Diller + Scofidio (+Renfro): The Ciliary Function, Works and Projects 1979-2007

Incerti, Guido; Ricchi, Daria; Simpson, Deane

ISBN 10: 8861300677 / ISBN 13: 9788861300675

Published by Skira Editore, Milan, 2007

About this Item

First edition, hardcover with CD in pocket at back, book has a shallow lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and corners, and a hint of age toning starting to the pages. A solid, tight, Very Good+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has light bumps to the spine ends and corners, and some rubbing with mild edge wear to the covers. Jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Seller Inventory # 202984

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diller + Scofidio (+Renfro): The Ciliary Function, Works and Projects 1979-2007
• Publisher: Skira Editore, Milan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8861300677
• ISBN 13: 9788861300675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

The ciliary muscle reproduces the effect of a lens and allows the eye to focus or blur vision. The ciliary muscle became the emblem of the critical vision that Diller + Scofidio (+ Renfro) had of their heterogeneous fields of research and experimentation. Their interdisciplinary projects range from objects, installations and performances to media and architecture. In recent years they have expanded - with a third partner joining their studio - to embrace projects on an urban scale. Diller + Scofidio (+ Renfro): The Ciliary Function covers their development documenting about twenty works, from the earliest to the most recent and includes essays investigating the studio's context, influences and strategies, some interviews with the architects, and a scheme showing the evolution and growth of the studio from 1979 to today.

About the Author

Guido Incerti is an architect based in Venice. Daria Ricchi, based in Florence, is a critic and journalist specializing in contemporary architecture. She has recently published a monograph on the work of Mecanoo. Deane Simpson is an architect based in New York and Zurich, and a former associated of Diller+Scofidio. Simpson teaches design at the ETH of Zurich.