Lincoln Center inside out
Subtitle: an architectural account
By: a book project by Diller Scofidio + Renfro ; featuring an architectural work by Diller Scofidio + Renfro ; in collaboration with FXFOWLE and Beyer Blinder Belle ; with photographs by Iwan Bann and Matthew Monteith and others
Contributors: Diller, Elizabeth; Scofidio, Ricardo; Baan, Iwan, 1975-; Monteith, Matthew, 1974-; FXFOWLE Architects; Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects & Planners
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Damiani
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bologna, Italy
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9788862082440
Subjects: Modern Architecture; Arts facilities; Designs and plans; Centers for the performing arts; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; History
Description: The redesign of Lincoln Center is one of the most challenging and innovative civic projects in recent urban history. Over the past eight years Diller Scofi dio + Renfro, in close collaboration with Lincoln Center's leadership, has transformed the fi fty year old Modernist citadel into a porous and democratic campus. This visuallyrich document is the fi rst comprehensive book to feature the extensive redevelopment in its entirety. Inside-Out: rethinking LINCOLN CENTER (working title) details DS+R's unique interpretation of the Modernist project after several generations of social and political change. Through a combination of photographs, drawings, renderings, archival records and texts, the book describes the innovative strategies that have dissolved the public/private divide and effectively turned the campus inside-out, extending the spectacle of the performance halls into the Center's mute public spaces and surrounding streets. Conceived as a cross between an art book, a scholarly record, and an architectural diary this publication demonstrates how the recent redesign both respects and challenges preconceived notions about Lincoln Center and its ongoing role as a cultural hub in an ever-changing city. This unorthodox publication is comprised entirely of gatefolds; a series of inside-out centerfolds where the exterior pages of each spread feature glossy, large-format, full-bleed photographs highlighting different parts of the campus. Inside the gatefolds, tucked behind these lush photos, is a series of "back stories" that reveal the surprising evolution and unexpected afterlife of the same spaces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307).