Eric Parry Architects 1: Volume 1 - Softcover

Wang, Wilfried

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901033031 ISBN 13: 9781901033038

Publisher: Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

This is the first of two volumes on the highly regarded practice Eric Parry Architects, covering their work from the 1980s to the present. Projects featured in volume 1 include uniquely sensitive vniversity buildings at Cambridge and Sussex; the Damai Suria housing complex in Kuala Lumpur; the romantic and picturesque Chateau de Paulin, France; and the infamous Ministry of Sound nightclub in London. Wilfried Wang, recently Director of the Frankfurt Architecture Museum, and currently a visiting critic at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard, considers EPA's importance within architectural discourse, examining their concern with materiality, attention to detail, craftsmanship and compositional structures. The book is prefaced by the internationally renowned architectural theoretician Dalibor Vesely.

About this title

Synopsis:

The first of two volumes on Eric Parry Architects and their work from the 1980s to the 21st century. Projects featured in this volume include: Pembroke College, Cambridge; the Damai Suria housing development, Kuala Lumpur; and the Ministry of Sound nightclub in London.

From the Inside Flap:

This is the revised edition of the first volume on the highly regarded practice Eric Parry Architects, covering their work from the 1980s to the present. Projects featured in Volume 1 include uniquely sensitive university buildings at Cambridge and Sussex; the Damai Suria housing complex in Kuala Lumpur; the romantic and picturesque Chateau de Paulin, France; and the infamous Ministry of Sound night-club in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Dog Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1901033031
• ISBN 13: 9781901033038
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 207