02586nam a2200361Ia 4500 pucpr 20220603160823.0 102510s2001 enka b 000 0 eng 9781856692502 1856692507 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda spa CARIBET NA737.C3 C66 2001 720.92 21 Cohen, Preston Scott 211429 Contested symmetries : the architecture of Preston Scott Cohen. / Preston Scott Cohen. txt Contested symmetries : the architecture and writings of Preston Scott Cohen. / txt London : Laurence King , 2001. 173 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ;maps. ; 28 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Include Bibliography Foreword / Rafael Moneo -- Introduction: Predicaments and Surrogates -- 1. Contested Symmetries: Palazzo Gambara -- 2. Regular Anomalies: Villa Tauro -- 3. Elliptical Congruencies: The Tubular Embrasure -- 4. Inversive Projections: Taylorian Perspective Apparatus -- 5. Projects -- House on Longboat Key -- House on Siesta Key -- Wydra House Addition -- Cornered House -- Muss Corridor -- Stereotomic Permutations -- Stilicho Duplex -- Patterns for Head Start -- Addition to the Prado -- Terminal Lines -- Montague House -- Torus House -- Temporary MOMA -- Wu House -- Architect Preston Scott Cohen combines the use of the most advanced digital modelling technologies with a fascination for 17th-century descriptive geometry. He uses familiar forms distorted by oblique projections and similar devices to create complex designs that challenge our preconceptions about the nature of order in architecture. "Contested Symetries" features Cohen's intricate geometric symmetries and lucidly describes both the mechanics and the theory behind their application. A wealth of projects, including the widely acclaimed Torus House, are represented through drawings, models and computer-generated images. Cohen, Preston Scott Criticism and interpretation. 211428 Local Architecture United States 20th century. 54081 Local Symmetry (Art) United States 20th century. 282071 Geometry in architecture. United States 20th century. 227714 Geometry, Projective United States 20th century. 227718 lcc 6 NA737.C3 General C66 2001 217967 217967 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2010-02-24 amazon 15.19 455601 0 General NA737.C3 C66 2001 91000000009159 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 25.19 2010-02-24 6