Emerson, Tom, 1970- author.

Dirty old river / Tom Emerson ; edited by Sarah Handelman.

Zurich : Park Books, [2025]
©2025

167 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Dirty Old River brings together 12 essays penned by British architect Tom Emerson over the past two decades. Written on very different occasions as contributions to books or articles in magazines, they explore a wide range of topics through the lens of architecture. The book's title is borrowed from the British rock band The Kinks' cult song Waterloo Sunset to symbolize a journey through the interweaving of culture, imagination, and the built environment. Naturally, the architect Emerson writes about architecture: how it is designed, drawn, and built. Yet he also turns his attention to other, wider fields, from the transformation of materials to the nuances of human creativity, the explosive early works of his celebrated fellow architect Frank O. Gehry, and the intimate craftsmanship behind the literary spaces of French writer Georges Perec. Emerson's unique approach to writing is often inspired by sideways glances and disciplines beyond architecture. He offers a new perspective on how things are made, why they take shape the way they do, and what these processes reveal about humanity. (Verlagsangaben)

3038604046
9783038604044

Emerson, Tom 1970-
Architecture.
architecture (discipline)
Architektur
Aufsatzsammlung
Architekturtheorie
(Produktform)Paperback / softback
Bauen
Building
Architect
Architekt
The Kinks
Tom Emerson
6a architects
Dirty Old River
Sarah Handelman
Human creativity
Architekturentwurf
Architekturzeichung
Architectural design
Architektural drawing
Menschliche Kreativität
Transformation of materials
Transformation von Materialien
(DDB-Sachgruppen)45: Architektur
(VLB-WN)1584: Hardcover, Softcover / Kunst/Architektur

Aufsatzsammlung.

Handelman, Sarah, editor.

Location: Library main 324505
Call No.: 324505
Copy: 1
Status: Available