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Hopkins

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Description for Hopkins Hardcover. The second volume on the award-winning architect and his firm. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 colour and 150 b&w illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; AMB; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 258 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1928.

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, ... Read more

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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714839257
SKU
V9780714839257
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Ref
99-50

About Colin Davies
Colin Davies is an architect, former Editor of the Architects' Journal and a teacher of History of Architecture at the University of North London.

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