Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio
Editorial Reviews Book Description Among the most talked-about names in contemporary architecture, the firm of Diller + Scofidio has for the last two decades redefined what architecture can be. Through site-specific, highly conceptual works such as the acclaimed redesign of the famed Brasserie restaurant in New York City's Seagram Building, to the "Blur" building, created for the Swiss Expo 2002 and composed entirely of mist, the firm has consistently challenged and expanded the role of architecture and design in our technology-oriented environment.
In this first-ever comprehensive survey of the work of this internationally recognized firm, published to accompany a traveling exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, 10 of Diller + Scofidio's most important site-specific pieces are examined, along with several of the artifacts they have created in order to examine issues of gender, surveillance, place, and travel. With essays by respected scholars and a contribution by contemporary artist Laurie Anderson, this fully illustrated volume offers a compelling look at the work of Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio. About the Author K. Michael Hays, Adjunct Curator of Architecture, Whitney Museum of American Art, is a leading architectural theorist and historian and Eliot Noyes Professor of Architecture Theory at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Aaron Betsky, Co-curator of the Whitney exhibition, is Director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam. Laurie Anderson is a musician and performance artist.
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