Kay Fisker
danish functionalism and block-based housing
$138.64
- Hardcover
132 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2022
Summary
This book focuses on Kay Fisker (1893-1965)’s housingestates in Copenhagen. A leading exponent of Danish Functionalism, Fisker was influencedby Louis Sullivan, and had a strong belief in continuity, putting modernism inperspective and identifying precedents. He built many large-scale housingschemes, mostly for non-profit workers’ housing associations, and developedinnovative and beautifully considered high-density, low-rise block schemes,which have proven useful and influential to the grow…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848224056 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848224052 |
| Author: | Andrew Clancy, Colm Moore |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 132 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.31kg |
| Dimensions: | 297mm x 297mm |
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Critics Review
‘This very thorough set of surveys encapsulated the many scales of address of the projects, from the urban figure to those building elements that would be used and touched by residents every day.’ – Drawing Matter
‘should be compulsory reading on every architecture course’ – Matthew Wickens, *Building Design *
About The Author
Andrew Clancy
Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore were both educated at University College Dublin and completed PhDs by Practice with RMIT. In 2008 they established Clancy Moore Architects which has been acknowledged in domestic and international awards, publications, lectures and exhibitions. Andrew Clancy has been Professor of Architecture at the Kingston School of Art London since 2016. Colm Moore is currently a senior lecturer at Queens University Belfast, where he co-ordinates the M.Arch programme.
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