Tectonism
Architecture for the 21st Century
$81.31
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2023
Summary
Tectonism is the most advanced and most sophisticated contemporary architectural style. There are, to date, only relatively a few fully satisfactory built examples, and most of them are still of a relatively modest scale. It is the thesis of this book that tectonism, as defined and illustrated here, represents the future of 21st century architecture. This thesis is optimistic with respect to the long-term rationality of the discipline of architecture, i.e. with respect to its capacity to disc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781864708967 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1864708964 |
| Author: | Patrik Schumacher |
| Publisher: | Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 730g |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 175mm x 22mm |
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“Patrik Schumacher has taught in the AA’s [Architectural Association School of Architecture] Architecture and Urbanism (DRL) programme since its inception in 1996…we are delighted to welcome our colleague Patrik to talk about his new book in the AA Lecture Hall.” - AA Bookshop
About The Author
Patrik Schumacher
Patrik Schumacher is principal of Zaha Hadid Architects and is leading the firm since Zaha Hadid’s passing in March 2016. He joined Zaha Hadid in 1988 and was seminal in developing Zaha Hadid Architects to become a 500 strong global architecture and design brand. Patrik Schumacher is a winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture and an academician of the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1996 he founded the Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association in London where he continues to teach. Patrik Schumacher holds a PhD in Cultural Science and in 2010-2012 he published his two-volume theoretical treatise “The Autopoiesis of Architecture.” Patrik Schumacher is widely recognised as a thought leader within the fields of architecture, urbanism and design, and has contributed over 100 articles to architectural journals and anthologies.
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