For the last twenty years Studio Gang, led by Jeanne Gang, has created buildings that, while spectacular, also deal with the most urgent problems of our time inequality, climate change, and the challenges of urbanism. The studio s award-winning body of work spans multiple scales and typologies worldwide. This book showcases 25 exceptional projects including the Aqua Tower and O Hare International Airport in Chicago and Solar Carve Tower in New York City that collectively demonstrate Studio Gang s bold, collaborative, research-based design approach.

 

Details

ISBN: 9781838660543
Audience: General
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 22 May 2020
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 29(H) x 21.4(L) x 3(W)

 

Reviews

"The work on display in these pages strikes a perfect balance between pragmatism and humanity." -Architectural Digest

"Studio Gang: Architecture captures 25 of the firm's most dazzling works-both built and unbuilt." -Galerie Online

"Each section [in Studio Gang] is headed by an earnest rumination, which addresses not only how the firm makes architecture, but also what Gang believes architecture should be." -Azure

"Each section [in Studio Gang] is headed by an earnest rumination, which addresses not only how the firm makes architecture, but also what Gang believes architecture should be."-Metropolis

 

Author Biography

Studio Gang was founded in Chicago in 1997 by Jeanne Gang. A MacArthur Fellow and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Gang is the author of three books on architecture and is a Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, her alma mater