Looking Back in Envy: 20th-Century Art and Design Revisited (Architectural Design (153), Band 153) - Softcover

 
9780470842287: Looking Back in Envy: 20th-Century Art and Design Revisited (Architectural Design (153), Band 153)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470842288 ISBN 13: 9780470842287
Verlag: Academy Press, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

In architecture, looking back is a rerequisite to looking forward. Inspired and competent design has to be informed by a knowledge and understanding of earlier design and technology. For no one is this truism more applicable than Jan Kaplicky of Future Systems. Future Systems is well known for its futuristic work,including the highly acclaimed Media Centre at Lord's, as well as the soon-to-be-built Selfridges department store in Birmingham. It is Kaplicky's delight and enthusiasm for 20th-century design and architecture, which have helped feed his appetite for innovative design solutions and exploring new technologies. In Looking Back in Envy, Kaplicky invites ten key architects,artists, designers and engineers of our time to choose their favourite work of the previous century. Contributors include Ron Arad, Peter Cook,Tony Hunt,Zaha Hadid and Anish Kapoor.

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Jan Kaplický was a world-renowned Neofuturistic Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design office, Future Systems.

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In architecture, looking back is a prerequisite to looking forward. Inspired and competent design has to be informed by a knowledge and understanding of earlier design and technology. For no one is this truism more applicable than Jan Kaplicky of Future Systems. Future Systems is well known for its futuristic work, including the highly acclaimed Media Centre at Lord's, as well as the soon-to-be-built Selfridges department store in Birmingham. It is Kaplicky's delight and enthusiasm for 20th-century design and architecture, which have helped feed his appetite for innovative design solutions and exploring new technologies. In Looking Back in Envy, Kaplicky invites ten key architects, artists, designers and engineers of our time to choose their favourite work of the previous century.

Ron Arad

Klaus Bode

Borge Boeskov

Brian Clarke

Peter Cook

Kathryn Gustafson

Zaha Hadid

Tony Hunt

Anish Kapoor

Ivan Margolius

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In architecture, looking back is a prerequisite to looking forward. Inspired and competent design has to be informed by a knowledge and understanding of earlier design and technology. For no one is this truism more applicable than Jan Kaplicky of Future Systems. Future Systems is well known for its futuristic work, including the highly acclaimed Media Centre at Lord's, as well as the soon-to-be-built Selfridges department store in Birmingham. It is Kaplicky's delight and enthusiasm for 20th-century design and architecture, which have helped feed his appetite for innovative design solutions and exploring new technologies. In Looking Back in Envy, Kaplicky invites ten key architects, artists, designers and engineers of our time to choose their favourite work of the previous century.
 
Ron Arad
 
Klaus Bode
 
Borge Boeskov
 
Brian Clarke
 
Peter Cook
 
Kathryn Gustafson
 
Zaha Hadid
 
Tony Hunt
 
Anish Kapoor
 
Ivan Margolius

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Verlag
Academy Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0470842288
ISBN 13 
9780470842287
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
112
Herausgeber
Kaplicky Jan
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