Material transfers : metaphor, craft, and place in contemporary architecture / Françoise Astorg Bollack.

Material transfers : metaphor, craft, and place in contemporary architecture /

Architect, architectural historian and preservationist Françoise Bollack explores the use of traditional materials with contemporary forms and the corollary of contemporary materials applied to traditional forms and the blurring of the boundary between the two. Nineteen projects in the US, Europe, J...

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Main Author: Bollack, Françoise Astorg (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Monacelli Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Architecture, Modern > Materials > Pictorial works.
Architecture, Modern > Materials > Case studies.
Building materials > Pictorial works.
Vernacular architecture > Materials.
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Summary:Architect, architectural historian and preservationist Françoise Bollack explores the use of traditional materials with contemporary forms and the corollary of contemporary materials applied to traditional forms and the blurring of the boundary between the two. Nineteen projects in the US, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand are examined. Among the featured architects are Kengo Kuma, architect of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, MVRDV, a highly regarded Dutch firm, and Lacaton & Vassal of Paris.
Physical Description:175 pages : color illustration ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical information (pages 172-173).
ISBN:9781580935432
1580935435

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