Denise Scott Brown in other eyes : portraits of an architect.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grahn, Frida.

Series:

Bauwelt Fundamente 176

Bauwelt Fundamente ; v.176

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scott Brown, Denise, 1931-.

Scott Brown, Denise.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2022.

Summary:

50 Jahre Learning from Las Vegas Von der Geschäftigkeit Johannesburgs bis zu den Neonlichtern von Las Vegas hat Denise Scott Browns Eintreten für „unordentliche Vitalität" („messy vitality") unsere Sicht auf die Stadtlandschaft verändert. Unkonventionell, eloquent und mit tiefgründigem gesellschaftspolitischem Engagement ist Scott Brown, für die Architektur und den Urbanismus, eine der einflussreichsten Denkerinnen unserer Zeit. Anlässlich des 50. Jubiläums von Learning from Las Vegas ist Denise Scott Brown. In Other Eyes ein Porträt aus der Perspektive führender Architekturhistoriker und Praktikerinnen. Es vermittelt neue Erkenntnisse zu ihrer Ausbildung auf drei Kontinenten, ihrem multidisziplinären Unterricht und ihrem Einbezug urbaner Kräfte im architektonischen Entwurf, den Scott Brown unter dem vieldeutigen Motto „1+1›2" darlegt. Alle Texte sind Originalbeiträge u.a. von Mary McLeod, Joan Ockman, Sylvia Lavin, Stanislaus von Moos, Jacques Herzog, Robin Middleton und Denise Scott Brown Porträt einer der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten der zeitgenössischen Architektur

50 years Learning from Las Vegas From the bustle of Johannesburg to the neon of Las Vegas, Denise Scott Brown’s advocacy for "messy vitality" has transformed the way we look at the urban landscape. Unconventional, eloquent, and with a profound sociopolitical message, Scott Brown is one of our era’s most influential thinkers on architecture and urbanism. The anthology Denise Scott Brown. In Other Eyes – marking the 50th anniversary of the seminal treatise Learning from Las Vegas – paints a portrait of Scott Brown as seen through the eyes of leading architectural historians and practitioners. It features new scholarship on her education on three continents, her multidisciplinary teaching, and her use of urban patterns and forces as tools for architectural design – a practice documented in a new comment by Scott Brown, noting that sometimes "1+1›2." With contributions by Mary McLeod, Joan Ockman, Sylvia Lavin, Stanislaus von Moos, Jacques Herzog, Robin Middleton, and Denise Scott Brown, among others A comprehensive portrait of one of contemporary architecture’s most significant personalities

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Portraits of an Architect

Part I 1950s: Learning

On the Outside Looking Around: "Mine is an African View of Las Vegas"

Recollections I: Man Made Johannesburg

Encountering Architectural History in 1950s London

The Function of Functionalism for Denise Scott Brown

Recollections II: The Mutual Experience-in Giuseppe Vaccaro's Office in Rome

Carolina Vaccaro Denise Scott Brown's Nonjudgmental Perspective: Cross-Fertilization between Urban Sociology and Architecture

Part II 1960s: Teaching

Teaching "Determinants of Urban Form" at the University of Pennsylvania, 1960-1964

Recollections III: Learning from Denise Scott Brown and Paul Davidoff

Positioning Denise Scott Brown: Los Angeles, 1965-1966

With Lots of Love: South Street, 1968-1972

Learning from Co-op City, or What Price Aesthetics?

On Camp, Revolutionariness, and Architecture

"Strange" Appearances: On Pop Art, Hamburgers, and Urbanists

Part III 1970s -2020s: Designing

Recollections IV: Denise and Bob on My Mind

"Make Little Plans": Scott Brown at the Fiftieth Anniversary of CIAM

Exile and Redemption: Denise Scott Brown, Josef Frank, and the Meanings of Postmodernism

Context I: Looking at the Real World. Interview with Jacques Herzog

The Rule of Flux. Notes on Denise Scott Brown and Venice

Context II: On Homelessness, Housing, and Hospices

Evidently-On "Learning from Everything"

Recollections V: Exploring Denise Scott Brown's Methods

Epilogue

"So You'd Like To See The World?"

Bibliography

Contributors

Image Credits.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Grahn, Frida Denise Scott Brown in Other Eyes

ISBN:

9783035626254

OCLC:

1350570753