Building Community The Work of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

Eskew, R. Allen, Steve Dumez, Mark Ripple

ISBN 10: 0982622627 / ISBN 13: 9780982622629

Published by Oro Editions, NP, 2011

About this Item

Hardcover, illustrated, 233 pp. SIGNED by Eskew, Dumez and Ripple on the title page. Presumable non authorial inscription on title page from "Steve". A lightly used near fine copy with clean contents and tight binding. Green cloth, no dust jacket as issued.

Seller Inventory # 5342

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building Community The Work of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
• Publisher: Oro Editions, NP
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982622627
• ISBN 13: 9780982622629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

Building Community: The Work of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple celebrates the 25th anniversary of the New Orleans-based firm. Eskew+Dumez+Ripple believes that a building is an expression of both the process by which design decisions are made, and the program to which the building must adhere its size, function, and context, as well as cost and construction time. The text will trace the development of EDR s progressive architecture practice operating in the deeply traditional American Gulf South, and discuss the rich architectural heritage of both New Orleans and surrounding regions. Eskew+Dumez+Ripple is a design-driven studio which produces diverse projects in architecture and planning by blending a signature collaborative process with professional talent, creative thinking and emerging technologies. Based in New Orleans, the firm uses the cultural and architectural heritage of the city as a platform for a practice of national range and recognition. The result is a vibrant portfolio that includes aquariums, research laboratories, marine facilities, interpretative centers and museums as well as office buildings, academic and health care facilities. Five Firm Directors lead the studio of professionals, promoting design excellence, efficient project delivery, and mastery of technical construction systems. We advocate environmental sustainability, elegant craftsmanship of materials and spirited collaboration with each one of their clients.

About the Author

Alex Krieger is founding principal of Chan Krieger NBBJ, the Cambridge, Massachusetts based architecture and urban design studio of NBBJ, a global architecture firm. Offering services in architecture, urban design and planning since 1984, the studio has served a broad array of clients in over thirty cities, focusing primarily on educational, institutional, health-care and public projects in complex urban settings. Lawrence Scarpa is the principal in charge of design at the firm Pugh + Scarpa, an award winning architecture, engineering, interior design and planning firm with offices in California and North Carolina. His work has redefined the role of the architect to produce some of the most remarkable and exploratory work today. Since 2001 Mr. Scarpa's firm has received 42 major design awards including 15 National AIA Awards, 2005 Record Houses, 2003 Record Interiors, 2003 Rudy Bruner Prize, 2006 and 2003 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building Award and was a finalist for the World Habitat Award, one of ten firms selected worldwide.