BIG, HOT TO COLD: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836557398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 712 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Genius" according to A reader from Philadelphia.. Genius book by one of the world's three most creative architects.. Sonntag said Predictably Interesting. I follow Bjarke Ingles work since my college years when they were Plot DK. I use to admire their creative and fun solutions, and casualness to their presentations, but that's long time ago. Many years have passed since and a hand full of BIG projects being realized, and the design becoming more sophisticated than ever. And yet, they continue their happy-go-lucky style of presentation, which just doesn't represent their work anymore, what's worst is it dumbified their architecture.Although I gave high praise for their innovative design and hard work which demonstrated in this . "Ultimate BIG Monograph" according to Ko Wibowo. An architecture monograph is typically organized chronologically until Rem Koolhaas/OMA came out with S, M, L, XL which was organized by size. BIG, whose Bjarke Ingels used to work for Koolhaas, uses a different way of organizing his monograph. Hinting it with sustainability, it is organized by temperature of the place. This book is definitely the ultimate monograph of BIG, covering all their projects to date. Unlike regular monograph (take El Croquis as an example) which is to show the projects and how to build them (technical drawings, detail, etc.) and S, M, L, XL which wa
They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens, and if they have shortcomings, it is up to us to continue that effort, pick up where they left off. Our cities and buildings aren’t givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have gotten to date. The central challenge is to mitigate the climatic extremes for hospitable human life, while finding solutions that can be both economically and environmentally profitable.Architecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live. Better smart than sorryAn odyssey of architectural adaptation with Bjarke IngelsAfter the global success of YES IS MORE, one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group presents HOT TO COLD, An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation. HOT TO COLD stays true to BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group’s grand mission to find a pragmatic utopia, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the kind of world we wish to inhabit.The book features: Design from award-winning artists Sagmeister & WalshPreviously unpublished essays by Bjarke Ingels A convertible