Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design History
Edited by Zoë Ryan
128 color + 96 b/w illus.
PB-with Flaps
Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibitions have long played a crucial role in defining disciplinary histories. This fascinating volume examines the impact of eleven groundbreaking architecture and design exhibitions held between 1956 and 2006, revealing how they have shaped contemporary understanding and practice of these fields. Featuring written and photographic descriptions of the shows and illuminating essays from noted curators, scholars, critics, designers, and theorists, As Seen: Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design History explores the multifaceted ways in which exhibitions have reflected on contemporary dilemmas and opened up new processes and ways of working. Providing a fresh perspective on some of the most important exhibitions of the 20th century from America, Europe, and Japan, including This Is Tomorrow, Expo '70, and Massive Change, this book offers a new framework for thinking about how exhibitions can function as a transformative force in the field of architecture and design.
Zoë Ryan is the John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago.
"This book—one of the first to scrutinize the legacy of architecture exhibitions—is an essential primer on seminal design exhibitions and a touchstone for the future of architecture shows."–Metropolis Editors, Metropolis Magazine
"For those who are interested in the expression of the theoretical and avant-garde design concepts through exhibitions (which seems to be a growing number, considering the recent explosion of biennales and triennials around the world), As Seen: Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design History is the closest thing to a textbook on the subject."—Matthew Messner, Architect's Newspaper
Art and Activism
Projects of John and Dominique de Menil
Edited by Josef Helfenstein and Laureen Schipsi
Schlepping Through Ambivalence
Essays on an American Architectural Condition
Stanley Tigerman; Edited by Emmanuel Petit
The New Urban House
A Global Survey
Jonathan Bell and Ellie Stathaki
Gwent/Monmouthshire
The New Space
Movement and Experience in Viennese Modern Architecture
Christopher Long
John Gifford
Decisive Design
Zoë Ryan
Bertrand Goldberg
Architecture of Invention
Edited by Zoë Ryan; With essays by Alison Fisher, Zoë Ryan,
Fashioning the Object
Bless, Boudicca, and Sandra Backlund
Form, Heft, Material
Edited by Okwui Enwezor and Zoë Ryan in consultation with P
Architecture Talks Back
Karen Kice
Max Lamb
Exercises in Seating
Art and Architecture > Architecture
Art and Architecture > Design and Graphic Design
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