Alterstudio Architecture is one of the most important contemporary American architecture firms whose innovative practice focuses its attention on the relationship between the material facts of architecture and the social occasions it shelters and invites. The work is rooted in deep-seated virtues of architecture generous space making, shrewd manipulation of day lighting, and meticulous attention to detail. The heightening of direct human experience and the framing of the complex circumstances of their situations are at the core of each project. This book was published on the occasion of "Looking for Trouble" exhibition (2014) at the Miami University. Edited by Murali Paranandi, it includes critical essays by Wilfried Wang, O'Neil Ford Centennial Professor In Architecture, University of Texas, Austin; Carlos Jimenez, Professor of Architecture, Rice University; John Reynolds, Professor of Architecture, Miami University; and a foreword by John Weigand, Chair and Professor of Architecture, Miami University.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0990574903
ISBN13:9780990574903
Release Date:October 2014
Publisher:miami University , Department of Architecture and Interior Design
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