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Atlas of Novel Tectonics Paperback – February 1, 2006
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Jesse Reiser
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Print length288 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
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Publication dateFebruary 1, 2006
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Grade level8 and up
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Reading age13 years and up
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Dimensions5 x 0.88 x 7.5 inches
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ISBN-101568985541
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Reiser and Umemoto are deep and original thinkers and I look forward to a renaissance in their work that fully reflects the wealth of clear ideas that populate this text. -- The Architectural Review, October 2006
This cerebral little manual probes some of the more esoteric aspects of architecture in pursuit of novel approaches to design -- Metropolis, June 2006
This is a book that swims courageously against the tide... it reclaims the autonomy of theoretical discourse in relation to built architecture. That alone makes it an event... Atlas of Novel Tectonics is nothing if not a fascinating collection of finely wrought conceptual miniatures. Most are of Borgesian brevity (or shorter), and there are gems among them. My favourite is the tale of the 'devolved' glass nose of the Heinkel III bomber. -- AA Files, July 2007
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- Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1568985541
- ISBN-13 : 978-1568985541
- Reading age : 13 years and up
- Grade level : 8 and up
- Item Weight : 9.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.88 x 7.5 inches
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RUR Architecture PC is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary architectural design firm that has built projects at a wide range of scales: from furniture design, to residential and commercial structures, up to the scale of landscape, urban design, and infrastructure.
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That doesn't mean Atlas isn't worthwhile however. If formalism is your bag, there's plenty of potential to tap. Certainly, it's not an easy read, nor are all of the concepts as profound as RUR would like to think, but there's definitely some provocative ideas contained therein:
"But we have other ambitions for this vitality, which now must enter and find expression in the fabric of matter itself. Let's be clear: it is not the vulgar misconception that architecture must be literally animate...but its substance, its scale, its transitions and measurement will be marked by the dilations and contractions of the energy field."
As is the case with most contemporary architectural theory, you have to do a lot of digging, re-reading and source-referencing to understand the ideas. The prose can be just as high-brow and sanctimonious as the decon philosophers that influenced it (Derrida, for instance). Complex as they may seem, the ideas embedded can be quite provocative not in a life-changing way, but more in a "novel" sort of way.
If you're into form or just want to stay up on theory, then I'd buy it.
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