Title & Author:

As built : Caruso St John Architects / Ed. Aurora Fernández Per.

Publication:

Vitoria-Gasteiz : A+t ediciones, 2005.

Description:

199 pages : illustrations, plans ; 33 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
A London practice -- London 1997 -- As built: Adam Caruso and Peter St. John interviewed by Aurora Fernandez Per and Javier Mozas at their office in Bethnal Green. East London, May 2005 -- Sigurd Lewerentz and a material basis for form -- Private residence, Lincolnshire, 1993-1994 -- Studio house, London, 1993-1994 (demolished in 2001) -- The Foyer, Birmingham, 1993, competition -- New Art Gallery, Walsall, 1995-2000 -- The tyranny of the new -- Centre for Contemporary Arts, Rome, 1999, competition -- Stortorget, Kalmar, 1999-2003 -- Sporttheatre Arosa, 2000, competition -- Barbican Concert Hall Renovation, London, 2000-2001 -- Gagosian Gallery, London, 2003-2004 -- Traditions -- Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, London, 2002-2006 -- New classrooms for Hallfield School, London, 2001-2005 -- Centre for Contemporary Art, Nottingham, 2004-2008 -- Caruso St. John: the phenomenology of construction -- Brick House, London, 2001-2005 -- Caruso St John Architects 1990-2005.
Text in English and Spanish.

Summary:

Some twenty projects from this London based architectural studio are examined in detail in this monograph, including their latest built works, such as the new classrooms at Hallfield School and a private residence called the Brick House. An interview and several texts by the principals are also included, providing an interesting insight into their opinions on such themes as tradition and novelty as well as to their approach to designing buildings in general.

ISBN:

8460966097
9788460966098

Subject:

Caruso, Adam Interviews.
St. John, Peter, 1959- Interviews.
Caruso, Adam.
St John, Peter, 1959-
StJohn, Peter, 1959-
Caruso St John Architects Catalogues.
Architects England Interviews.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architects England.
Architectes Angleterre.
Architectes Angleterre Entretiens.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architects.
Architecture, Modern.
Arkitektur Storbritannien 1990-talet sekelskiftet 2000.
England.

Form/genre:

Interviews.

Added entries:

Fernández Per, Aurora.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242387
Call No.: BIB 172189
Status: Available