| The World Recast: 70 Buildings from 70 Years of Concrete Quarterly Contributor(s): Jones, Nick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1911339141 ISBN-13: 9781911339144 Publisher: Artifice Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - Contemporary (1945 -) - Architecture | Buildings - General - Architecture | Methods & Materials |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9" W x 11" (2.60 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The World Recast celebrates Concrete Quarterly's summative coverage of its pivotal era in architecture, focusing on 70 buildings from the magazine's 70-year history. It charts the genesis of some of the modern world's greatest monuments and itsboldest ideas, from the ethereal beaty of Ove Arup's Brynmawr Rubber Factory to the sleek modernism of the Pirelli Tower, the fairytale churches of Gottfried B�hm and the digitally enhanced imagination of Zaha Hadid. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Nick: - Nick Jones is a sub-editor and writer with more than 10 years' experience. Jones was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and Birkbeck Univerisyt. He's a committee member of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, and edit its own magazine, The Architectural Historian. |