Parallax
By: Steven Holl.
Publisher: Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture; Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Basel; Boston; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Holl, Steven -- Themes, motives; Architecture -- United States -- 20th century
Description: "Parallax traces Holl's ideas on topics as diverse as the "chemistry of matter" and the "pressure of light," and shows how they emerge in his architectural work: "strange attractors" at Cranbrook, "porosity" in his new dormitory at MIT, "tripleness" in the new Bellevue Art Museum in Washington. The result is a book that provides a personal tour of the work of one of the world's most esteemed architects."--Jacket.

"Parallax traces Holl's ideas on topics as diverse as the "chemistry of matter" and the "pressure of light," and shows how they emerge in his architectural work: "strange attractors" at Cranbrook, "porosity" in his new dormitory at MIT, "tripleness" in the new Bellevue Art Museum in Washington. The result is a book that provides a personal tour of the work of one of the world's most esteemed architects."--BOOK JACKET.