Pacific edge : contemporary architecture on the Pacific Rim / Peter Zellner; with essays by Aaron Betsky, Davina Jackson and Akira Suzuki.

Language: English

Published by London : Thames & Hudson, 1998

050034163X / 9780500341636

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 224p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography. Contents; Introduction - surface crossing and edge environments; modernist legacies - an international vernacular; college cities in western America, Aaron Betsky; edge conditions - regional inflection and the architecture of local identity - software rituals in the contemporary Asian city, Akira Suzuki; dense cities/sprawl-cities - architecture in the expanding new world city - perimeter politics: Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, Davina Jackson; tectonics - innovative in old contexts; media tectonics - generating an ambient architecture tectonics; film histories and project lists. Summary; The aim of this first all-encompassing survey of the Pacific region's contemporary architecture is to show how 33 of the most cutting-edge and innovative architecture and design studies have created buildings by drawing on the stylistic conflicts and dynamism that reverberate across the Pacific. Presented thematically, each studio is profiled in depth, with texts, photographs, line drawings, sketches and extended captions. In counterpoint to the book's thematic structure, three essays by internationally recognized architecture and design writers Aaron Betsky, Davina Jackson and Akira Suzuki consider the regional characteristics of western America, Oceania and Asia. Subjects; Architecture, Modern 20th century Pacific Area. Architecture. Modern Architecture. 20th Century. Architecture Pacific Area History 20th century. Architecture Pacific Area 20th century. Pacific Ocean. ARCHITECTURE / History / General. ARCHITECTURE / Criticism. HOUSE & HOME / Decorating. 1 Kg.…

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Title
Pacific edge : contemporary architecture on the Pacific Rim / Peter Zellner; with essays by Aaron Betsky, Davina Jackson and Akira Suzuki.
Author
Zellner, Peter; Betsky, Aaron; Jackson, Davina; Suzuki, Akira
Publisher
London : Thames & Hudson
Publication year
1998
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
050034163X
ISBN 13
9780500341636
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
1 kilogram

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