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Wendell Burnette : dialogues in space

edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda ; foreword by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien ; introduction by Juhani Pallasmaa ; project essays by Wendell Burnette ; essay by Robert McCarter ; epilogue by Brian MacKay-Lyons

O.R. Ojeda Publishers, c2016

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Dialogues in space

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Chronology: p. [557]-591

Bibliography: p. 604-607

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Dialogues in Space: Process and Ideas in the work of Wendell Burnette Architects is the first multi-project monograph on this American architects selective body of work. The title alludes to the architects view that architecture is a constructed conversation between people, things and time. Six singular projects from the architects oeuvre are presented in-depth through the architects' own words, drawings and photography. Also included is a comprehensive essay by the celebrated architectural writer / critic Robert McCarter entitled Crafting Space: Composition and Construction in the Architecture of Wendell Burnette that examines the "thinking and making" process behind the built and un-built work across 15 years of practice. The different typologies of the work explores authentic human experience through provocative spatial constructions - public and private in diverse locales - that attempt to promote an expansive dialogue with our places, our environment, our communities, ourselves, and our time. Through extensive research into the 'art of building' - the specificity of place and locally appropriate construction systems, materials, craft, and their infinite capacity to transcend mere construction, the work strives toward an architecture that is at once functional and poetic.

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  • NCID
    BB2533616X
  • ISBN
    • 9789881225023
  • Country Code
    cc
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Hong Kong
  • Pages/Volumes
    609 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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