, on the ways in which detail informs the overall architectural narrative of a building. Well illustrated and containing several specially prepared scaled drawings it acts as timely reminder to both students and architects of the possibilities inherent in the most small scale tectonic gestures.
Lavishly illustrated, with numerous in depth studies this book will be an inspiration to both students and architects
This is the first book to illustrate Le Corbusier's philosophies through his use of detail
So innovative was Le Corbusier's approach to design and so influential has he been on the current generation of architects that his work remains as relevant today as it ever did
LIST OF CONTENT
Introduction;
Standardisation and Unity(Standardisation, Standard Materials, Standard Structure, Concrete, Steel, Vaults);
Somatic Detail (Sight - anthropomorphism, Touch, Walls, Door handles and handrails, furniture, Floors, Colour, Space, Sound);
Light and Dark (Meaning, Windows and Lights, horizontal windows, panne de verre, brise soleil, Ondulatoires, Rooflights, Reflection, Artificial light);
Framing (views, objects, Space);
Elements of the Architectural Promenade ( Doors, Stairs and Ramps);
Rituals (Altar, Fire - the hearth, Water);
Clouds 1959;
Conclusion
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Architectural Press | 0750663545 | 2007 | PDF | 264 pages | 10 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This is the first book to give such close attention to Le Corbusier's approach to the making of buildings. It illustrates the ways in which Le Corbusier's details were expressive of his overall philosophical intentions. It is not a construction book in the usual sense- rather it focusses on the meaning of detail, on the ways in which detail informs the overall architectural narrative of a building. Well illustrated and containing several specially prepared scaled drawings it acts as timely reminder to both students and architects of the possibilities inherent in the most small scale tectonic gestures.
Lavishly illustrated, with numerous in depth studies this book will be an inspiration to both students and architects
This is the first book to illustrate Le Corbusier's philosophies through his use of detail
So innovative was Le Corbusier's approach to design and so influential has he been on the current generation of architects that his work remains as relevant today as it ever did
LIST OF CONTENT
Introduction;
Standardisation and Unity(Standardisation, Standard Materials, Standard Structure, Concrete, Steel, Vaults);
Somatic Detail (Sight - anthropomorphism, Touch, Walls, Door handles and handrails, furniture, Floors, Colour, Space, Sound);
Light and Dark (Meaning, Windows and Lights, horizontal windows, panne de verre, brise soleil, Ondulatoires, Rooflights, Reflection, Artificial light);
Framing (views, objects, Space);
Elements of the Architectural Promenade ( Doors, Stairs and Ramps);
Rituals (Altar, Fire - the hearth, Water);
Clouds 1959;
Conclusion
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New Offices
2000 - 2005,
Architect Monographs,
Architecture,
Drawing and Modelling,
General Building Types and Styles,
Interior Design,
Reference
C. Montes
Collins Design | 0060544708 | 2003 | PDF | 330 pages | 73 Mb
DESCRIPTION
As the nature of work has evolved, so have the needs of the typical office space. This book provides hundreds of ideas that include the most advanced architecture and design from all over the globe including William Bruder and Beckson Design Associates from the US and Kuwabara Payne from Canada. Readers will have access not only to the latest ideas but architectural drawing plans to help them imagine solutions for their own work space.
This global collection of examples ranges in office sizes from under 5,000 square feet to nearly a million square feet with everything in-between.
About the Author
Christina Montes is the editor of Country Weekend Homes and Beach Weekend Homes previously published by Harper Design International, and also contributes to various magazines specializing in decoration and interior design and she lives in Barcelona, Spain.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Collins Design | 0060544708 | 2003 | PDF | 330 pages | 73 Mb
DESCRIPTION
As the nature of work has evolved, so have the needs of the typical office space. This book provides hundreds of ideas that include the most advanced architecture and design from all over the globe including William Bruder and Beckson Design Associates from the US and Kuwabara Payne from Canada. Readers will have access not only to the latest ideas but architectural drawing plans to help them imagine solutions for their own work space.
