Title & Author:

House is a house is a house is a house is a house : architectures and collaborations of Johnston Marklee / Reto Geiser, editor.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhauser, [2016]
©2016

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Overview of Los Angeles-based architectural firm Johnston Marklee, founded by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue / Marianne Mueller -- Specific indeterminacy / Reto Geiser -- Sale House / portrait by Livia Corona : On totality / Mark Lee in conversation with Philip Ursprung -- View House / portrait by Nicolás Valentini ; On reflectivity / Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee in conversation with Raymund Ryan -- Insert : Untitled (Hill house) / Luisa Lambri -- Hill house / portrait by Veronika Kellndorfer : On gravity / Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee in conversation with Sarah Whiting -- Insert / Walead Beshty -- Porch house / Portrait by James Welling ; On multiplicity / Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee in conversation with BLESS: Desiree Heiss, Ines Kaag -- Vault house / portrait by Jack Pierson : On geometry / Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee in conversation with Sylvia Lavin -- Appendix : Works, 1999-2016.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.

Summary:

This work brings together the work of the Los Angeles based architectural workshop Johnston Marklee since its founding in 1998. The firm's work is recognized internationally for its engagement with contemporary art practices while being deeply rooted in the history and foundations of the discipline.

ISBN:

9783990434895
3990434896
(PDF ; online)
9783990434901
(print + online)
9783990436134

Subject:

Johnston Marklee (Firm) History.
Johnston Marklee (Firm)
Architectural firms California Los Angeles 21st century.
Architecture, American 21st century.
Architecture California Los Angeles 21st century.
Agences d'architecture Californie Los Angeles 21e siècle.
Architecture américaine 21e siècle.
Architecture Californie Los Angeles 21e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architectural firms.
Architecture.
Architecture, American.
Architectural firms California Los Angeles History 21st century.
Architecture California Los Angeles History 21st century.
California Los Angeles.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Geiser, Reto, editor, book designer.
Mollet, Noëmi, book designer.
Geiser, Reto editor.
Johnston Marklee (Firm)

Architectures and collaborations of Johnston Marklee

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293025
Call No.: BIB 237621
Status: Available