Suspended Moment - The Architecture of Frida Escobedo - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588397866 ISBN 13: 9781588397867

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025

Synopsis

An illuminating profile of one of today’s most innovative and forward-looking architects, whose materials-based practice explores how space can provoke emotional response   Architect Frida Escobedo’s (b. 1979) designs for public spaces have received global accolades. In 2022, she was commissioned to design the new Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Suspended Moment is the first overall survey of her career to-date including her award-winning structures that treat space as a language—layered, responsive, and reflective of both a site’s history and its present. This timely profile of the first woman to design a wing at the Museum explores Escobedo’s attention to gender, accessibility, and the environment. Focusing on both temporary and permanent structures in the context of her burgeoning career, the publication delves into Escobedo’s two-decade multimedia practice. Interviews with the architect alongside informed essays discuss the bases of her work and her diverse inspirations, ranging from concrete poetry to her hometown of Mexico City, which she describes as a “modern metropolis with ancient roots . . . in other words, a living, breathing museum.”   Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

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About the Author

Max Hollein is the Marina Kellen French Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588397866
• ISBN 13: 9781588397867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Max Hollein