Margaret Helfand Architects: Evolution of an Elemental Style Work in Progress (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781885254931)

In a collection of projects developed during the 1990s, Margaret Helfand Architects argues for an architecture of logic, simplicity, and sensuality. Presented chronologically, nineteen projects ranging from showrooms, residences, academic buildings, parks, and functional objects are examined in photographs and texts along the three axes fundamental to the firm's work: geometry, structure, and materials. Basic materials such as steel, wood, glass, and stone are used with a minimum of transformation, allowing their inherent colors, textures, and structural properties to create visual stimulation. Seen are such diverse works as Vertical House on a Trapezoidal Site, Octagon: Structure and Landscape, and Apartment for Art and Music, as well as the Time Out New York offices, Williamsburg Community Center, and a child development center. This architecture points to a future in which buildings will rely on their own function, materiality, and craftsmanship to express their time in history. A theoretical context for the work is provided in an essay by Paola Antonelli, associate curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, along with photographs by the acclaimed architectural photographer Paul Warchol.

Author: Margaret Helfand,Marti Cowan
ISBN-10: 1885254938
ISBN-13: 9781885254931
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1999
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 10.05h x 7.97w x 0.78d