Salt Bridges: Changing Perceptions of art/architecture and Science

Cattrell, Annie; Fraser, peter; Head, tim; Hirst, Nicky

ISBN 10: 3791350269 / ISBN 13: 9783791350264

Published by Prestel, Munich, 2010

About this Item

192pp; minor wear Size: Folio.

Seller Inventory # 056143

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Salt Bridges: Changing Perceptions of art/architecture and Science
• Publisher: Prestel, Munich
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791350269
• ISBN 13: 9783791350264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Authors
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

An innovative new building, by architects
Hawkins\Brown, uniquely situated at the nexus
of art, architecture and science, rises on
Oxford s hallowed grounds. Few contemporary buildings demonstrate the purpose of their
existence as effectively as Hawkins\Brown s newest project.
Built to bring together lecturers, researchers and students
previously based in separate buildings across Oxford s
campus, the building s glass and steel exterior literally reveals
the cutting-edge work being done in its interior challenging
the notion that laboratory walls should be opaque and
secretive. The building includes an ambitious art project, Salt
Bridges, which combines chemistry and design to illustrate the
chaos and coincidence that so often shape scientific discovery.
This volume features a fascinating critical introduction to the
project, photographs of plans and models, contributions from
the builder on the construction process, and conversations
between architects, artists and scientists at the heart of the
building s conception. The story of a collaboration between
seemingly disparate disciplines makes this monograph
particularly appealing to those interested in the relationship
between art, architecture, and science.

About the Author

Alex Coles is a London-based art critic and editor. He is the author of DesignArt (2005) and also numerous catalogue essays for Artangel, K21 and VITRA. He is the editor of Design and Art (2007). Edwin Heathcote is an architect, designer and writer living and working in London. He is the architecture and design critic for the Financial Times and the author of a dozen books on architecture and design. He co-founded the architectural hardware manufacturer ize in 2001 and is a contributing editor for Icon magazine. Professor Jane Rendell is Director of Architectural Research at the Bartlett, University College, London. An architectural designer and historian, art critic and writer, she is the author of Site-Writing: The Architecture of Art Criticism (forthcoming 2010) and Art and Architecture (2006).