Kuth/Ranieri Architects. txt
Byron Kuth and Elizabeth Ranieri ; with texts by Ila Berman ... [et al.].
- xi, 179 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ;maps. ; 25 cm. book
- New voices in architecture .
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Projects -- Nob Hill Residence / San Francisco -- Park Presidio Residence / San Francisco -- Russian Hill Penthouse / San Francisco -- William Wurster Renovation / San Francisco -- Hillsborough Residence / Hillsborough, California -- Private Residence and LEF Foundation Offices / Gallery, in Collaboration with Jim Jennings Architecture / Napa Valley, California -- Guesthouse / Gallery / Nob Hill, San Francisco -- Lodi Bunkhouse / St. Helena, California -- Essays -- "Kuth/Ranieri's Performance of Modernism," Mitchell Schwarzer -- "No Obstacles: Notes on Martyrs' Square and Other Roofscapes," Rodolphe el-Khoury -- Industrial Fetish -- Fabrications: The Body in Repose -- "Fields of Fetish: Kuth/Ranieri's Disturbances," Aaron Betsky -- Proposals -- Calistoga House / Calistoga, California -- Malama Learning Village, in collaboration with Rodolphe el-Khoury (ReK Productions) / Malama, Hawaii -- CAMP: A Gateway Proposal for the Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio / San Francisco -- AIDS Memorial Grove, in collaboration with Rodolphe el-Khoury (ReK Productions) / San Francisco -- Harvey Milk Memorial Car / San Francisco -- Climate Clock, in Collaboration with Bill Fontana, of Resoundings / San Jose, California -- Martyrs' Square, in collaboration with Rodolphe el-Khoury (ReK Productions) / Beirut, Lebanon -- Mission Bay: A Proposal for a Green District Identity. Green Belt, Eco-Magnet High School, and CCA’S Student and Media Center / San Francisco -- Folding Water: A Ventilated Levee for a Living Estuary / San Francisco Estuary and Delta, California --
In a world obsessed with an international cast of ego-driven starchitects, San Francisco architects Elizabeth Ranieri and Byron Kuth are the thoughtful, versatile, low-key, detail-obsessed exceptions. -Diane Dorrans Saeks, San Francisco magazine Byron Kuth and Elizabeth Ranieri have split their time over the last two decades between teaching, building, and research, and have produced a broad spectrum of work, from small-scale objects and installations, to uniquely detailed residential and institutional buildings, to large urban design proposals. With materials like the translucent glass used to sequence a view from Russian Hill, the constellation of domes used to manipulate sound at an AIDS memorial, and the eight hundred pounds of synthetic felt and one thousand C-clamps used to create the Fabrications installation at SFMOMA, the firm brings subtlety and innovation to every project. Kuth/Ranieri has been largely influenced by the uniqueness of the Bay Area-its culture, exceptional beauty, and landscape. At the same time it has earned a national and international reputation for its innovative work that integrates cultural discourse with issues of design, technology, and environmental awareness. Kuth/Ranieri's greatest strength is its vision of sustainability. It is committed to the conservation of natural resources and an informed community, establishing an investment in a future that is viable, healthful, and self-renewing. Kuth/Ranieri Architects presents the breadth of their work, showing both the constructed and the theoretical, in stunning photographs and thought-provoking drawings. Insightful texts by Ila Berman, Aaron Betsky, Rodolphe el-Khoury, and Mitchell Schwarzer form a centerpiece to the book and discuss issues of modernism and meaning.