Minimal Architecture: From Contemporary International Style to New Strategies

Ruby, Ilka, and Ruby, Andreas, and Sachs, Angeli, and Ursprung, Philip

ISBN 10: 379132859X / ISBN 13: 9783791328591

Published by Prestel; Architecture in Focus Ser., Munich and New York, 2003

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175 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), plans; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. *** "What is minimalism in architecture? This trenchant re-examination traces the unfolding of minimalism as one of the dominant design trends today. In a fascinating aesthetic voyage, this book offers perspectives on the directions the movement is taking as it morphs toward the future." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 026861

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Title: Minimal Architecture: From Contemporary ...

Publisher: Prestel; Architecture in Focus Ser., Munich and New York

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book Type: Collectible

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Synopsis:

What is minimalism? Or, more specifically, what isn't? In this fascinating aesthetic voyage, three experts in the field of architecture and art history trace the development of minimalism as a style and offer perspectives on the directions the movement is taking as it morphs towards the future. In double-page spreads filled with color photographs of the most innovative minimalist projects, this book illustrates three principal movements: the traditional, as practiced by Herzog & de Meuron in early works, Adolf Krischanitz and Tadao Ando; the ambiguous, in which architects not commonly associated with minimalism, such as OMA or Zaha Hadid, use it for specific projects; and the subversive, which appropriates minimalist concepts across a variety of new fields as exemplified in the architecture of Shigeru Ban or Lacaton & Vassal.