Begin Again. Fail Better /anglais - Couverture souple

Messmer, Dorothee/her

 
9783038603757: Begin Again. Fail Better /anglais
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3038603759 ISBN 13 : 9783038603757
Editeur : Park Books, 2024

Synopsis

  • A beautiful, lavishly illustrated exploration of the act of designing in architecture through a focus on beginnings
  • Offers a fascinating survey of contemporary Swiss architectural practice through a very specific lens
  • Some 180 full colour illustrations combine contemporary drawings with exemplary historical pieces from important British and Swiss collections
  • Critical and historical essays examine topics of creative practice
  • Brief Interludes by international architects, archivists and teachers offer a wide range of perspectives


Begin Again. Fail Better: Preliminary Drawings in Architecture engages with one of the principal activities of the architect in the process of design: drawing by hand. It explores the act of designing through a focus on beginnings. Architects try, fail, try again, fail better until they start to move in the direction that ultimately becomes a building – or not.

This book brings together some 180 preliminary architecture drawings. More than 50 contemporary Swiss architecture firms each contributed two pieces that reveal something of their individual approach and understanding of architecture. This selection is enhanced by historical works by Swiss and European architects that come from four significant British and Swiss archival collections, dating from the 20th and back to the 16th century. The illustrations are complemented by essays providing a critical and historical framework, as well as a conversation engaging with the conditions and importance of failure within the design process. Brief Interludes by international architects, archivists and teachers, introducing a range of perspectives, round out this beautiful volume.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dorothee Messmer is director of Kunstmuseum Olten, where Katja Herlach serves as a curator and deputy director. Helen Thomas is a London- and Swiss-based architect, curator, and publicist.

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Éditeur
Park Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3038603759
ISBN 13 
9783038603757
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
218
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