- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd (1 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714838314
- ISBN-13: 978-0714838311
- Product Dimensions: 29.9 x 25.7 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,025,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Examines the continuing development of Future Systems, considered by many to be one of the most inspirational practices working today. The book features 30 recent projects, including at least eight built works, and designs for products and furniture, and also a glossary of projects from 1958-92. The recent and current building included in the text are the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground, a yellow pontoon bridge at Canary Wharf, and one of the first millennium projects - the Earth centre, outside Doncaster.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book, if all your into is image, otherwise it is somewhat lacking in detail. No real or deep understanding is possible, only the superficial understanding of an ideas behind the projects are explored. How they work structurally, environmentally, how they are detailed. These are the questions I ask from a book that is exploring the workings of one of the truely more inspirational practices. I find none of that here, which is a great shame, a book that really explained the design concelptual and detailed would be a truely great thing. Only the Phaidon case study books begin to live upto this and even they are lacking. Perhaps I ask to much. This book is good but don't expect any answers just questions and inspiration.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
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Future Systems are one of the most inspiring Architectural practices of our time. I am incredibly biased because i love their projects and buildings, but this book is fun, very imformative, creative and emotive. I am an Interior Design graduate and this book has been a real help in making me feel like the impossible can be achieved. i have been working on my final major for a year, and i feel that it had the information i needed aswell as some great examples of bizarre buildings.
Future Systems are one of the most inspiring Architectural practices of our time. I am incredibly biased because i love their projects and buildings, but this book is fun, very imformative, creative and emotive. I am an Interior Design graduate and this book has been a real help in making me feel like the impossible can be achieved. i have been working on my final major for a year, and i feel that it had the information i needed aswell as some great examples of bizarre buildings.
The layout is fantastic and there are many examples of where the design team got there inspiration from.
The book may be a little pricey for students, but it is worth every penny and if you need inspiring then this is a great buy!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book shows a new way to see,produce and construct architecture. Modeling and structuring organic forms is becoming a new tendency in architecture and way of living spaces.
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i have found this book very amusing, through its simple language and live photographs, it's i believe, easy to understand and very enjoyable for architects and for regular readers... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2004 by iman elashry
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All the components of the book are in style with Future Systems, which means extraordinary ability of communicating joy of life and creativity. Read more
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