Zaha Hadid: BMW Central Building Source Book in Architecture 7

Gannon, Todd

ISBN 10: 1568985363 / ISBN 13: 9781568985367

Published by Princeton Archit.Press, 2006

About this Item

Zaha Hadid's designs have defied conventional ideas of architectural space and construction. The BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany is no exception. It is the heart of the BMW factory complex. This volume provides a comprehensive look at this modern masterpiece. Editor(s): Gannon, Todd. Series: Source Books in Architecture. Num Pages: 160 pages, 228 illus., 164 in color. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 550. . 2006. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zaha Hadid: BMW Central Building Source Book in Architecture 7
• Publisher: Princeton Archit.Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568985363
• ISBN 13: 9781568985367
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Zaha Hadid’s highly inventive and seemingly unbuildable designs have defied conventional ideas of architectural space and construction. The BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany is no exception. It is the heart of the BMW factory complex―the dynamic focal point of the entire plant that visually, physically, and experientially sustains a sense of animation and motion. With an audacious and abstracted geometry of forms and lines, the BMW Central Building challenges the notion of building as static and is definitive evidence of architecture as art. Zaha Hadid/BMW Central Building, the seventh volume in the Source Books in Architecture series, provides a comprehensive look at this instant modern masterpiece.

About the Author

Todd Gannon is an architect, teacher, and writer based in Los Angeles. He has taught architectural theory and design at the Knowlton School of Architecture and Otis College of Design.