Main entry:

Bailey, Spencer, 1985- author.

Title & Author:

Alchemy : the material world of David Adjaye / Spencer Bailey.

Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited, 2023.
©2023

Description:

290 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Teresita Fernández -- Preface / Sir David Adjaye OM OBE -- Introduction / Spencer Bailey -- Stone and concrete. Concrete Garden ; Dirty House ; Nanjing House ; Sugar Hill Mixed-Use Development ; McCarter Switching Station ; Ruby City ; Mole House ; The Webster ; 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East ; 130 William ; Winter Park Library ; Abrahamic Family House -- Metal. Bernie Grant Arts Center ; Piety Bridge and Wharf ; Aïshti Foundation ; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture -- Wood. Horizon Pavilion ; Sclera Pavilion ; William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library ; Gwangju River Reading Room ; IBA Hamburg -- Glass. Within Reach at the Venice Biennale ; Idea Stores/Chrisp Street & Whitechapel Road ; Stephen Lawrence Center ; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver ; Moscow School of Management, SKOLKOVO ; Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library -- Rammed earth. Asaase I and Asaase II at Gagosian ; Dot.Atelier Gallery ; Shippon Place -- Afterword / Spencer Bailey.

Summary:

"For David Adjaye, 'alchemy' is a material manifesto. Intricately combining both physical and sensory elements, he creates architecture with a conscience. Adjaye's adept sense of tactility and atmosphere in his practice evokes an understanding that the materials he uses will eventually return to the earth and, for this reason, must be revered and respected. Organized into five sections -- Stone and Concrete, Metal, Wood, Glass, and Rammed Earth -- Alchemy brings together and contextualizes more than thirty of the architect's most evocative projects. From intimate residences to expansive cultural centers, Adjaye's contemplative approach to materials excavates each site's past while creating transformative connections between the human body, the build environment, and the world" -- Back cover.
David Adjaye is one of the most in-demand architects today, known for his thoughtful interpretation of public spaces. In order to understand him as an architect, you must look at his projects through the lens of material, a crucial consideration in his practice. Organized into five sections--Stone/Concrete, Wood, Metal, Glass, and Rammed Earth--Alchemy reimagines the traditional architect monograph by examining the importance of material in architecture, a study vital to Adjaye and his design process. In 2021, David Adjaye was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal, and he was among seven global leaders to receive a TIME100 Impact Award in 2022. The book features over 30 public, commercial, and residential projects around the world, from his 2001 Concrete Garden in London to the Amoako Boafo Gallery in Accra, Ghana, built with rammed earth and completed in 2022.

ISBN:

9781838663919 hardback
1838663916
9781838666644 hardback signed edition
1838666648

Subject:

Adjaye, David, 1966- Criticism and interpretation.
Adjaye, David, 1966-
Building materials.
Art, Ghanaian.
Architecture 21st century.
Construction Matériaux.
Art ghanéen.
Architecture 21e siècle.
building materials.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Adjaye, David, 1966- Works. Selections.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318341
Call No.: 318341
Copy: 1
Status: Available