Hopkins : the work of Michael Hopkins and partners
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Hopkins : the work of Michael Hopkins and partners
Phaidon Press, 1993-2001
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2: "Colin Davies ; with essays by Charles Jencks and Patrick Hodgkinson ; interview by Paul Finch"
2: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-237) and index
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[1] ISBN 9780714827827
Description
Ten years ago it was reasonable to apply the label High-Tech to the work of Michael Hopkins. He was one of a small group of British architects, including Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Nicholas Grimshaw, who had developed an easily recognisable style based on the idea that modern buildings should be assembled from factory made components. They saw their architecture as a branch of industrial technology and they loved to borrow images and techniques from industries other than the building industry - from transport, communication, oil exploration, flight and space travel. Now, however, this book reassesses Hopkins as a far more complex figure, perhaps even that most paradoxical of creatures, a High-Tech historicist.
Table of Contents
- Analytical biography by Colin Davies
- case studies on all Hopkins' major buildings and projects
- essays by Kenneth Frampton and Patrick Hodgkinson.
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2 ISBN 9780714839257
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The architecture of Michael Hopkins' (b.1935) formative years has evolved into something that defies easy stylistic categorization. In buildings such as Glyndebourne Opera House, the Inland Revenue Centre and the New Parliamentary Building, a new individuality has emerged. These works have the uncompromising quality of certain nineteenth-century industrial buildings, yet they have gained acceptance among some of Britain's most ancient institutions.
They are often hybrid creations, juxtaposing strongly contrasting elements, while remaining loyal to a strict code of truth to materials and honesty of expression. Traditional and new forms of construction are combined in unconventional ways, often using innovative prefabrication techniques, but without sacrificing traditional craft virtues. Detailed presentations of 26 buildings and projects analyse the genesis and logic of a unique - and now instantly recognizable - architectural scope.
This book's publication coincided with Hopkins' most important commission to date - the New Parliamentary Building in London - which enjoys an extensive presentation and detailed discussion by Patrick Hodgkinson. An essay by respected architecture critic Charles Jencks examines themes and historical precedent in the buildings, whereas an interview with Michael Hopkins himself gives a personal perspective to the momentous work and office of Michael Hopkins and Partners.
Table of Contents
- Introduction by Colin Davies / Buildings: Glyndebourne Opera House, 1989-1994
- Inland Revenue Centre, 1992-95
- Queen's Building, Emmanuel College, 1993-95
- Buckingham Palace Ticket Office, 1994-95
- Jewish Care, 1993-96
- Saga Group Headquarters, 1996 98
- Dynamic Earth, 1990 99
- Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, 1996-99
- Sherborne School, 1999-2000
- Wildscreen, Bristol, 1995-2000
- Charterhouse Sheltered Housing, 1994-2000
- Westminster Underground Station, 1990-98
- New Parliamentary Building, 1989-2000 / 'Open House at Westminster: the New Parliamentary Building', by Patrick Hodgkinson / Projects: Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1994-2001
- Manchester City Art Gallery, 1994-2001
- Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Project, 1996-2001
- Haberdasher's Hall, 1996-2001
- Goodwood Racccourse, 1997-2001
- Cakehouse, St James' Park, 1997-2001
- Royal Academy Art Gallery, 1995-2003
- Norwich Cathedral Visitors' Centre, 1005-2003
- King Fahad National Library, Saudi Arabia, 1999
- Wellcome Trust, 1999-2003
- Evelina Children's Hospital, 1999 2003 / 'Hopkins Gravitas' by Charles Jencks / Chronology
- Credits
- Bibliography
- Index.
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