Chaos and Culture: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Founda

Description: Chaos and Culture by Victoria Newhouse An in-depth study of the creation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center set against the economic crisis and political upheaval in Greece. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An in-depth study of the creation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center set against the economic crisis and political upheaval in Greece.Process tells the story of a great philanthropist, an extraordinary design team, and a small country that shook the foundations of the European Union. In 2006 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced its gift of a new cultural center in Athens to house both the Greek National Library and the Greek National Opera House within a 40-acre landscaped public park on the model of the Tuileries in Paris. Two years later, with the international team of Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Italy), Exhibition Engineers (UK), and Deborah Nevins & Associates landscape designers (US) in place and design well underway, the Greek economy collapsed. But, with the conviction of the client and the architect that the cultural center could be a symbol of recovery and survival, the SNFCC hosted a four-day cultural festival in June. Inaugural performances in the Opera House are scheduled for winter 2017.With the same meticulous methodology of primary research in the field, interviews with designers, and historic context that characterized Site and Sound and Towards a New Museum, Victoria Newhouse has woven a fascinating narrative of multiple strands that captures both the detail and overarching spirit of this unique project. Author Biography VICTORIA NEWHOUSE is an architectural historian. She lectures frequently and her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, and ArtNews. Her previous books include Wallace K. Harrison, Architect (1989), Towards a New Museum (2007), Art and the Power of Placement (2005),and Site and Sound- The Architecture and Acoustics of New Opera Houses and Concert Halls (2012).Author Residence- New York Review …a sweeping tale of national identity and artistic anxiety. Newhouse ably balances discussions of details - Pianos abstract, balletic sketches are reproduced here along with handsome aerial photographs of the site - with the drama of the financial stakes and personalities involved. -The New YorkerIts rare that a book on a single building can sustain itself, but here Newhouses does so mightily. Weaving together the cultural centers many conflicts and contractions - as well as the victories; it is, after all, a beautiful, poetic structure - Chaos and Culture is the kind of architecture book the world needs more of: well researched, culturally astute, and historically sensitive. -Surface magazineRenzo Piano... has emerged over the past 50 years as the Leonardo da Vinci of modern architecture. -Library Journal Promotional An in-depth study of the creation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center set against the economic crisis and political upheaval in Greece. Review Text "...a sweeping tale of national identity and artistic anxiety. Newhouse ably balances discussions of details - Pianos abstract, balletic sketches are reproduced here along with handsome aerial photographs of the site - with the drama of the financial stakes and personalities involved." -The New Yorker "Its rare that a book on a single building can sustain itself, but here Newhouses does so mightily. Weaving together the cultural centers many conflicts and contractions - as well as the victories; it is, after all, a beautiful, poetic structure - Chaos and Culture is the kind of architecture book the world needs more of: well researched, culturally astute, and historically sensitive." -Surface magazine "Renzo Piano... has emerged over the past 50 years as the Leonardo da Vinci of modern architecture." -Library Journal Review Quote "Its rare that a book on a single building can sustain itself, but here Newhouses does so mightily. Weaving together the cultural centers many conflicts and contractions--as well as the victories; it is, after all, a beautiful, poetic structure-- Chaos and Culture is the kind of architecture book the world needs more of: well researched, culturally astute, and historically sensitive." -- Surface magazine Promotional "Headline" An in-depth study of the creation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center set against the economic crisis and political upheaval in Greece. Details ISBN1580934889 Author Victoria Newhouse Short Title PROCESS Pages 240 Publisher Monacelli Press Language English ISBN-10 1580934889 ISBN-13 9781580934886 Media Book Format Hardcover Residence US Year 2017 Imprint Monacelli Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 720.103 UK Release Date 2017-05-23 AU Release Date 2017-05-23 NZ Release Date 2017-05-23 US Release Date 2017-05-23 Publication Date 2017-05-23 Subtitle Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens Audience General Illustrations 200 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137864649;

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