Main entry:

Diller, Elizabeth.

Title & Author:

Blur : the making of nothing / [by Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio].

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Harry N. Abrams, 2002.

Description:

384 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Love, marriage, divorce: The story of Extasia, from formation to demise -- Vapor: The architecture -- Politics of culture: Expo: national vs. global identity of Switzerland -- White noise, white out: The design and engineering of the fog system -- Gravityless: The design and engineering of the structural system -- Not a building: The stages of documentation for bid and construction -- Unspectacle: The conception, design, and engineering of the media project -- Selling airwaves: The politics and economics of sponsorship -- Reluctant icon: The dissemination of Blur -- Mounting evidence: The documentation of the construction process.
In English. Some texts in German with English translation.

Summary:

The book, "traces the creation, from conception to realization, of a media pavilion for the Swiss Expo.02 whose primary materials are steel and fog."

ISBN:

0810921235
9780810921238

Subject:

Diller, Elizabeth.
Scofidio, Ricardo Merrill.
Diller + Scofidio.
Blur Building (Expo.02, Switzerland)
BLUR (Switzerland).
Édifice-nuage Blur (Expo.02, Suisse)
BLUR (Building : Yverdon, Switzerland)
Architecture and technology Switzerland Yverdon History 21st century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) History 21st century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Switzerland History 21st century.
Architecture et technologie Suisse Yverdon-les-Bains Histoire 21e siècle.
Avant-garde (Esthétique) Suisse Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture and technology
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Exhibition buildings Switzerland Yverdon.
Switzerland
Switzerland Yverdon
Exhibition buildings Switzerland Yverdon 1990-2010.
American architectural Firms.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Scofidio, Ricardo.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223758
Call No.: NA44.D578.25 B5 2002
Status: Available