Collaborations: The Architecture of ABK - Ahrends, Burton and Koralek

ed. Kenneth Powell

ISBN 10: 3764366443 / ISBN 13: 9783764366445

Edité par August / Birkhäuser, 2002

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First edition of Collaborations: The Architecture of ABK - Ahrends, Burton and Koralek edited by Kenneth Powell (2002). Large format paperback in as new condition. Please note the book has only been removed from the original shrinkwrap to be photographed. There is a very minor crease to top right corner of front cover. No other markings. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

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• Titre: Collaborations: The Architecture of ABK - Ahrends, Burton and Koralek
• Éditeur: August / Birkhäuser
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3764366443
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783764366445
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

The work of British architects ABK is characterised by the founding partners belief that buildings should address far more than purely functional needs. Energy and the environment, historical context and user participation are central to their work. Peter Ahrends, Richard Burton and Paul Koralek are particularly interested in the integration of art, architecture and landscape, an approach which has resulted in a series of collaborative partnerships over the course of their careers. This book traces ABK s development, from early landmark projects like the Berkeley Library at Trinity College, Dublin to the highly acclaimed British Embassy in Moscow, which opened in 2000. It also tells the full story, for the first time, behind the most notorious British architectural episode of the 1980s - how ABK won the commission to design an extension to the National Gallery in London, only to have it taken away from them when Prince Charles described the scheme as a monstrous carbuncle .