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Constructed Narratives: Essays and Projects
David Adjaye
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Description for Constructed Narratives: Essays and Projects
paperback. An in-depth insight into David Adjaye's work. Editor(s): Allison, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages, Aprrox 350. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB; AMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Constructed Narratives brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private houses, and installations at the 2015 Venice Biennale feeds into his designs for public buildings. Other essays discuss his engagement with geography, the urban environment, his approach to materiality, and architectural types. The presented projects include two public libraries and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all in Washington D.C., a residential mixed-use building in New York, and a hybrid art-retail ... Read more
Constructed Narratives brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private houses, and installations at the 2015 Venice Biennale feeds into his designs for public buildings. Other essays discuss his engagement with geography, the urban environment, his approach to materiality, and architectural types. The presented projects include two public libraries and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all in Washington D.C., a residential mixed-use building in New York, and a hybrid art-retail ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Baden, Switzerland
ISBN
9783037785171
SKU
KJH0000082
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Ref
99-1
About David Adjaye
DAVID ADJAYE (*1966) is a Ghanaian-British architect. In 2009 he was selected to design the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.PETER ALLISON is an architectural writer. He has contributed widely to exhibition catalogs and international publications on architecture, and has edited several publications on David Adjaye.
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