Advancing Geometries / [presented by] Cecil Balmond (Balmond Studio).

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Balmond, Cecil, 1943- narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Architecture, Postmodern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (47 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 2009.

Summary:

Cecil Balmond, former deputy chairman of Ove Arup & Partners, and now with his own practice Balmond Studio, is one of the most important engineers of his generation. In this talk he charts his career, his relationship with Sir Ove Arup, his work with architects such as Serge Chermayeff and James Stirling, the development of his approach to the relationship of architecture and engineering and his ground-breaking designs with Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind and Álvaro Siza Vieira. In 2000 he set up his own design team - the Advance Geometry Unit within Arups. He was formerly visiting Kenzo Tange Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Architecture and Saarinen Professor at Yale University School of Architecture, and currently holds the Paul Philippe Cret Chair at PennDesign, where he is developing a radical programme on the generation of form.

Contents:

Cecil Balmond

Sir Ove Arup

Serge Chermayeff

Sketch Of The Carlsberg Brewery, Northampton. Architect Knud Munk

The Carlsberg Brewery, Northampton. Architect Knud Munk

James Stirling

Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. Architects James Stirling, Michael Wilford & Associates

Temasek Polytechnic, Tampines, Singapore. Architects James

Stirling, Michael Wilford & Associates

Rem Koolhaas

Informal By Cecil Balmond

Daniel Libeskind

V&A Museum, South Kensington, London

Á̈lvaro Siza

Expo 1998 Portuguese Pavilion, Lisbon, Portugal. Architect Á̈lvaro Siza

Yokohama International Passenger Terminal, Japan. Architects Foreign Office Architects

Serpentine Pavilion, Hyde Park, London

Cecil Balmond With Model

Twist Building, Battersea Power Station, London. Design Advanced Geometry Unit.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 7, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.