Provisional : emerging modes of architectural practice USA / edited by Elite Kedan, Jon Dreyfous, and Craig Mutter.

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Provisional : emerging modes of architectural practice USA / edited by Elite Kedan, Jon Dreyfous, and Craig Mutter.

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Description:

288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Essays. Beyond? / Marc Tsurumaki ; Convergence : toward a digital practice / Chris Hoxie ; The digital design ecosystem : toward a pre-rational architecture / Paul Seletsky -- Completed projects -- Interviews. Chris Hoxie ; Bruce Nichol of Front -- Diagrams -- Interviews. Paul Lewis, David Lewis, and Marc Tsurumaki of Lewis. Tsurumaki. Lewis ; Gregg Pasquarelli, Christopher Sharples, Coren Sharples, and William Sharples of SHOP -- Mock-ups and renderings -- Interviews. Meejin Yoon of MY Studio ; Dennis Shelden of Gehry Technologies ; David Erdman of Servo -- Construction documents -- Interviews. Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang of nARCHITECTS ; George Yu of George Yu Architects -- Construction/assembly -- Essays. Spread out : the lateral philosophies of George Yu / Neil Denari ; Postscript.

Summary:

"Provisional profiles nine of America's most exciting architectural practices. They all share a pragmatic, "roll-up-your-sleeves" approach that seeks opportunities to redefine the role of craft in architectural practice. Their interdisciplinary design approach and savvy use of communication networks for interfirm collaborations has produced a diverse array of projects on a variety of scales." "Enlightening interviews together with a selection of drawings, diagrams, models, renderings, and building-process photographs reveal a shared commitment to experimentation and learning-by-doing. Provisional showcases the defining elements of contemporary architectural thinking and making in America, and asks: Does a singularly American architecture even exist? And if so, does it matter?"--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

9781568988788 (alk. paper)
1568988788 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Architectural practice United States.
Architectural practice.
United States.

Added entries:

Kedan, Elite.
Dreyfous, Jon (F. Jonathan)
Mutter, Craig.

Emerging modes of architectural practice USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264642
Call No.: BIB 196093
Status: Available

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