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Architecture : sculpture / Werner Sewing ; with contributions by Erik Wegerhoff.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Munich ; New York : Prestel, 2004.Description: 142 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cmISBN:
  • 9783791330372
  • 3791330373
Subject(s):
Contents:
Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France 1950-1954 -- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA 1956-1959 -- Square of the three powers, Brasilia, Brazil 1958-1960 -- Philharmonic Hall, Berlin, Germany 1956-1963 -- St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo, Japan 1961-1964 -- Negev monument, Beersheba, Israel 1963-1968 -- Pilgrimage Church of Mary, Queen of Peace, Velbert-Neviges, Germany 1963-1968 -- Opera house, Sydney, Australia 1956-1973 -- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 1971-1977 -- National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington, DC, USA 1968-1978 -- National assembly, Dacca, Bangladesh 1963-1983 -- Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy 1971-1984 -- Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, Ohio, USA 1983-1989 -- Simon Ungers, Tom Kinslow -- T-House, Wilton, New York, USA 1988-1992 -- CGAC, Galician Centre for Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 1988-1993 -- Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany 1990-1993 -- Museum of Wood, Mikata-gun, Hyogo, Japan 1991-1993 -- The Box, Culver City, California, USA 1990-1994 -- Museum Groningen, East Pavilion, Groningen, Netherlands 1993-1994 -- Tour Credit Lyonnias, Lille, France 1991-1995 -- Signal Box, Auf dem Wolf, Basle, Switzerland 1992-1995 -- Chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Monte Tamaro, Switzerland 1990-1996 -- K-Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1995-1996 -- NEMO, National Centre for Science and Technology, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1992-1997 -- Kaze-No-Oka Crematorium, Nakatrsu, Oita, Japan 1995-1997 -- Mobius House, Het Gooi, Netherlands 1993-1998 -- Santiago Calatrava -- Oriente Railway Station, Lisbon, Portugal 1993-1998 -- Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany 1989-1999 -- Kursaal Auditorium and Congress Centre, San Sebastian, Spain 1990-1999 -- Reichstag, Berlin, Germany 1992-1999 -- New Synagogue, Dresden, Germany 1997-2001 -- Experimental factory, Magdeburg, Germany 1999-2001 -- Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA 1987-2003 -- Selfridges Department Store, Birmingham, England 1999-2003 -- Kunsthaus Graz, Graz Austria 2000-2003 -- Yad Vashe, Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 1997-2004 -- Swiss Re London Headquarters, London, England 1997-2004 -- Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington, USA 1999-2004 -- Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Extension, Kansas City, Missouri, USA 1999-2007.
Summary: Examines architecture as sculpture - fascinating formal inventiveness in architecture.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140) and indexes.

Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France 1950-1954 -- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA 1956-1959 -- Square of the three powers, Brasilia, Brazil 1958-1960 -- Philharmonic Hall, Berlin, Germany 1956-1963 -- St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo, Japan 1961-1964 -- Negev monument, Beersheba, Israel 1963-1968 -- Pilgrimage Church of Mary, Queen of Peace, Velbert-Neviges, Germany 1963-1968 -- Opera house, Sydney, Australia 1956-1973 -- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 1971-1977 -- National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington, DC, USA 1968-1978 -- National assembly, Dacca, Bangladesh 1963-1983 -- Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy 1971-1984 -- Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, Ohio, USA 1983-1989 -- Simon Ungers, Tom Kinslow -- T-House, Wilton, New York, USA 1988-1992 -- CGAC, Galician Centre for Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 1988-1993 -- Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany 1990-1993 -- Museum of Wood, Mikata-gun, Hyogo, Japan 1991-1993 -- The Box, Culver City, California, USA 1990-1994 -- Museum Groningen, East Pavilion, Groningen, Netherlands 1993-1994 -- Tour Credit Lyonnias, Lille, France 1991-1995 -- Signal Box, Auf dem Wolf, Basle, Switzerland 1992-1995 -- Chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Monte Tamaro, Switzerland 1990-1996 -- K-Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1995-1996 -- NEMO, National Centre for Science and Technology, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1992-1997 -- Kaze-No-Oka Crematorium, Nakatrsu, Oita, Japan 1995-1997 -- Mobius House, Het Gooi, Netherlands 1993-1998 -- Santiago Calatrava -- Oriente Railway Station, Lisbon, Portugal 1993-1998 -- Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany 1989-1999 -- Kursaal Auditorium and Congress Centre, San Sebastian, Spain 1990-1999 -- Reichstag, Berlin, Germany 1992-1999 -- New Synagogue, Dresden, Germany 1997-2001 -- Experimental factory, Magdeburg, Germany 1999-2001 -- Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA 1987-2003 -- Selfridges Department Store, Birmingham, England 1999-2003 -- Kunsthaus Graz, Graz Austria 2000-2003 -- Yad Vashe, Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 1997-2004 -- Swiss Re London Headquarters, London, England 1997-2004 -- Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington, USA 1999-2004 -- Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Extension, Kansas City, Missouri, USA 1999-2007.

Examines architecture as sculpture - fascinating formal inventiveness in architecture.