Free Spirit in Architecture Omnibus

by Andreas C. Papadakis, Geoffrey Broadbent, Maggie Toy (Editor)

This omnibus volume brings together an international selection of architects who are influencing the development of modern architecture today. They are all theoretically inclined, revolutionary and encourage experimentation and development in architecture, and their buildings offer unfamiliar shapes. But these are not mere dreams of hopes; all these architects are building extensively and influencing a whole generation of students as was made clear at this year's Venice Biennale where the work of the architectural schools reflected their influence. Architects featured include Raimund Abraham, Gunther Domenig, Peter Eisenman, Hiromi Fujii, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, John Hejduk, coop Himmelblau, Itsuko Hasesgawa, Philip Johnson, Daniel Libeskind, Morphosis, Hani Rashid, Bernard Tschumi, Lebbeus Woods and a host of younger architects now beginning to make their mark. The omnibus also includes work by artists such as Dilelr & Scofidio, Kaplan & Kruger and Michael Webb plus theoretical articles by philosophers who have chosen to address art and architectural themes including Jacques Derrida, Paul Virilio, Mark Wigley, Jeff Kipnis, Christopher Norris and other critics. This is the third book in the highly successful "Omnibus Volume" series following the "Deonstruction Omnibus" and the "New Classicism Omnibus".

1 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1992

About the author

Andreas Constantine Papadakis FLS (17 June 1938 – 10 June 2008) was a Greek Cypriot-born British academic, entrepreneur and leading figure in the field of architectural publishing. He opened the Academy Bookshop in Holland Street, Kensington in 1964 and moved into publishing as Academy Editions in 1968. From then until 1990, when he sold the company to VCH Germany (now part of John Wiley) he published more than a thousand titles mainly on art, architecture and the decorative arts.