Storefront for Art and Architecture de Steven Holl

Ritter, Arno - Ott, Paul

ISBN 10: 3775710019 / ISBN 13: 9783775710015

Published by Hatje Cantz - KUB Archiv kunst architektur - Werkdokumente, 2000

About this Item

Ouvrage culte, dans la série de la KUB - Archiv kunst architektur - Werkdokumente. Avec les photos des dispositifs en béton, mobiles en façade, de cette extraordinaire lieu newyorkais. 96 pages. En anglais et allemand. Etat bon.

Seller Inventory # 0099

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Storefront for Art and Architecture de Steven Holl
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz - KUB Archiv kunst architektur - Werkdokumente
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775710019
• ISBN 13: 9783775710015
• Binding: Couverture souple
• Edition: Edition originale
• Condition: Bon

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Synopsis

In 1993, the artist Vito Acconci and the architect Steven Holl were invited to redesign the facade of the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. Addressing the site's urban environment and its function as an art space--the gallery is located on the ground floor of a low building on the outskirts of Soho--Acconci and Holl created a versatile facade which may be opened up in different ways depending on the season, or function as an optical screen separating the inner space from the street. These diverse functions--responding to considerations of both inner and outer space, creating links and transparencies as well as establishing borders--provide for a constant flux of local and spatial relationships for both the interested viewer and the casual passerby. This striking and significant new book, part of Hatje/Cantz's Werkdokumente series, documents Acconci and Holl's collaborative project with photographs by Paul Ott.