Archaeology of Tomorrow; Architecture & the Spirit of Place

Price, Travis & Wade Davis

ISBN 10: 193277193X / ISBN 13: 9781932771930

Published by Earth Aware, San Rafael, CA, 2006

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Color Photograhs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 208 pages; [SIGNED] 2006 Earth Aware. Oversized HC/DJ. 1st edition. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED by the architect and author, Price on the front pictorial flyleaf. Prior institutional owner's ink stamp bottom edge of the same pager. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with color photography. Feels and appears generally unread. VG++/NF . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Archaeology of Tomorrow; Architecture & the Spirit of Place
• Publisher: Earth Aware, San Rafael, CA
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193277193X
• ISBN 13: 9781932771930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Design Arts
  • Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Applying cutting-edge analysis and three decades of experience as an architect, philosopher, and educator, the renowned design pioneer Travis Price presents a visually rich and thought provoking view into the worlds of design, architecture, and modern life. The Archaeology of Tomorrow offers an innovative perspective on the enduring nature of design and architecture, identifying the principles of the "mythic modern" and employing the "three lenses of architecture"; to define the nature of design through the influence and inspiration of architect Frank Gehry, sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, and mythologist Joseph Campbell. Travis Price is a multiple award-winning architect and innovator in environmentally sound architecture. A former consultant for the Carter administration on alternative energy policy, he is credited with coining the term "passive solar". Price designed the world's largest solar office building - TVA's one million square foot complex, planned new urbanist town developments from Virginia to Uganda, designed an array of stunning individual residences, commercial properties and institutional monuments, and created a line of furniture. He has received numerous AIA design awards, been featured in several films and television programs, and is widely published in journals and books internationally. www.TravisPriceArchitects.com

About the Author

Travis Price, FAIA, is a multiple award-winning architect, philosopher, and innovator in environmentally sound architecture. A former consultant to the Carter administration on alternative energy policy, Price has designed architecture for over 30 years completing such projects as the world's largest solar building (the TVA's one-million-square-foot complex); planned new urbanist town developments from Virginia to Uganda; designed an array of stunning individual residences, commercial properties, and institutional monuments (e.g., the new Explorers Hall for the National Geographic Society, Oseh Shalom Synagogue, and St. John's College Library); as well as creating a line of furniture. A popular lecturer at Yale, Harvard, and the National Geographic Society, as well as adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon and the Catholic University of America, Price has received numerous AIA awards, has been featured in several films and television programs, and is widely published in journals and books internationally. He has run the Spirit of Place design/build expeditions for Catholic University for over fifteen years while serving as the graduate director for the Cultures/Sacred/Modernism Concentration. He lives, teaches, and practices in Washington, D.C. when not somewhere exploring the world.