Main entry:

Adjaye, David, 1966- architect, writer of supplementary textual content.

Title & Author:

David Adjaye : constructed narratives / David Adjaye ; edited by Peter Allison.

Publication:

Zürich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2017]
©2017

Description:

319 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm

Notes:
"To coincide with the completion of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washinton, DC, David Adjaye reflects on the thinking behind his architecture in a series of transcript based essays ..."--Back cover.
Geography and architecture in Africa : African cities -- Talking about form : Pavilions -- Houses as spatial systems : Houses -- Matt and sheen, material strategies 1996-2016 : Making public buildings -- Light and the city : Sugar Hill -- Toward black : Francis A. Gregory Library ; William O. Lockridge Library -- Constructed narratives : National Museum of African American History and Culture -- Activating the section : Aïshti Foundation ; Alara Concept Store -- Urban systems : Piety Bridge and Wharf -- Biennale City : Venice 2015.

Summary:

This book brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private houses, and installations at the 2015 Venice Biennale feeds into his designs for public buildings. Other essays discuss his engagement with geography, the urban environment, his approach to materiality, and architectural types. The presented projects include two public libraries and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all in Washington D.C., a residential mixed-use building in New York, and a hybrid art-retail building in Beirut. Two of Adjaye's current projects are also included.

ISBN:

9783037785171 (pbk.)
3037785179

Subject:

Adjaye, David, 1966-
Adjaye, David, 1966- Catalogs.
Architectural design Philosophy.
Architecture Africa.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
City planning.
Architecture, Domestic Africa Pictorial works.
Residential real estate Africa Pictorial works.
Interior decoration Africa Pictorial works.
Urbanization Developing countries Pictorial works.
Design architectural Philosophie.
Architecture et société.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Immobilier résidentiel Afrique Ouvrages illustrés.
Décoration intérieure Afrique Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture Afrique.
ARCHITECTURE Residential.
Architecture and Planning.
Urbanization
Residential real estate
Interior decoration
Architecture, Modern
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture
Developing countries
Africa

Form/genre:

Essay
illustrated books.
essays.
Pictorial works
Essays
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.
Essais.

Added entries:

Allison, Peter, 1944- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307577
Call No.: BIB 239350
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 315699
Call No.: 315699
Copy: 3
Status: Available