1100 Architect

by Morton, Pat; Piscuskas, David; Viladas, Pilar

• ISBN13: 9781885254726
• ISBN10: 1885254725
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

For more than twenty years, David Piscuskas and Juergen Riehm, principals of 1100 Architect, have worked toward a refined architecture that captures the spirit of early modernism and translates traditional sensibilities of harmony, composition, and precision into a contemporary context. The firm's designs do not adhere to any specific stylistic codes but do have a recognizable, yet understated architectural signature: an elegance of proportion, a subtle mix of colors, meticulous details and craftsmanship. Each project shown in this volume, the first monograph on the work of 1100, exemplifies that signature. Presented with exquisite color photographs, working drawings, models, and sketches, the designs range from apartments and houses (many for clients in the worlds of art, fashion, and theater) to retail and art-related spaces, including the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, TSE, J.Crew, and Metro Pictures, all in New York. Paralleling the diverse visual material, the rich and layered text epitomizes the nature of Piscuskas and Riehm's partnership, simultaneously exploring the relationship between the architects and their architecture, the literal and the abstract, the tactile and the visual.

Author Biography

Pilar Viladas is the design editor of the New York Times Magazine.

Pat Morton, an architect and historian, teaches at the University of California, Riverside, and SCI-Arc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(2)
Pilar Viladas
Biographies	10	(2)
The "Death" of the Architect	12	(10)
Pat Morton
Exhibition of Selected Work	22	(6)
Orleans House	28	(4)
Hatch House	32	(8)
West Village Residence	40	(10)
New Festival Theater	50	(6)
Upper East Side Townhouse	56	(4)
A/D Gallery	60	(4)
Bleckner Studio and Residence	64	(10)
The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation	74	(8)
Greenwich Village Duplex	82	(8)
Media Wall	90	(2)
Greenwich Village Townhouse	92	(8)
Esprit de Corp	100	(12)
Reservoir House	112	(8)
Georges House	120	(4)
The Robbins Office	124	(6)
TSE	130	(10)
Schwarz-Tuchscherer House	140	(8)
HM/FM House	148	(10)
J. Crew	158	(6)
Rifkin Residence	164	(6)
Soho Loft	170	(6)
Metro Pictures	176	(6)
Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School	182	(2)
List of Projects	184	(2)
1100 Personnel	186	(2)
Consultants/Advisers/Colleagues	188	(1)
Builders/Artisans/Craftspeople	188	(2)
Bibliography	190	(2)
Photography Credits	192