Main entry:

El-Khoury, Rodolphe, author.

Title & Author:

Figures : essays on contemporary architecture / Rodolphe el-Khoury ; introduction by George Baird.

Publication:

Hong Kong : Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, [2015]
[Shenzhen? China] : Printed in China by Artron Art Center.

Description:

397 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.

Notes:
Issued in slipcase.
Part 1: Polemics -- States of Architecture: Six Pavilions from The Shanghai World Expo -- Metropol Parasol: Animates Public Space and Online Debate -- Re-fashioning the Roof: Weather and Social Form -- Next: It's About Time -- Beirut/Tokyo -- Monolithic Architecture -- Part Two: Architects -- Pragmatic Regionalism: Atelier Arcau -- Performance Icons: Ralph Johnson -- Re-imagining Propinquity: Höweler + Yoon Architecture -- Covert Designs: Stephan Jaklitsch -- Smart Figure/Sensible Ground: Andrew Bromberg of Aedas -- Between Air and Space: An Te Liu -- House Dressing: Office dA -- Paradoxical Seams: Machado and Silvetti Architects -- Part Three: Buildings -- The Virtual Monument: Liberty Bell Center by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson -- No Obstacle: Martyrs' Square and Other Roofscapes by Kuth Ranieri Architects and Rodolphe el-Khoury -- Office Villa: Groupe Frère CNP Headquarters by Philippe Samyn and Partners -- Difference and Interaction: Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building by BNIM Architects -- Generous Pragmatism: School of Nursing and Student Cultural Center by BNIM Architects + Lake/Flato Architects -- Digital Craft: Tongxian Art Center Gatehouse by Office dA.

ISBN:

9789881224958 hardback & paperback
9881224950

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 21st century Philosophy.
Architecture 21e siècle Philosophie.
Architecture, Modern Philosophy.

Added entries:

Baird, George writer of introduction

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294438
Call No.: BIB 239987
Status: Available

Location: Library main 294480
Call No.: BIB 239987
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available