Main entry:

Woods, Lebbeus.

Title & Author:

Radical reconstruction / Lebbeus Woods.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©1997.

Description:

168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24x32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168).
The nature of demand -- Radical reconstruction -- SARAJEVO -- Meditations -- Injections, scabs, scars, and new tissue -- Parliament Building -- Elektroprivreda Building -- Unis Towers -- Apartment blocks -- High houses -- Bosnia Free-State -- HAVANA -- Meta-Institute -- La Habana Vieja : The Wall -- La Habana Vieja : Spontaneous construction -- Malecon Terrace/Seawall -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Seismicity -- Quake City -- Shard houses -- Wave House -- Slip House -- Fault houses -- Horizon houses -- We still do not know what a building can do.

Summary:

Radical reconstruction contains projects that address the relationships between architecture and war, political revolution/reaction, and natural disasters. These projects define new approaches to the reconstruction of buildings and urban fabric damaged by unpredictable and largely uncontrollable forces of both human and natural origin.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1568980906
9781568980904
1568982860
9781568982861

Subject:

Woods, Lebbeus.
Architecture and society.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture and philosophy.
Architecture et société.
Architecture et philosophie.
Architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.
Architektur
Gesellschaft
Philosophie
Utopische Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Maatschappij.
Architectuurtekeningen.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 134639
Call No.: NA44.W895 (ID:97-B510)
Status: Available