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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN num: 9788887029260
ISBN number: 8887029261
Label: Fondazione Prada
Manufacturer: Fondazione Prada
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 396
Printing Date: April 02, 2004
Publishing house: Fondazione Prada
Release Date: April 02, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 785338
Studio: Fondazione Prada
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In the Aoyama district of Tokyo, a mixed-use neighborhood of low-rise buildings where not a square meter of land has been left unoccupied, the Swiss architecture team of Herzog & de Meuron has built a new store for Prada. In this chunky, silvery book, they meticulously illustrate the creative process that led to the realization of 'a house and a plaza,' a tall and narrow kaleidoscope-like structure that houses a two-story retail space and multiple levels of offices, backed by an outdoor space for the public--a rarity in crowded Tokyo. The finished structure, encased in a visually porous shell or skin, is as decorative as it is architectural--or as architectural as it is decorative--and is both metaphorically and literally linked to its surrounding environment, and to the idea of the garment. Here is the story of a theoretically and structurally complex building told lovingly and simply by its architects, through words, models, sketches, photographs, and architectural renderings.
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I am generally happy about the book, except when I am buying a 100 dollars book I will expect more from it, in particular in this situation, the back of book has a lot of scratches... certainly it won't affect the content whatsoever, but this is a book designed and made to be pure white with shinny silver pattern. That is the only drawback.
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