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A Design Assignment: Preliminary Design Study Models for the Facade of the United Nations Secretariat Building, N.Y.C - Hardcover

 
9781887750240: A Design Assignment: Preliminary Design Study Models for the Facade of the United Nations Secretariat Building, N.Y.C

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Although this is a technical and complex subject, Paul W.T. Pippin writes in a clear, straightforward manner with minimum narrative. With ease, he skillfully takes the reader through every step of construction and technique. The explicit photographs are of primary importance and are used to highlight the essential facts.

A Design Assignment is a dynamic educational and enlightening approach to the design of the facade of the Secretariat Building. This valuable reference book not only gives the reader an understanding of faade techniques but also provides inspiration.

It is a book for students, practicing architects, architectural historians and the sophisticated reader.

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A Design Assignment is a comprehensive book that takes the reader beyond the world of standard architectural design and into the unique facade construction of the Secretariat Building of the United Nations Headquarters. An accomplished architect, Paul W.T. Pippin developed 16 schemes with details through study models for the East-West facade. The author, who studied with Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen, shares his extensive knowledge and experience in this highly informative, fact-filled book.

A Design Assignment presents an overview of the technique of using study models to develop architectural designs. Numerous photographs, as well as accompanying information, provide the reader with a clear understanding of the facades that could be utilized in the actual design. To emphasize each scheme, Mr. Pippin includes additional photographs that enlarge the distinctive elevation components. In the final analysis, there is a comparison of photographs of the models with the actual "as-built" Secretariat Building, allowing the reader to determine which elements of Mr. Pippin's models were actually implemented in its final design.

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  • PublisherRoutledge
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 188775024X
  • ISBN 13 9781887750240
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages82

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Hardcover. Condition: New. A Design assignment is a wonderful book. It is a complete sequence of snapshots of the heart of the design process taken during the development of one of the most important buildings in America. Paul Pippin knew what was essential to document and he also knew to go no further. The book brings to light the archival record of these now -lost , preliminary design study models for the United States secretariat . Seller Inventory # ABE-1515882123789

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