#books #architecture | Wang Shu Amateur Architecture Studio

Wang Shu Amateur Architecture Studio / text by Kenneth Frampton ... [et al.] ; photographs by Iwan Baan ; [edited by Michael Juul Holm, Kjeld Kjedsen and Mette Marie Kallehauge].
Lars Müller [etc.], Baden [etc.] : 2017.
238 p. : il.
Catálogo publicado con motivo de la exposición "The Architects Studio, Wang Shu - Amateur Architecture Studio" en Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, del 9 de febrero al 30 de abril del 2017.
ISBN 9783037785317
Amateur Architecture Studio.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- China.
Shu, Wang, 1963-
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038(510) WAN
https://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1870950~S1*spi

Accompanying an exhibition of the same name at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, this publication examines the recent work of the Chinese architect Wang Shu, Pritzker Prize winner in 2012. At a time when China’s explosive urbanization is making inroads into rural areas and leaving the marks of cheap concrete construction everywhere, Wang Shu and Amateur Architecture Studio are keen to work against this tendency by reusing materials from the buildings that Chinese authorities are systematically tearing down and rebuilding after western models. Wang Shu’s architecture reveals a thoughtful attitude toward both design and implementation, as well as the ability to react flexibly to the surroundings and history of a particular site.

#books #architecture | The Colours of Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Wang Shu...

The Colours of Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Wang Shu... / edited by Cees W. de Jong ; essays by Erik Mattie, Sophie Roulet, Bert de Muynck.
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin [etc.] : 2015.
375 p. : il. / Bibliogr.: p. 274-275
ISBN 9783038215868
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Nouvel, Jean, 1945-
Shu, Wang, 1963-
Color en el arte
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.017 COL
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1810039~S1*spi

Colour both as aesthetic and formal medium in architecture and design is a crucial element of each building. It is treated within this book comprehensively and as it relates to practice by looking at decisive examples. The result is an account by and about three of internationally most renowned architects. It provides a compendium showing colour design within a broad horizon of technologically advanced architecture.

Color is inextricably linked with architecture; as a design element and also as an inherent quality, it characterizes the shape and texture of the built fabric. The book presents extraordinary color schemes, both in terms of technology and aesthetics, for ground-breaking architecture with a wide spectrum of functions: from apartment to concert hall, from flagship store to city park. The focus is on the works of the three architects Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Wang Shu. This is expanded by the works of other practices such as BIG, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito and SANAA. This publication presents a compendium that documents color schemes in architecture in the context of very different aesthetic approaches. The large-format photographs by Iwan Baan, Christian Richters, Roland Halbe and Philippe Ruault fascinate with their clarity and presence.