David Adjaye : constructed narratives / David Adjaye ; edited by Peter Allison
Imprint
Zurich : Lars Muller Publishers, [2017]
Descript
319 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 25 cm
SUMMARY
This book brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private houses, and installations at the 2015 Venice Biennale feeds into his designs for public buildings. Other essays discuss his engagement with geography, the urban environment, his approach to materiality, and architectural types. The presented projects include two public libraries and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all in Washington D.C., a residential mixed-use building in New York, and a hybrid art-retail building in Beirut. Two of Adjaye's current projects are also included
CONTENT
Geography and architecture in Africa : African cities -- Talking about form : Pavilions -- Houses as spatial systems : Houses -- Matt and sheen, material strategies 1996-2016 : Making public buildings -- Light and the city : Sugar Hill -- Toward black : Francis A. Gregory Library ; William O. Lockridge Library -- Constructed narratives : National Museum of African American History and Culture -- Activating the section : A่ishti Foundation ; Alara Concept Store -- Urban systems : Piety Bridge and Wharf -- Biennale City : Venice 2015
