Custom and Innovation: John Miller + Partners - Hardcover

Frampton, Kenneth; Maxwell, Robert; Sudjic, Deyan

 
9781906155704: Custom and Innovation: John Miller + Partners
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1906155704 ISBN 13: 9781906155704
Publisher: Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

John Miller + Partners was established in the 1980s following the dissolution of Colquhoun Miller + Partners. The practice has been responsible for some of the most highly regarded museum and university projects of the past 25 years, such as the Tate Britain Centenary Development and the Queen's Building for the University of East Anglia, as well as projects for the Fitzwilliam Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and Warwick University. Custom and Innovation examines John Miller's indebtedness to Modernism and sets out the practice's departure from strict modernist precedents by showing its work to be wholly contemporary and of its moment. The book is complimented by informed essays from three prestigious authors from the UK and America and is handsomely illustrated with specially commissioned drawings, photographs, models and renderings. Custom and Innovation comprehensively profiles this outstanding highly respected architectural firm and is a fitting extension to Black Dog Publishing's books on modern and contemporary architecture, sure as those on Colin St John Wilson, James Gowan and Trevor Dannatt. ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 colour & b/w Illustrations

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From the Back Cover

Custom and Innovation: John Miller + Partners is the first publication devoted to the work of John Miller + Partners, and explores Miller's work from his student days at the Architectural Association, to his present practice as a multi-award winning firm. The book provides an insight into the contemporary fascination with museum buildings as well as the revived interest on post-war modernism both in Europe and the USA.

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Custom and Innovation: John Miller + Partners is the first publication devoted to the work of John Miller + Partners, and explores Miller's work from his student days at the Architectural Association, to his present practice as a multi-award winning firm. The book provides an insight into the contemporary fascination with museum buildings as well as the revived interest on post-war modernism both in Europe and the USA.

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Publisher
Black Dog Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1906155704
ISBN 13 
9781906155704
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
192