Titre et auteur:

American architecture of the 1980s / foreword by Donald Canty ; introduction by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Architects Press, [1990]

Description:

xiv, 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Selection of articles from the Architecture, the monthly magazine of the American Institute of Architects.
Foreword / Donal Canty -- Introduction / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean -- 1980 : A vision continued / Stanley Abercrombie ; The Antheneum / Richard Meier ; Of art, self-revelation and iconoclasm / John Pastier ; Gehry House / Frank Gehry -- 1981 : 'A building of great integrity' / Stanley Abercrombie ; Thorncrown Chapel / E. Fay Jones ; Souring space wrapped in metal and glass / John Pastier ; The Crystal Cathedral / Johnson/Burgee ; Pert and plainspoken sanctuary / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; Addition to the Immanuel Prebyterian Church / Hartman-Cox ; Simple but sophisticated farmhouse / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; Gaffney House / Bohlin Powell Larkin Cywinski -- 1982 : Arcadia house of the intellect / Robert Campbell and Donald Canty ; American Academy of Arts and Sciences / Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood ; Shinning vessel of religious though / Donald Canty ; Hardford Seminary / Richard Meier -- 1983 : An emotive place apart / Robert Campbell ; Vietnam Veterans Memorial / Maya Ying Lin ; Sophisticated fantasy in three parts / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; Elliott House / Jefferson Riley, Moor Grover Harper ; Well matched couple / Nora Richter Greer ; Coxe/Haden House / Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown ; 'First monument of a loosely defined style' / John Pastier ; Portland Public Services Building / Michael Graves -- 1984 : Historicist, spired 'city of glass' around a plaza / Donald Canty ; PPG Place / John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson ; Missionary imagery, introverted spaces / John Pastier ; San Juan Capistrano Library / Michael Graves ; Modules stacked behind a 'billboard' / Robert Campbell ; Portland Museum of Art / I.M. Pei & Partners ; An abstract language made comprehensible and comfortable / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; House in East Hamptom / Gwathmey Siegel & Associates ; Sophisticated use of rural vernacular / Nora Richter Greer ; Weekend House in Michigan / Tigerman Fugman McCurry ; Build on religious, regional traditions / Carleton Knit III ; St. Matthew's Church / Moore Ruble Yudell -- 1985 : Making a nonentity into a landmark / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; Procter and Gamble Headquarters / Kohn Pederson Fox ; Distillation of a paradoxical city / John Pastier ; Loyola Law School / Frank Gehry ; Combining adventure and respect / David Dillon ; Herring Hall, Rice University / Cesar Pelli & associates ; Friendly house full of surprises / Michael J. Crosbie ; House in Delaware / Venturi, Rauch & Scot Brown ; Shingle style reinvented / Robert Cambpell ; House in Chilmark, Massachusetts / Robert A.M. Stern ; Gentle infill in a general city / Michael J. Crosbie ; Public housing / Bradfield Associates and Middleton McMillan Architects ; The making of a 'magical place' / Michael J. Crosbie ; Purposeful chaos on Cannery row / Carleton Knight III ; Monterey Bay Aquarium / Esherick, Homsey, Dodge & Davis -- 1986 : Complex of solid regional character / Allen Freeman ; H.E.B. Headquarters / Hartman-Cox ; The U.S. Chancery in Malaysia: Neither fortress nor hut / Carleton Knight III ; U.S. Chancery / Kuala Lumpur, Hartman-Cox ; The Rockefeller Center of the '80s? / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean and Allen Freeman ; World Financial Center, Battery Park City / Cesar Pelli & Associates ; Triad of 'temples' in the woods / Robert Campbell ; Wenglowski House / Peter Forbes & Associates ; 'Indeterminate but handsome' / Michael J. Crosbie ; Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building, Vassar College / Perry, Dean, Rogers & Partners ; An architecture of verve and intervention / Robert Campbell ; The Hood Museum at Dartmouth College / Charles W. Moore and Centerbrook Architects -- 1987 : Forms as rugged as their desert setting / Allen Freeman ; Fuller House / Antoine Predock ; Simplicity of form, ingenuity in the use of daylight / John Pastier ; Menil Collection of Art an Historic Artifacts / Piano & Fitzgerald ; Dignified presence in a neighborhood / Nora Richter Greer ; Conrad Sulzer Regional Library / Hammond Beeby & Babka ; Movement and color as themes / Nora Richter Greer ; O'Hare International Airport Rapid Transit Extension / Murphy/Jahn -- 1988 : Waterfront housing at once exuberant and classical / Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; Tegel Harbor Housing, West Berlin / Moore Ruble Yudell ; Assemblage of disparate objects / John Pastier ; Guest House / Frank Gehry & Associates ; 'Nutty, delightful' children's museum / Robert Campbell ; Science Discovery Museum / E. Verner Johnson & Associates ; Arts and crafts spirit pervades corporate offices / Robert Campbell ; Becton, Dickinson Headquarters / Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood ; Encore delivered with strength and delicacy / Karen Cordes ; Cooper Chapel / E. Fay Jones & Maurice Jennings -- 1989 : IBM's colorful 'place in the sun' / David Dillon ; IBM Regional Headquarters / Legorreta Arquitectos and Mitchel/Giurgola ; Boston's 'best new piece of public architecture' / Robert Campbell ; Hynes Convention Center / Kallmann McKinnel & Wood ; Design clarity and urban synthesis / Barbara Koerble ; The Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden / Edward Larrabee Barnes ; Giurgola in Canberra: quiet colossus / Philip Drew ; Australian Parliament House / Mitche/Giurgola & Thorp -- Assessing a decade whose only constant has been change.

Résumé:

A retrospective selection of articles and images from Architecture, the monthly magazine of the American Institute of Architects. Andrea Oppenheimer Dean introduces the book with a survey of the decade and, as a postscript, essays by designers and critics comment on the decade and its significance.

ISBN:

155835056X
9781558350564
1558350640 (pbk.)
9781558350649 (pbk.)

Sujet:

Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture United States 20th century Themes, motives.
Architecture United States Themes, motives.
Architecture United States History 20th century Themes, motives.
Architecture United States Themes, Motives.
Architecture, Modern United States themes, motives.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture États-Unis Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Themes, motives
Architecture
United States

Classification/genre:

History

Vedettes secondaires:

Architecture (Washington, D.C.)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 56991
Cote: ID:90-B5303
Statut: Disponible