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Richard Rogers. Volume Two, Complete Works
Powell Kenneth
PHAIDON PRESS
95,00 €
Épuisé
EAN :9780714837475
Richard Rogers is an internationally respected architect, responsible for many landmark buildings around the world, and a passionate advocate of architectural quality in the built environment. This second volume of the Complete Works looks at the further work of the Richard Rogers Partnership during the dramatic economic and political changes of the boom-bust years between 1987 and 1993. It features many projects and competitions, such as the Tomigaya Exhibition Building in Tokyo, alongside spectacular buildings that have come to fruition towards the end of the century, such as the Daimler-Chrysler buildings at Potsdamerplatz, Berlin, and the Bordeaux Law Courts. Kenneth Powell has spoken to the key figures involved with each of the projects and writes in-depth about the collaborative spirit of the practice. the increasing need for low-energy buildings and the development of major urban interventions and city planning.
Résumé : L'Architecture transformée se présente comme une enquête détaillée sur la reconversion/réhabilitation de bâtiments anciens, considérée comme un domaine en soi. L'auteur a sélectionné 44 projets qui démontrent à quel point le réemploi est devenu une discipline à part entière - sinon fondamentale - de l'architecture d'aujourd'hui. Il ne s'agit pas tant de conserver et de respecter servilement le passé, nous dit-il, que de transformer ce qu'il nous a légué, de trouver de nouveaux usages à d'anciens bâtiments dans une approche plus concrète qu'historiciste. La transformation d'anciens bâtiments est d'ailleurs devenue le lot commun des architectes partout dans le monde : logique d'un point de vue environnemental, cette méthode est souvent plus simple et plus économique que de tout refaire à neuf. Les projets de réhabilitation ont donné naissance à des réalisations intelligentes et novatrices, où l'on retrouve les plus grands noms de l'architecture actuelle ; Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Eric Owen Moss ou Bernard Tschumi, pour ne citer qu'eux. L'ouvrage montre comment les architectes ont abordé des structures historiques pour les restituer à la vie actuelle : la légendaire usine Fiat s'est transformée en complexe culturel et commercial ; un palais espagnol est devenu bibliothèque ; une usine d'armement sert de cadre à un centre pour les arts et les médias. Si certaines structures anciennes ne présentaient pas toujours un grand intérêt en termes historiques ou architecturaux, beaucoup n'en avaient pas moins une histoire passionnante - telle cette cathédrale italienne du XVIe siècle, cette fabrique d'hélices à bateau du XIXe à Hambourg, ou cet ancien quartier général nazi en Autriche. Le commentaire érudit, critique et vivant de Kenneth Powell, complété d'illustrations soigneusement sélectionnées, apporte des informations précieuses pour tous ceux que l'architecture concerne : les professionnels, architectes et urbanistes, mais aussi l'honnête homme soucieux de se tenir au courant d'un domaine en pleine mutation et objet de tant de controverses passionnées.
Résumé : In little more than a decade, Jonas Wood has established himself as one of the most talented and original painters of his generation. Exploring a variety of subjects that include friends, family members, sport celebrities, landscapes, domestic interiors, plants, his own work as well as that of other artists, Wood has developed a representational style where overlapping textures and disorienting compressions of space contribute to create images that transmit a universal sense of familiarity, even when they are deeply private. Defined by an awareness of the predominant role of photography in contemporary culture, yet deeply indebted to the history of painting and the possibilities still therein, a meaningful engagement and exploration with the present emerges. Wood's work challenges the notion of visual authenticity through a process of combining elements from different sources to create an image that is uniquely his. His works constitute a reflection of our present time while paying tobute to the great artists that have influenced Wood's practice, from modern masters Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, to California cantor David Hockney, and the celebrated duo of ceramists Michael Frimkess and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess In the Interview Mark Grotjahn and the artist discuss their backgrounds and how they were able to turn their passion into a profession while getting acquainted with the dynamics of the art world Helen Molesworth's Survey is a profound and comprehensive analysis of the historical context in which Wood's practice developed, and how the various elements that compose the fabric of his life inform his paintings. Ian Alteveer focuses on Wood's proclivity for representing interiors and how these resonate with the rest of his work and history of art in general. The comprehensive and previously unpublished selection of images in Studio Visit offers a rare insight into the artist's working environment, his process and sources of inspiration. Finally, Artist's Writings include excerpts from conversations with Corrina Peipon, Katy Donoghue and Jeong Yun Hyeong.
Résumé : Explores the power of abandoned architecture, capturing the awe-inspiring drama of lost and forgotten, as well as reimagined and transformed structures across the globe. From Victorian gas holders, railway stations and factories, to World War Il flak towers and bunkers, from Gothic churches, as well as Modernist and Brutalist masterpieces, this book demonstrates that transforming our built heritage has the power to change lives, communities, neighbourhoods and cities the world over.