A lively intellectual biography of one of the 20th century’s most iconic buildings The Centre Georges Pompidou, also called Beaubourg, is today considered an icon of contemporary Paris, the quintessence of a modern building, and a model for what a museum can be. In 1971, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, together with the engineering firm Ove Arup &amp; Partners, won an international architecture competition with their innovative and irreverent design. Completed in 1977, the building was at first received skeptically by critics, yet it was quickly embraced by the public as a beloved monument of the modern city of Paris. This lively intellectual biography of the building explores its history and the reasons for its success, from its genesis as a politically calculated response to Paris’s turbulent 1968 student protests to the role played by architects in its construction, as well as the historical influences and the engineering solutions that inform its design. A key reason for the Centre Pompidou’s success indeed lies in its ability to channel architectural memory, connecting it powerfully to Paris’s historic urban fabric. This essential text on one of the twentieth century’s most significant buildings is accompanied by a portfolio of rare drawings and photographs.

Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument (Great Architects/Great Buildings)

Arts & Photography

Dal Co, Francesco

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

The captivating tale of the plans and personalities behind one of New York City’s most radical and recognizable buildings Considered the crowning achievement of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan is often called iconic. But it is in fact iconoclastic, standing in stark contrast to the surrounding metropolis and setting a new standard for the postwar art museum. Commissioned to design the building in 1943 by the museum’s founding curator, Baroness Hilla von Rebay, Wright established residence in the Plaza Hotel in order to oversee the project. Over the next 17 years, Wright continuously clashed with his clients over the cost and the design, a conflict that extended to the city of New York and its cultural establishment. Against all odds, Wright held fast to his radical design concept of an inverted ziggurat and spiraling ramp, built with a continuous beam—a shape recalling the form of an hourglass. Construction was only completed in 1959, six months after Wright’s death. The building’s initial critical response ultimately gave way to near-universal admiration, as it came to be seen as an architectural masterpiece. This essential text, offering a behind-the-scenes story of the Guggenheim along with a careful reading of its architecture, is beautifully illustrated with more than 150 images, including plans, drawings, and rare photographs of the building under construction.

The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright's Iconoclastic Masterpiece (Great Architects/Great Buildings)

Architecture

“I look beyond solution; I look for an expression.”—Eduardo Souto de Moura The architect Eduardo Souto de Moura (b. 1952) has won many accolades, including the 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Based in Porto, Souto de Moura studied under Fernando Távora and worked under fellow Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, with whom he continues to collaborate. Souto de Moura established his own practice in 1980, and his wide-ranging influences, including Mies van der Rohe and Donald Judd, can be seen in the stunning variety of his work, from his acclaimed private houses, to the striking Paula Rego Museum in Cascais and the Braga Municipal Stadium, to his work in historical contexts such as the Convento das Bernardas in Tavira. This beautifully illustrated retrospective provides the most comprehensive account of Souto de Moura’s career to date. Drawings, notes and sketches from his archive, and newly commissioned photographs complement essays by scholars and prominent architects that trace Souto de Moura’s career, contextualize his work within the larger trends of contemporary international architectural culture, and highlight the originality of his design strategy.

Souto de Moura: Memory, Projects, Works

Graça Moura, Nuno

Other Distribution

Figures of Architecture & Thought: German Architecture Culture: 1880-1920

Rizzoli

Discusses Roche's approach to architectural design and shows his plans for office buildings, skyscrapers, training centers, art museums, performing arts centers, banks, college buildings, and post offices

Kevin Roche

Carlo Scarpa: The Complete Works

Briefly traces the life and career of the Italian architect, gathers his drawings and shares his lectures and opinions on architecture

Carlo Scarpa: the Complete Works

Electa/Rizzoli

Casts light on the varied and original paths that modern architects have taken in their search for new forms, documenting with hundreds of photographs and diagrams superb engineering feats in Europe and America

Modern Architecture / 2 (History of World Architecture)

Tafuri, Manfredo

Mario Botta

Shows sketches, plans, and photographs of houses, laboratories, office buildings, municipal buildings, banks, libraries, and schools designed by the Swiss architect

Shows sketches, plans, and photographs of houses, laboratories, office buildings, municipal buildings, banks, libraries, and schools designed by the Swiss architect

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Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument (Great Architects/Great Buildings)

The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright's Iconoclastic Masterpiece (Great Architects/Great Buildings)

Souto de Moura: Memory, Projects, Works

Figures of Architecture & Thought: German Architecture Culture: 1880-1920

Kevin Roche

Kevin Roche

Carlo Scarpa: the Complete Works

Modern Architecture / 2 (History of World Architecture)

Mario Botta

Mario Botta