Theoretical Practice
Theoretical Practice
by David Chipperfield
Artemis London Limited, 1994
Hardcover | 6 x 8-1/4 inches | 191 pages | English | ISBN: 9783760884233 | $45.00
FROM THE FLAPS:
"As architects we are privileged to work with the physical world ? with materials, brick, stone, wood, glass, metal, with forms and with light. We do not deal in speculation about or observation of the physical world but with the very stuff itself. Poets, painters and politicians should be jealous of our advantage."
In this book, David Chipperfield sets out a theory of design that rejects centralised ideologies and acknowledges the importance of both intuition and intellect. For Chipperfield, all design is an intellectual craft, involving the reconciliation of ideas as well as responding to the influence of process and materials. Images from built projects reinforce his themes while the central body of the book emphasises the experimentation carried out in projects for buildings in England, Japan, and Germany. Theoretical Practice is an important contribution to architectural theory, the exploration by an internationally recognised architect of the ideas and attitudes that lie behind the production of authentic architecture.
David Chipperfield trained at the Architectural Association in London and worked for Douglas Stephen, Richard Rogers and Foster Associates. ... David Chipperfield Architects was established in 1985 and has since carried out work in various European countries, the U...
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