Main entry:

Pedersen, William, 1938- author, architect.

Title & Author:

Gesture and response : 25 buildings by William Pedersen of KPF architects / William Pedersen.

Publication:

Novato, California : ORO Editions, [2021]
©2021

Description:

585 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Introduction -- 333 Wacker Drive -- DZ Bank headquarters -- 1250 René Lévesque -- Carwill house -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas -- First Hawaiian Bank headquarters -- The World Bank headquarters -- U.S. Courthouse Portland -- IBM World headquarters -- Gannett/USA TODAY headquarters -- Baruch College Vertical campus -- Posteel Tower -- Shanghai World Financial Center -- Samsung Seocho headquarters -- One Jackson Square -- Science Teaching and Student Services -- International Commerce Centre -- U.S. Courthouse Buffalo -- McCord Hall -- The Otemachi Tower -- Advanced Science Research Center -- Ross School of Business -- 52 Lime Street -- Hudson Yards -- A House on Shelter Island -- The chair as gesture.

Summary:

The work of Kohn Pedersen Fox is international in scope, collaborative in design, and a product of individual voices focused on a single objective--making an architecture, of our time, which creates strong bonds with the the specific place it occupies. While William Pedersen founded the firm, with partners Gene Kohn and Shelley Fox, he never aspired to be a "director of design." They had the components--with Gene's entrepreneurial drive, Shelley's management and Bill's design leadership--to be a large firm. 'Directing" the work of a large firm was not Bill's desire, instead he wanted to focus on a body of work which he could call his own. The example that work set would inspire others, and it did. Now there are several voices leading their design--all of them rose to their position within the office. 0The purpose of this book is to define the work of one of the voices--Bill Pedersen's. Pedersen has worked with many different designers, in close collaboration, throughout his career, though his work speaks with a singular voice. Here it is represented chronologically and concludes with the latest phase--furniture. Working from the largest scale to the smallest has always been a preoccupation of those who lead design in KPF. Many of Pedersen's architectural heroes designed chairs, and he strives to follow in their footsteps

ISBN:

9781943532308 (hardback)
1943532303 (hardback)

Subject:

Pedersen, William, 1938-
Kohn Pedersen Fox (Firm)
Architecture, Modern Designs and plans.
Architectural practice, International.
Architecture Pratique internationale.
Architecture, Modern

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings

Added entries:

Kohn Pedersen Fox (Firm), contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 310044
Call No.: BIB 255174
Status: Available