Next Generation Architecture: Folds, Blobs, and Boxes

Joseph Rosa,

ISBN 10: 084782618X / ISBN 13: 9780847826186

Published by Rizzoli International Publications December 2003, 2003

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A new generation of architects is pushing digital technology to its limits and continues a tradition of 'organic' architecture, often labeled 'blobitecture.' A few architects in the pre-digital era anticipated the shape of today's sleek and supple buildings, but computers have helped make many of today's large, truly innovative architectural projects buildable. Up until now, the new generation's architectural work has been overshadowed by that of the previous generation. This volume defines the next generation and captures the latest trends in architecture it has put foward. A number of the architects (Greg Lynn, RUR Architecture, Foreign Office Architects) were among those selected to compete in the Ground Zero redevelopment effort. Among the thirty architects featured are Greg Lynn, ShoP, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, Wes Jones, Lindy Roy, Foreign Office Architects, Rem Koolhaas, and Frank Gehry. Book has minor shelf wear. Book has dust particles on it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Next Generation Architecture: Folds, Blobs, and Boxes
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications December 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 084782618X
• ISBN 13: 9780847826186
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture - Theory

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Synopsis

A new generation of architects is pushing digital technology to its limits and continues a tradition of "organic" architecture, often labeled "blobitecture." A few architects in the pre-digital era anticipated the shape of today's sleek and supple buildings, but computers have helped make many of today's large, truly innovative architectural projects buildable. Up until now, the new generation's architectural work has been overshadowed by that of the previous generation. This volume defines the next generation and captures the latest trends in architecture it has put foward. A number of the architects (Greg Lynn, RUR Architecture, Foreign Office Architects) were among those selected to compete in the Ground Zero redevelopment effort.

Among the thirty architects featured are Greg Lynn, ShoP, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, Wes Jones, Lindy Roy, Foreign Office Architects, Rem Koolhaas, and Frank Gehry.

About the Authors

Joseph Rosa is the chief curator of architecture and design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and has published several books on architecture, including Albert Frey, Architect and A Constructed View: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman.

Joseph Rosa is the Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). He is an adjunct professor of architecture at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco.