talks architecture process von sorkin michael (17 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: COME NUOVO. London, Thames & Hudson cm.16,5x21, pp.240, ill.col. Paperback. His celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has ensured Frank Gehry a place in the pantheon of 20th-century masters. In this volume, Gehry himself offers illuminating commentaries on various aspects of the processes involved in developing his revolutionary designs, including his influences, clients, use of materials and new technologies. This is a document of a decade of Gehry's work, from 1988 to 1998, tracing his evolution from a southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials to an internationally known figure. The book features 33 of Gehry's most renowned projects, influding the Vitra Furniture Museum and Factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany, the Entertainment Centre at Disneyland Paris, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Stiff unmarked book in lighlty rubbed card covers. ; 8.20 X 6.50 X 0.90 inches; 240 pages.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. With the completion of the celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, architect Frank O. Gehry has entered the pantheon of twentieth-century masters. In this wholly unique new book, a condensed edition of the original volume of the same name, Gehry himself offers extensive and illuminating commentary on various aspects of the processes involved in developing his revolutionary designs, including his influences, clients, use of materials, and new technologies. Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process documents all of his new work of this decade, tracing his evolution from a southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials and collaboration with local artists, to an international figure whose fluid, hitherto undreamt-of forms surge beyond the aesthetic and technical constraints of the twentieth century.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. 1st. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 240pp, index, colour and B&W photos, drawings, plans. 24 projects are featured as Gehry talks about his design process. (1.9 JM 0308 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Oversized Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

26.0 x 26.0cms 300pp b/w & colour illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Friedman writes on ''the reluctant master''; Sorkin writes on ''frozen light'' & Gehry writes on tehn & now metrails & mathods; sculpture & architecture; the new office; project designers; women in the office; contractors &a crhitectural practice; clients; changing our house. In addition there are 34 case studies from 1984-1998.

Hard cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. With the completion of the celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, architect Frank O. Gehry has entered the pantheon of twentieth-century masters. In this wholly unique new book, Gehry himself offers extensive and illuminating commentary on various aspects of the proceses involved in developing his revolutionary designs, including his influences, clients, use of materials, and new technologies.Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process documents all of his new work of this decade, tracing his evolution from a southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials and collaboration with local artists, to an international figure whose fluid, hitherto undreamt-of forms surge beyond the aesthetic and technical constraints of the twentieth century. From the titanium-wrapped curves of the Guggenheim Bilbao to the binocular facade of the Chiat-Day Headquarters in California, his innovative structural ideas evoke a sense of freedom and spontaneity while, at the same time, displaying the utmot control. Unbound by guidelines of symmetry or the grid's delineation, his structures spring forth, engaged in a seemingly limitless play of ideas--ever-changing in both the multitudinous combinations of shapes suggested by the form and the depth of the conceptual associations implied by the design. Fish and snake motifs birl upon his buildings' rippling surfaces, while light follows the asymmetrical trajectories of their metallic folds. Though controversial and daring, his works always possess an elegance that lends warmth and humane scope to each project, regardless of the level of innovation--as evinced in contexts as varying as the complicated, and unrealized, plan of the Lewis House in Lyndhurst, Ohio or the clarity of the idea behind the Üstra office building in Hannover, Germany.This generously illustrated presentation features thirty-three projects, including the Chiat-Day Headquarters in Venice, California; the Team Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim, California; the Vitra Furniture Museum and Factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany; the Entertainment Center at Euro-Disney (now called Disneyland Paris); the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California; and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Editor Mildred Friedman and architecture critic Michael Sorkin provide insightful essays.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. 2nd. 239 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Revised edition of Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process, first published in 1999 in the United States of America by Rizzoli International. Tight, clean copy. *** "Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process documents all of his new work of this decade, tracing his evolution from a southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials and collaboration with local artists, to an international figure whose fluid, hitherto undreamt-of forms surge beyond the aesthetic and technical constraints of the twentieth century. From the titanium-wrapped curves of the Guggenheim Bilbao to the binocular facade of the Chiat-Day Headquarters in California, his innovative structural ideas evoke a sense of freedom and spontaneity while, at the same time, displaying the utmost control. Unbound by guidelines of symmetry or the grid's delineation, his structures spring forth, engaged in a seemingly limitless play of ideas - ever-changing in both the multitudinous combinations of shapes suggested by the form and the depth of the conceptual associations implied by the design. Fish and snake motifs birl upon his buildings' rippling surfaces, while light follows the asymmetrical trajectories of their metallic folds. Though controversial and daring, his works always possess an elegance that lends warmth and humane scope to each project, regardless of the level of innovation - as evinced in contexts as varying as the complicated, and unrealized, plan of the Lewis House in Lyndhurst, Ohio, or the clarity of the idea behind the Ustra office building in Hannover, Germany. This illustrated presentation features twenty-four projects, including the Chiat-Day Headquarters in Venice, California; the Team Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim, California; the Vitra Furniture Museum and Factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany; and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The book features insightful essays by editor Mildred Friedman and architecture critic Michael Sorkin, as well as photographs of buildings that have been completed since the publication of the original volume." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Revised edition. Solid VG softcover.

Hardcover. BW matte boards. Glassine glossy dust jacket. 300 pp. Color and bw illustrations. Documents new work of the 1990s, with Gehry offerng commentary on his processes and designs, including his influences, clients, use of materials, and new technologies. VG+/Good+ (dust jacket wrinkled/puckered on rear).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Square quarto. Color and B&W illustrations. Condition: upper corners bumped; slight nicking to top edge of DJ; else VG+/VG+. 300 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Frank O. Gehry (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Illustrated boards. 299 pages. Very fine in near fine dust jacket. Frosted "vellum" jacket is fragile, and tears and chips easily, this copy has a long tear to the rear panel, and a small chip near the top rear flap fold. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition hardcover is near fine but for light wrinkling of lower edges of pages. Jacket shows toning along edges. Signed by Gehry to half title page. ; 10.3 X 1.19 X 10.3 inches; 300 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Frank O. Gehry (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed on the half-title page by Frank O. Gehry. Illustrated boards. 299 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Frosted "vellum" jacket is fragile, and tears and chips easily, this copy is flawless. An exceptional copy. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. Square 4to. Pp. 299. Illustrated with b&w and color photo reproductions and drawings. Photo illustrated paper covered boards, purple endpapers. In the printed translucent dust jacket: spine head chipped, stain to back upper edge.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First printing. SIGNED BY FRANK GEHRY on the title page. Preface and essay by Mildred Friedman -- Additional essay by Michael Sorkin -- Commentaries by Frank Gehry -- Gehry Vita. "This generously illustrated presentation features 36 projects, Gehry's work from 1988 to the present. Gehry himself offers extensive and illuminating commentary on various aspects of the proceses involved in developing his revolutionary designs." [from publisher] Includes numerous black & white and color illustrations, bibliographical references, and index. Slight edgwear to white semi-transparent dustjacket. Slight bump on top cover edge, bump to bottom of book and dustjacket.

Zustand: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.