This book showcases the work of John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK), a Los Angeles-based architecture practice recognized for its creation of iconic, experiential environments that are reflective of culture and context and expressive of inclusivity and identity. Founded by John Friedman and Alice Kimm, JFAK is an American architecture firm in Los Angeles, California, USA that serves clients ranging from small nightclub operators and homeowners to developers, universities, and cities. JFAK’s distinct formal landscapes are the result of an inquisitive design process that mines the possibilities and complexities of our contemporary, heterogeneous society. As such, the firm’s wide-ranging body of work rejects adherence to diagram, at once represents and redefines the City of Los Angeles, and through its integration of technology and narrative captures a global zeitgeist.
This book illustrates, through drawings, photos, and narratives not only of the work but of outside inspirations, the influences that form and define the underlying design logic of JFAK’s projects.
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Height: 330 mm
Width: 228 mm
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978-1-948765-69-5 (9781948765695)
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A Pulitzer nominee in criticism who trained in architecture at Harvard, Joseph Giovannini's career has spanned three decades and two coasts. He has served as the architecture critic for New York Magazine and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and was long a staff writer on design and architecture for The New York Times. He has contributed to many other publications including The New Yorker, Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, Art in America, Art Forum, Architecture Magazine, Architect Magazine, Industrial Design Magazine, and Interior Design. A prominent figure in American architecture, he is activist critic with a record of discovering emerging talent for major mainstream publications and professional journals. He coined the term Deconstructivism, has written thousands of articles for periodicals, and has authored numerous essays for books and monographs. As a critic, he has won awards, grants, and honors from the Art World Magazine/Manufacturer's Hanover Trust for distinguished newspaper architectural criticism, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation, the Los Angeles Chapter of the AIA and the AIA California Council. He received his B.A. in English at Yale University and an M.A. in French Language and Literature from Middlebury College for work done at La Sorbonne, Paris.
