- Paperback: 468 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd; New edition edition (Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714843792
- ISBN-13: 978-0714843797
- Product Dimensions: 30 x 29.5 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 732,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'The more you look, the more you find: 10x10 showcases the sly wit, depth and thought in the people behind today's best buildings.'
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10X10 is a comprehensive view of new architecture today. 10 of the world's best-informed critics each selected 10 of the world's most exceptional emerging architects. The diverse and innovative projects of these 100 architects make up an inspirational and unique collection of recent architecture. The book features over 250 buildings and projects, including recently built work as well as projects currently under construction and due for completion. Each critic also contributes an essay exclusively for this publication and has selected 10 works from varying genres and media to illustrate the context in which architects operate today. 10X10 is a comprehensive view of new architecture, presenting the work of 100 exceptional international architects. It provides a unique opportunity to see a diverse, inspirational collection of recent work, selected by 10 of the world's best informed architectural critics. The architects are presented in A-Z order, with four pages allocated to each practice, including an accompanying text by one of the ten critics. It is intended to be a truly global selection. Some of the architects have yet to gain recognition worldwide, but among the names are those who have achieved international publicity and acclaim for their work during the last ten years. The work shown here features over 250 buildings and projects, including recently built work as well as projects currently under construction and due for completion. 10X10 also features 10 essays written by the critics exclusively for this publication, which give their view of current architectural issues. In addition, they have chosen 10 cultural references, from designed objects to film, theory, and literature, which show the range of influences in today's rapidly changing design environment. Works reproduced in this volume include writings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, David Mamet, and Peter Weibel, among others.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This is possibly one of the worst books on contemporary architecture. Although the architecture in it is really good and inspiring, the way it has been presented is just so bad that it makes you want to close the book as soon as you have opened it. There are too many photos to a page to make it look cluttered and overcrowded and instead of looking at each photo individually you are forced to look at the page as a whole in which case you really don't get any great inspiration. There is minimal information about each project and the graphics are overwhelming. There is a caption for each photo but it is clumsily clumped together on one side and to make matters worse, it is written 90 degrees to the horizontal. This means every time you want to know about a particular photo you have to rotate the book and follow which photo the caption is referring to.
All in all a really badly presented book. Graphically overwhelming and not enough information about the project. The only reason I give it 2 stars is for the architecture in it, which is unable to breathe in this overcrowded mess.
All in all a really badly presented book. Graphically overwhelming and not enough information about the project. The only reason I give it 2 stars is for the architecture in it, which is unable to breathe in this overcrowded mess.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Terrible binding, terrible layout, ok content
14 April 2007
I paged through this book literally twice after removing it from its packaging before the binding entirely separated from the pages. The cover of mine is now completely off the book, the "glue" that Phaidon used having completely failed to keep it together. This isn't an isolated incident either; several of my friends in possession of the same book have had the exact same problems. Even the copy on special reserve in my school's architecture library is experiancing problems of this sort. Above and beyond the binding issues, the actual design of the pages is very poorly thought out. As a previous reviewer mentioned, the captions of the pictures are oriented vertically within pages so chock-full of pictures it is hard to discern what one is looking at or for. The book's final offense is the essays in the back, which are printed on orange paper with black lettering, making them almost impossible to read. This book, while the content may be ok, is so poorly thought out that it warrants a second thought before purchase.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
great inspriation
11 May 2005
This book is an awesome tool for any architecture student, it provides an insight into what is possible if we push the boundaries of design.
It has been a great resource for me and many of my peers during my architectural studies.
Can't wait to pick up the new book 10x10-2
I only hope it provides me with as much reading pleasure as the first.
If you have a family member or friend about to start studying architecture or who has a keen interest in architecture, buying this book as a gift will most certainly whet their appetite for the field.
It has been a great resource for me and many of my peers during my architectural studies.
Can't wait to pick up the new book 10x10-2
I only hope it provides me with as much reading pleasure as the first.
If you have a family member or friend about to start studying architecture or who has a keen interest in architecture, buying this book as a gift will most certainly whet their appetite for the field.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great Book, Terrible Binding Job
10 Sep 2006
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The book itself is great; full of inspiration for an architecture student like myself. Great glossy photos, short bits of writing for each architect, basically just what I was looking for. However. And this is a big However. The binding will literally become completely detached after looking at half a dozen pages. I just took the binding right off, cut off the front and back pages, and glued them to the adjacent pages, and its somewhat been working by being held together with the binding string. Seriously, come up with a better binding for this great book.
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