Main entry:

Hensel, Michael, author.

Title & Author:

Grounds and envelopes : reshaping architecture and the built environment / Michael U. Hensel and Jeffrey P. Turko.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Description:

xiv, 280 pages ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-273) and index.
Foreword : The crisis of the object today / David Leatherbarrow ; Grounds and envelopes / Alejandro Zaera-Polo -- Introduction : En route to non-discrete architecture -- Space -- Grounds -- Envelopes -- Environments -- Locality -- Thirty projects : Grounds : 01. Brazilian Pavilion, Osaka World Expo 1970, Osaka, Japan / Paulo Mendes Da Rocha -- 02. MuBE: Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1988 / Paulo Mendes Da Rocha -- 03. Spreebogen: International Urban Planning Competition, Berlin, Germany, 1992 / Andrew Zago -- 04. Marquee at Les Cols Restaurant, Olot, Girona, Spain, 2007 to 2011 / RCT Arquitectes -- 05. Seattle Art Museum: Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington, 2001 to 2007 / Weiss/Manfredi -- 06. Medan: Umraniye Retail Complex & Multiplex, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007 / Foreign Office Architects -- 07. City of Culture of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1999 to 2012 / Peter Eisenman -- 08. Xi'an Horticultural Expo, Longgang, China, 2011 / Plasma Studio and Groundlab -- 09. A thousand grounds: Spreebogen, Berlin, Germany / Michale Hansel, Chul Kong, Nopadol Limwatanakul and Johan Bettum -- 10. Yokohama International Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan, 1995 to 2002 / Foreign Office Architects -- 11. Turf City, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2008 / Nekton Studio -- 12. Braga Municipal Stadium, Braga, Portugal, 2003 / Eduardo Souto de Moura -- 13. Swimming pool, Leça de Palmeira, Portugal, 1966 / Alvaro Siza -- 14. Asphalt Spot, Tokamashi, Japan, 2003 / R & SIE(N) -- 15. Geopark Playground, Stavanger, Norway, 2008 / Helen & Hard -- Envelopes: Project 16. Villa VPRO, Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1993 to 1997 / MVRDV -- 17. Palazzo del Cinema, Venice, Italy, 1990 / Steven Holl -- 18. Le Fresnoy Art Centre, Tourcoing, France, 1991 to 1997 / Bernard Tschumi -- 19. World Centre for Human Concerns, New York City, 2001 to 2004 / Ocean -- 20. Wall house, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2007 / FAR: Frohn and Rojas -- 21. Three seaside second homes, Norway, 2012 / Joakim Hoen -- 22. Spidernethewood, Nimes, France, 2007 / R & SIE(N), François Roche, Stéphanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro with Nicolas Green -- 23. Serpentine Pavilion, London, England, 2002 / Toyo Ito -- Czech National Library, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006 / Ocean and Scheffler + Partner -- 25. Olympic Archery Range, Barcelona, Spain, 1989 to 1991 / Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós -- 26. GC Prostho Museum Research Centre, Torii Matsu Machi, Kasugai-shi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 2010 / Kengo Kuma -- 27. Endesa Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain, 2911 / IAAC: Institute for Advanced Architecture for Catalonia -- 28. Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, 2008 / Sean Lally Weathers in collaboration with Morris Architects -- 29. MediaTic, Barcelona, Spain, 2007 to 2010 / Cloud 9 -- 30. Bulr building: Swiss National Expo, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 2002 / Diller, Scofidio and Renfro.

Summary:

"Providing a source of vision for the revitalization of ground and envelope as spatial elements that can inform the search for embedded locally specific architectures, this book collects essays and projects that each contribute a particular element to what might constitute an integrated and richly nuanced approach to spatial organization"--Page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9780415639163 (hbk.)
0415639166 (hbk.)
9780415639170 (pbk.)
0415639174 (pbk.)
(ebk)
9781315728117
9781317541943 (ePub ebook)
9781317541950 (PDF ebook)
9781317541936 (Mobipocket ebook)

Subject:

Serpentine Gallery (London)
Blur Building (Expo.02, Switzerland)
Space (Architecture)
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Espace (Architecture)
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
ARCHITECTURE General.
ARCHITECTURE Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation.
ARCHITECTURE History Contemporary (1945- )
Arkitektur och miljö.

Added entries:

Turko, Jeffrey P, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290359
Call No.: BIB 233355
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available