David Adjaye : constructed narratives / David Adjaye ; edited by Peter Allison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adjaye, David, 1966- architect, author of supplementary textual content.

Contributor:

Allison, Peter, 1944- editor.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adjaye, David, 1966---Catalogs.

Adjaye, David.

Adjaye, David, 1966-.

Architectural design--Philosophy.

Architectural design.

Local Subjects:

Adjaye, David, 1966-.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Essays.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

319 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Zürich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

This book brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private houses, and installations at the 2015 Venice Biennale feeds into his designs for public buildings. Other essays discuss his engagement with geography, the urban environment, his approach to materiality, and architectural types. The presented projects include two public libraries and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all in Washington D.C., a residential mixed-use building in New York, and a hybrid art-retail building in Beirut. Two of Adjaye's current projects are also included.

Contents:

Geography and architecture in Africa : African cities

Talking about form : Pavilions

Houses as spatial systems : Houses

Matt and sheen, material strategies 1996-2016 : Making public buildings

Light and the city : Sugar Hill

Toward black : Francis A. Gregory Library ; William O. Lockridge Library

Constructed narratives : National Museum of African American History and Culture

Activating the section : Aïshti Foundation ; Alara Concept Store

Urban systems : Piety Bridge and Wharf

Biennale City : Venice 2015.

Notes:

"To coincide aith the completion of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washinton, DC, David Adjaye reflects on the thinking behind his architecture in a series of transcript based essays ... "--Back cover.

ISBN:

9783037785171

3037785179

OCLC:

967853698