Exploring Boundaries: The Architecture of Wilkinson Eyre (BIRKHÄUSER)

Davey, Peter

ISBN 10: 3764375310 / ISBN 13: 9783764375317

Editore: Basel, Birkhäuser, 2007

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176 pages with many coloured illustrations.

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• Titolo: Exploring Boundaries: The Architecture of Wilkinson Eyre (BIRKHÄUSER)
• Editore: Basel, Birkhäuser
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3764375310
• ISBN 13: 9783764375317
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1. Auflage.
• Condizione: Neu
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Neu

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Riassunto

The London architectural firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects, founded in 1983, has been drawing attention since the 1990s with its wealth of innovative and imaginative designs – notably its spectacular and structurally ambitious bridges. The best-known and most highly acclaimed are the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2001) and the Floral Street Bridge (2003). The firm has won many prizes, including the RIBA Stirling Prize twice. It has also demonstrated the increasingly international scope of its activities by entering the competitions for the Guangzhou West Tower in China and the Tensegrity Bridge in Washington DC, USA.

This book offers detailed documentation of some 15 structures and projects, with special attention paid to the context of each design. The projects presented include the Stirling Prize-winning Magna Centre in Rotherham, UK; the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, UK; the Guangzhou West Tower in China; and the Gatwick Airbridge, UK, among others.

Das Londoner Architekturbüro Wilkinson Eyre Architects, 1983 gegründet, macht seit den 1990er Jahren durch eine Vielzahl innovativer und phantasievoller Bauten auf sich aufmerksam. Ein Schwerpunkt bilden spektakuläre und konstruktiv anspruchsvolle Brücken, zu deren bekanntesten und preisgekrönten die Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2001) und die Floral Street Bridge (2003) gehören. Das Büro hat eine Vielzahl von Preisen gewonnen, darunter zweimal den RIBA Stirling Prize. Mit der Teilnahme an Wettbewerben für den Guangzhou West Tower in China und die Tensegrity Bridge in Washington DC, USA, stellt das Büro seine zunehmend internationale Präsenz unter Beweis.

Das Buch dokumentiert etwa 15 Bauten und Projekte ausführlich, wobei die Einbindung in den jeweiligen Kontext von besonderer Bedeutung ist. Zu den vorgestellten Projekten gehören u.a. das Magna Centre in Rotherham, UK, das National Waterfront Museum Swansea, UK, den Guangzhou West Tower, China und die Gatwick Airbridge, UK.

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Peter Davey is an architect. He was editor in chief of Architectural Review for many years and has written many books on architecture.

Kurt W. Forster is an art historian and teaches at the Yale School of Architecture.

Peter Davey is an architect. He was editor in chief of Architectural Review for many years and has written many books on architecture.

Kurt W. Forster is an art historian and teaches at the Yale School of Architecture.

Peter Davey ist Architekt und war lange Jahre Chefredakteur der Architectural Review. Er hat zahlreiche Bücher über Architektur verfaßt.

Kurt W. Forster ist Kunsthistoriker und lehrt an der Yale School of Architecture.

Peter Davey is an architect. He was editor in chief of Architectural Review for many years and has written many books on architecture.

Kurt W. Forster is an art historian and teaches at the Yale School of Architecture.