Thames & Hudson, Melbourne : 2016.
1 v. : il.
ISBN 9780500500774
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- Australia.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Australia.
John Wardle Architects.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72JWA THI
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‘This Building Likes Me’ offers an engaging account of the recent work of one of Australia’s most significant architectural practices, John Wardle Architects (JWA). JWA is driven by those who experience their buildings and spaces – by those who live or work in them, or simply walk past. These are the people the buildings like! This monograph captures the practice’s commitment to people, cities and places; the collaborations with makers, builders and artists and the continual; and their continual inventive exploration of scale, site, landscape and narratives of memory. This Building Likes Me is a companion to JWA’s first book, Volume. Thirty-six recent buildings and projects are comprehensively presented in pairs, through photographs, drawings and images of JWA’s distinctive models. These are complemented by a multitude of short critical essays and intriguing accounts and images of life within the practice. The result is a compelling insight into contemporary architectural processes, preoccupations and projects.
Is it possible for a foyer to have the intimacy of a living room, or for a house to have the civic quality of a university building?
We reflect on two models – one of our Victoria University project, the other of Balnarring House. Suspended from the ceiling like orbiting satellites, these models are exaggerated maquettes of their built cousins. Paired at the same scale, they highlight common ideas within the projects and the ‘scalelessness’ of those ideas – both projects have courtyard spaces around their centre, thresholds that act as pivot points between different uses in each building.
This pairing identifies shared themes that are only recognisable when looking back and reflecting upon them – coincidences. This idea informs the structure of this book. Projects are presented in pairs – the relevance of which was only revealed to us upon reflection.
Thirty-six recent buildings and projects are comprehensively presented in pairs, through photographs, drawings and models. These are complemented by a multitude of short critical essays and intriguing accounts and images of life within the practice. The result is a compelling insight into contemporary architectural processes, preoccupations and projects.
Is it possible for a foyer to have the intimacy of a living room, or for a house to have the civic quality of a university building?
We reflect on two models – one of our Victoria University project, the other of Balnarring House. Suspended from the ceiling like orbiting satellites, these models are exaggerated maquettes of their built cousins. Paired at the same scale, they highlight common ideas within the projects and the ‘scalelessness’ of those ideas – both projects have courtyard spaces around their centre, thresholds that act as pivot points between different uses in each building.
This pairing identifies shared themes that are only recognisable when looking back and reflecting upon them – coincidences. This idea informs the structure of this book. Projects are presented in pairs – the relevance of which was only revealed to us upon reflection.
Thirty-six recent buildings and projects are comprehensively presented in pairs, through photographs, drawings and models. These are complemented by a multitude of short critical essays and intriguing accounts and images of life within the practice. The result is a compelling insight into contemporary architectural processes, preoccupations and projects.
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