Edge of order / Daniel Libeskind, Tim McKeough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946- author.

McKeough, Tim, author.

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-.

Themes, motives.

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946---Themes, motives.

Libeskind, Daniel.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Clarkson/Potter Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

"Daniel Libeskind is one of the foremost architects of our time, a self-proclaimed rebel celebrated for innovative, site-conscious designs, including the Jewish Museum Berlin and New York's World Trade Center Redevelopment. He has also emerged as one of architecture's most visible public ambassadors. In Edge of Order, Libeskind opens the door to his unique creative process, guiding us through a selection of his projects never before collected--both built and unrealized, major commissions and unexpected favorites--and revealing how he arrived at their designs through text and a rich array of visuals, including drawings, plans, and photographs. With a voracious appetite for culture and history, and an encyclopedic memory, Libeskind draws on everything from Greek mythology to Emily Dickinson to the Marx Brothers to explain the way he thinks about buildings and cities. Far more than a monograph, Edge of Order is both an essential document of Libeskind's remarkable career and an intimate portrait of an artist that will encourage creative people in any field to discover new points of inspiration."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Introduction : A new language

The shifting stones: memory

The unobserved unicorn: site : Exploration: Urban inventions

The round-cornered table: sketch : Exploration: Drawings

The overture: idea : Exploration: Machines

The labyrinth: method

The chess game: strategy : Exploration: Furniture and products

Expression: buildings : Exploration: The horizon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780451497352

045149735X

OCLC:

1013988343

Publisher Number:

99988611452

15083203