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Architecture, Craft and Culture: Reflections on the Work of O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects: No. 1 (Edge) - Hardcover
Synopsis
The first in a new Gandon series on ideas in art and architecture, this volume carries an illustrated essay by the award-winning architect John Tuomey on the ideas and processes involved in making architecture. Buildings featured are Howth House, Co Dublin (2001-2003); Hudson House, Navan, Co Meath (1995-1997); Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School, Dublin 6 (1993-1998); Furniture College, Letterfrack, Connemara, Co Galway (1994-2001); Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork. "This small and beautiful book, concerning both material culture and the history of ideas in architecture, recalls the pensive meditations of Alvar Aalto, Peter Zumthor and Alvaro Siza, similar architect-teachers to whom Tuomey refers. ‘We carry novels in our pockets on holidays’, he says, and a catholic cast of poets, musicians and film-makers jostle together as if at the bar of a very good pub alongside architects that share Tuomey’s sense of social responsibility and a more private vision. This book is an architectural autobiography full of wisdom. ‘Life often conspires against our best intentions’, Tuomey muses, ‘and frustration surrounds us in our work, but a lived-in building, loved in use, is one of the rewards that reminds us of the worth of an architects’ effort, and makes us, in turn, feel useful’. Tuomey proceeds to discuss with elegant brevity some of his practice’s buildings, whose precise description imbues them with archetypal and poignant qualities that makes them memorable, like short prose poems." — extract from review in Architectural Research Quarterly
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