Title & Author:

Architectural resistance / [editor, Peter Noever].

Publication:

Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany : Hatje Cantz, ©2003.

Description:

119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Schindler's paradise: architectural resistance at MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, 2003.
Introduction: Architecture in resistance / Peter Noever -- Resisting, or putting up with? A dubious decalogue / Mario Coyula-Cowley -- Architerrain of resistance / Guy Lafranchi -- A performance of protest / Eran Neuman -- By way of resistance / Lebbeus Woods -- Project proposals -- Excerpts from the jury discussion -- The Kings Road House: a social theory for living / Joseph Giovaninni -- New trends in urban erasure / Norman M. Klein -- Jury's choice: premiered project proposals -- Excerpts from the roundtable discussion / edited by Andrew Hahn -- Architects' biographies and recent works -- Why we did what we did / Kimberli Meyer -- About the MAK Center.

Summary:

"Twenty architects explored possible developments for the lot neighboring the Schindler House, a revolutionary architectural landmark located in West Hollywood, California. Their visionary ideas are combined in this book to uniquely demonstrate contemporary avant-garde architecture in an unusual line-up. Responding to the challenge that 'It is the architect's duty to offer resistance', [this book] explores the field of tension surrounding architecture, urbanism, and preservation today. It poses the following questions: Is a landmark such as the Schindler House singular, or is it tied to a complex network of relations and urban situations? Is context important to a landmark's intrinsic meaning? How do we measure the social significance of unparalleled historic works of architecture? To what degree do landmarks rely on their surrounding conditions?"--Back cover.

ISBN:

3775714065
9783775714068
377571406

Subject:

Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953 Homes and haunts California Los Angeles.
Schindler House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Architecture California Los Angeles 21st century Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 21st century California Los Angeles Exhibitions.
Architecture Californie Los Angeles 21e siècle Expositions.
Architecture, Modern
Architecture
Buildings
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Artists History 20th century Aesthetics.
Los Angeles County (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Los Angeles (Calif. : Comté) Constructions.
California Los Angeles
California Los Angeles County

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Noever, Peter, 1941-
MAK-Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 234382
Call No.: NA44.S335.25 S3 2003
Status: Available