Wunderkammer / Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.
Material type: TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, �2013Description: 238 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 16 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300197983
- 0300197985
- 720.922 23
- NA680
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Book | Sonoma Academy Library | 720.922 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 500295 |
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 42 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, Di�eb�edo Francis Ker�e, 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.
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