Modern north
Subtitle: architecture on the frozen edge
By: Julie Decker
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781568988993
Subjects: Modern movement (Architecture); Architecture and climate; Influence; Architecture; Modern Architecture
Other titles: Architecture on the frozen edge
Description: "The Geographic Region Around the North Pole is a Raw and Exotic Area of Untouched Nature and Inescapable Beauty. Building in this extremely cold climate requires an advanced degree of ingenuity and resolve. Ecological conditions, including high winds, snowdrifts, and permafrost, combined with periods of little sunlight present seemingly impossible logistical hurdles for architects. Vernacular buildings have emerged, but like most indigenous structures they do little more than simply enclose and protect. Recent years have witnessed an explosion of exceptional new architecture and a new definition of a Northern building - one that is both extraordinarily responsive to place and aesthetically provocative." "In Modern North: Architecture on the Frozen Edge, author Julie Decker presents thirty-four of the most compelling and far-ranging possibilities of contemporary architecture in the North. These buildings - located in northern Canada, Scandinavia, and Alaska - are united in the way they embrace extreme conditions and provide visual stimulation in places that sometimes offer little more than a whitescape. The book contains innovative structures by both established and up-and-coming architects, including David Chipperfield Architects, Studio Granda, and Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, as well as essays by Brian Carter, Juhani Pallasmaa, Edwin Crittenden, and Lisa Rochon that place the projects in the context of a new architectural response to the North."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Essays. Fluid geography / Brian Carter ; Construction in the cold / Edwin B. Crittenden ; The northern dimension : between universality and locality / Juhani Pallasmaa ; Canadian architecture and the north / Lisa Rochon.; title: Projects: The New Wing of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center / David Chipperfield Architects; title: Karmøy Fishing Museum / Snøhetta; title: Ordish Anderson Residence / Kobayashi + Zedda Architects; title: Monastery for Cistercian Nuns / Jensen & Skodvin; title: St. Henry's Ecumenical Art Chapel / Sanaksenaho Architects; title: Villa in archipelago / Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects; title: Skrudas Residence / Studio Granda; title: Buser / Chapoton Residence / Mayer Sattler-Smith; title: Hotel Kirkenes / Sami Rintala; title: Petter Dass Museum / Snøhetta; title: Village schools / Koonce Pfeffer Bettis Architects; title: Rovaniemi Airport / Heikkinen-Komonen Architects; title: Longyearbyen Research Centre, Svalbard University / Jarmund / Vigsnæs; title: BP Energy Center / Koonce Pfeffer Bettis; title: Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre / Kobayashi + Zedda Architects; title: Nearpoint House / Workshop for Architecture and Design; title: Hof Residence / Studio Granda; title: Old Crow Visitor's Center / Kobayashi + Zedda Architects; title: Phelps/Burke Residence / Mayer Sattler-Smith; title: Maassen/Gouens Residence / Black + White Studio Architects; title: Birch Hill Ski Building / Bettisworth North; title: Laugalækjarskóli Secondary School Addition / Studio Granda; title: Tantalus School / Kobayashi + Zedda Architects; title: Mountain cabin / div.A Architects; title: Mountain Lodge / Helen & Hard; title: Summerhouse / Saunders and Wilhelmsen; title: Davis Residence / Black + White Studio Architects; title: Moorelands Camp Dining Hall / Shim-Sutcliffe Architects; title: Walsky Residence / Buck Walsky and Cole & Thompson Architects; title: Folk Arts Centre /Lahdelma & Mahlamaki Architects; title: Denali and Nordale Prototype Schools / Bettisworth North; title: Aurland Lookout / Saunders and Wilhelmsen.