Portman's America & Other Speculations
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Portman's America & Other Speculations by Mohsen Mostafavi
Combining the talents of an architect, artist, and developer, John Portman was able to embark on a series of large-scale building projects-megastructures-that radically redefined the relationship of architecture to the city and its citizens.Portman's own voice and ideas complement the contributions of others, including new photographs by Iwan Baan, to present a more complex and nuanced reading of both the architect and his architecture.Finally, the repertoire of Portman's buildings is analyzed in meticulous detail and used by a group of students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design as a catalyst for a host of divergent and new architectural speculations.
Mohsen Mostafavi is Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design. He has served on the steering committee of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the juries of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Contruction and the RIBA Gold Medal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783037785324 |
| ISBN 10 | 3037785322 |
| Title | Portman's America & Other Speculations |
| Author | Mohsen Mostafavi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lars Muller Publishers |
| Year published | 2017-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 356 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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