Goff on Goff : conversations and lectures / edited and with an introduction by Philip B. Welch ; foreword by Arthur Dyson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyson, Arthur, author of foreword.

Contributor:

Welch, Philip B., 1923- editor.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goff, Bruce, 1904-1982--Philosophy.

Goff, Bruce.

Goff, Bruce, 1904-1982.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]

Summary:

This book, edited by Philip B. Welch, is compiled from tapes recorded with Goff's permission by Welch, who was one of Goff's students, a longtime friend, and himself a prominent teacher of architecture. Goff on Goff embodies some of the architect's most stimulating lectures and conversations. They have never before been available to readers.

Contents:

Goff's creative growth and design philosophy

Order in architecture

The new and different architecture

Honesty in architecture

The continuous present in architecture

Music and architecture

Japanese art and modern design

Goff on Debussy

the design of the Garvey house

The new geometry in architecture

Advancing architecture.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Other Format:

Welch, Philip B. Goff on Goff.

ISBN:

0806156031

9780806156033

OCLC:

959503018

Publisher Number:

99969007936