Produktdetails
Titel: Architecture, Industry and Innovation
Autor/en: Colin Amery
ISBN: 0714839345
EAN: 9780714839349
The Early Work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
New ed.
190 colour and 34 b&w illustrations, 143 line illustraions.
Sprache: Englisch.
Phaidon Press Ltd
30. März 2000 - kartoniert - 256 Seiten
Beschreibung
Nicholas Grimshaw (b.1939) is one of the pre-eminent figures of the British architectural scene, responsible for some of the most outstanding buildings of the last decade. This volume covers the years 1965-88: a period which saw Grimshaw establish his practice and his reputation worldwide as an architect of great subtlety and a master of detail.
Colin Amery charts the line of Grimshaw's development from his student days at the Architectural Association onwards. He gives incisively critical insights into Grimshaw's thinking and design methodology for a family of buildings, from the 1965 Service Tower for student apartments to his 1988 Grand Union Walk housing and the Sainsbury Superstore in Camden Town, north London.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Service Tower, 1965-1967; Apartments London (Part Road), 1968; Citroen warehouse, 1972; headquarters for music publishers (Van de Veiled), 1975; Herman Miller, Bath, 1976; advanced factory units, 1978; headquarters for BMW, 1980; factory units, Nottingham (Queen Drive), 1980; sports hall for IBM, 1980; furniture factory (VITRA), 1981; Wiltshire radio station, 1982; Distribution Centre, Wiltshire Herman Miller, 1982; Ice Rink, Oxford, 1984; headquarters, London Docklands (Ladkam), 1985; Research Centre, Rank Xerox, 1988; Leisure Centre, Stockbridge, 1986-1988; Superstore, Camden (Sainsbury), 1986-1988; Grand Union Walk housing, 1988; Homebase, Brentford, 1987; Financial Times Print Works, 1987-1988. Autobiographical note by Nicholas Grimshaw.
Portrait
Colin Amery was the former Architecture Correspondent of the Financial Times.
Pressestimmen
'The photographs are superb, the book is well printed and a pleasure to handle. I am delighted to have it on my bookshelf.' (Architectural Review)