Light tech : towards a light architecture = Ausblick auf eine leichte Architektur / edited by Werner Blaser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horden, Richard.

Contributor:

Blaser, Werner, 1924-2019.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Horden, Richard--Themes, motives.

Horden, Richard.

Architecture, Postmodern--Great Britain.

Architecture, Postmodern.

Themes, motives.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

180 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1995]

Language Note:

English and German.

Summary:

With his light Tech approach Richard Horden aimes at creating a style of architecture without weight, open and light. He draws his inspiration from yachts, aircrafts and cars whose forms are not burdened by tradition and history as the forms of architecture are, rather they are determined by the fast-moving development of technology. This also influences Richard Horden's designs which range from the design of furniture to residential buildings, office buildings and bridges. This monograph is the first comprehensive study to be devoted to the wide spectrum of Richard Horden's oeuvre. It shows how the opening of space as introduced by Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe were continued by Richard Horden to create a new architecture characterised by mobility, openness and transparency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176).

ISBN:

3764352205

0817652205

OCLC:

33244719