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9781616891404 English 1616891408 Natural Architecture Now will showcase extraordinary spaces and exceptional structures created using natural materials and manual labour., Our 2007 hit Natural Architecture introduced artists and architects who transform the act of building into a fascinating new art form. Built from humble elements branches, twigs, straw, bamboo and fulfilling a wide variety of intentions sometimes structural, sometimes sculptural, sometimes sacred their fantastical creations resonate with an innate natural beauty. Natural Architecture Now features all-new site-specific installations by an international list of contributors. From an engineered oasis and climbing structure in Joshua Tree National Park to an intricate bamboo installation on top of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to a residential mud structure prototype created by Architecture for Humanity Tehran, each project points a way forward for architects to engineer a new organic simplicity of structure and form.", This book is a follow-up to our steady seller Natural Architecture. Presenting all new work by twenty artists not featured in the first volume as well as new projects by a selection of artists discussed in the first edition, Natural Architecture II will showcase extraordinary spaces and exceptional structures created using natural materials and manual labor. The works make direct reference to the world of nature in terms of their location, the materials used, and a minimum application of non-artisan techniques. These are beautiful structures that use the resources of place, the specific characteristics of the site, growth processes, and spontaneous and accidental phenomena to investigate our feelings about nature, while addressing ecology, landscape, and environment as belonging to art. The contributors represent different currents of contemporary art such as Land Art, environmental art, conceptual art, and architecture. Among the artists included are Marco Casagrande, Heather & Ivan Moriso, Arne Quinze, Daniel McCormick, Al Borde Arquitectos, Ueno Masao, Strudom van der Merwe, Willem Porky Hefer, Ants of the Prairie, Alfio Bonanno, Roberto Conte, Yolanda Gutierrez, Patkau Architects, Legendre-Peron, Studio Weave, Rai Studio, Mike + Doug Starn, Ball-Nogues Studio, Kadarik Tuur Architects, Rintala Eggertsson Architects + Paolo Mestriner + Massimiliano Spadoni + MASSIMILIANO SPADONI
9781616891404 English 1616891408 Natural Architecture Now will showcase extraordinary spaces and exceptional structures created using natural materials and manual labour., Our 2007 hit Natural Architecture introduced artists and architects who transform the act of building into a fascinating new art form. Built from humble elements branches, twigs, straw, bamboo and fulfilling a wide variety of intentions sometimes structural, sometimes sculptural, sometimes sacred their fantastical creations resonate with an innate natural beauty. Natural Architecture Now features all-new site-specific installations by an international list of contributors. From an engineered oasis and climbing structure in Joshua Tree National Park to an intricate bamboo installation on top of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to a residential mud structure prototype created by Architecture for Humanity Tehran, each project points a way forward for architects to engineer a new organic simplicity of structure and form.", This book is a follow-up to our steady seller Natural Architecture. Presenting all new work by twenty artists not featured in the first volume as well as new projects by a selection of artists discussed in the first edition, Natural Architecture II will showcase extraordinary spaces and exceptional structures created using natural materials and manual labor. The works make direct reference to the world of nature in terms of their location, the materials used, and a minimum application of non-artisan techniques. These are beautiful structures that use the resources of place, the specific characteristics of the site, growth processes, and spontaneous and accidental phenomena to investigate our feelings about nature, while addressing ecology, landscape, and environment as belonging to art. The contributors represent different currents of contemporary art such as Land Art, environmental art, conceptual art, and architecture. Among the artists included are Marco Casagrande, Heather & Ivan Moriso, Arne Quinze, Daniel McCormick, Al Borde Arquitectos, Ueno Masao, Strudom van der Merwe, Willem Porky Hefer, Ants of the Prairie, Alfio Bonanno, Roberto Conte, Yolanda Gutierrez, Patkau Architects, Legendre-Peron, Studio Weave, Rai Studio, Mike + Doug Starn, Ball-Nogues Studio, Kadarik Tuur Architects, Rintala Eggertsson Architects + Paolo Mestriner + Massimiliano Spadoni + MASSIMILIANO SPADONI