Reiser + Umemoto: Recent Projects - Couverture souple

Benjamin, Andrew; Libeskind, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471978647 ISBN 13 : 9780471978640

Editeur : Wiley-Academy, 1998

Synopsis

This is an architectural monograph on the work of New York-based Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, whose architecture follows the latest freedom in geometry which has been brought about by the extensive use of the computer within architectural design. The text provides descriptions of their theories and design, and is illustrated in colour with original images.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The work of New York based architects Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto is increasingly attracting international praise. In the words of Daniel Libeskind, their work is ′inspiring ... characterised by an inventive constellation of amazing objects which raise questions about the chaotic disorder of institutionalised arrangements′. This monograph focuses on recent works of Reiser + Umemoto which convey the freeing of geometry brought about by the extensive use of the computer within architectural design. The authors are significant exponents of this genre of innovative work, and in this book provide invaluable insight into recent developments in architectural theory and design.

Andrew Benjamin′s essay, ′Opening Resisting Forms′, provides a comprehensive exposition of Reiser + Umemoto′s most recent work, elucidating the significance of their projects in wider cultural and philosophical terms. Among the projects covered in depth are their proposals for the Cardiff Bay Opera House, Yokohama Port Terminal, Kansai Library, and a Water Garden in Columbus, Ohio, for which the practice won a Progressive Architecture Award for Visionary Design in 1998. In addition, the book combines a portfolio of Reiser + Umemoto′s built projects with the writings of the architects themselves, thus illuminating what Reiser + Umemoto term the ′horizontal′ relationship between theory and practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Academy
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471978647
• ISBN 13: 9780471978640
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible