Main entry:

Slessor, Catherine, author.

Title & Author:

Contemporary doorways : architectural entrances, transitions, and thresholds / Catherine Slessor.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London : Mitchell Beazley, ©2002.

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The doorway : a history -- Eclectic entrances. Engelen Moore ; Kengo Kuma ; Daly Genik ; Future Systems ; Jacques Moussafir ; Christophe Lab ; Ken Shuttleworth ; Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck ; Ushida Findlay ; Francis Soler ; Williams & Tsien ; John Pawson -- Public façades. A. Campo Baeza ; Arquitectonica ; Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao ; Yoshio Tanaguchi ; Jean Nouvel ; Von Gerkan Marg ; Steven Holl ; Marks Barfield ; Mecanoo ; Juhani Pallasmaa ; L & E Beaudouin ; Studio Granda ; Oscar Niemeyer ; Will Bruder ; Design Antenna ; Gigon Guyer ; Kazuyo Sejima ; Foster & Partners -- Outside in. Future Systems ; John Pawson ; Hadi Teherani ; Diller & Scofidio ; Eduardo Souto de Moura ; Philippe Starck ; Herzog & de Meuron -- Transitions & thresholds. Tadao Ando ; UN Studio ; Steven Holl ; Neutlings Riedijk ; Architecture Studio ; C.V. Hølmbakk ; Helmut Richter ; Richard Rogers ; John Winter ; Miralles & Tagliabue ; Erik van Egeraat ; Baumschlager & Eberle ; Alvaro Síza.

Summary:

Doorways are more than just functional divisions of space or security barriers. Throughout the ages, architects have explored the symbolic and aesthetic values of thresholds, doors and entrances. This text surveys examples from around the world.

ISBN:

1840005092
9781840005097

Subject:

Doorways.
Gateways.
Portails.
doorways.
gateways.
Portalen.
Deuren.
Bouwkunst.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228972
Call No.: NA3010 .S54 2002
Status: Available