This item is sold brand new. Usually dispatched within 1½ - 2 weeks Anne Tyng (born 1920) explores the potentials of geometry through her architectural and teaching practices. Since the 1950s, when she worked closely with Louis Kahn and independently pioneered space-frame construction, Tyng has applied natural and numeric systems to built forms on all scales, from urban plans to domestic spaces. She believes that geometry is a metaphor for thought and the creative process--as a spatial demonstration of how the mind generates associations through the combination of pattern and chance. This volume documents a new project by the visionary architect and theorist. Commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Tyng has created an installation-scale model that realizes the ambition of all of her work: to inhabit geometry. Exploring her life-long fascination with the Platonic solids, the book also features related models and documentation of past projects, including Tyng and Kahn's never-built design for City Tower in Philadelphia (1952-1956). | By: | Ingrid Schaffner (Editor), Ingrid Schaffner (Text writer), Claudia Gould (Text writer), William Whitaker (Text writer), Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss (Text writer), Anne Tyng (Illustrator) | | Pages: | 64 | | Publisher: | University Of Pennsylvania,Institute Of Contemporary Art | | Format: | Paperback | | Isbn: | 0-88454-121-5 | | Isbn13: | 978-0-88454-121-9 |
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