Olin, Laurie.

Transforming the common place : selections from Laurie Olin's sketchbooks.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; New York, NY : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Princeton Architectural Press, ©1996.

79 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 31 cm

"Transforming the Common/Place"presents selected projects by landscape architect Laurie Olin and his firm Hanna/Olin. Considered by many to be an heir to Frederick Law Olmsted's legacy, Olin has put his stamp on public spaces from Manhattan to Los Angeles and from Columbus, Ohio to London, England. His work deals mainly with the transformation of the ordinary, taking commonplace elements and making them extraordinary.
"Transforming the Common/Place" focuses on the three main elements of Olin's practice: public projects-Bryant Park in New York City and the Playa Vista development in Los Angeles; private/commercialcommissions-Canary Wharf and King's Cross in London; and experimental projects-the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts in Columbus, Ohio, carried out in collaboration with Peter Eisenman.
An introduction by John Dixon Hunt and an essay by Peter G. Rowe accompany the detailed project descriptions and numerous photographs.

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9781878271884

Olin, Laurie Exhibitions.
Olin, Laurie
Landscape architecture Designs and plans Exhibitions.
Landscape architecture Designs and plans
Voorstudies (kunst)
Landschapsarchitectuur.
Architecten.
Landscape architects United States 20th century.

sketchbooks.
Sketchbooks
Exhibition catalogs
Albums de croquis.

Hecht, Alice, book designer.
Smith, Sarah, book designer.
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design.

Location: Library main m 130153
Call No.: IDM NA44.O46; ID:97-B2069
Status: Available