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Design is ...
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Like the magazine that spawned it, "Design Is..." celebrates design. This anthology of articles that made their first appearance in the pages of "Metropolis" presents an ongoing conversation about design and design culture in the generously inclusive manner we have come to expect from the publication’s editors. Its authors, including such household names as Frank Gehry,(...)
Design is ...
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Like the magazine that spawned it, "Design Is..." celebrates design. This anthology of articles that made their first appearance in the pages of "Metropolis" presents an ongoing conversation about design and design culture in the generously inclusive manner we have come to expect from the publication’s editors. Its authors, including such household names as Frank Gehry, Karim Rashid, and Ettore Sottsass help us find meaning in everything from bar codes to election ballots, Robert Moses to the internet. Includes photo essays by David Carson.
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March 2002, New York
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The three little pigs
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Once upon a time there were three little pigs who lived in a big house in the forest... The tale of The three little pigs is set by Steven Guarnaccia among houses by great architects of the XXth century. Frank Gehry, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright are in fact the main protagonists of this contemporary tale with other renowned architects in their houses of scraps,(...)
The three little pigs
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Once upon a time there were three little pigs who lived in a big house in the forest... The tale of The three little pigs is set by Steven Guarnaccia among houses by great architects of the XXth century. Frank Gehry, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright are in fact the main protagonists of this contemporary tale with other renowned architects in their houses of scraps, of glass and of stone and mortar. In their famous buildings they live among objects designed by some of the most internationally representative architects and designers. But one day the wolf pays a visit to them...
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Architecture/Astrology
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Artist Dan Graham and writer Jessica Russell's playful Architecture/Astrology considers some of the most important and innovative figures in the world of architecture from an angle few would expect: their star signs. Originally published as a column for Domus magazine, Graham and Russell's book integrates critical analysis with astrology and mythology to offer alternative(...)
Architecture/Astrology
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Artist Dan Graham and writer Jessica Russell's playful Architecture/Astrology considers some of the most important and innovative figures in the world of architecture from an angle few would expect: their star signs. Originally published as a column for Domus magazine, Graham and Russell's book integrates critical analysis with astrology and mythology to offer alternative perspectives on the work and personalities of artist/architects including Frank Gehry (a restless, dreamy Pisces), Frank Lloyd Wright (a romantic Gemini with one foot in the past and the other in the future), Eero Saarinen (a dynamic, dramatic Leo) and Le Corbusier (a logical, balanced Libra). With accompanying illustrations by Mieko Meguro.
Architectural Theory
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In today’s architecture engineers often play an important role concerning the structural design of a building. Their contribution is mostly forgotten, however, and the architects are generally recognized for their work. This book seeks set the record straight and acknowledge the important role engineers play in the development of complex architectural designs.(...)
Remarkable structures : engineering today's innovative buildings
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In today’s architecture engineers often play an important role concerning the structural design of a building. Their contribution is mostly forgotten, however, and the architects are generally recognized for their work. This book seeks set the record straight and acknowledge the important role engineers play in the development of complex architectural designs. "Remarkable structures" presents a series of buildings that are representative of high engineering input including the City of Science (Santiago Calatrava), the Japanese Pavilion (Shigeru Ban/Buro Happold), the Tokyo International Forum (Rafael Vinoly/Structural Design Group), the Guggenheim Museum (Frank Gehry/SOM), and the Educatorium, Utrecht (Koolhaas/ABT).
Engineering Structures
RoTo archtiecture
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The presumptive post-Frank Gehry flag bearer of L.A. modernism, Roto has earned international recognition for its expertise in community planning in rural areas, city parks, and on campuses. Featuring essays by architecture critic Mildred Friedman and design theorist Michael Benedikt, "RoTo architecture" illustrates the breadth and depth of the firm's commissions,(...)
Architecture Monographs
April 2006, New York
RoTo archtiecture
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The presumptive post-Frank Gehry flag bearer of L.A. modernism, Roto has earned international recognition for its expertise in community planning in rural areas, city parks, and on campuses. Featuring essays by architecture critic Mildred Friedman and design theorist Michael Benedikt, "RoTo architecture" illustrates the breadth and depth of the firm's commissions, including a memorial for the L.A. Fire Department, an experimental theater complex in La Jolla, California, a large Buddhist stupa in Santa Cruz, California, and a city planning project in Louisville, Kentucky, where a seventy-acre industrial site was transformed into an extension of the city's center.
