fb pixcode

ARCHITECTURE MONOGRAPHS

PUBLISHER
Lars Müller Publishers

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 320 pages, 361 illustrations.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: Publisher Backlist

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9783037785171 TRADE
List Price: $49.00 CDN $65.00

AVAILABILITY
In stock

TERRITORY
NA ONLY

THE FALL 2023 ARTBOOK | D.A.P. CATALOG

Artbook | D.A.P. Catalog Cover Link
Preview our Fall 2023 catalog, featuring more than 500 new books on art, photography, design, architecture, film, music and visual culture.
  

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

David Adjaye: Constructed Narratives

Edited by Peter Allison.

David Adjaye: Constructed Narratives

Constructed Narratives brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private houses, and installations at the 2015 Venice Biennale feeds into his designs for public buildings. Other essays discuss his engagement with geography, the urban environment, his approach to materiality, and architectural types. The presented projects include two public libraries and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all in Washington D.C., a residential mixed-use building in New York, and a hybrid art-retail building in Beirut. Two of Adjaye’s current projects are also included.


Featured image, of the landscaped waterfront space of the Aishti Foundation Beirut (2012-2015), is reproduced from 'David Adjaye: Constructed Narratives.'

David Adjaye: Constructed Narratives

in stock  $49.00


Free Shipping

UPS GROUND IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
FOR CONSUMER ONLINE ORDERS

FROM THE BOOK
Excerpt from the chapter, "Geography and Architecture in Africa"

From the outside, Africa may look like a tabula rasa, the site of a long line of experiments that have little to do with each other, but closer acquaintance confirms that it is contested ground where the local conditions have been transformed by outside forces. This has echoes in the wider world, where the effects of globalization have undermined the identity of familiar places. In most of the situations I look at as an architect, many histories overlap, and I try to avoid the temptation to draw out one of them at the expense of the others. Rather than responding to physical traces, I prefer to extrapolate the emotive conditions suggested by earlier narratives. These may involve setting up a sense of denial, of opportunity, reflection, aloofness, or conviviality, any of which can contribute to the atmosphere of the building - the device that first communicates what a building has to offer.

My desire to understand the attributes of African cities by classifying them in groups does not entirely recognize the nature of some of their differences. Earlier in their history many of the capitals had strong international links, which have remained equally or more significant since independence. In the case of Accra in the 1950s and 1960s, for example, President Nkrumah began to restructure the city in response to its new status as the capital of a republic that would play a significant role within Africa and on the world stage. This double orientation, inward to the country and outward to the rest of the globe, can be seen in many capitals but is a feature of the African cities, which are often separated by great distances. The specific orientation of the African cities, and the strength of their external connections, can make a significant difference to the identities of cities in the same geographic terrain.

In the contemporary world, cities are widely understood in terms of their physical infrastructure, development patterns, and the character of their buildings. Upper Harlem, the National Mall in Washington, DC, and Beirut's waterfront are all places that are known and appreciated on this basis. In wishing to address the expectations of a diverse public, I am interested in moving away from a position where architecture is judged in terms of a single criterion of progress, to one in which several scenarios can be considered at the same time.
- David Adjaye

FORTHCOMING AND NEW: ARCHITECTURE

2G #89: BAST

2G #89: BAST

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783753302980
USD $55.00
| CAN $79

Pub Date: 11/14/2023
Forthcoming


Poliksen Qorri-Dragaj & Hamdi Qorri: RKS² Transcendent Locality

POLIKSEN QORRI-DRAGAJ & HAMDI QORRI: RKS² TRANSCENDENT LOCALITY

MOUSSE PUBLISHING

ISBN: 9788867495863
USD $29.95
| CAN $43.95

Pub Date: 12/5/2023
Forthcoming


5468796 Architecture: platform.MIDDLE

5468796 ARCHITECTURE: PLATFORM.MIDDLE

ARQUINE

ISBN: 9786078880195
USD $55.00
| CAN $79 UK £ 47

Pub Date: 1/16/2024
Forthcoming


Sauerbruch Hutton: The New Experimenta in Heilbronn

SAUERBRUCH HUTTON: THE NEW EXPERIMENTA IN HEILBRONN

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037787229
USD $15.00
| CAN $21.5

Pub Date: 6/6/2023
Active | In stock


Intangible Heritage: Expeditions, Observations and Lectures by Roberto Burle Marx and Collaborators

INTANGIBLE HERITAGE: EXPEDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS AND LECTURES BY ROBERTO BURLE MARX AND COLLABORATORS

ARQUINE

ISBN: 9786078880096
USD $40.00
| CAN $58 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 11/7/2023
Forthcoming


Mayer Hasbani Architects

MAYER HASBANI ARCHITECTS

ARQUINE

ISBN: 9786078880102
USD $40.00
| CAN $58 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 9/5/2023
Active | In stock


Rene Gonzalez Architects: Not the Little House on the Prairie

RENE GONZALEZ ARCHITECTS: NOT THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

ARQUINE

ISBN: 9786078880065
USD $30.00
| CAN $43.5 UK £ 26

Pub Date: 7/4/2023
Active | In stock


Poggione+Biondi: Architecture, Landscape and Sustainability

POGGIONE+BIONDI: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE AND SUSTAINABILITY

ARQUINE

ISBN: 9786078880164
USD $35.00
| CAN $50.5 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 10/24/2023
Forthcoming


Ramón Esteve: This Is Not a House

RAMóN ESTEVE: THIS IS NOT A HOUSE

LA FáBRICA

ISBN: 9788418934759
USD $40.00
| CAN $58 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 2/6/2024
Forthcoming


Cave bureau

CAVE BUREAU

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037787311
USD $50.00
| CAN $72.5

Pub Date: 9/5/2023
Active | In stock


Frida Escobedo: The Book of Hours

FRIDA ESCOBEDO: THE BOOK OF HOURS

LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9783037787373
USD $48.00
| CAN $69.6

Pub Date: 11/14/2023
Forthcoming


Christian Heiss: Monks Wear Sandals

CHRISTIAN HEISS: MONKS WEAR SANDALS

VERLAG FüR MODERNE KUNST

ISBN: 9783903439818
USD $35.00
| CAN $50.5

Pub Date: 11/21/2023
Forthcoming