Title & Author:

Building : inside Studio Gang Architects / edited by Jeanne Gang & Zoë Ryan.

Publication:

Chicago, IL : Studio Gang Architects : in association with the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.
New Haven, CT ; London, UK : Distributed by Yale University Press
©2012

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 24, 2012-Feb. 24, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / Brett Steele -- Studio Gang Architects: building ideas / Zoë Ryan & Karen Kice -- pt. 1. Building nature. Northerly Island Framework Plan -- Nature boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo -- Chicago River boathouses -- pt. 2. Building density. Aqua Tower -- Tower research -- Solar Carve Tower -- pt. 3. Building community. Hyderabad 02 -- Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership -- City Hyde Park -- pt. 4. Building performance. Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Popular Music Center -- Writers' Theatre/Michael Halberstam & Jeanne Gang in dialogue -- Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center -- pt. 5. Building ideas. Studio matter -- Whiting & Gang in conversation.

Summary:

One of the foremost architects working today, Jeanne Gang is widely recognized for her innovative and independent practice. Studio Gang Architects confronts pressing contemporary issues and seeks to answer questions that exist locally but resound globally through architecture. The firm's work is exemplified by recent projects such as the Aqua Tower in Chicago, an 82-storey mixed-use high-rise, which critic Paul Goldberger described as, "Reclaiming the notion that thrilling and beautiful form can still emerge out of the realm of the practical". With the studio poised to contribute a new set of buildings to the global skyline, "Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects", examines its most current work, twelve built and unbuilt projects that address four major issues facing contemporary architecture: its relationship to nature, the development of dense urban areas, the integration of the ideas of community members, and architecture and performance. Featuring essays, interviews, sketches, and drawings - many previously unpublished - this beautifully illustrated book provides an insider's look at a cutting-edge architectural practice.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780300191189
0300191189

Subject:

Gang, Jeanne Interviews.
Studio Gang Architects (Firm) Exhibitions.
Studio Gang Architects (Firm)
Architectural firms Illinois Chicago Designs and plans.
Architecture Illinois Chicago History Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Agences d'architecture Illinois Chicago Dessins et plans.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire Expositions.
Architecture 21e siècle Expositions.
Architecture
Architecture, Modern
Illinois Chicago

Form/genre:

Interview
Exhibition.
Exhibition publications.
Interviews.
interviews.
exhibition catalogs.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Gang, Jeanne, editor.
Ryan, Zoë, editor.
Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
Studio Gang Architects (Firm), architect.

Inside Studio Gang Architects

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280162
Call No.: BIB 216651
Status: Available