Synopsis
This highly illustrated volume captures the dramatic, unbridled creativity that lies at the heart of great architecture. Presenting dozens of wildly innovative designs from the very young architects in training at the ETH Zurich, MakingArchitecture reveals all the energy of students working at the height of their powers, recognizing the incredible untapped potential of common materials, the power of subtle objects, and the ways that architecture can utterly transform ordinary urban spaces. An exquisite book, Making Architecture is sure to inspire both new and experienced architects, as well as general readers drawn to the unlimited potential and breathtaking beauty of contemporary architecture.
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Andrea Deplazes is professor of architecture and construction at ETH Zürich.
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Condition: Good. Good; Softcover; Front cover is clean and glossy, but with two handling-creases to the back cover; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium, Oblong Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.2 lbs; Black covers with title in white lettering; 2011, GTA Publishers; 256 pages; "Making Architecture," by Andrea Deplazes. Seller Inventory # SKU-8947AL08604176
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Condition: Good. Good+; Softcover; Covers are still glossy with a few light handling-marks; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium, Oblong Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.2 lbs; Black covers with title in white lettering; 2011, GTA Publishers; 256 pages; "Making Architecture," by Andrea Deplazes. Seller Inventory # SKU-1398AK02503195
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Making Architecture
Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Good++; Softcover; Covers are still glossy with a few light handling-marks; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium, Oblong Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.2 lbs; Black covers with title in white lettering; 2011, GTA Publishers; 256 pages; "Making Architecture," by Andrea Deplazes. Seller Inventory # SKU-1437AJ02004143
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MAKING ARCHITECTURE
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gta, Zürich, 2010
ISBN 10: 3856762787
ISBN 13: 9783856762780
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Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 14 x 21 cm, softcover, 255 pp., numerous illustrations, text in English. Excellent copy! --- From the cover text: Catching the very first instant of nascent space, Making Architecture shows how young architects educated at the ETH Zurich develop a relationship to the substance of architecture; how they unfold this relationship gracefully, concentrating on the embedded, inherent filigree or massive potential contained in materials. The publication unveils creations without scale, fragile architectures and subtile objects, reopening a field through to be througoughly explored. Seller Inventory # 241182
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