Wunderkammer / Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.

Author
Williams, Tod (Tod C.) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
239 pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 22 cm

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    "Inspired by the idea of the wunderkammer--'wonder-room' or 'cabinet of curiosities'--that originated during the Renaissance, world-renowned architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien invited 35 celebrated architects and designers from around the world to create their own wunderkammers, filling boxes with objects that inspire them. This delightful book gathers together the varied, evocative wunderkammers along with accompanying statements by their architect-creators, including such luminaries as Shigeru Ban, Toyo Ito, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Peter Eisenman, Steven Holl, Richard Meier, Murray Moss, Diébédo Francis Keré, Juhani Pallasmaa, Elias Torres, and Peter Zumthor. An introduction by Williams and Tsien explains their fascination with the wunderkammer and looks at their own history of collecting. The boxes, each spotlighted in its own section, are explored through each architect's essay; working drawings and sketchbook pages; construction and installation photos; a list of the items contained; and a photograph of the final box. Wunderkammer offers a new way to think about art and inventiveness, collection and meaning in everyday objects."-- Provided by publisher.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Marwan Al-Sayed
    • Anthony Ames
    • Matthew Baird
    • Shigeru Ban
    • Marlon Blackwell
    • Will Bruder
    • Wendell Burnette
    • Johan Celsing
    • Chen Chen & Kai Williams
    • Taryn Christoff & Martin Finio
    • Annie Chu & Rick Gooding
    • WG Clark
    • Brad Cloepfil
    • Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio & Charles Renfro
    • Peter Eisenman
    • Steven Holl
    • Stephen Iino
    • Toyo Ito
    • Bijoy Jain
    • Claudy Jongstra
    • Francis Kéré Jennifer Luce
    • José Antonio Martínez Lapeña & Elías Torres
    • Thom Mayne
    • Richard Meier
    • Murray Moss
    • Glenn Murcutt & Wendy Lewin
    • Sheila O'Donnell & John Tuomey
    • Juhani Pallasmaa
    • Mack Scogin & Merrill Elam
    • Brigitte Shim & Howard Sutcliffe
    • Karen Stein
    • Ursula von Rydingsvard
    • Peter Zumthor.
    ISBN
    • 9780300197983 ((hardback))
    • 0300197985 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2013943630
    OCLC
    844731568
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