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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ivan MargoliusPublisher: Edition Axel Menges Imprint: Edition Axel Menges Weight: 2.020kg ISBN: 9783869050256ISBN 10: 386905025 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 15 September 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThe author has placed many voices alongside his own, there are interviews and dedication texts, there are memories and contemporary documents ... The book thus has ... a kaleidoscopic format that really explores Kaplicky's complex personality and creativity. A quiet, concentrated and yet also lively representation of what years ago was still thought about the future - including that of construction. The readers will find out or not that beauty played a role. -- Deutsche BauZeitschrift, October 2022 2021 Miroslav Ivanov Prize for Non-fiction Literature The author has placed many voices alongside his own, there are interviews and dedication texts, there are memories and contemporary documents ... The book thus has ... a kaleidoscopic format that really explores Kaplicky's complex personality and creativity. A quiet, concentrated and yet also lively representation of what years ago was still thought about the future - including that of construction. The readers will find out or not that beauty played a role. -- Deutsche BauZeitschrift, October 2022 2021 Miroslav Ivanov Prize for Non-fiction Literature This is the first monograph on the life and work of the Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplicky (1937-2009), cofounder with Amanda Levete of the innovative Future Systems studio in 1979. While the author was a friend and fellow Czech emigre, the book has many voices and a kaleidopscopic format that truly explore Kaplickys complex personality and creativity. Architectural Record, Dec 2022 Author InformationIvan Margolius was born in Prague, studied architecture there, which he completed in London after leaving Czechoslovakia in 1966. As an architect he worked with Yorke Rosenberg Mardall, SOM and Foster + Partners. He published books and articles on art, architecture, engineering, design and automobile history. He collaborated with Future Systems on several projects and with Jan Kaplicky' coauthored Czech Inspiration Ceská Inspirace (Prague, 2005). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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