Architecture, Industry and Innovation: The Work of Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners

Colin Amery

256 pages, parution le 13/04/2000

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Résumé

Nicolas Grimshaw is one of the pre-eminent figures of the British architectural scene.Alongside Norman Foster and Richard Rogers he is a leading figure of the high-tech movement, responsible for some of the outstanding building of the last decade. This book covers the years 1965-88, a period which saw Grimshaw establish his practice and his reputation worldwide as an architect of great subtlety and a master of detail. Colin Amery charts the line of Grinshaw's development from his student days at the Architectural Association onwards. He gives critical insights into Grimshaw's thinking and design methodology for a family of buildings, from the 1967 Service Tower for a student hostel to his 1988 Grand Union Walk houses and Superstore of Sainsbury's at Camden. Grimshaw's building show a steady evolution, model to model; an evolution which is illustrated in detail here with photographs, plans and drawings.

Contents

Acknoledgements

Introduction

Autobiographical note

Service Tower, Student Hostel, London 1967
Apartments, 425 Park Road, London 1968
Citroên Warehouse, Runnymede, 1972
Headquarters for Editions Van de Velde, Tours, France
Factory for Herman Miller, Bath, 1976
Advancced Factory Units, Winwick Quay, Warrington, 1978
Headquarters for BMW, Bracknell, 1980
Factory Units, Queen's Drive, Nottingham, 1980
Sports Hall for IBM, Wincester, 1980
Furniture Factory for Vitra, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany
Wiltshire Radio Station, Wootton Bassett, 1982
Herman Miller Distribution Centre, Chippenham, 1982
Ice Rink, Oxford, 1984
Headquarters for Ladkarn, London Docklands, 1985
Research Centre for Rank Xerox, Welwyn Garden City, 1988
Leisure Centre, Stockbridge, 1986-1988
Superstore for Sainsbury's, Camden, London, 1986-88
Houses a Grand Union Walk, Camden, London, 1986-88
Homebase Store, Brentford, 1987
Financial Tmes Printing Works, London Docklands, 1987-88

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Phaidon
Auteur(s)	Colin Amery
Parution	13/04/2000
Nb. de pages	256
Format	25 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1319g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780714839349