Title & Author:

Emilio Ambasz : emerging nature : precursor of architecture and design / essays by Barry Bergdoll, Peter Buchanan, Kenneth Frampton, Peter Hall, Fulvio Irace, Dean MacCannell, Lauren Sedofsky ; interviews with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Michael Sorkin, James Wines.

Publication:

Zürich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2017]
©2017

Description:

309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rationality of the improbable / Barry Bergdoll -- La Casa de Retiro Espiritual, Seville, Spain, 1975 -- The architecture of Emilio Ambasz -- Lucile Halsell Conservatory, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas, 1982 -- Peripheral vision / Lauren Sedofsky -- Fukuoka Prefectural International Hall, Fukuoka, Japan, 1990 -- Ideological castles / Dean MacCannell -- Mycal Cultural and Athletic Center, Shin-Sanda, Japan, 1990 -- Argentinian Aesop ; Visual aphorisms / Fulvio Irace -- Cooperative of Mexican-American Grape Growers ; Emilio's folly: man is an island / Emilio Ambasz -- Green facade vertical garden ; The green mountain ; The earth as a garden ; Building in the garden ; Urban gardens ; Domestic gardens ; Gardens of memory ; Gardens of health / Fulvio Irace -- Ospedale dell'Angelo, Venice-Mestre, Italy, 2008 ; Banca degli Occhi, Venice-Mestre, Italy, 2009 -- The immortal / Peter Hall -- Industrial and graphic design -- Interview / Hans Ulrich Obrist with Emilio Ambasz -- Italy: the new domestic landscape, exhibition, 1972 ; The taxi project: realistic solutions for today, exhibition, 1976 -- The architect as ideas man: a memoir/critique / Kenneth Frampton -- Replies to Michael Sorkin's questions ; Replies to James Wines's questions -- The Museum of Architectonic and Design Arts, Madrid, Spain, 2011-2012 -- Emilio Ambasz, curriculum vitae.

Summary:

"This comprehensive volume documents the work of the exceptional architect and designer Emilio Ambasz, whose main concern is to integrate nature and construction into architectural design. Ambasz is regarded as one of the most important pioneers of Green Architecture. In his work a combination of landscape and architecture emerges, in which his respect for the environment and ecological sustainability becomes clear. Ambasz, a native of Argentina as well as a Spanish citizen by special grant of 2004, is also well known for his industrial and graphic design accomplishments, which are of immense scope and astounding variety. They range from diesel engines and streetlights, flashlights, and spotlights to portable TV players, flexible pens, fold-out watches, and innovative office chairs. In his time as curator of design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (1969-1976) he directed and installed numerous influential exhibitions on architecture and industrial design, amongst them Italy : The New Domestic Landscape and The Taxi Project"--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9783037785263 (pbk.)
3037785268

Subject:

Ambasz, Emilio Criticism and interpretation.
Ambasz, Emilio Interviews.
Ambasz, Emilio Catalogs.
Ambasz, Emilio
Sustainable architecture.
Architecture durable.
Architecture and Planning.

Form/genre:

interviews.
Catalogs
Interviews
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Bergdoll, Barry, writer of supplementary textual content.
Buchanan, Peter, writer of supplementary textual content.
Frampton, Kenneth, writer of supplementary textual content.
Hall, Peter, 1961- writer of supplementary textual content.
Irace, Fulvio, writer of supplementary textual content.
MacCannell, Dean, writer of supplementary textual content.
Sedofsky, Lauren, writer of supplementary textual content.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich, interviewer.
Sorkin, Michael, 1948-2020, interviewer.
Wines, James, 1932- interviewer.
Ambasz, Emilio. Works. Selections.

Emerging nature : precursor of architecture and design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300524
Call No.: BIB 246725
Status: Available