Title & Author:

Architecture and beyond : Procter-Rihl / edited by Christopher Procter and Fernando Rihl ; with contributions by Anya Gallaccio, Carlos Eduardo Dias Comas, Nigel Coates, and Marcus Field.

Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Artifice Books on Architecture, [2016]
©2016

Description:

112 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 111).
Introduction: Fusing Modernity with the Picturesque / by Anya Gallaccio -- Taxonomy in Practice: Between the Universal and Eccentic / by Nigel Coates -- Translocal: Beyond the Vernacular / by Fernando Rihl -- Peak Performance: Towards a New Eco Revolution / by Christopher Procter -- Double-Coded: Reflecting on post post times / by Eduardo Comas -- Structure Lines: Furniture, Products, and other Stuff / by Marcus Field -- Operational System / by Christopher Procter, Fernando Rihl -- fold -- Pull: House, Brattleboro Vermont USA -- Mansard: House, London -- Accordion: Terrace Housing, London -- Flexi-Scape: Exhibition London Fashion Week, UK -- Spacelily: bowl, MoMA NYC -- Mini Me: Shop, Caramel at Harrods, London -- 22 Folds: Stand Blueprint, London -- Canyon: Loft Renovation, London -- Tupi: Lounge and Dining chairs -- Scoop: House Extension, London -- Slice: House, Porto Alegre Brazil -- Pinch: Social Housing, London -- perforate -- As Coxudas: Shelves and tables -- Ozone: Table, British Council Reception, Singapore -- Liquid Sky: Flat Renovation, London -- Three Ellipses: Flat Renovation, London -- Strata / Prion: Tables, Boxes and Panels -- Pedestrian Rotary: Public Gradens, London -- Rear Window: House Renovation, London -- Re-Verse IT: Plaza Competition, London -- Lunatic: Garden Plaza Competition, London -- float -- Tableau: RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden, London -- Web / Scribble / Splash: Table variations -- Pixel Play: Colette Nail Bar, Paris -- Domino: Storage Drawer Unit variations -- Bento Box: Penthouse, Soho London -- Shift: Residential Block, London -- Nonoai: House, Porto Alegre Brazil -- Palafita: Urban Project, Brazil -- weave -- Super8 / Kaleidoscope: Screens -- Strap: Chair -- Cobogó: Hosing Scheme, Santos Brazil -- Urban Weave: Housing Scheme, Moscow -- Topo / Flow / Tmu / Totems: Shelving variants -- Nest: Sofa.

Summary:

In a world dominated by hyper-specialisation, there are few architects that inhabit multiple areas consistently through their career. Procter-Rihl is a multidisciplinary studio that navigates between architecture, furniture, product design, exhibition, and landscaping. Procter-Rihl believes that architecture should be culturally and climate responsive, engaging with its place but also challenging. Unlike a typical contextual approach, the work creates tension between the vernacular and a new aesthetic. These contradictions add a layer of complexity to the reading of the architecture. Spatially, the practice explores complex geometries, which create dynamic experiences. Diagonal juxtaposition or a simple shift, or stretching of, a traditional form can produce an illusion of greater space. In their furniture work the studio is known for light structure and transparent acrylic where cut edges define a form based on the drawn line. This book comprises four parts or actions: fold, perforate, float and weave. Each chapter illustrates the practice design method and way of working, highlighting key elements in construction.

ISBN:

9781908967404 (paperback)
1908967404 (paperback)

Subject:

Procter-Rihl (Firm)
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Procter, Christopher, editor.
Rihl, Fernando, editor.
Gallaccio, Anya, contributor.
Cornas, Carlos Eduardo Dias, contributor.
Coates, Nigel, contributor.
Field, Marcus, contributor.

Procter-Rihl

Holdings:

Location: Library main 299239
Call No.: BIB 245349
Status: Available