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C3 298: Skin and Beyond

C3 298: Skin and Beyond

C3 298: Skin and Beyond

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C3 298: Skin and Beyond

C3. 2009

Book ID: 83346

The particular importance of skin, or the surface of a building, and what it contains is highlighted in this issue of C3 through seven particular architectural projects, including NouvelÕs Danish Radio Concert House, the Music Theatre in Graz by UN Studio and Vicens+ Ramos ArchitectsÕ Parish Center in Rivas-Vaciamadrid. In addition, C3 also features four projects that engage in an architecture of the machine, including: OMAÕs Prada Transformer, dRMM ArchitectsÕ Sliding House and the Spacebuster by raumlaborberlin. Lastly, seven works by Carlos Castanheira, a Portuguese architect that makes particular use of natural materials, are reviewed. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, technical drawings, models and explanatory texts, each chapter is introduced by an explanatory essay.

184 pp., b&w and color illus. English/Korean Pap.