Beyond the Envelope
Twenty-one Pioneering Architectural Projects from the Early Twenty-first Century Twenty-one Interviews with Their Architects
Published on 3. April 2025
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-946226-91-4 (ISBN)
Description
Through a survey of twenty-one architectural projects completed in the twenty-first century, this book documents an in-depth investigation of architectural technologies and their application in practice by leading contemporary architects. These twenty-one architects work at the frontiers of design, production and construction technologies. Structured by a classification of six themes through which all twenty-one projects are cross sectioned, this book is a unique document, comprising original graphic analysis and professional photographs of the 21 projects, and a transcribed interview with each architect. Ultimately, this survey raises questions about the nature of
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Illustrations
300 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-946226-91-4 (9781946226914)
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Tom Verebes is the provost of Turenscape Academy and the director of OCEAN CN in Hong Kong. Iwan Baan is a Dutch photographer.