Title & Author:

Pleasure : The Architecture and Design of Rockwell Group / contributors, Kurt Andersen [and others].

Publication:

New York : Universe ; London : Troika, 2002.

Description:

221 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm

Notes:
[Table of Contents] -- INTRODUCTION -- Introduction: Master of the Improbable / Chee Pearlman -- Twenty-First-Century Magical Realists / Kurt Andersen -- The Art of Transition: Rockwell Group and Theater / Arnold Aronson -- SEDUCE -- New York and The Rockwell Group / Paul Goldberger -- Nobu -- Next Door Nobu -- Nobu Las Vegas -- Vong -- Pod -- Ruby Foo's Dim Sum and Sushi Palace -- Michael Jordan's The Steak House N.Y.C. -- Rosa Mexicano -- Animator's Palate -- A Smile and a Sense of Delight / Gael Greene -- COMFORT -- The Architect as Director and Composer / Paola Antonelli -- Chambers -- Town -- W New York -- W Union Square -- Children's Hospital at Montefiore -- The Design of Healing / Irwin Redlener, M.D. -- Comfort / Michael Bierut -- STIMULATE -- Reading Rockwell Group / Reed Kroloff -- Best Cellars -- Morgenthal-Frederics -- Jersey Gardens -- The Great Bazaar -- A Library for Jeremy Irons -- The Secret Garden -- I Get a Kick from Champagne -- Exhibition for I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review -- Products -- Conversation / Richard Saul Wurman -- ENTERTAIN -- Making Big Magic in the XL Space / Raul A. Barreneche -- Cirque du Soleil -- Complexe Cirque -- Kodak Theatre -- The Rocky Horror Show -- Hairspray -- Coca-Cola Skyfield, Turner Field -- Comerica Park -- Fantasy Sports Complex -- Coliseum at Exposition Park -- Mohegan Sun, Casino of the Earth -- Mohegan Sun, Casino of the Sky -- The Making Gene / Todd Oldham -- Space / George C. Wolfe -- AFTERWORD -- Afterword / David Rockwell -- Collaborators -- Projects -- Captions

Summary:

"Rockwell Group turns dreams into space. From steel and stone, color and light, Rockwell Group creates environments that are at once destinations and a means of transport to new worlds, new experiences. Rockwell Group has crafted a vital form of vernacular architecture and design, one that crackles with the kinetic energy of the avant-garde, the shimmer of Hollywood, the sensual mystery of a far off, yet somehow familiar, place. With projects such as the Kodak Theatre, a masterful pairing of technology and spectacle worthy of the Academy Awards; the Mohegan Sun casino, a dazzling scenescape of myth and wonder; and the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, where learning and discovery help advance the healing process; Rockwell group has garnered accolades for a signature design strategy that seduces, entertains, informs, and inspires. Pleasure is the first book to examine the theaters, hotels, stadiums, restaurants, casinos and other spaces across the country that have positioned Rockwell Group as one of America's most influential, acclaimed, and popular firms."--Jacket.

ISBN:

078930760X
9780789307606
0789308029 (pbk.)
9780789308023 (pbk.)

Subject:

Rockwell Group.
Public architecture United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture publique États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Public architecture
United States

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Andersen, Kurt, 1954-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227105
Call No.: NA44.R684.23 P5 2002
Copy: c. 1
Notes: hardcover
Status: Available

Location: Library main 227603
Call No.: NA44.R684.23 P5 2002
Copy: c. 2
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available