Title & Author:

Portman's America & other speculations / edited by Mohsen Mostafavi, Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; photography, Iwan Baan.

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2017]
©2017

Description:

355 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
'Portman's America & Other Speculations' takes an unconventional and speculative approach towards the understanding and future potentials of the work of one of the world's most creative, controversial, daring, and prolific architects. Combining the talents of an architect, artist, and developer, John Portman was able to embark on a series of large-scale building projects - megastructures - that radically redefined the relationship of architecture to the city and its citizens. Portman's own voice and ideas complement the contributions of others, including new photographs by Iwan Baan, to present a more complex and nuanced reading of both the architect and his architecture. Finally, the repertoire of Portman's buildings is analyzed in meticulous detail and used by a group of students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design as a catalyst for a host of divergent and new architectural speculations"--Back cover.
Portman's America / Mohsen Mostafavi -- Portman interview / John Portman, Mack Scogin, Mickey Steinberg, and Merrill Elam -- Portman projects -- The theatrical paradox of the atrium / K. Michael Hays and Alexander S. Porter -- A constant vision in a world of change / John Portman -- John Portman biography -- Portmanian architecture / Preston Scott Cohen -- Student works / Sicong Ma, Patrick Baudin, Katie MacDonald, Yu Chen, Yinjia Gong, Jaewoo Chon, Michael Piscitello, Wen Wen, Ranjit John Korah, Matthew Conway, and Harsha Sharma -- Nine persuasions toward architectural pizzazz through the work of John Portman / Jennifer Bonner.

Summary:

"Portman's America & Other Speculations takes an unconventional and speculative approach towards the understanding and future potentials of the work of one of the world's most creative, controversial, daring, and prolific architects. Combining the talents of an architect, artist, and developer, John Portman was able to embark on a series of large-scale building projects - megastructures - that radically redefined the relationship of architecture to the city and its citizens. Portman's own voice and ideas complement the contributions of others, including new photographs by Iwan Baan, to present a more complex and nuanced reading of both the architect and his architecture. Finally, the repertoire of Portman's buildings is analyzed in meticulous detail and used by a group of students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design as a catalyst for a host of divergent and new architectural speculations"-- Back cover.
Essays and interviews about architect John Portman's influence on modern megastructures and urban architecture.

ISBN:

9783037785324 (paperback)
3037785322 (paperback)

Subject:

Portman, John, 1924-2017 Influence.
Portman, John, 1924-2017
Portman, John Calvin Influence.
Portman, John Calvin.
Architects United States Biography.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
United States.

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.

Added entries:

Mostafavi, Mohsen, editor.
Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer.
Mostafavi, Mohsen editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 297401
Call No.: BIB 243727
Status: Available