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Radical Reconstruction

Author: Lebbeus Woods
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Keywords: reconstruction, radical
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2001-03-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1568982860
ISBN-13: 9781568982861

Lebbeus Woods is widely regarded as the most exciting and original architectural visionary today. His body of theoretical work and extraordinary drawings have served as inspiration for architects, artists, and legions of students. Radical Reconstruction, now available in paperback for the first time, contains projects that address the relationships between architecture and war, political revolution/reaction, and natural disasters. These projects define new approaches to the reconstruction of buildings and urban fabric damaged by unpredictable and largely uncontrollable forces of both human

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Pamphlet Architecture 15: War and Architecture

Author: Lebbeus Woods
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Keywords: architecture, war, pamphlet
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1568980116
ISBN-13: 9781568980119

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The Storm and the Fall

Authors:Anthony Vidler, Lebbeus Woods, Paul Virilio,
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pre
Keywords: storm
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-02-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1568984219
ISBN-13: 9781568984216

By any measure, Lebbeus Woods is one of the most original architects working today. His body of theoretical work focuses on buildings of crisis, whether marred by major earthquakes, suffering the effects of economic embargo, or damaged by war. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, his designs have taken on new meaning and significance. In The Storm and the Fall, Woods brings his visions to a new depth, moving them from feverishly rendered drawings to three-dimensional space. The book focuses on two recent Woods installations - one at the Houghton Gallery at New York’s Cooper U

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Lebbeus Woods: System Wien

Authors:Manuel DeLanda, Anthony Vidler, Peter Noever, Lebbeus
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers
Keywords: wien, system, woods, lebbeus
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2006-02-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 3775716645
ISBN-13: 9783775716642

Description: ìSystem Wien is an experimental sketch of Viennaís first District, and shows how it might find a way to change, even radically...î New York architect Lebbeus Woods, founder of the Research Institute for Experimental Architecture (RIEA), is deeply involved in architectural theory and experimental work. Rather than approach individual building plans, he develops visionary projects that embrace science, philosophy, and art. His design process, a complex intellectual model also inspired by science-fiction icons, has influenced generations of architects. Woods sets his hypothetical