This global collection of examples ranges in office sizes from under 5,000 square feet to nearly a million square feet with everything in-between.
About the Author
Christina Montes is the editor of Country Weekend Homes and Beach Weekend Homes previously published by Harper Design International, and also contributes to various magazines specializing in decoration and interior design and she lives in Barcelona, Spain.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW
The Master Architect Series II: Itsuko Hasegawa, selected & current works
Dobney Stephen
Images Publishing| B001T6B9EA | 1997 | PDF | 241 pages | 57 Mb
EDITORIAL REVIEW
A leading Japanese architect whose projects range from formal beginnings through Shondndai cultural centre and beyond to the sophistication of recent work which is an orchestra of practicality and elegance.
LIST OF CONTENT
Form and Program 9
Shonandai , Niigata , Fujisawa
Selected Works 17
Reinforced concrete , square meters , structural system
Toktmutru Childrens Clinic 19
1loor , floor plan clinic , children's gallery
etc
Images Publishing| B001T6B9EA | 1997 | PDF | 241 pages | 57 Mb
EDITORIAL REVIEW
A leading Japanese architect whose projects range from formal beginnings through Shondndai cultural centre and beyond to the sophistication of recent work which is an orchestra of practicality and elegance.
LIST OF CONTENT
Form and Program 9
Shonandai , Niigata , Fujisawa
Selected Works 17
Reinforced concrete , square meters , structural system
Toktmutru Childrens Clinic 19
1loor , floor plan clinic , children's gallery
etc
Zaha Hadid: The Complete Buildings and Projects
A. Betsky
Thames & Hudson Ltd | 0500280843 | 1998 | PDF | 176 pages | 13 Mb
DESCRIPTION
For over 20 years, Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born, English-educated architect, has symbolized the vanguard of contemporary architecture. Her continually new forms stun the world of design with their commitment to revolutionary forms. This text - a record of her entire career - includes sketches, plans and models that offer a complete overview of her programmatic and aesthetic concerns. Texts written by the architect and her office reveal solutions to each project.
About the Author
Aaron Betsky is Architecture and Design Curator of San Francisco's Museum Modern Art. He is the author of Violated Perfection (Rizzoli, 1990) and a contributor to Pacific Edge ( Rizzoli, 1998)
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Thames & Hudson Ltd | 0500280843 | 1998 | PDF | 176 pages | 13 Mb
DESCRIPTION
For over 20 years, Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born, English-educated architect, has symbolized the vanguard of contemporary architecture. Her continually new forms stun the world of design with their commitment to revolutionary forms. This text - a record of her entire career - includes sketches, plans and models that offer a complete overview of her programmatic and aesthetic concerns. Texts written by the architect and her office reveal solutions to each project.
About the Author
Aaron Betsky is Architecture and Design Curator of San Francisco's Museum Modern Art. He is the author of Violated Perfection (Rizzoli, 1990) and a contributor to Pacific Edge ( Rizzoli, 1998)
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EDITORIAL REVIEW
TEN HOUSES 10 - Wheeler Kearns
1978 - 1999,
Architect Monographs,
Architecture,
General Building Types and Styles,
Reference,
Residential Building
O.R. Ojeda
Rockport Publishers | 1564964930 | 1999 | PDF | 119 pages | 57 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Firm Profile: Wheeler Kearns Architects seeks out small- to medium-sized projects with intellectually challenging programs and involved clients. The firm enjoys these projects, typically institutional or residential, because they best utilize its talents and coincide with established goals.
Holding fast to this groundwork has proved valuable as Wheeler Kearns Architects has gained recognition. Early notice for its residential work in 1989 by the AIA's Chicago Chapter was followed in 1992 by the AIA's national publication, Architecture, when it included Wheeler Kearns Architects in their list of nine national firms of "emerging talent." The firm operates a Website at [http://wkarch.com] that not only distributes project information among consultants and clients, but also has portions open to the general public and is periodically updated.
