Title & Author:

Kuwait National Assembly : prefab / Jørn Utzon, editor-in-chief ; Børge Nissen, editor ; translation: W. Glyn Jones.

Publication:

Hellerup : Edition Bloendal, 2008.

Description:

263 pages : illustrations, plans (some color) ; 31 cm

Series:

Jørn Utzon logbook ; 4

Notes:
Cover title.
What is tradition and renewal? / Jørn Utzon -- Elements in the way of life : interview with Jørn Utzon / Markku Komonen -- Morocco on foot 1948 / Jørn Utzon -- The place is the partner / Hans Munk Hansen -- Early Utzon bazaar-projects -- The making of a city (extract) / Stephen Gardiner -- Competition brief -- Competition scheme / Oktay Nayman -- The genesis of the Kuwait project / Johan Fogh -- Revised competition scheme -- introduction of cylinder geometry -- Constructive reflections on the Assembly Building in Kuwait / Erik Reitel -- Folded beams / Oktay Nayman -- Geometry / Børge Nissen -- Preliminary design / Børge Nissen -- Preliminary design (drawings) -- Prefabricated elements / Børge Nissen -- No building rubble! / Jørn Utzon -- Technical description : Freyssinet International -- Tender project / Børge Nissen -- Kuwait logistics / Børge Nissen -- Kuwait National Assembly as built / Jørn Utzon.

Summary:

'Aware of the architect's declining influence on architecture Jorn Utzon felt that his "Logbook" series would be of value to people interested in the architect's role and its importance in society. Based on his own experience and a carefully edited selection of drawings from his archives, the Logbooks offer unique access to the process of working out architecture in the interest of the wellbeing of people' - Torsten Blondal. Completed in 1982, the Kuwait National Assembly remains one of the outstanding modern buildings completed in the Middle East by a European architect. A tour de force of precast concrete construction, Jorn Utzon's design also represents the culmination of themes that had preoccupied him throughout his work, notably ways of combining ideas derived from traditional cultures with the 'additive' principles of cellular growth found in nature. This beautifully produced book, the latest addition to Edition Blondal's acclaimed "Utzon Logbook" series, was developed in close collaboration with Utzon and presents an exceptionally comprehensive account of the Kuwait project through photographs, original drawings and the recollections of key contributors - Utzon's staff, consulting engineers and contractor, and an extended interview with Utzon himself.

ISBN:

9788791567216 (hd. bd.)
9788791567211 (hd.bd.)
8791567211 (hd. bd.)

Subject:

Utzon, Jørn, 1918-2008.
Kuwait. Majlis al-Ummah Design and construction.
Kuwait. Majlis al-Ummah
Architects Denmark.
Architecture Kuwait 20th century.
Public buildings Kuwait.
Architectes Danemark.
Architecture Koweït 20e siècle.
Bâtiments publics Koweït.
Architects
Architecture
Buildings
Public buildings
Public facilities.
Kuwait Buildings, structures, etc.
Denmark
Kuwait

Added entries:

Utzon, Jørn, 1918-2008.
Nissen, Boerge.
Jørn Utzon logbook ; 4.

Prefab

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260228
Call No.: BIB 191120
Status: Available