Wunderkammer / Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Tod (Tod C.), author.

Tsien, Billie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architects.

Cabinets of curiosities.

Curiosities and wonders--Collectors and collecting.

Curiosities and wonders.

Collectors and collecting.

Physical Description:

239 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 16 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Inspired by the idea of the "wunderkammer"--"wonder-room" or "cabinet of curiosities"--that originated during the Renaissance, architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien invited 42 architects and designers from around the world to create their own wunderkammers, filling boxes with objects that inspire them. This book gathers together the varied, evocative wunderkammers along with accompanying statements by their architect-creators, including such luminaries as Shigeru Ban, Toyo Ito, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Peter Eisenman, Steven Holl, Richard Meier, Murray Moss, Diébédo Francis Keré, Juhani Pallasmaa, Elias Torres and Peter Zumthor. An introduction by Williams and Tsien explains their fascination with the wunderkammer and looks at their own history of collecting. The boxes, each spotlighted in its own section, are explored through each architect's essay; working drawings and sketchbook pages; construction and installation photos; a list of the items contained; and a photograph of the final box.--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300197983

0300197985

OCLC:

844731568