New organic architecture : the breaking wave / David Pearson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, David, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic architecture.

Nature (Aesthetics).

Physical Description:

223 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]

Summary:

Architect David Pearson examines the tradition of curvilinear, asymmetrical architecture and gathers statements and examples of the work of contemporary architects from around the world that relate to forms in nature rather than to the stark geometry of the modern tradition in architecture.

Contents:

Building as nature 10

Continuous present 12

Form follows flow 14

Of the people 16

Of the hill 18

Of the materials 20

Youthful and unexpected 22

Living music 24

Part 1 Sources and inspirations 26

Roots and concepts 30

Nature's forms 48

Geometry 62

Environment 70

Part 2 Living organic architecture 80

Fabrizio Carola 82

Bart Prince 86

Jacques Gillet 94

Erik Asmussen 100

Douglas Cardinal 104

Gregory Burgess 110

Sim Van der Ryn 114

Eric Furnemont 118

Daniel Liebermann 122

Balkrishna Doshi 130

Tadao Ando 136

Drew and James Hubbell 138

Vitor Ruivo Forte 142

Renzo Piano 144

Eisaku Ushida and Kathryn Findlay 148

Mickey Muennig 152

Peter Hubner 158

Shoei Yoh 162

Imre Makovecz 166

John Watson 172

Steven Johnson 176

Koval 178

Keith Struthers 180

Eugene Tsui 182

Nicholas Grimshaw 186

Javier Senosiain 190

Kendrick Bangs Kellogg 196

Thomas Rau 202

Arthur Dyson 206

Philippe Samyn 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.

ISBN:

0520232887

0520232895

OCLC:

46448982