Monolithic architecture
Material type: TextPublication details: New York Prestel Verlag 1995; Description: 173pISBN:- 3791316095
- 724.6 MAC
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Book | CEPT Library | BK | 724.6 MAC | Available | 015395 |
CONTENTS
Foreword 6
Phillip M. Johnston 6 Preface
Christopher Monkhouse 8
THE ESSAYS
Monolithic Architecture
Rodolfo Machado and
Rodolphe el-Khoury 10
Moving Solids
Paulette Singley 24
Open Contours and Other Autonomies
Detlef Mertins 36
In Search of Aura
WilfriedWang 62
Computed Monoliths
Spiro N. Pollalis 72
THE PROJECTS
Descriptions written by Mark Pasnik
(From statements provided by the architects)
PETER EISENMAN
Eisenman Architects
The Max Reinhardt Haus 80
JACQUES HERZOG AND PIERRE DE MEURON
Herzog & de Meuron
Signal Box auf dem Wolf 88
REM KOOLHAAS
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Sea Terminal 96
RAFAEL MONEO
Jose Rafael Moneo, Architect
Kursaal Cultural Center
and Auditorium 104
FARSHID MOUSSAVI AND ALEJANDRO ZAERA-POLO
Foreign Office Architects
Yokohama International
Port Terminal 114
JEAN NOUVEL
Jean Nouvel and Associates
The New National Theater 126
PHILIPPE SAMYN
Samyn and Partners Walloon Forestry
Department Shell 136
PHILIPPE STARCK
Starck
The Baron Vert 148
SIMON UNGER AND TOM KINSLOW 160
Simon Ungers, Architect
Architects' Biographies 170
Project Credits 172
Notes on Contributors 173
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