Title & Author:

Fragments architecture and the unfinished : essays presented to Robin Middleton / edited by Barry Bergdoll and Werner Oechslin.

Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2006.

Description:

391 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : the matter of fragmentation : a homage to Robin Middleton / Barry Bergdoll -- On depth : particular and universal, fragment and field / Peter Carl -- The nature of the modern fragment and the sense of wholeness / Dalibor Vesely -- 'LA coi RELama-pre-fer en sac-OSE-deux Sa-fine S aid SONEC-LA' / Philippe Duboy -- The fragmented landscape of Robin Middleton's New York dwelling/study : photography by Perry Ogden -- Discord and dissonance in Robert Adam's interiors / Eileen Harris -- Fragmenting Adam's Charlotte Square, Edinburgh / Ian Gow -- Order out of chaos : Soane's law courts as a paradigm for architecture in the age of historicism / Sean Sawyer -- Soane, Turner, and the matter of fragmentation / Edward Wendt.
Text in English; one contribution in French.

Summary:

This publication marks the retirement of Robin Middleton, one of the most distinguished architectural historians of recent times. The essays range from the practices of the mid-18th century to the contemporary work of Frank Gehry and explore the architectural effects and philosophical implications of fragmentation.

ISBN:

9780500342145 (hbk.)
0500342148 (hbk.)

Subject:

Middleton, Robin.
Middleton, Robin, 1931-.
Unfinished works of art.
Architecture History.
Architecture Histoire.
Œuvres d'art inachevées.
unfinished.
21.60 architecture: general.
Architecture
Architekturtheorie
Bouwkunst.
Het onvoltooide.
Fragmented landscapes.

Form/genre:

History
Festschrifts (form)

Added entries:

Bergdoll, Barry.
Oechslin, Werner.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249062
Call No.: BIB 178637
Status: Available