Architecture Monographs
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This book offers more than 70 examples of contemporary chair design worldwide by designers Tom Dixon, the Campana Brothers, Frank Gehry, and Massimo Vignelli, an others. Chairs of new and reprocessed materials, chairs that knock-down or stack in imaginative ways, chairs impossible to imagine before computer-aided design, even chairs that push the traditional concept of(...)
New chairs : innovations in design, technology, and materials
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This book offers more than 70 examples of contemporary chair design worldwide by designers Tom Dixon, the Campana Brothers, Frank Gehry, and Massimo Vignelli, an others. Chairs of new and reprocessed materials, chairs that knock-down or stack in imaginative ways, chairs impossible to imagine before computer-aided design, even chairs that push the traditional concept of utility are all present. Inflatable, sculptural, and illuminated chairs apply imaginative dimensions to this ubiquitous object. The book includes concept drawings, prototypes, manufacturing details, and insights into the creative process in the designers' own words, all accompanied by color photos of each piece—making.
Interior Design
Chairs by architects
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Does an architect’s style always come across, regardless of medium? Pairing great buildings with great chairs by the same architect, Chairs by Architects demonstrates how the defining qualities of a building’s style can also be evident in that architect’s furniture designs. Pieces of furniture, like manifestos, become signatures of architectural style. The fifty-five(...)
Chairs by architects
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Does an architect’s style always come across, regardless of medium? Pairing great buildings with great chairs by the same architect, Chairs by Architects demonstrates how the defining qualities of a building’s style can also be evident in that architect’s furniture designs. Pieces of furniture, like manifestos, become signatures of architectural style. The fifty-five architects featured here include early modern architectural pioneers such as Otto Wagner, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudí, and Walter Gropius, together with more recent modern masters such as Oscar Niemeyer, Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Daniel Libeskind.
Industrial Design
Peter Cook : Speculations
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Peter Cook's distinctive drawings have captivated and inspired generations of designers. Freed from stylistic or functional conventions, his graphic speculations have redefined the language of architectural communication. Speculations spans Cook's entire career, presenting some 160 drawings that range from student projects in the 1950s, through Archigram, to new work(...)
Peter Cook : Speculations
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Peter Cook's distinctive drawings have captivated and inspired generations of designers. Freed from stylistic or functional conventions, his graphic speculations have redefined the language of architectural communication. Speculations spans Cook's entire career, presenting some 160 drawings that range from student projects in the 1950s, through Archigram, to new work completed shortly before going to press. Arranged chronologically, these drawings chart the course of what can now be seen as an enthralling architectural adventure. Cook's own observations about the nature of architecture and urbanism, and the concept of the buildable, are complemented by pieces from architects Frank Gehry, Toyo Ito, Thom Mayne and Peter Wilson.
Architecture Monographs
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A quirky trend of building designs inspired by bizarre animals has emerged in the last few years. Why and how has this happened? Is it because of new technical possibilities in materials and structural engineering? Or is the answer to be found in new social preoccupations in science? After a brief look at the historical precedents, the book focuses on contemporary(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
November 2003, London
Zoomorphic : new animal architecture
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A quirky trend of building designs inspired by bizarre animals has emerged in the last few years. Why and how has this happened? Is it because of new technical possibilities in materials and structural engineering? Or is the answer to be found in new social preoccupations in science? After a brief look at the historical precedents, the book focuses on contemporary examples from around the world and shows the various ways in which the organic/animal forms inform the architectural ones. Featured architects include Frank Gehry, Michael Sorkin, and Greg Lynn.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
Office design
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One of the most profound effects of the technological revolution has occurred in our places of work. Not only have computers and electronic communication changed the way we get the job done—these developments have transformed the jobs themselves, and in many cases the very definition of a workplace. With that in mind, this book presents a global selection of thirty unique(...)
Commercial interiors, Building types
May 2002, New York
Office design
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One of the most profound effects of the technological revolution has occurred in our places of work. Not only have computers and electronic communication changed the way we get the job done—these developments have transformed the jobs themselves, and in many cases the very definition of a workplace. With that in mind, this book presents a global selection of thirty unique office spaces created by such renowned architects and designers as Mario Botta, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Hans Hollein and Michael Wilford.
Commercial interiors, Building types