This two-volume set tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 15 years. The collection features new talents as well as established stars and showcases the use of brick across diverse buildings, from Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & De Meuron to Mass Design Group’s Maternity Waiting Village in Kasungu, Malawi.
Of all building materials in the world, brick is one of the most enduring and ubiquitous. Traces of brickmaking date back to 7500 BC and fired brick first made its appearance in about 3500 BC. Since then, the trusty brick has shown amazing resilience and remains one of the mainstays of contemporary architecture. Rooted in tradition in countries as different as China and the Netherlands, it is inexpensive, flexible in use, and can also be ecologically fabricated.
This comprehensive two-volume set tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 15 years, from Argentina to New Zealand. True to all TASCHEN architecture tomes, it includes new talents like Argentina’s Diego Arraigada and Vietnam’s Nguyen Hai Long as well as established starchitects such as Tadao Ando and Peter Zumthor. Featured buildings showcase the variety of brick applications across cultural, domestic, infrastructure, and leisure spaces, including Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & De Meuron, Tidy Architects’ Amorio Restaurant in Santiago, and Mass Design Group’s Maternity Waiting Village in Kasungu, Malawi.
Of all building materials in the world, brick is one of the most enduring and ubiquitous. Traces of brickmaking date back to 7500 BC and fired brick first made its appearance in about 3500 BC. Since then, the trusty brick has shown amazing resilience and remains one of the mainstays of contemporary architecture. Rooted in tradition in countries as different as China and the Netherlands, it is inexpensive, flexible in use, and can also be ecologically fabricated.
This comprehensive two-volume set tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 15 years, from Argentina to New Zealand. True to all TASCHEN architecture tomes, it includes new talents like Argentina’s Diego Arraigada and Vietnam’s Nguyen Hai Long as well as established starchitects such as Tadao Ando and Peter Zumthor. Featured buildings showcase the variety of brick applications across cultural, domestic, infrastructure, and leisure spaces, including Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & De Meuron, Tidy Architects’ Amorio Restaurant in Santiago, and Mass Design Group’s Maternity Waiting Village in Kasungu, Malawi.
The author:
Philip Jodidio는 하버드 대학에서 미술사와 경제학을 공부하고, 20년이 넘는 세월 동안 프랑스의 주요 미술잡지인 「코네상스 데 자르(Connaissance des Arts)」의 편집장을 지냈다. 그는 타셴의 "Architecutre Now" 시리즈를 비롯하여, 안도 타다오, 노먼 포스터, 리차드 마이어, 장 누벨, 자하 하디드 등의 모노그래프를 썼으며 건축을 주제로 글을 쓰는 세계적인 작가들 가운데 하나로 평가 받는다.
Philip Jodidio는 하버드 대학에서 미술사와 경제학을 공부하고, 20년이 넘는 세월 동안 프랑스의 주요 미술잡지인 「코네상스 데 자르(Connaissance des Arts)」의 편집장을 지냈다. 그는 타셴의 "Architecutre Now" 시리즈를 비롯하여, 안도 타다오, 노먼 포스터, 리차드 마이어, 장 누벨, 자하 하디드 등의 모노그래프를 썼으며 건축을 주제로 글을 쓰는 세계적인 작가들 가운데 하나로 평가 받는다.
