Andre Poitiers - Objects in the Territory

Andreas Ruby

ISBN 10: 3764366176 / ISBN 13: 9783764366179

Published by Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2002

About this Item

Andre Poitiers adventures in design involve experimentation, pushing himself to the limits of what is known. He acquired expertise in the studio of Norman Foster, before invading the territory of architecture, driven by a futuristic, iconoclastic impetus. The most recent milestone on Poitiers journey is Plasma, the liquid, organic and living material, liable to alter in relation to functional and environmental factors. Poitiers unusual and individual approach to designing is reflected in the graphics and presentation of the book. The editor Kristin Feireiss is an architecture critic and curator. She heads the Aedes Architecture Forum and was director of the Dutch Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam from 1996-2000. The author Andreas Ruby is an architecture critic and theoretician.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Andre Poitiers - Objects in the Territory
• Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764366176
• ISBN 13: 9783764366179
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

André Poitiers' adventures in design involve experimentation, pushing himself to the limits of what is known. He acquired expertise in the studio of Norman Foster, before invading the territory of architecture, driven by a futuristic, iconoclastic impetus. The most recent milestone on Poitiers journey is Plasma, the liquid, organic and living material, liable to alter in relation to functional and environmental factors. Poitiers unusual and individual approach to designing is reflected in the graphics and presentation of the book. The editor Kristin Feireiss is an architecture critic and curator. She heads the Aedes Architecture Forum and was director of the Dutch Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam from 1996-2000. The author Andreas Ruby is an architecture critic and theoretician.

About the Author

The editor Kristin Feireiss is an architecture critic and curator. She heads the Aedes Architecture Forum and was director of the Dutch Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam from 1996-2000. She has edited numerous architecture publications.

The author Andreas Ruby is an architecture critic and theoretician. From 1999-2000 he was Executive Editor of the journal Daidalos. He has contributed to many architecture journals and books.