Name: Mae Mae Architects Places for Strangers 2014 Trade Paperback
Brand: PARK Books
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Further Details Title: Places for Strangers Condition: New Description: mae Architects is an ambitious design led practice delivering high quality architecture, landscape and urban design. Established in 2001 and based in London, they have designed award-winning projects, mainly in the UK but also for in Copenhagen and Oslo, receiving extensive publicity and recognition. Places for Strangers,illustrates a set of negotiated principles and creative attitudes that encompass mae Architects project portfolio, establishing their design work as exciting and innovative. This volume is a contemporary examination of the creative process; it is part manifesto, part manual and comprises texts written for newspapers and architectural journals facilitate discussion by illustrating the socio-political, ethical and formal concerns that need to be considered in architectural production today. Several of the firms's projects are used to illustrate 'key' concepts and ideas that run as a continuous thread throughout. Author: Mae Architects EAN: 9783906027401 ISBN: 9783906027401 Format: Paperback Publisher: Park Books Release Date: 08/11/2017 ISBN-10: 3906027406 Country/Region of Manufacture: CH Genre: Architecture & Antiques Item Height: 250mm Item Length: 150mm Item Width: 15mm Item Weight: 666g Language: English Release Year: 2017 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Author	Mae Mae Architects
Dewey Decimal	720
Dewey Edition	23
Format	Trade Paperback
ISBN-10	3906027406
ISBN-13	9783906027401
Illustrated	Yes
Intended Audience	Scholarly & Professional
Item Height	0.4 in
Item Length	9.5 in
Item Weight	23.5 Oz
Item Width	6 in
LC Classification Number	NA2500
Language	English
Number of Pages	176 Pages
Publication Name	Places for Strangers
Publication Year	2014
Publisher	PARK Books
Subject	General
Subject Area	Architecture
Synopsis	Places for Strangers aims to illustrate a set of continually negotiated principles and attitudes which London based mae Architects have established in their architectural and urban design. Juxtaposing polemic texts published through the duration of the practice with a fresh revisitation of mae's project portfolio, Places for Strangers is a contemporary examination of the architects' predicament rather than an exhaustive monograph. It is a candid insight into the possibility of aligning ideological principles with the prosaic realities of design practice where a building and place's occupant is unknown. The new book takes a form between manifesto and manual. It acts as a manifesto in so far as it advocates a position on urban design and architecture, and a manual in so far as it elucidates an approach to producing critically engaged design, which questions and challenges the rules that we work with. It comprises a number of texts by Alex Ely with contributions by former mae partner Michael Howe, written between the practice inception in 2001, and the present day. These texts, written for newspapers such as The Guardian or professional perioducals like The Architects' Journal, are polemic in their nature, illustrating the sociopolitical, ethical and formal concerns navigated in architectural production today. , A compelling mixture of manifesto and manual, Places for Strangers builds on the set of principles and attitudes that have long driven London-based mae Architects to advocate a new position on urban design and architecture, while also elucidating an approach to actually producing critically engaged design. Originally written for such newspapers as the Guardian or professional organizations such as the Architects' Journal , the essays featured here are polemic in their nature, aimed at illustrating the sociopolitical, ethical, and formal concerns that must be navigated in architecture today. Complementing the essays are contemporary analyses and revisitations of a number of mae's projects that serve to illustrate how the firm's core principles--themselves always in a state of renegotiation--can be enacted in actual designs and building projects. The result is sure to inspire creative new thinking about architecture and its place in contemporary society., A compelling mixture of manifesto and manual, "Places for Strangers" builds on the set of principles and attitudes that have long driven London-based mae Architects to advocate a new position on urban design and architecture, while also elucidating an approach to actually producing critically engaged design. Originally written for such newspapers as the "Guardian" or professional organizations such as the "Architects Journal," the essays featured here are polemic in their nature, aimed at illustrating the sociopolitical, ethical, and formal concerns that must be navigated in architecture today. Complementing the essays are contemporary analyses and revisitations of a number of mae s projects that serve to illustrate how the firm s core principlesthemselves always in a state of renegotiationcan be enacted in actual designs and building projects. The result is sure to inspire creative new thinking about architecture and its place in contemporary society."
Table Of Content	Habitat Place Conversation Image section Conversation (cont.) Identity The State Society Our ancestors
Type	Textbook
brand	PARK Books
gtin13	9783906027401

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This book is a fascinating dive into mae Architects' innovative approach to urban design. The projects showcased are bold yet thoughtful, blending creativity with functionality. Perfect for anyone interested in contemporary architecture—it’s inspiring, well-presented, and offers fresh perspectives on public spaces. A must-have for design enthusiasts!