
Great Windows in Modern Architecture
Kevin Adams(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-0-367-35816-7 (ISBN)
Description
Windows are moments in modern architecture where we look to ascertain elegance, technical expression and material language or to capture a certain atmosphere. A window opening is as much an interval and an opportunity as it is a device for admitting light, air or views; it is simultaneously a physical aperture but also a philosophical opening of collaboration and reflection. In order to understand the language of a building we might look to the detail of the window. But what does this mean and why does modern architecture invest so much expression in the window?
This book explores how the act of detailing and situating windows in buildings is a key proponent in the language of architecture, which both informs and works with the contingencies of design and construction. It investigates 18 case studies in-depth using painstakingly drawn details and vivid photographs in full colour to define what makes these windows "great" and how each window is situated within both its technical and philosophical context and as an overall development of modern architecture.
Case studies include the work of Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Pierre Chareau, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Carlo Scarpa, Le Corbusier, Stirling and Gowan, Raili and Reima Pietilae, Louis Kahn, Peter Womersley, Miralles/Pinos, Steven Holl, Glen Murcutt and O'Donnell + Tuomey.
This book explores how the act of detailing and situating windows in buildings is a key proponent in the language of architecture, which both informs and works with the contingencies of design and construction. It investigates 18 case studies in-depth using painstakingly drawn details and vivid photographs in full colour to define what makes these windows "great" and how each window is situated within both its technical and philosophical context and as an overall development of modern architecture.
Case studies include the work of Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Pierre Chareau, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Carlo Scarpa, Le Corbusier, Stirling and Gowan, Raili and Reima Pietilae, Louis Kahn, Peter Womersley, Miralles/Pinos, Steven Holl, Glen Murcutt and O'Donnell + Tuomey.
Reviews / Votes
"Adams' book represents an informed dissection of a fundamental architectural element.......The selected case studies provide a well-rounded view, marrying genuine variety with a highly personalised view. Thus, Great Windows in Modern Architecture not only presents 'great' windows with considered commentary but also offers meditations on the role of apertures within a wider tectonic vocabulary."James Haynes, Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Magazine
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
313 farbige Abbildungen, 212 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 101 farbige Zeichnungen
101 Line drawings, color; 212 Halftones, color; 313 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
799 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-35816-7 (9780367358167)
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Person
Kevin Adams is a Teaching Fellow at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), a practising architect and the founding principal of kalm architecture.
Content
Introduction: What is a window? 1. Bauhaus School, Dessau 2. Brunswick Park Primary School Assembly Hall 3. La Maison de Verre 4. S.C. Johnson Administration Building and Research Tower 5. Villa Tugendhat 6. The Klein Studio 7. The Gipsoteca Canoviana 8. Saeynaetsalo Town Hall 9. Fisher House 10. Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre 11. Swee Saw Hock Student Centre 12. CEPT School of Architecture 13. Hostelets Civic Centre 14. Dipoli Student Centre 15. Higgins Hall Centre, Pratt Institute 16. The Dominican Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette 17. Whitney Museum of American Art (currently Frick Madison) 18. Sydney Opera House