UN Studio
Design models
Published on 14. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-500-28716-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first complete monograph on UN Studio, one of the most innovative and respected architectural practices working today. Thirty-three buildings and projects are grouped into themes and presented in detail, from the initial diagram to the construction and final outcome, accompanied throughout by crisp colour photography and explanatory essays.
Reviews / Votes
'Brief, original and clear' - Guardian 'UNStudio's Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos save their most innovative ideas for real buildings, working intensely from the ground up to create complex interwoven spaces that mark the transition from diagram to building' - Wallpaper* 'Manages to explain their complex pursuits with unusual and often charming clarity' - Jay Merrick, Independent 'Reading Ben and Caroline's most recent book, one is forced to rethink some of the fundamental issues that await architectural theory and practice these days' - Antoine Picon, Harvard UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
With over 700 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
Width: 215 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28716-3 (9780500287163)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
05/2006
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€64.64
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Persons
Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos established the Amsterdam-based van Berkel & Bos in 1988, which became UNStudio in 1998. Van Berkel was appointed the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2011. Caroline Bos is co-founder of the architectural firm UNStudio. She also writes, lectures and teaches architecture at various schools.
Content
Inclusive Principle - Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Entschede; Museum Het Valkhof; NMR Laboratory;Architecture Faculty; Villa NM; Wadsworth Atheneum; Hotel Castell; Mahler 4; Sum, Gispen; Sofa Circle; Tea House Mathematical Model - Erasmus Bridge; Villa Wilbrink; Mobius House; Living Tomorrow; Tea & Coffee Towers; Mercedes-Benz Museum; Offices, Battersea Blob-to-box Model - Karbouw, Amersfoot; Church Hall; Electrical Substation, Innsbruck; Prince Claus Bridge; Music Theatre; Theatre, Lelystad V-model - Arnhem Central; Ponte Parodi; Wien Mitte Deep-planning Principle - Shopping Centre, Emmen; Bridge, Purmerend; IfCCA Competition; La Defense, Almere; Galleria Department Store; Port, Las Palmas