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Erwin Hauer: Continua--Architectural Screens and Walls [Hardcover]

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1568984553 978-1568984551 March 1, 2004 1
If we rarely think of walls as works of mesmerizing beauty, Erwin Hauer can hardly be blamed. Erwin Hauer: Continua resurrects the extraordinary but little-known work of this Austrian-born sculptor, whose designs of perforated and modular structures are symphonies of measured elegance. Built in Austria, Canada, Italy, Mexico, Holland, the Antilles, Venezuela, and the U.S., Hauer's architectural walls and screens caused a stir when they were erected in the 1950s, but have since been lost in time. This book gathers stunning photographs of these works, many of them now destroyed or no longer accessible.
Hauer has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe and his sculptures can be found in many public and corporate collections, including those of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Benson Sculpture Park in Loveland, CO, and the Museum of the National Academy of Design.


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...places you intimately inside each cast-stone form and then retreats to present its full, integrated application. -- I.D., June 2004

In this exquisite monograph, [Haur's] structurally innovative walls of great beauty and utility . . . are lovingly captured in quality photographs . . . . Genius. -- Samuel Carpenter, Riba Bookshops

This elegant volume...demonstrates the rich results that can emerge from disciplined experimentation with geometry. -- Architecture Magazine, May 2004

About the Author

Erwin Hauer continues his work as a sculptor and is Professor emeritus at the Yale University School of Art.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 108 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568984553
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568984551
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 10.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,956,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The logic of form, July 8, 2004
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The Greeks used the word LOGOS to refer to reasonable speech, articulated reasoning expressed in words. Our modern word LOGIC derives from this root. Erwin Hauer has, over the many years of his career as a working artist, elaborated a visible LOGOS, a logos not of words but of forms. These forms were initially realized to serve a commercial, architectural purpose -- they were built as walls or screens -- but the logic they embody will delight, or thrill, any observer who pays close attention to the display they present. One comes to suspect that this logic, and not just the commercial commision that occasioned them, is the driving force behind Hauer's investigation.

The book is designed and produced with an eye towards clarity and precision, making it totally in sympathy with the vision it presents. Anyone who enjoys seeing an idea recognized, seized, and elaborated with intense concentration will enjoy this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book, November 17, 2007
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If you want a book that can be used as a tool for deriving patterns and architectural forms, this is a great book to add to the library. Very innovative works.
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This brilliant body of work is currently experiencing a huge resurgence. Five big stars.
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