The sense of boundary in architecture / [presented by] Michael Graves (Michael Graves Architecture & Design).

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Graves, Michael, 1934-2015, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (31 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1982.

Summary:

Michael Graves was one of the most inspirational and influential American architects of the 1980s. Trained at Cincinnati and Harvard, he was a Rome Scholar at the American Academy during the years 1960 - 1962. He has been in private practice since 1964, and from 1962 taught at Princeton where he became Professor of Architecture in 1972. A prodigious lecturer and exhibitor, and a multi-facetted designer, he has won many competitions. He was one of the "Five" of Peter Eisenman's 1972 book "Five Architects" who became known as "The New York Five". In his architecture Graves "adopts a classical mode of thought which can represent in physical form the symbolic and mythical aspirations of our culture". For his talk he discusses the essential character of the boundary between two places: the tangible or symbolic boundary we establish, through which we then create a passage; and the intermediate space, the threshold. He shows his own work as well as buildings from earliest times to illustrate his theme.

Contents:

Michael Graves. 1982

The Poikile, Hadrian's Villa

Oil Factory, Brisgane

Theatre At Sabratha

Vernacular House, Lake Como Region

Door, Pavilion Nine, University Of Virginia

Door, Pavilion Nine, Newark Airport

Annunciation By Botticelli

Sunar Showroom, Houston. Entrance To Textile Display. Graves Furniture

Sunar Showroom, Dallas, Textile Pavilion

Orange County Public Library, San Juan Capistrano, California. Site Plan & Model

San Juan Capistrano Mission, California. Corridor

Environmental Education Center ('Wildlife Center'), Liberty State Park, New Jersey. Preliminary Entrance Facade

Portland, Oregon. Street In 1870s

The Portland Building. Model

Blaisdell Saw Building

The Portland Building. Fifth Avenue Elevation

The Portland Building. Preliminary First Floor Plan

The Portland Building. View From Park

The Portland Building. Model Of 'Portlandia'

The Portland Building. Model From The Park

Tuscan Farmhouse.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 23, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.