In the Thick of Things: An Architect ObservesVincen Cornu, a Paris-based architect, attempts to 'translate' architectural sensation into words and images, in order to convey the inspirations behind his work and the ways in which buildings, and the spaces they create, can offer journeys of imaginative discovery. He takes the reader back to early theories of architecture, through topics as diverse as skyscrapers, railway tracks, grain barns in northern Spain and the works of previous and contemporary architectural masters. The text works alongside numerous full-color drawings and architectural plans by the author himself, creating a glimpse into how architecture is still meaningful to us in the present day. |
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aimed to reconcile AMERICAN UNIVERSITY architect artist Asplund assemble things assembly Asturias barns Barragán bb bb beauty Berlin Cahiers Series CENTER FOR WRITERS Central Park Chagall chapel construction Corbusier Corbusier's cubit designed drawing durability edifice façade feel Fernando Pessoa firmitas forms French garden Gare de l'Est gestures Giacometti Gunn houses human body images implies interior Kahn Kimbell Kurt Schwitters lacking in grace landscape Le Corbusier light linked listen lives Matisse Merz Metonymy metric system modulor museum narthex Observatories offer old measures organised painted PARIS SYLPH EDITIONS perception Philharmonie pillars planted clearing primitive projects provisional public buildings Railway tracks reality retains river rodents Scharoun's sensations serve Siza Siza's skyscrapers solid sort space stone street surrounded thick of things thinking three terms topos TRANSLATORS THE AMERICAN trees UNIVERSITY OF PARIS Utilitas utopian venustas vernacular architecture Vincen Cornu Vitruvius Vitruvius's walls window wooden structure WRITERS & TRANSLATORS Xxxx