Spaces
Rockport Publishers
Published on 1. January 2005
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-59253-106-6 (ISBN)
Description
Rockport's Architecture in Detail series examines the role of details in contemporary architecture through the work of many emerging and established practitioners whose projects speak sensitively and energetically on a small scale. In this new edition, Spaces, acclaimed photographer Paul Warchol shows off these details in his lavish, full-colour photographs, which makes turning these pages a pleasure for even the casual browser. The projects are often beautiful telltales of a designer's thoughts, scaled to our eyes, made physical to the touch of our hands. These crafted moments remind us that architecture can be a subtle and powerful force - played out in some cases by evoking historical motifs, in others by radical experimentation. But more than a simple catalogue of ideas, this book ultimately shows these details as individual expressions of discovery, gestures of delight or severity, and of beauty and clarity. They are meaningful indications of the architect's presence - more than all else, willful signs that the true craft of design is alive and well.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
300 colour images
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 228 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59253-106-6 (9781592531066)
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Persons
Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer who practices worldwide from his Boston and New York offices. He is vice-director of the Spanish magazine Casas Internacional and is the creator of a number of architectural books for Rockport Publishers, including the Single Building series, Ten Houses, Contemporary World Architects, Architecture in Detail, and Art and Architecture. Mark Pasnick works for Machado and Silvetti Associates in Boston, where he became Associate in 2000. He regularly teaches design studios and history courses at Northeastern University and was member of the editorial staff of Assemblage from 1995 through 2000. His most recent writing appears in Architectural Record and the Cornell Journal of Architecture. Both live in Massachusetts, USA.