Architects on architects / Susan Gray, Editor ; foreword by Paul Goldberger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gray, Susan (Susan Kim)

Goldberger, Paul.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture.

Genre:

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; Chicago ; San Francisco : McGraw-Hill [a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies], [2002]

Summary:

Here's a profound, stirring study of how the world's greatest architects influenced the work of others and why--told in the architect's own dramatic and awe-filled words. The contributors discuss the career-inspiring achievements of their mentors, designers of some of the most famous structures on earth. They delve into their own design philosophy, and how the genius of others affected their careers, their goals, as well as their lives. This candid personal testimony imparts the emotion, inspiration, and wonderment of architecture and vividly demonstrate the power of mentorshipand the potential it can unleash. Each original essay is beautifully illustrated with photographs (most in full color) of both the architect's work and that of his mentor, providing a visually stunning forum for comparison and learning. An ideal book for architecture aficionados, ARCHITECTS ON ARCHITECTS captures the soul, inspiration, and majesty of architecture.

Contents:

Diana Agrest on Sergei M. Eisenstein

Tadao Ando on Le Corbusier

Henry N. Cobb on H. H. Richardson

Norman Foster on Paul Rudolph

Mario Gandelsonas on Mies van der Rohe

Michael Graves on Le Corbusier

Vittorio Gregotti on Peter Behrens

Charles Gwathmey on Louis I. Kahn

Hugh Hardy on William Van Alen

Arata Isozaki on Le Corbusier

Carlos Jimenez on Luis Barragan

Sumet Jumsai on Le Corbusier

Ricardo Legorreta on José Villagrán

William S. W. Lim on Le Corbusier

Richard Meier on Frank Lloyd Wright

William Pedersen on Rockefeller Center

Cesar Pelli on Eero Saarinen

James Stewart Polshek on Louis I. Kahn

Antoine Predock on the Alhambra

Raj Rewal on the unknown architect of Fatehpur Sikri

Richard Rogers on the Maison de Verre

Der Scutt on Paul Rudolph

Robert A. M. Stern on Paul Rudolph

Hans Busso von Busse on Paul Rudolph.

Notes:

"'Architects on Architecture' is a collection of essays about the different influences recalled by leading architects of today's world who in return have influenced our lives."--Introduction.

Text printed in two columns.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

ISBN:

007137583X

OCLC:

47726771