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Architecture Under Construction
Stanley Greenberg
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Description for Architecture Under Construction
Hardcover. Excavates the skeletons of some of our most iconoclastic buildings, spurring on an engagement with those intentionally (World Trade Center) and accidentally (Charles DeGaulle Airport Terminal) destroyed that furthers our fascination with what makes buildings stand up, and what makes them fall down. Num Pages: 120 pages, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: AJC; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 279 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Mies van der Rohe once commented, 'Only skyscrapers under construction reveal their bold constructive thoughts, and then the impression made by their soaring skeletal frames is overwhelming'. Never has this statement resonated more than in recent years, when architectural design has undergone a radical transformation, and when digital imaging systems now allow us to construct buildings that would have been impossible just a few years ago. Yet at the same time, the mystery of what lies underneath these manufactured surfaces is now more overwhelming than ever before. In "Architecture under Construction", acclaimed photographer Stanley Greenberg excavates the skeletons of some ... Read more
Mies van der Rohe once commented, 'Only skyscrapers under construction reveal their bold constructive thoughts, and then the impression made by their soaring skeletal frames is overwhelming'. Never has this statement resonated more than in recent years, when architectural design has undergone a radical transformation, and when digital imaging systems now allow us to construct buildings that would have been impossible just a few years ago. Yet at the same time, the mystery of what lies underneath these manufactured surfaces is now more overwhelming than ever before. In "Architecture under Construction", acclaimed photographer Stanley Greenberg excavates the skeletons of some ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226306421
SKU
V9780226306421
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Ref
99-15
About Stanley Greenberg
Stanley Greenberg is the author of Invisible New York: The Hidden Infrastructure of the City and Waterworks: A Photographic Journey Through New York's Hidden Water System. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005.
Reviews for Architecture Under Construction
"These magnificent photographs capture the romance of construction sites with the precision and poetry and insistent probing curiosity we have come to expect from Stanley Greenberg. For lovers of photography, architecture, city life, or simply the physical world, this book is a must-have." - Phillip Lopate.