Main entry:

Hartoonian, Gevork.

Title & Author:

Architecture and spectacle : a critique / Gevork Hartoonian.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.

Description:

xiv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The crisis of the object -- Theatricality : the structure of tectonic -- Peter Eisenman : in search of degree zero architecture -- Bernard Tschumi : return of the object -- Rem Koolhaas : exuberant object of delight -- Zaha Hadid : proun without a cause! -- Frank Gehry : roofing, wrapping, and wrapping the roof -- Steven Holl : fabrication detailed -- Surface : a-tectonic of roofing and wrapping -- Afterword.

Summary:

Focusing on six leading contemporary architects: Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Bernard Tschumi, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas and Steven Holl, this book puts forward a unique and insightful analysis of neo-avant-garde architecture.

ISBN:

9781409422938 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409422933 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 21st century Themes, motives.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture 21e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture, Modern Themes, motives.
Eisenman, Peter, 1932-
Tschumi, Bernard, 1944-
Koolhaas, Rem
Hadid, Zaha
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Holl, Steven

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284289
Call No.: BIB 223012
Status: Available