$138.64
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2024
Summary
Zaha Hadid is widely regarded as a visionary and influential architect, who became globally acclaimed by the time of her untimely death in 2016. This book is the first to focus on how painting was fundamental to her practice. During the first 20 years of her career, she earned her reputation through ‘paper architecture’: projects which were widely published in architecture journals and exhibited, but which remained largely unbuilt. Influenced by the Suprematists, she used her paintings as des…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848226845 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848226845 |
| Author: | Desley Luscombe |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.10kg |
| Dimensions: | 280mm x 240mm x 17mm |
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‘With Luscombe’s book Hadid’s paintings finally receive a scientific analysis that convincingly explains their meaning and function within her complex oeuvre. An eye-opening read!’ – Phillip Ost
About The Author
Desley Luscombe
Desley Luscombe is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at University of Technology Sydney, Australia. While at UTS she held the position of Dean of Faculty of Design Architecture and Building from 2004-2016. From 1977, she was founding partner of Campbell Luscombe Architects (Sydney). While achieving her PhD in Renaissance Studies, Luscombe’s current research focuses on twentieth-century architectural drawings.
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