Furniture + architecture
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Furniture + architecture
（Architectural design profile, no. 158）（Architectural design, vol.72,
Wiley-Academy, 2002
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"Occasionally you come across a book that does everything it claims -- and then some. This is one" (Blueprint) Architects have been responsible for many of the modern furniture classics of the 20th century -- Miesa s Barcelona Chair, Eileen Graya s side table and Le Corbusiera s chaise longue. Furniture and Architecture takes a unique look at the relationship between architects and furniture design. Focusing not only on classic mid--20th--century design i.e. Eames, Mies, Le Corbusier and Gropius, it also provides a unique insight into who will produce the next generation of classics by asking an international--array of established designers to give their tips for the top young architect--designers. In additional it includes exclusive interviews with high--profile architects as well as with key figures in furniture manufacture and retail. A directory of specialist retailers, who sell architect--designed furniture, makes this an invaluable resource for architects and the interested public.
* The book includes comprehensive articles and images of popular modernist architects such as Erno Goldfinger, Arne Jacobsen and Eero Saarinen * It also features interviews with architects Alvaro Siza, David Adjaye and Selfridges director Vittore Radice * Lavishly illustrated with many full--colour images * Contains a directory of specialist retailers selling architect--designed furniture
Table of Contents
Editorial (Helen Castle). Introduction (Edwin Heathcote). Erno Goldfinger: The Architect as Furniture Designer (Rebecca Milner). Pure Form Only? Observations on the Relationship Between Mies van der Rohea s Furniture and Buildings (Mateo Kries). Max Bill: Simplicity and Ordinariness (Edwin Heathcote). Oxforda s a Best Motela : the Dining Room at St Catherinea s College, Oxford (Sarah Jackson). American Moderns: Eero Saarinen and his Circle (Jayne Merkel). Look at Me, Look at Me, Look at Me (Neil Cummings). Alvaro Siza: Tradition, Modernism and the Banal (Edwin Heathcote). Preferential Treatments: John Pawson Recommends the Work of AG Fronzoni and Maarten van Severen (John Pawson). Four Projects by David Adjaye: The Concept of Furniture (Peter Allison). The Cultural Divide (Alison Brooks). Home/Furnishings (Gans & Jelacic ). Light. Knob. Felt. Things: a Chat with Tom Emerson of 6A about a the World of Stuffa (Edwin Heathcote). Superlegible Furniture or a We like junka (Plant Architect Inc). Item Design Laboratory: Love Seats for Virginia Woolf and Lady Furniture (IDL) Ali Tayar: Furniture as Structure (Jayne Merkel). Architects and Furniture: a Twentieth--Century Story (Alan Powers). Interview with Vittorio Radice of Selfridges (Edwin Heathcote). Stockists details. AD +. The New Paradigm and September 11th: Peter Eisenman in conversation with Charles Jencks. Interior Eye: Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, New York Times Building (Craig Kellogg) Practice Profile: Ocean North Christopher Hight. Engineering Exegesis: Energy in Use (Max Fordham). Building Profile: Venissieux Mediatheque (Jeremy Melvin). Site Lines: Mr Greysona s Cabinet of Wonders (Sean Stanwick). Interview with Ivan Margolius (Abigail Grater).
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