Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes : : Portraits of an Architect / / ed. by Frida Grahn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Blanc, Françoise,; Charitonidou, Marianna,; Costanzo, Denise,; Custer, Lee Ann,; Didelon, Valéry,; Grahn, Frida,; Herzog, Jacques,; Lamunière, Inès,; Lavin, Sylvia,; Leach, Andrew,; Lee, Craig,; Long, Christopher,; McLeod, Mary,; Middleton, Robin,; Moos, Stanislaus von,; Moses, Sarah,; Ockman, Joan,; Sample, Hilary,; Scott Brown, Denise,; Smith, Katherine,; Tenenbaum, Jeremy Eric,; Vaccaro, Carolina,; Vinegar, Aron,; Yellin, James,
• HerausgeberIn: Grahn, Frida,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Bauwelt Fundamente ; 176
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction: Portraits of an Architect --; Part I 1950s: Learning --; On the Outside Looking Around: “Mine is an African View of Las Vegas” --; Recollections I: Man Made Johannesburg --; Encountering Architectural History in 1950s London --; The Function of Functionalism for Denise Scott Brown --; Recollections II: The Mutual Experience—in Giuseppe Vaccaro’s Office in Rome --; Denise Scott Brown’s Nonjudgmental Perspective: Cross-Fertilization between Urban Sociology and Architecture --; Part II 1960s: Teaching --; Teaching “Determinants of Urban Form” at the University of Pennsylvania, 1960–1964 --; Recollections III: Learning from Denise Scott Brown and Paul Davidoff --; Positioning Denise Scott Brown: Los Angeles, 1965–1966 --; With Lots of Love: South Street, 1968–1972 --; Learning from Co-op City, or What Price Aesthetics? --; On Camp, Revolutionariness, and Architecture --; “Strange” Appearances: On Pop Art, Hamburgers, and Urbanists --; Part III 1970s –2020s: Designing --; Recollections IV: Denise and Bob on My Mind --; “Make Little Plans”: Scott Brown at the Fiftieth Anniversary of CIAM --; Exile and Redemption: Denise Scott Brown, Josef Frank, and the Meanings of Postmodernism --; Context I: Looking at the Real World. Interview with Jacques Herzog --; The Rule of Flux. Notes on Denise Scott Brown and Venice --; Context II: On Homelessness, Housing, and Hospices --; Evidently—On “Learning from Everything” --; Recollections V: Exploring Denise Scott Brown’s Methods --; Epilogue --; “So You’d Like To See The World?” --; Bibliography --; Contributors --; Image Credits
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783035626254; 9783110766820; 9783110992793; 9783110992816; 9783110993899; 9783110994810
• DOI: 10.1515/9783035626254
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Frida Grahn.

50 Jahre Learning from Las Vegas Von der Geschäftigkeit Johannesburgs bis zu den Neonlichtern von Las Vegas hat Denise Scott Browns Eintreten für „unordentliche Vitalität" („messy vitality") unsere Sicht auf die Stadtlandschaft verändert. Unkonventionell, eloquent und mit tiefgründigem gesellschaftspolitischem Engagement ist Scott Brown, für die Architektur und den Urbanismus, eine der einflussreichsten Denkerinnen unserer Zeit. Anlässlich des 50. Jubiläums von Learning from Las Vegas ist Denise Scott Brown. In Other Eyes ein Porträt aus der Perspektive führender Architekturhistoriker und Praktikerinnen. Es vermittelt neue Erkenntnisse zu ihrer Ausbildung auf drei Kontinenten, ihrem multidisziplinären Unterricht und ihrem Einbezug urbaner Kräfte im architektonischen Entwurf, den Scott Brown unter dem vieldeutigen Motto „1+1›2" darlegt. Alle Texte sind Originalbeiträge u.a. von Mary McLeod, Joan Ockman, Sylvia Lavin, Stanislaus von Moos, Jacques Herzog, Robin Middleton und Denise Scott Brown Porträt einer der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten der zeitgenössischen Architektur 50 years Learning from Las Vegas From the bustle of Johannesburg to the neon of Las Vegas, Denise Scott Brown’s advocacy for "messy vitality" has transformed the way we look at the urban landscape. Unconventional, eloquent, and with a profound sociopolitical message, Scott Brown is one of our era’s most influential thinkers on architecture and urbanism. The anthology Denise Scott Brown. In Other Eyes – marking the 50th anniversary of the seminal treatise Learning from Las Vegas – paints a portrait of Scott Brown as seen through the eyes of leading architectural historians and practitioners. It features new scholarship on her education on three continents, her multidisciplinary teaching, and her use of urban patterns and forces as tools for architectural design – a practice documented in a new comment by Scott Brown, noting that sometimes "1+1›2." With contributions by Mary McLeod, Joan Ockman, Sylvia Lavin, Stanislaus von Moos, Jacques Herzog, Robin Middleton, and Denise Scott Brown, among others A comprehensive portrait of one of contemporary architecture’s most significant personalities