About the Author
Originally from Buenos Aires, Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America and Europe from his office in Boston. He is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casas Internacional, and is the creator of several series of architectural publications for Rockport Publishers in addition to the Single Building series, including Ten Houses, Contemporary World Architects, Architecture in Detail and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the New American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
16 Bohan Kemp Residence, Buchanan Township, Michigan
26 LaPoint Residence, Buchanan Township, Michigan
38 Michigan Residence, Buchanan Township, Michigan
44 Mussman Residence, Ogden Dunes, Indiana
56 Essex Residence and Office, Chicago, Illinois
70 Arlington Residence, Chicago, Illinois
80 Crosby Residence, Chicago, Illinois
88 Winnetka Residence, Winnetka, Illinois
102 Burr Ridge Residence, Burr Ridge, Illinois
110 Camp Madron Residences, Buchanan Township, Michigan
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Rockport Publishers | 1564964930 | 1999 | PDF | 119 pages | 57 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Firm Profile: Wheeler Kearns Architects seeks out small- to medium-sized projects with intellectually challenging programs and involved clients. The firm enjoys these projects, typically institutional or residential, because they best utilize its talents and coincide with established goals.
Holding fast to this groundwork has proved valuable as Wheeler Kearns Architects has gained recognition. Early notice for its residential work in 1989 by the AIA's Chicago Chapter was followed in 1992 by the AIA's national publication, Architecture, when it included Wheeler Kearns Architects in their list of nine national firms of "emerging talent." The firm operates a Website at [http://wkarch.com] that not only distributes project information among consultants and clients, but also has portions open to the general public and is periodically updated.
About the Author
Originally from Buenos Aires, Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America and Europe from his office in Boston. He is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casas Internacional, and is the creator of several series of architectural publications for Rockport Publishers in addition to the Single Building series, including Ten Houses, Contemporary World Architects, Architecture in Detail and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the New American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
16 Bohan Kemp Residence, Buchanan Township, Michigan
26 LaPoint Residence, Buchanan Township, Michigan
38 Michigan Residence, Buchanan Township, Michigan
44 Mussman Residence, Ogden Dunes, Indiana
56 Essex Residence and Office, Chicago, Illinois
70 Arlington Residence, Chicago, Illinois
80 Crosby Residence, Chicago, Illinois
88 Winnetka Residence, Winnetka, Illinois
102 Burr Ridge Residence, Burr Ridge, Illinois
110 Camp Madron Residences, Buchanan Township, Michigan
EDITORIAL REVIEW
TEN HOUSES 09 - Gwathmey Siegel
1978 - 1999,
Architect Monographs,
Architecture,
General Building Types and Styles,
Reference,
Residential Building
O.R. Ojeda
Rockport Publishers | 1564962164 | 1995 | PDF | 108 pages | 39 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle needed transforming as it was overshadowed by large buildings that surrounded it. The award-winning Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, known for its restoration to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, was commissioned to intervene. The firm was able to integrate site, circulation, building and context that beautifully reconciles the site with the rest of the campus. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects is based in New York City.
About the Author
Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America, and Europe from his office in Boston. he is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casa Internacional and is the creator of several series of architecture publications for Rockport Publishers, including Contemporary World Architects, Ten Houses, Single Building, and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the new American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
12 deMenil Residence, East Hampton, New York
20 Garey Residence, Kent, Connecticut
30 Spielberg Residence, East Hampton, New York
38 Opel Residence, Shelburne, Vermont
50 Steinberg Residence, East Hampton, New York
58 Oceanfront Residence, California
70 Chen Residence, Taipei, Taiwan
76 Bechtier Residence, Zumikon, Switzerland
88 Hilltop Residence, Austin, Texas
96 San Onofre Residence, California
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Rockport Publishers | 1564962164 | 1995 | PDF | 108 pages | 39 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle needed transforming as it was overshadowed by large buildings that surrounded it. The award-winning Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, known for its restoration to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, was commissioned to intervene. The firm was able to integrate site, circulation, building and context that beautifully reconciles the site with the rest of the campus. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects is based in New York City.
