The Colours of …

Description

Color is inextricably linked with architecture; as a design element and also as an inherent quality, it characterizes the shape and texture of the built fabric.
The book presents extraordinary color schemes, both in terms of technology and aesthetics, for ground-breaking architecture with a wide spectrum of functions: from apartment to concert hall, from flagship store to city park.
The focus is on the works of the three architects Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Wang Shu. This is expanded by the works of other practices such as BIG, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito and SANAA.
This publication presents a compendium that documents color schemes in architecture in the context of very different aesthetic approaches. The large-format photographs by Iwan Baan, Christian Richters, Roland Halbe and Philippe Ruault fascinate with their clarity and presence.

Erik Mattie is an art historian who advises local and provincial governments in the field of architecture and urbanism.

CONTENTS

• The Colours of…: Introduction by Cees W. de Jong

Frank O. Gehry

• The balance between form and colour, by Erik Mattie
• Collage of form and colour: Museum of Biodiversity, Panama
• Bend and fold colour: New World Symphony, Miami
• Colour of the mind: Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas

Jean Nouvel

• Images in colour, by Sophie Roulet
• Coloured depths: Agbar Tower, Barcelona
• Vivid red colour: Serpentine Pavilion, London
• Lantern magic: Concert Hall, Copenhagen
• A vibrant red line: The red kilometer, Bergamo

Wang Shu

• Translating tradition for modern times, by Bert de Muynck
• Old and beautiful material: Historic Museum, Ningbo
• Traditional Chinese garden: Park Pavilion, Jinhua
• Architecture needs time to change: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
• Meditation and poetry: Wa Shan Guesthouse, Hangzhou
• Colour in perspective: Vision and perception, by Erik Mattie

BIG

• Light blue texture: Danish Pavilion, EXPO 2010, Shanghai
• Colour coded master plan: Superkilen Urban Park, Copenhagen

Stefano Boeri

• Glass and basalt prism: Complex of Buildings at La Maddalena, Sardinia

Zaha Hadid

• Suspended black: MAXXI Museum, Rome

Herzog & de Meuron

• Many shades of green: 28 Condominiums at 40 Bond Street, New York

Steven Holl Architects

• Open colour: Linked Hybrid Apartment Complex , Beijing

Toyo Ito

• Polished painted colour: Mikimoto Ginza 2, Tokyo

Lui Jiakun

• Favourite colour pink: Hu Huishan Earthquake Memorial, Sichuan

Michael Malzan Architecture

• Rhythm of light and shadow: New Carver Apartments, Los Angeles
• Texture, form, light and colour: Inner City Arts Campus, Los Angeles

Giancarlo Mazzanti

• Interrelated colour: Timayui School, Santa Marta

Enric Ruiz-Geli, Cloud 9

• Transparant colour: Media Tic Building, Barcelona

SANAA

• Bright golden colour: Derek Lam Store, New York

About the authors, Acknowledgements, Illustration credits, Reference literature

376 pages, 250 colour illustrations / 17 x 24,5 cm / English