Radical Reconstruction - Hardcover

Woods, Lebbeus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568980906 ISBN 13: 9781568980904

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997

Synopsis

Radical Reconstruction contains projects from the last five years that address the relationships between architecture and war, political revolution/reaction, and natural disasters. Three projects—for Sarajevo, Havana, and San Francisco—define new approaches to the reconstruction of buildings and urban fabric damaged by unpredictable and largely uncontrollable forces of both human and natural origin. Such transformations are not only of physical structures and spaces but, more significantly, of the ways of living they sustain. The majority of these renderings of dazzling color and creativity have never been published or exhibited before.

Lebbeus Woods has focused on theory and experimental projects since 1976. Currently a visiting professor at the Cooper Union in New York City, he has taught at SCI-Arc, Harvard, and Columbia. In 1994 he won the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design. Previous books on his work include "Pamphlet 15" OneFiveFour (Princeton Architectural Press, 1989, now out-of-print), and Anarchitecture: Architecture Is a Political Act

About this title

About the Author:

Lebbeus Woods is widely regarded as the most exciting and original architectural visionary today. His body of theoretical work and extraordinary drawings have served as inspiration for architects, artists, and legions of students.

Review:

America's leading visionary architect, whose work resonates with the radition of Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller. Aaron Betsky

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1568980906
• ISBN 13: 9781568980904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168