Main entry:

Powell, Ken, 1947-

Title & Author:

Architecture reborn : converting old buildings for new uses / Kenneth Powell.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1999.

Description:

256 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Living & working : The Lingotto ; Graves house ; Retail and office development ; The Hackesche Höfe ; Mario Bellini studio ; Billingsgate market conversion ; House extension ; ING and NNGH Bank ; Mews house ; British Council offices and the Ericsson Palace conversion ; Media Centre ; HOPE Center for advanced technologies ; Nestlé Headquarters ; Culver City -- 2. Leisure & learning : P.S.1 Institute for Contemporary Art ; Public library ; The Citadel ; Centre for Art and Media Technology ; Oxo tower wharf ; Temporary Contemporary museum ; Agronomic Faculty ; National Studio for Contemporary Arts ; Citizens' Art Centre ; Dutch Design Institute ; La Llauna school ; Trust theatre ; Performance space ; Ludwig Forum for international art ; Float museum ; European house of photography ; Hakodate Bay regeneration -- 3. Museums transformed : German Design Centre ; Cathedral Museum ; Andalusian Institute of Heritage ; Museum of Fine Arts ; Colegio Nacional ; Museum of Contemporary Art -- 4. The future : Tate Gallery of Modern Art ; Grand Central Terminal development ; The American Cinematheque ; The Reichstag ; Oberbaum City ; British Museum redevelopment.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Architecture Transformed is a detailed investigation into the adaptation and conversion of existing buildings as a distinctive type of architectural design. Examples of this work abound. Renzo Piano has transformed the legendary Fiat factory into a cultural and commercial complex a former public school in Long Island City, NY has become P.S.1 Institute for Contemporary Art and a 1930s factory in Detroit is now the HOPE Center for Advanced Technologies. In color photographs and plans, here are forty-four international schemes that demonstrate that reuse is a positive--even imperative--way to achieve a forward-looking architecture. Four extensive chapters group projects into spaces for living and working, leisure and learning, museums, and unfinished projects such as the British Museum redevelopment by Foster and Partners, and the reconstruction of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. For architects, students, and all proponents of creative reuse of structures, this is an essential pictorial reference and an important collection of case histories.

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ISBN:

0847821811
9780847821815

Subject:

Buildings Remodeling for other use.
Architecture Conservation and restoration.
Buildings Repair and reconstruction.
Constructions Reconversion.
Architecture Conservation et restauration.
Constructions Réfection.
PATRIMÔNIO ARQUITETÔNICO (RESTAURAÇÃO;CONSERVAÇÃO)
ARQUITETURA (RECUPERAÇÃO)

Form/genre:

Writings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201648
Call No.: NA2599.5.P8842.A35 1999
Status: Available