Beautiful Moves, 9781848222243
Hardcover
This book examines a range of exemplary stadia, including examples from Lina Bo Bardi, Frei Otto, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Herzog and de Meuron, Foster + Partners and Studio Gang.

Beautiful Moves

designing stadia

$138.64

  • Hardcover

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    14 December 2018

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Summary

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer, once pleaded for ‘a pretty move for the love of God’ when watching his beloved soccer. This book is likewise interested in ‘beautiful moves’, but turns instead to the architecture of the stadium as an architectural type as captivating as the play occurring on the pitch.In the past 30 years a number of stadium projects have been completed that highlight how this building type has become a site for architectural innovation and complexity. Clients increasingly …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848222243
ISBN-10:1848222246
Author:Benjamin Flowers
Publisher:Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:14 December 2018
Weight:968g
Dimensions:250mm x 190mm
About The Author

Benjamin Flowers

Benjamin Flowers is an Associate Professor in Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has published Architecture in an Age of Uncertainty (2014), Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century (2009), and most recently, Sport and Architecture (2016). He is the director of Stadia Lab.

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