1100 Architect 1998-2006

by Albrecht, Donald

• ISBN13: 9781580931786
• ISBN10: 1580931782
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-01
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

For more than twenty years, David Piscuskas and Juergen Riehm, principals of 1100 Architect, have honed a distinctive architecture informed by proportion, materiality, light, and detail. The firm's designs do not adhere to any specific stylistic codes but do share an understated architectural signature: an elegance of proportion, an innovative yet direct use of materials, a meticulous execution. A sequel to the best-selling1100 Architect(1997), this new monograph includes twenty recent buildings and projects, notably Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School and the Irish Hunger Memorial, in New York City, and the Naha City Gallery and Apartment House, in Japan. The firm's work encompasses cultural, institutional, residential, and commercial work. In addition to a perceptive essay by a long-time observer of the firm's work, the partners discuss five design elements essential to their practice: detail, materiality, effortlessness, permeability, and recognition.

Author Biography

Donald Albrecht is an independent curator and curator of architecture and design at the Museum of the City of New York. He has organized exhibitions for the Library of Congress; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; National Building Museum; and the Getty Center. Among his books are Designing Dreams: Modern Architecture in the Movies and The Work of Charles and Ray Eames.

Table of Contents

Introduction: An Architecture of Transparency	p. 7
Dialogue: Terms and Conditions	p. 15
Projects
Abell Residence	p. 22
Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School	p. 30
MoMA Design Store, Midtown	p. 44
Shahid & Company	p. 52
Detail	p. 56
Shiseido Studios	p. 58
West Village Townhouse	p. 64
Holbrook Residence	p. 72
Bonnie's K9	p. 78
Effortlessness	p. 84
MoMA Design Store, Soho	p. 86
Irish Hunger Memorial	p. 94
Manhattan Duplex	p. 104
Materiality	p. 114
East Side Penthouse	p. 116
Fashionhaus	p. 126
Carriage House	p. 130
Naha City Gallery and Apartment House	p. 138
Permeability	p. 148
Watermill Houses	p. 150
Corporate Office	p. 164
Soho Residence	p. 168
Financial Office	p. 176
Recognition	p. 186
House on the Upper East Side	p. 188
Plotkin Residence	p. 198
West Nineteenth Street Condominium	p. 206
Drawings	p. 209
Biographies	p. 247
Studio Team	p. 249
Consultants and Advisers	p. 251
Builders and Artisans	p. 253
Acknowledgments	p. 255
Photography Credits	p. 256
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