Vector Architects - by Gong Dong & Vector Architects (Hardcover)

Name: Vector Architects - by Gong Dong & Vector Architects (Hardcover)
Brand: Rizzoli International Publications
SKU: 91597444
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Gong Dong and Vector Architects are in the vanguard of a new generation of Chinese architects who are revealing extraordinary approaches to building and design that marry tradition with an ever-more-thrilling modernism.
About the Author: Gong Dong is the founder and principal of Vector Architects.
264 Pages
Architecture, Individual Architects & Firms

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Book Synopsis

Gong Dong and Vector Architects are in the vanguard of a new generation of Chinese architects who are revealing extraordinary approaches to building and design that marry tradition with an ever-more-thrilling modernism.

Gong Dong's architecture evocatively combines features of the modern with lessons learned from China's old culture of craftsmanship while giving utmost attention to the experiential qualities of design. Beyond great facility, the firm is celebrated for exploring the possibilities of sustainability and eco-sensitive construction.

Recently featured in the exhibition Reuse, Renew, Recycle: Recent Architecture from China at New York's MoMA, Dong's work was singled out for the Alila Yangshio Hotel. A readaptation of an old industrial site and former sugar factory near the Chinese city of Guilin, known for its dramatic landscape of precipitous limestone karst hills, the hotel embraces the extraordinary site, with pools that reflect the stunning surrounds, while also offering great comfort and ease to guests.

The book presents the firm's most breathtaking work, from its celebrated Seashore Chapel, which suggests a marriage of the cerebral power of Le Corbusier and the refined magic of Tadao Ando while making a serene and unique statement of its own, to the magical Captain's House, a renovation of a modernist dwelling set atop a cliff overlooking a fishing village and the sea. This elegantly illustrated and beautifully designed book is the first in English to comprehensively document this exceptionally high quality, quietly rich, and greatly rewarding architecture.

About the Author

Gong Dong is the founder and principal of Vector Architects. Vector Architects was founded in 2008. Botond Bognar, an architect and scholar, is professor and Edgar A. Tafel Endowed Chair in Architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Dimensions (Overall): 12.2 Inches (H) x 10.3 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)

Weight: 4.7 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Sub-Genre: Individual Architects & Firms

Genre: Architecture

Number of Pages: 264

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Theme: Monographs

Format: Hardcover

Author: Gong Dong & Vector Architects

Language: English

Street Date: October 1, 2024

TCIN: 91597444

UPC: 9780847835744

Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-6237

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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