Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580934242 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Mark Pasnik, Michael Kubo, and Chris Grimley are codirectors of pinkcomma gallery and collaborators in the design firm over,under. Chris Grimley is an adjunct professor at Northeastern University and has taught previously at the University of British Columbia, Rhode Island School of Design, and Wentworth Institute of Technology. Michael Kubo is a Ph.D. Previous articles have bee
A though provoking read, you won't want to stop once you start! Andrew C This book is a must read! Many people have strong opinions on "Brutalist" buildings and their integration into contemporary society. This book presents an alternative viewpoint on these iconic buildings and makes one reconsider their importance in a historical context. Not only is the composition of this book excellent but the range of topics that is covered within are enthralling and will keep you reading from start to finish. I would. Examining a misunderstood period of architecture, this text serves Examining a misunderstood period of architecture, this text serves as both a retrospective and contemporary glimpse into Brutalism and its extensive use in municipal architecture. Images in the text are well-curated and interviews of various architects are thorough. This book continues to influence my understanding of civic architecture and the aspirations of the heroic brutalists. Given the scope of information covered and the quality. vieralevitt said Five Stars. Great book for the lovers of Brutalist architectural style.
But in a new book out this month, Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston, three local architecture academics argue that we all need to stop bitching and embrace our city’s imposing slab-poured masterpieces.” —Boston Magazine “Boston, city of charming Colonial-era brick rowhouses lining narrow cobblestone streets. Heroic presents a magnificently perceptive view of this—and through a wonderful series of interviews with some of
Pei, Henry Cobb, Araldo Cossutta, Gerhard Kallmann and Michael McKinnell, Paul Rudolph, Josep Lluís Sert, and The Architects Collaborative. M. The product of 8 years of research and advocacy, Heroic surveys the intentions and aspirations of this period and considers anew its legacies—both troubled and inspired.. Often problematically labeled as “Brutalist” architecture, the concrete buildings that transformed Boston during 1960s and 1970s were conceived with progressive-minded intentions by some of the world’s most influential designers, including Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, I. After decades of stagnation and corrupt leadership, public investment in Boston in the 1960s catalyzed enormous growth, resulting in a generation of bold buildings that shared a vocabulary of concrete modernism. city. Elementary School)—with hundreds of images; essays by architectural historians Joan Ockman, Lizabeth Cohen, Keith N. Morgan, and Douglass Shand-Tucci; and interviews with a number of the architects themselves. Logue as the powerful and often controversial director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority to the reopening of Quincy Market in 1976 saw Boston as an urban laboratory for the exploration of concrete’s structural and sculptural qualities. As a worldwide phenomenon, building with concrete represents one of the major architectural movements of the postwar years, but in Boston it was deployed in