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Title: Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Volume 3 by Peter Buchanan ISBN: 0-7148-3933-7 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 03 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very, very enjoyable set of books
Comment: As a set this is a great achievement. The books are wonderfully produced with glorious photography, lots of drawings and sketches (both of larger structures and details), stylish typography and a clear, rhythmic page layout. It's a genuine feast to the eye. However, I was slightly disappointed by the first volume's first section, in which Buchanan sets the scene for all that is to follow by providing us some conceptual and genealogical background on Piano's art. Buchanan's lead essay is repetitive, diffuse, conceptually thin and strays too far from the substance of Piano's architectural practice. The section on the 'spirit of the workshop' is really a missed opportunity: instead of a detailed picture of the collaborative dynamics in this complex environment, we get a rather glossy account of Piano's role of 'scout, actor and editor' in the design process. The pages on 'early influences' again are rather sketchy, with brief references to a series of mentors and to the role of the Genuese cityscape on Piano's mental map. From then on the book takes wing: I was grateful for the inclusion of the work in the early Studio Piano, the Piano & Rogers venture (Pompidou Centre) and particularly of the fancyful, but fascinating experiments in the Piano and Rice period. It gives us an idea of the rather exploratory journey Piano had behind him by the time the Building Workshop was established (he was 44 then). Volume I then goes on to document the early years of the workshop. Generally this represents an inconspicuous beginning: we see a lot of fine craftsmanship but there is relatively little that takes your breath away in terms of architectural vision. Compared to the later designs, we see a modesty that is approachable, refreshing and invites careful study. With its mix of full page photographs and thumbnail pictures, sketches and plans, colours and greytones the book never tires. And this applies to the whole series. A laudable example of serious and effective book design! As a whole I have no reservations in recommending this set to anyone remotely interested in contemporary architecture.
Rating: 5
Summary: Each Volume is SUPERB!
Comment: ...This book along with the previous volume are Fabulous!. Great photo's/details/extensive information about each and every project. Bravo Peter on a great series. Volume 3, is a bit iffy. Even though it continues with the tradition of the other Volumes, it devotes approx half the book towards the kansai airport (which im not particularly fond of). Volume 4 is on the list, those of you in OZ already know about Auora Apartments, an apartment building designed as only the Piano Workshop know how. I'm glad the Piano virus has made its way to Down Under.....Lets just hope its catching! - Check it out.
Rating: 5
Summary: What else would you expect.
Comment: What else would you expect.....a book full of fabulous buildings/details and information bound to inspire ANY student or architect. If your not inspired don't mention your name along with architecture in the same sentence. Truely a GREAT MASTER of the 20th and 21st Centuries.
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Title: Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works, Vol. 4 by Peter Buchanan ISBN: 0714842877 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Structure, Space and Skin: The Work of Nicholas Erimshaw & Partners by Nicholas Grimshaw, Kenneth Powell, Rowan Moore ISBN: 0714834572 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 19 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Tadao Ando : Complete Works by Francesco Dal Co ISBN: 0714837172 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 19 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Zaha Hadid : The Complete Work by Aaron Betsky, Zaha Hadid ISBN: 0847821331 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Jean Nouvel : The Elements of Architecture by Conway Lloyd Morgan ISBN: 0789302268 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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