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'An intriguing journey into ... [Cecil Balmonds]... thought processes'Grand Designs, April 2007
Rem Koolhaas
Balmond has, almost single-handedly, shifted the ground in engineering, and therefore enabled architecture to be imagined differently.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Informal is a terrific read; it places me right at the table as the author engages with his architect collaborators pursuing innovative building designs. The range is fascinating, from a box shape in the Villa Bordeaux to a curvilinear form in the Arnhem Interchange to the serene and effortless canopy in Lisbon. In each project the author establishes simple initial moves which lead ultimately to new configurations and importantly develops throughout the book a rigorous basis for exploring the non linear. This is welcome in an age when so much architectural form making is whimsical. As an architect I was fascinated how this book also brings out the lyrical and poetic inherent in structure. Best of all perhaps is the 27 sectioned speculation at the end on the anatomy of form, and an insight into the structure of organisation itself. In conjunction with his intriguing earlier book Number 9 Balmond sets out a new agenda for designers everywhere, including architects and engineers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Informal is a terrific read; it places me right at the table as the author engages with his architect collaborators pursuing innovative building designs. The range is fascinating, from a box shape in the Villa Bordeaux to a curvilinear form in the Arnhem Interchange to the serene and effortless canopy in Lisbon. In each project the author establishes simple initial moves which lead ultimately to new configurations and importantly develops throughout the book a rigorous basis for exploring the non linear. This is welcome in an age when so much architectural form making is whimsical. As an architect I was fascinated how this book also brings out the lyrical and poetic inherent in structure. Best of all perhaps is the 27 sectioned speculation at the end on the anatomy of form, and an insight into the structure of organisation itself. In conjunction with his intriguing earlier book Number 9 Balmond sets out a new agenda for designers everywhere, including architects and engineers.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A lovely little book. The pros are excellent. The diagrams really interesting. Each chapter so well thought out and planned. I was fascinated in the projects from start to finish.
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Making engineering appealing
Cecil has achieved what I have always thought to be impossible - giving Structural Engineering sex-appeal. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2003 by Andrea Edan
A fantastic find
I have always always been interested in buildings and designs. It has been fantastic to find this book which goes into the heart of the processes of how a design is made and how... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2003
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