About the Author
Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America, and Europe from his office in Boston. he is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casa Internacional and is the creator of several series of architecture publications for Rockport Publishers, including Contemporary World Architects, Ten Houses, Single Building, and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the new American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
12 deMenil Residence, East Hampton, New York
20 Garey Residence, Kent, Connecticut
30 Spielberg Residence, East Hampton, New York
38 Opel Residence, Shelburne, Vermont
50 Steinberg Residence, East Hampton, New York
58 Oceanfront Residence, California
70 Chen Residence, Taipei, Taiwan
76 Bechtier Residence, Zumikon, Switzerland
88 Hilltop Residence, Austin, Texas
96 San Onofre Residence, California
EDITORIAL REVIEW
TEN HOUSES 08 - Lacroze Miguens Prati
1978 - 1999,
Architect Monographs,
Architecture,
General Building Types and Styles,
Reference,
Residential Building
O.R. Ojeda
Rockport Publishers | 1564963268 | 1997 | PDF | 104 pages | 56 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The Ten Houses series makes the most important elements of architectural design available to a large and varied audience. Each infinitely useful volume presents one of the world’s foremost architects and features 10 of his or her finest residential works-including presentation, drawings, sketches, and working drawings. These full-color, highly affordable volumes will enhance any library, providing an essential reference for architecture students and individuals looking for home design ideas.
About the Author
Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America, and Europe from his office in Boston. he is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casa Internacional and is the creator of several series of architecture publications for Rockport Publishers, including Contemporary World Architects, Ten Houses, Single Building, and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the new American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Rockport Publishers | 1564963268 | 1997 | PDF | 104 pages | 56 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The Ten Houses series makes the most important elements of architectural design available to a large and varied audience. Each infinitely useful volume presents one of the world’s foremost architects and features 10 of his or her finest residential works-including presentation, drawings, sketches, and working drawings. These full-color, highly affordable volumes will enhance any library, providing an essential reference for architecture students and individuals looking for home design ideas.
About the Author
Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America, and Europe from his office in Boston. he is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casa Internacional and is the creator of several series of architecture publications for Rockport Publishers, including Contemporary World Architects, Ten Houses, Single Building, and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the new American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
TEN HOUSES 07 - Peter Forbes
1978 - 1999,
Architect Monographs,
Architecture,
General Building Types and Styles,
Reference,
Residential Building
O.R. Ojeda
Rockport Publishers | 1564961834 | 1995 | PDF | 108 pages | 57 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The Ten Houses series makes the most important elements of architectural design available to a large and varied audience. Each infinitely useful volume presents one of the world’s foremost architects and features 10 of his or her finest residential works-including presentation, drawings, sketches, and working drawings. These full-color, highly affordable volumes will enhance any library, providing an essential reference for architecture students and individuals looking for home design ideas.
About the Author
Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America, and Europe from his office in Boston. he is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casa Internacional and is the creator of several series of architecture publications for Rockport Publishers, including Contemporary World Architects, Ten Houses, Single Building, and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the new American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Rockport Publishers | 1564961834 | 1995 | PDF | 108 pages | 57 Mb
DESCRIPTION
The Ten Houses series makes the most important elements of architectural design available to a large and varied audience. Each infinitely useful volume presents one of the world’s foremost architects and features 10 of his or her finest residential works-including presentation, drawings, sketches, and working drawings. These full-color, highly affordable volumes will enhance any library, providing an essential reference for architecture students and individuals looking for home design ideas.
About the Author
Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices in the United States, South America, and Europe from his office in Boston. he is vice-director of the Spanish-Argentinian magazine Casa Internacional and is the creator of several series of architecture publications for Rockport Publishers, including Contemporary World Architects, Ten Houses, Single Building, and Art and Architecture. Other architectural publications include the new American series for the Whitney Library of Design, as well as several monographs on the work of renowned architects.
LIST OF CONTENT
EDITORIAL REVIEW
