If--then : architectural speculations /

If--then : architectural speculations /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Princeton Architectural Press : Architectural League of New York, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (175 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.)
Language:	English
Series:	Young architects ; 6 Young architects ; 6.
Subject:	Young Architects Forum. Young Architects Forum. Architecture -- Awards -- United States. Architecture -- United States -- History -- 21st century. Young architects -- United States. Architecture Architecture. Architecture -- Awards. Young architects. United States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8877284

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Other authors / contributors:	Romero, Fernando, 1971- Princeton Architectural Press. Architectural League of New York.
ISBN:	1568985126 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781568985121 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781568986562 (electronic bk.) 1568986564 (electronic bk.) 9786611141738 6611141731
Summary:	"With new visions for architectural invention that challenge social and political assumptions, If ... Then explores whether speculative work can generate a concrete imprint on social reality. Since architecture serves as a means of manifesting the collective aspirations of community - providing symbols of cultural value and housing cultural production - can innovation in site, program, form, technology, and materials advance the community fabric? If ... Then showcases six young firms whose work seeks to transform the urban and suburban experience, adapting and reimagining new relationships and social structures within the framework of the built environment - manipulating the boundaries between fiction and construction."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: If--then. New York : Princeton Architectural Press : Architectural League of New York, c2005 1568985126 9781568985121

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Summary:	If...Then: Architectural Speculation is the sixth in an annual series of publications featuring work by talented architects selected by The Architectural League of New York's Young Architects Competition jury. This year, entrants were asked to explore the process of architectural speculation: the act of imagination that precedes every work, projecting future events in a space that does not yet exist. <p>The winners of the competitionFernando Romero; Tobias Lundquist; Anthony Piermarini and Hansy L. Better Barraza; Keith Mitnick, Mireille Roddier, and Stewart Hicks; Tom Wiscombe; and Gail Peter Bordentake on this challenge and creatively address the social and political assumptionssurrounding architectural production through a rethinking of site, program, form, technology, and materials.</p>
Physical Description:	1 online resource (175 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.)
ISBN:	1568985126 9781568985121 9781568986562 1568986564 9786611141738 6611141731