Crossover / Cecil Balmond.

Artist
Balmond, Cecil, 1943- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
689 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (chiefly color) ; 19 cm

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    This text invites readers into the author's creative process as he documents his most innovative projects in art, architecture, and bridge design. This book outlines more than a dozen international projects and five theoretical chapters that embody the notion of Crossover which Balmond describes as the movement between Metaphor and Substance through Pattern. Navigating between the ideal and the pragmatic, Balmond creates balance between the poetic and the essential. Crossover presents Balmond s thoughts and musings and charts his conceptual journey from the original fleeting idea to finished product. Photographs, drawings, and plans for each project accompany never seen before journal notes, sketches, and in-depth commentary. The book includes the Weave Bridge at the University of Pennsylvania ; the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions at London s Kensington Gardens ; ArcelorMittal Orbit at the site of the London 2012 Olympics; and the world renowned CCTV tower in Beijing.
    Notes
    "Balmond's sequel to Informal includes projects with Anish Kapour, Toyo Ito, Rem Koolhaas, plus art projects, exhibitions, and theory essays"--Page [4] of cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Marsyas
    • Serpentine
    • Danzer
    • Weave
    • Notes from the edge of space
    • Coimbra
    • Gretna
    • Conceptual models
    • H_edge
    • CCTV
    • Pavilion
    • Crossover
    • Masterplan
    • Temenos
    • Time and dimension
    • Taichung
    • Orbit
    • Sequence and series.
    ISBN
    • 3791345222 ((cloth))
    • 9783791345222 ((cloth))
    LCCN
    2014469807
    OCLC
    862069533
    Other standard number
    • 99957681044
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