| Architecture Is a Social ACT: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects Contributor(s): Finnerty-Pyne, Sinead (Author), Goldin, Greg (Author), O'Herlihy, Lorcan (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 9492311453 ISBN-13: 9789492311450 Publisher: Frame Publishers OUR PRICE: $44.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - Essays - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - Monographs |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.8" W x 10.3" (2.25 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
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| Publisher Description: Good architecture is no longer about simply designing buildings, but about meeting head-on the forces that are shaping today's world. Architecture is a Social Act addresses how the discipline can be used as a tool to engage in politics, economics, aesthetics, and smart growth by promoting social equity, human interaction, and cultural evolution. This book features 28 projects drawn from across LOHA's nearly 30-year history, a selection that underscores the direct connection between the development of consciously designed buildings and wider efforts to tackle issues that are relevant in a rapidly changing world. LOHA's projects are small, medium, large, and extra-large, from tiny Santa Monica storefronts to vast urban plans in Detroit, Michigan, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Each case study is evidence of LOHA's mastery of scale, form, light, and space that gives people a true sense of place and belonging. Architecture is a Social Act points the way ahead for both people and architecture. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Herlihy, Lorcan: - Lorcan O'Herlihy, founder and principal of LOHA, seeks opportunities to engage the ever-changing complexities of the urban landscape while embracing architecture as a catalyst of change. His professional practice has run in parallel to his academic and intellectual pursuits, enriching and heightening both.Anderton: - Frances Anderton is host of DnA: Design and Architecture, a weekly radio show broadcast on KCRW NPR station in Los Angeles. For many years she produced KCRW's acclaimed current affairs shows, To The Point, and Which Way, LA?, hosted by Warren Olney. Anderton also curates events and exhibitions and has served as correspondent for the New York Times and Dwell magazine. Her books include Grand Illusion: A Story of Ambition, and its Limits, on LA's Bunker Hill, based on a studio she co-taught with Frank Gehry and partners at USC School of Architecture.Goldin: - Greg Goldin was born and raised in Los Angeles. Goldin was the Architecture Critic at Los Angeles Magazine, a twelve-year stint that led to the book Never Built Los Angeles (Metropolis Books, 2013) and an exhibition with the same title, which premiered at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, in July 2013. He was the recipient of a coveted Getty Research Institute grant for Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. in 2011. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter, where he continues to unearth untold architectural tales and unbuilt architectural projects. |