Abalos + Sentkiewicz : essays on thermodynamics, architecture and beauty / Iñaki Abalos, Renata Snetkiewicz ; Editor Lluis Ortega.

Main entry:

Abalos, Iñaki, 1956- author.

Title & Author:

Abalos + Sentkiewicz : essays on thermodynamics, architecture and beauty / Iñaki Abalos, Renata Snetkiewicz ; Editor Lluis Ortega.

Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2015.
©2015

Description:

479 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Somatisms -- Verticalism -- Thermodynamic materialism -- The assemblage of monsters.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on "Architecture and/for the Environment", 2017-2019, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Summary:

A compendium of essays and projects, that creates a projective document able to set up new scenarios for the Architecture of the next decade. Essays on Thermodynamics, Architecture and Beauty, is a book that unfolds arguments and designs around the concept of 'thermodynamic beauty'. This new aesthetic category opens up new and unexpected directions to the architect's work, connecting architecture and thermodynamics without giving up the tectonic tradition.

ISBN:

9781940291192 (hardcover)
1940291194 (hardcover)

Subject:

Ábalos + Sentkiewicz Arquitectos
Architecture, Modern 21st century Themes, motives.
Architecture 21e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture, Modern Themes, motives.

Form/genre:

Essays.

Added entries:

Sentkiewicz, Renata, author.
Ortega, Lluís, editor.
Sentkiewicz, Renata author.
Ortega, Lluis, editor.
Fradley, Elaine translator.
Benyei, Jamie translator.

Abalos and Sentkiewicz : essays on thermodynamics, architecture and beauty

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292129
Call No.: BIB 236170
Status: Available

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