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Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture (MIT Press)
Stephen J. Phillips
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 color photos; 134 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXJ8; AMX; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 22. .
Twentieth-century architect Frederick Kiesler's innovative multidisciplinary practice responded to the ever-changing needs of the body in motion, anticipating the research-oriented practices of contemporary art and architecture. In 1960, the renowned architect Philip Johnson championed Frederick Kiesler, calling him the greatest non-building architect of our time. Kiesler's ideas were difficult to construct, but as Johnson believed, enormous and profound. Kiesler (1890-1965) went against the grain of the accepted modern style, rejecting rectilinear glass and steel in favor of more organic forms and flexible structures that could respond to the ever-changing needs of ... Read more
Twentieth-century architect Frederick Kiesler's innovative multidisciplinary practice responded to the ever-changing needs of the body in motion, anticipating the research-oriented practices of contemporary art and architecture. In 1960, the renowned architect Philip Johnson championed Frederick Kiesler, calling him the greatest non-building architect of our time. Kiesler's ideas were difficult to construct, but as Johnson believed, enormous and profound. Kiesler (1890-1965) went against the grain of the accepted modern style, rejecting rectilinear glass and steel in favor of more organic forms and flexible structures that could respond to the ever-changing needs of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262035736
SKU
V9780262035736
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About Stephen J. Phillips
Stephen J. Phillips is Professor of Architecture at California Polytechnic State University, Founding Director of the Cal Poly Los Angeles Metropolitan Program in Architecture and Urban Design, and Principal Architect at the firm Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS).
Reviews for Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture (MIT Press)
In Elastic Architecture, Stephen J. Phillips persuasively unites Kiesler's diverse designs under one coherent philosophy: elasticity. This philosophy embraces 'flexible environmental systems that... modulate in response to everyday actions, human desires, and bodily needs'... Elasticity recuperates Kiesler for contemporary design by recontextualizing his work as a lifelong exploration of the sensory qualities of space. -Sophie Duvernoy, Los ... Read more