UN Studio : design models, architecture, urbanism, infrastructure / Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkel, Ben van, 1957-

Contributor:

Bos, Caroline, 1959-

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

UN Studio.

Architectural firms--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Architectural firms.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Physical Description:

399 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 2006.

Summary:

UN Studio is the innovative firm founded by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, two Dutch designers creating some of the most ambitious and celebrated architecture of their generation. Fluidity and flexibility are hallmarks of UN Studio projects, and many of these projects have literally reinvented a number of standard building types, such as power stations, museums, bridges, transportation hubs, and live-work residences (including one based on a Mobius strip). UN Studio projects fuse a sophisticated understanding of digital design with a formal and material exploration that has ensured that their work reaches far beyond the "supermodernism" associated with other Dutch firms. This book presents the firm's complete body of work, including several major projects in Germany (Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart), Italy (Pierodi Pier, Genoa harbor), Switzerland (Hotel Castell, Zuoz), Korea (Galleris Hallin, Seoul) and many in the Netherlands.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-395).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0847828786

OCLC:

70851165

Publisher Number:

9780847828784