- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Actar (30 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 8495951185
- ISBN-13: 978-8495951182
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 18 x 3.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 544,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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As a complex organization, an interesting building has always an interesting epic, a story that is embedded in the organization of matter. It is this epic of making a building that is described in this book, the first in the series of "Verb Monographs", as a small homage to all those who were involved in the project. The book is structured as a replica of the way in which the building was developed by the team, with every member taking over a full design package. This editorial structure has two fundamental intentions. First, to depict the design development process as the growth of ideas from rather specific material domains. Second, to rediscover the linearity of the construction documents' ordering system. As an experiment, the editors have decided not to include critical texts, no theorization on the work - just an attempt to describe the set of decisions that made matter evolve into a building.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A fantastic book, truly great, a must for any designer's reference shelf.
This book is a very comprehensive guide to one of the most innovative projects completed in the past couple of years. The book is well presented and gives the reader plenty of information about the project and how it was completed by the Foreign Office team. There are plent of stunning photos and a plethora of diagrams for the reader to work there way through.
Simply this book is a must for anyone interested in contemporary architecture!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
The Edge of the Amateur
2 Mar 2004
The book is an inspiring and surprisingly honest account of the design and the construction of the Yokohama Terminal. The most optimistic part about it is the rather obvious fact that it was conceived and managed by a few academically rigorous but professionally inexperienced architects. The enormity of the project, the complexity of the structure, the problems of circulation, security, fire safety, seismic performance, etc. should all have choked the project before it even had reached the competition entry boards - the fact that it did not is an early tell-tale sign of the fresh naiveté, which must have fueled the design team.
The true merit of the team (and the story as whole) is the fact that the designers decided to go through with it. They moved to Japan and spent over two years and 23.5 billion yen supervising the project through construction administration. The writers talk as openly about their greatest successes and their worst failures.
The very extensive photographic documentation of the design and construction show the amazing story of the metamorphosis of an architectural idea into a material form. As I was reading thorough the text I saw myself picking favorite parts of the design and browsing impatiently ahead to see how they resolved themselves in the actual construction - sometimes I agreed with the chosen solution and sometimes I did not. The point is that the process of decision-making is revealed very clearly.
I would like to finish with a quote from the book, which offers a most delightful message to the youthful talent in all of us:
"This is where amateurs have advantage over pros. A pro knows what he can deliver and rarely goes beyond it. An amateur has no concept of his limitations and generally will go beyond them."
Exceptional
20 July 2007
This book engages this one specific project, its an exceptional book that's deeply routed in the ethics and practice of architecture.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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3 May 2009
Its already more than a month but I have not received the delivery of the book.
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