New Stone Architecture - Softcover

Dernie, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856693120 ISBN 13: 9781856693127

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

In recent years contemporary architects have become obsessed with a variety of new materials, and above all stone. The limits and predictability of the modernist palette have long been recognized, and contemporary architects are now looking to the ancient values of stone to give new expression to their ideas. Above all it is the permanence of stone that is increasingly used to express a sense of civic stability, or ground the otherwise fluid forms of contemporary architecture. New Stone Architecture explores the special role of this material in a timely reassessment of the ideas which underpin today's renaissance of stone architecture. The introduction uncovers the expressive possibilities of stone, describes the new technologies which make the new forms possible and offers an interpretation based on the author's technical and theoretical understanding of material themes. This is followed by thirty-three case studies from around the world. Architects featured include Michael Hopkins, Kengo Kuma, and Renzo Piano.

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Review:

This book is richly illustrated with images supported with drawings and details of application. The sensitive and innovative use of this ancient material is as impressive as interesting.

About the Author:

David Dernie is a practising architect and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, where he runs a design studio and researches the uses of materials in architecture. He is the author of Victor Horta (1995), The Villa d'Este at Tivoli (1996) and the forthcoming Architecture, Imagination and Material Culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1856693120
• ISBN 13: 9781856693127
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240