ARO
Subtitle: Architecture Research Office
By: Stephen Cassell, Adam Yarinsky
Contributors: Yarinsky, Adam; Architecture Research Office
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Graham Foundation/Princeton Architectural Press series, new voices in architecture
Publisher: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Architecture Research Office
Other titles: Architecture Research Office
Description: "The process of investigation, analysis, and testing makes Architecture Research Office (ARO) as much a laboratory as a design firm. For Stephen Cassell, Adam Yarinsky, and their team, the starting point of each commission is not the development of an abstract "idea" for the project, but an intensive, hands-on occupation with a project's conditions, with its physical, economic, and social contexts.

This practical approach to making architecture, to shrinking the distance between thinking and building, is much evident in their work, which manages to be simultaneously thoughtful and sensual.".

"The seven projects featured in this, the first monograph on the work of this firm, range from self-directed research (ARO's paper wall project), to private living spaces (the SoHo Loft), to commercial interiors (the Qiora Store and Spa), to the popular U.S. Armed Services Recruiting Station in Times Square, to the stunning Colorado House in Telluride.

All of these projects challenge design conventions, while delighting the senses with their unusual materials, careful detailing, and unexpected spatial discoveries." "With essays by Stan Allen, Philip Nobel, Guy Nordenson, and Sarah Whiting."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179)