Central office of architecture / foreword by Michael Rotondi ; introduction by David Leclerc ; concept and design by Lucas H. Guerra and Oscar Riera Ojeda.

Gloucester, Mass. : Rockport Publishers ; Cincinnati, Ohio : Distributed by North Light Books, ©1998.

131 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 23 cm

Contemporary world architects

"Central Office of Architecture (COA) has relentlessly pursued architecture as a recherché patiente. The three partners, Ron Golan, Eric A. Kahn, and Russell N. Thomsen, have engaged architecture on a wide spectrum manifested as built works, theoretical urban projects, writings, and teaching. They rely on both their differences and commonalities, always seeking to focus the work on the contemporary and continuing project of modernity. Strongly influenced by European antecedents (all three attended school, taught, and apprenticed there), they have sought to bring strong architectural thinking and coherence to Los Angeles, a metropolitan condition characterized by the absence of these principles. Eschewing the so-called L.A. school and its idea of architecture as an object, COA instead has developed a philosophy based on architecture as a tool, driven by utility and capable of promoting the joys of living. Like the office of Charles and Ray Eames, they choose to approach each project on its own terms, creatively solving its problems with clarity, rigor, and elegance."

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Central Office of Architecture (Firm)
Central Office of Architecture (Firme)
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture, Domestic United States Designs and plans.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Dessins et plans.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic
Architektur
Architecture, Modern California. 20th century.
Architectural firms United States.
United States
USA

Architectural drawings

Contemporary world architects.

Location: Library main 197180
Call No.: ID NA7208.C46; ID:98-B719
Status: Available