Out of the Box

Marc Angelil

ISBN 10: 3038602647 / ISBN 13: 9783038602644

Published by Park Books, CH, 2022

About this Item

A truly unique perspective on their own work: Swiss-American architectural studio agps, with offices in Zurich and Los Angeles, has delved deep into their archive and woven a visual thread of some 160 illustrations that guides readers through this new book. Literally Out of the Box, from archival box and model crates, models, model photos, small hand-drawn studies, visualisations, but also photographs of realised buildings have re-emerged, covering agps' entire work of decades of practice.The images are organised according to 13 keywords: spatial configurations that characterise agps' core design concepts and summarise central elements of their ideas. At the same time, they are terms that define the formal presence of their designs. The result is a multifaceted and inspiring insight into the work of an international firm that proves just how important spatial constellations are for the formulation of good architecture. Essays by Sabine von Fischer as well as by Marc Angélil and Cary Siress, along with an index of all featured buildings and projects, round off this unique volume.Text in English and German.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Out of the Box
• Publisher: Park Books, CH
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038602647
• ISBN 13: 9783038602644
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 850 grams

About this title

Synopsis

A highly original visual exploration of three decades of agps’s design and building activities.

Swiss-American architectural studio agps, with offices in Zurich and Los Angeles, has delved deep into their archive and woven a visual thread of some 160 illustrations that guides readers through this new book. These images literally emerge from archival boxes and model crates and include models, model photos, small hand-drawn studies, visualizations, and photographs of realized buildings, covering agps’s entire output over decades of practice.

The images are organized according to thirteen keywords, spatial configurations that characterize agps’s core design concepts and summarize central elements of their ideas. At the same time, they are terms that define the formal presence of their designs. The result offers multifaceted and inspiring insight into the work of an international firm that proves just how important spatial constellations are for the formulation of good architecture. An essay by architecture writer and critic Sabine von Fischer, along with an index of all featured buildings and projects, round out this volume that offers a truly unique perspective on the work of agps.
 

About the Authors

Manuel Scholl is partner at agps Zurich and was professor of urban design at Leibniz University in Hanover.

Sarah Graham is partner at agps Los Angeles and has taught as adjunct professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and as visiting professor at Harvard University, University of California Berkeley, and Nanjing University in China.

Marc Angélil is partner at agps Zurich and Los Angeles, professor emeritus at ETH Zurich, and visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.