| 100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings Contributor(s): Jodidio, Philip (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3836547678 ISBN-13: 9783836547673 Publisher: Taschen OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - General - Architecture | History - Contemporary (1945 -) - Architecture | Methods & Materials |
| Physical Information: 3.25" H x 10" W x 12.5" (12.16 lbs) 730 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Concrete heights: The most exciting projects behind the contemporary concrete trend Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A kind of "liquid stone" at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and capable of prodigious feats of engineering. This two-volume book highlights the best work done in concrete of recent years. It includes such stars as Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, and Steven Holl, but also surprising new architects like the Russians SPEECH, and rising stars of the international scene like Rudy Ricciotti from France, as well as artists such as James Turrell, who turned the famous concrete spiral of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim in New York into the setting of one of his most remarkable pieces. Text in English, French, and German |
Contributor Bio(s): Jodidio, Philip: - Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture. |