The Paradox of Contemporary Architecture,9780471496854

The Paradox of Contemporary Architecture

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780471496854
ISBN10: 0471496855
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-08
Publisher(s): Academy Press
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Summary

This second volume in the "... of Contemporary Architecture" series summarises lectures by a stunning selection of architects, including a variety of famous names as well as new faces, in which they present their architecture and the theories underlying it. This unique reference reflects the series of lectures presented annually at the Bartlett School of Architecture by influential leading-edge architects. * Includes contributions by Bernard Tschumi, Enric Miralles, Frank Gehry, LOT/EK, Claude Parent, Ken Yeang, Craig Dykers, Zaha Hadid, and others * Illustrated with photographs and diagrams, many in colour

Author Biography

Peter Cook and Neil Spiller, both of Bartlett School of Architecture, London, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6(2)
introduction 8(2)
marie-ange brayer
10(4)
melvin charney
14(4)
chora
18(4)
decoi
22(6)
the office of taha hadid
28(6)
christine hawley
34(8)
sumet jumsai
42(4)
hlaus hada
46(8)
tamp help
54(4)
Lot/eh architecture
58(6)
frederic migayrou
64(4)
marcos novah
68(8)
oosterhuisassociates
76(6)
claude parent
82(6)
stephen perrella
88(6)
roy
94(4)
snohetta
98(10)
softroom
108(4)
stelarc
112(6)
clorindo testa
118(6)
what?architecture/anthony hoete
124(4)
philip steadman
128

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