Main entry:

Constant, Caroline, author.

Title & Author:

Between shadow and light : the work of Maryann Thompson / Caroline Constant ; with contributions by Shantel Blakely, Terry Real, and Doug Reed.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[Novato, California] : ORO Editions, [2025]
©2025

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Place of publication from the publisher's website.
Essays : Architecture as a form of mediation in the natural world ; Architecture as communal experience ; Architecture of early childhood education ; Creature comforts: a sensibility for tectonic expression / Shantel Blakely -- Themes : Site planning ; Protracted entry sequence ; Threshold as liminal condition ; Dialogue of interior and exterior ; Corridors ; Structure, skin, and materials ; Sustainability -- Projects : Civic and cultural institutions ; Park pavilions and visitor centers ; Farms ; Schools and educational venues ; Restaurants ; Houses ; Falling Leaves: living in art / Terry Real ; Westport Meadow House: an evocation of place / Doug Reed -- Maryann Thompson in conversation.
Project Credits : Civic and cultural institutions : Leeper Studio Complex, Atlantic Center for the Arts ; Whitehead Institute ; Zero Arrow Theater ; Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute ; Temple Ahavat Achim ; H3 Biomedicine Lab ; First Paris Church ; Lincoln Community Center ; Follen Community Church ; Congregation B'nai Israel ; Vineyard Haven Public Library ; Science for America ; Sunbridge Amenity Center and Housing -- Park, pavilions, and visitor centers : NARA Park Bathhouse and Amphitheater ; Leventritt Garden Pavilion, Arnold Arboretum ; Visitor Center, Polly Hill Arboretum ; Corktown Common Pavilion ; Pier 6 Warming Hut ; Pier 2 Recreation Pavilion ; Walden Pond Visitor Center ; Walden Pond Bath House ; Visitor Center, Steven-Coolidge House and Gardens ; Long Hill and Sedgwick Gardens ; Charlesbank Landing Pavilion ; Brighton Public Pool Complex ; Morses Pond Bathouse ; Kapor Foundation ; Visitor Center, Botanical Garden of the Piedmont -- Farms : Straitsview Barn ; Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary for Mass Audubon ; The Farm School ; Slough Farm -- Schools and educational venues : Chilmark Elementary School ; The Children's School ; The Atrium School ; New Canaan Community Nursery School ; Jonathan Milikowsky Science and Technology Center, the Foote School ; Early Learning Center for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ; Shady Hill School ; Cambridge Center for Adult Education ; International School of Boston ; Princeton University Child Care Center ; Forman School Visual and Performing Arts Center ; Forman School Fab Lab ; Schools for Children ; MGM Head Start and Family Center ; Ethel Walker School ; Dede Thompson Bartlett Center for Admission and Career Education, Vassar College ; President's House, Olin College of Engineering -- Restaurants : Rialto Restaurant and Bar ; Trade Restaurant ; Porto Restaurant ; Pammy's Restaurant -- Houses (Selected) : Fayerweather Street House ; Geothermal House ; Fallen Leaves ; Westport Meadow House ; Zero Impact House ; Bluff House ; Grove House ; Stonington Ridge House ; Pamet Harbor House ; Deer Meadow ; One + One = One ; Hilltop Glade ; The Small House ; Traill Street House ; East Hampton Pool Pavilion ; The Oaks ; Hinge House ; Marsh House ; Valley Spring ; Egret Meadow House ; Clark Hill ; Smoketree House ; Eagles Flight ; Watcha Pond House ; 60 Slough ; Cove House ; Enders-Klinkenborg House, Barn, and Studio ; West Hill ; Abel's Hill Treehouse ; Lincoln River House ; Ocean Glen Cove ; Ocean Meadow House ; Gurney Street Dell House ; Dune House ; Secret Garden House ; Farmer's Residence ; Edgartown Bay House ; Raymond Street House ; Stone House Earthship.

Summary:

"Between Shadow and Light probes Maryann Thompson’s commitment to an architecture that is sustainable and regionally driven and her penchant for heightening the experiential qualities of each project through a holistic, consensus-building approach to design. Between Shadow and Light is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Cambridge-based architect Maryann Thompson. As one of her clients recently declared, Thompson inhabits a “liminal” space, a space of both-and, of inside and outside, of light and shadow. It is a dialogic space, a position from which to examine a situation from multiple perspectives, to facilitate opportunities for discussion, and, ultimately, to seek a consensual basis for design. For Thompson, architecture is the stage on which we live out our lives, a philosophy that foregrounds its inherent symbolism, its ability to arouse our emotions, to challenge our preconceptions, and to provide sites of individual solace and respite from quotidian affairs as well as of heightened collective interaction. Her inclusive design process encompasses extended conversations with clients, patrons, users, and ultimately with the public at large—all envisioned as a means to address the collective social dimension of the work. To address the myriad ways in which certain prominent themes in the work transcend notions of chronological development or typological classification, the book has a tripartite organization. A set of essays on certain theoretical starting points is followed by an elaboration of distinctive architectural themes. It concludes with brief analyses of selected examples of the work, grouped according to programmatic type." -- Amazon

ISBN:

9781961856271 (hardcover)
1961856271 (hardcover)

Subject:

Thompson, Maryann.
Architecture, American.
Architecture américaine.

Added entries:

Blakely, Shantel, contributor.
Real, Terrence, contributor.
Reed, Doug, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325322
Call No.: 325322
Copy: 1
Status: Available