Main entry:

Riley, Terence.

Title & Author:

Light construction / Terence Riley.

Publication:

New York : Museum of Modern Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, ©1995.

Description:

163 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Series:

Thames and Hudson

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sept. 21, 1995 to Jan. 2, 1996.
Pages 97-98 and 115-116 are printed on folded leaves.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32).
Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Introduction / Terence Riley -- Light construction / Terence Riley -- Projects / Anne Dixon and Terence Riley -- Van Valkenburgh: Radcliffe ice walls -- Johnson: Ghost house -- Sejima: Saishunkan Seiyaku Women's Dormitory -- Maki: Congress center -- Thanhauser and Esterson: Definitions Fitness Center 2 -- Herzog and de Meuron: Goetz collection -- Nouvel: Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art -- Ito: ITM building -- Van Berkel: ACOM office building -- Holl: D.E. Shaw and Company offices -- Herzog and de Meuron: Signal Box auf dem Wolf -- Zumthor: Kunsthaus Bregenz -- Wolf: ABN-AMRO head office building -- Kaakko, Laine, Liimatainen, Tirkkonen: Leisure studio -- Graham: Two-way mirror cylinder inside cube -- Tschumi: Glass video gallery -- Grimshaw: Waterloo International Terminal -- Abalos and Herreros: Municipal gymnasium -- Yazdani: CineMania theatre -- Williams and Tsien: The world upside down -- Gehry: Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum -- Piano: Kansai International Airport -- Ito: Shimosuwa Municipal Museum -- Sanders: Kyle residence -- Gigon and Guyer: Kirchner Museum Davos -- Williams and Tsien: Phoenix Art Museum Sculpture Pavilion -- Ito: Tower of the winds -- Adams: Bus shelter IV -- Gould: Floor plan -- Holl: Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art -- Foster: Business promotion center -- Ortner and Ortner: Museum of Modern Art -- Koolhaas: Two patio villas -- Project information.
Exhibition produced by the architecture dept. of MoMA, New York.

Summary:

Transparency and luminescence have re-emerged in the vocabulary of architecture, and light and 'lightness' have become key concepts for a significant number of contemporary architects, as well as artists who create installations.

Resources:
cover art

ISBN:

0870701290 (MoMA)
9780870701290 (MoMA)
0810961547 (Abrams)
9780810961548 (Abrams)
0070701290

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Light in architecture Exhibitions.
Architecture 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs Expositions.
Lumière en architecture Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture, Modern
Light in architecture
Bouwkunst.
Gebouwen.
Bouwprojecten.
Arquitetura moderna.
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 199926
Call No.: NA2794 .R5 1995
Status: Available