Sci Arc Press (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good copy in softcover. Silver spine with black titles. Rubbing to cover, light wear at fore-edges. Name on first endpaper. Tall 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. The Thickening of Time, a new book by senior SCI-Arc faculty Coy Howard, continues the schoolâs tradition of innovation by challenging the current status of digital architecture. Published by SCI-Arc Press in collaboration with the architect, the 288-page volume features Howardâs exploration of the aesthetic implication of seductive insinuations, mysterious withholdings, liminal indirections, and subtle allusions in the design of three urban rooftop villa projects. The book features more than 100 carefully constructed and choreographed digital images embedding the deep cultural terroir of the three cities of Los Angeles, Tokyo and New York. Each of the images is constructed to engender a mood and sense of place rather than depict or illustrate an architectural concept. Fusing the avant-garde and the traditional, the designs of the villas create a poetic sense of serenity, where the desires for the future and the memories of the past are sensed simultaneously. Critical essays by Dr. George Rand, Jeffrey Kipnis, and Larry Rouch position the work in a broad range of topics, including the current critical discussions on the impact of digital imagery on architecture. About Coy Howard: Coy Howard is a designer with a broad range of interests and accomplishments. His furniture is included the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Denver Art Museum. Examples of his graphic designs are held in several international museums, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He has won a broad range of awards for his work, and consulted as an advisor to many major institutions, including The Getty Center, The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Additionally, he has directed two educational programs, the undergraduate program at SCI-Arc, and the Department of the Environmental Arts at Otis College of Art and Design. In 2008, he was the Eero Saarinen Distinguished Professor at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. In 2012, he was the Bernoudy Architect in Residence at The American Academy in Rome. Currently, Howard teaches design studio at SCI-Arc. Reviews: âWay back in the late 1970s I became aware of those projects for houses that detached Coy Howardâs work from those other clever young men in Los Angeles. It was through their solemn depiction of a majestic but slightly spooky presence. By the time he was in our Exhibition at the Architectural Association in 1983, I was able to observe that his âDrawlsâ âwere saying something about human mannerism as well as graphic representation.â As time has gone on, his very particular sensibility has wonderfully meshed together with the ability of digital manipulation to present a world of atmospherics that do not demand physical justification. In a sense they say more about physicality than reality: for they are not constrained by logical sequence, or programme, or the tedium of consistency. I had not realized the connection with Perry Kulper until I read this book: but it suddenly makes sense. If Kulperâs method is a graphic juxtaposition of the unlikely alongside the unlikely, Coy is able to take such alchemy a stage further: he can melt the vision. He can take his wonderful âeyeâ and take things to a (still often rather spooky) edge, where few of us have dared to go. It is haunting stuff, and no wonder many of the most recent students continue to value him so much and refer to his insight. For me, he is more fascinating than ever.â â"Sir Peter Cook, 2002 RIBA Gold Medalist, Founder of Archigram âEnigmatically beautiful, resisting traditional architectural explanation, Coy Howardâs âThe Thickening of Timeâ seduces us with his âfelt-rather-than-thoughtâ work filled with strange suggestions and littered with the playfully unexpected, engendering a rich phenomenal presence, reflecting his 40 years of research into the essential psychological processes of a deep and resonant architectural experience.â â"Thom Mayne, 2005 Pritzker Prize Winner, 2013 AIA Gold Medalist, Founder of Morphosis âThis is a book on architecture where the subjective is dead seriousâ¦at a time when far too much architecture is too literalâ¦a much needed and pure celebration of the power of the subjective.â â"Steven Holl, 2012 AIA Gold Medalist âSublime! With the images in this book, Coy Howard has elaborated a sublime possibility of what architecture should be â" incomplete, enigmatic, and mysterious. As visual synecdoche of architectural experience, the images, dramatically framed, enlarge our engagement, making us all detectives following clues, conjuring a closure that never comes. I celebrate this new tradition of the liberated image. The best architecture is never complete, its voice is silence.â â"Hernan Diaz Alonso, 2015 Incoming Director of Southern California Institute of Architecture, 2012 AIA Educator of the Year âIf the whir of the machine has stolen your soul, this book will rescue it. While design has become increasingly automated, Coy Howardâs work allows us to enjoy rigor with generous spirituality. The Thickening of Time is enormously seductive, a rare view of Howardâs work, presenting meaningful places framed with nuanced imagery and critical text. It is the most recent survey of a singular and influential author who has continued for nearly 40 years to enliven my kinship with design, architecture, and living things.â â"Craig Dykers, Co-Founder and Principal of Snohetta âCoy Howardâs new book The Thickening of Time is a provocation and an ambition intended to turn our attention to the real. Or, back to the real, depending on our disposition. Indeed, one could say that this has always been Howardâs ambition. But something has changed in architecture and in Howardâs work since his arrival in Los Angeles some fo.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Kate Merritt (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Good.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Buone Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by co-author Aino Paasonen on title page. (Architecure, Interviews).

paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. Alex Pines (illustrator). book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. * Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care.".

Softcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Clean text - NO writing, NO highlighting to text. Very good. Oversized. Clean text -- NO writing, NO highlighting to text.ÂPLEASE NOTE: Domestic US media (standard) US orders ONLY. NO international orders.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 8.5 x 11' 16pp. An exceptionally scarce artist's book (exploring the nature of 'home') featuring 9 hand-mounted original photographs. Published in an edition of 100 copies. Bound in plum cloth over black boards. Slight fading, some offset from glue to text, and small stains to the front cover. Included in the Museum of Modern Art's (MOMA) collection of artist's books. Tipped-in Original Photographs By Gertrude Cohen.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publisher: Southern California Institute of Architecture / SCI ARC / Public Access Press, Los Angeles, 1994 Used - Very good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 8.5 x 11" 16pp. An exceptionally scarce artist's book (exploring the nature of "home") featuring 9 hand-mounted original photographs. Published in an edition of 100 copies. Bound in plum cloth over black boards. Slight fading, some offset from glue to text, and small stains to the front cover. Included in the Museum of Modern Art's (MOMA) collection of artist's books. …