Exploring Boundaries: The Architecture of Wilkinson Eyre - Hardcover

Peter Davey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764375310 ISBN 13: 9783764375317

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2007

Synopsis

The London architectural firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects, founded in 1983, has been drawing attention since the 1990s with its wealth of innovative and imaginative designs notably its spectacular and structurally ambitious bridges. The best-known and most highly acclaimed are the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2001) and the Floral Street Bridge (2003). The firm has won many prizes, including the RIBA Stirling Prize twice. It has also demonstrated the increasingly international scope of its activities by entering the competitions for the Guangzhou West Tower in China and the Tensegrity Bridge in Washington DC, USA.This book offers detailed documentation of some 15 structures and projects, with special attention paid to the context of each design. The projects presented include the Stirling Prize-winning Magna Centre in Rotherham, UK; the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, UK; the Guangzhou West Tower in China; and the Gatwick Airbridge, UK, among others.

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About the Authors

Peter Davey is an architect. He was editor in chief of Architectural Review for many years and has written many books on architecture.

Kurt W. Forster is an art historian and teaches at the Yale School of Architecture.

Peter Davey ist Architekt und war lange Jahre Chefredakteur der Architectural Review. Er hat zahlreiche Bücher über Architektur verfaßt.

Kurt W. Forster ist Kunsthistoriker und lehrt an der Yale School of Architecture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764375310
• ISBN 13: 9783764375317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176