Skin: Monocoque and semi-monocoque structures by Jan Kaplicky and David Nixon of Future Systems. Offprint from The Architectural Review, July 1983. 54-60pp.

KAPLICKY, JAN.

Verlag: The Architectural Review., 1983

Beschreibung

4to. Stapled card covers. Colour and b/w illusts. With correspondence between Kaplicky and Jirí Setlík of The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. A two page typed letter from Jirí Setlík dated 1983 and the autograph signed return letter from Jan Kaplicky on he Future Systems headed paper dated 28.11.1983. With two sheets of related autograph nots Future Systems was a London-based architectural and design practice, formerly headed by Directors Jan Kaplický and Amanda Levete.Future Systems was founded by Kaplický and David Nixon after working with Denys Lasdun, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, and Richard Rogers in 1979. The work of Future Systems can be classified within the British high-tech architects as either bionic architecture or amorphous, organic shapes sometimes referred to as "blobitecture". "Compared to his peers, Kaplicky was the avant-garde incarnate, relentlessly pursuing the new new thing, refusing to settle into some predictable, and comfortable, architectural niche."[1]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 033856

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Skin: Monocoque and semi-monocoque ...

Verlag: The Architectural Review.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1983

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition