Published here for the first time, architect Ian Ritchie's poems, aphorisms, and etchings attest to a profound engagement with the built environ-ment. Ritchie (b. 1947) is one of Britain's most visionary architects, with an eclectic practice embracing urban planning, public sculpture, and industrial design. His calligraphic etchings imagine the shape or spirit of commissions in simple but powerful strokes. Variably pragmatic and philosophical, often witty, his aphorisms on work and life--from the importance of light to the nature and possibility of progress--reveal a modernist's belief in the potential of architecture to improve society. These lines of thought, committed to paper before any designing begins, demonstrate that, for Ritchie, being an architect is many more things besides.
FORMAT: Pbk, 6 x 6 / 96 pgs / Illustrated throughout LIST PRICE: U.S. $15.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $18.95 ISBN: 9781905711819 PUBLISHER: Royal Academy Publications AVAILABLE: 10/1/2010 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Published by Royal Academy Publications. Contributions by Ian Ritchie.
Published here for the first time, architect Ian Ritchie's poems, aphorisms, and etchings attest to a profound engagement with the built environ-ment. Ritchie (b. 1947) is one of Britain's most visionary architects, with an eclectic practice embracing urban planning, public sculpture, and industrial design. His calligraphic etchings imagine the shape or spirit of commissions in simple but powerful strokes. Variably pragmatic and philosophical, often witty, his aphorisms on work and life--from the importance of light to the nature and possibility of progress--reveal a modernist's belief in the potential of architecture to improve society. These lines of thought, committed to paper before any designing begins, demonstrate that, for Ritchie, being an architect is many more things besides.
