Visionary clients for new architecture / edited by Peter Noever with as essay by Joseph Rykwert and comments by Philip Johnson.

Title & Author:

Visionary clients for new architecture / edited by Peter Noever with as essay by Joseph Rykwert and comments by Philip Johnson.

Publication:

Description:

112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the MAK lecture series You Da Man! Visionary clients for new architecture, which took place in November and December 1998 at the MAK, Austrian Museum for Applied Arts"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-112).
You da man! You are the man! You are my man! The planning can begin / Peter Noever -- Second thoughts / Joseph Rykwert -- Paradigms for a new renaissance / Frederick Samitaur Smith -- Developing the museum for the 21st century: a vision becomes reality / Thomas Krens -- The construction of a place: building with Nicholas Grimshaw, Frank O. Gehry, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Alvaro Siza Vieira / Rolf Fehlbaum -- "You da man!" / Philip Johnson -- Appendix.

Summary:

Clients of architects are featured in this volume, which sheds light on the tricky balance of power between the architect and the client. It focuses on three visionaries who commissioned buildings which became 20th-century architectural icons.

ISBN:

3791322966 (paperback ; alk. paper)
9783791322964 (paperback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Grimshaw, Nicholas, 1939-
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Andō, Tadao, 1941-
Hadid, Zaha
Siza, Álvaro, 1933-
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Architectural practice.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture Pratique.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architectes et mécènes.
Communication en architecture.
Architecture moderne 20e siècle.
Architects and patrons Congresses.
Communication in architectural design Congresses.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Congresses

Form/genre:

Proceedings.

Added entries:

Noever, Peter, 1941-
Rykwert, Joseph, 1926-
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
Krens, Thomas
Fehlbaum, Rolf, 1941-
Samitaur Smith, Frederick
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212594
Call No.: NA1996 .V5 2000
Status: Available

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