Stan Allen is an architect and educator who has won global acclaim,
primarily for his work in town planning and his influential 1996
essay Field Conditions. His new book Situated Objects shows a
unique facet of his creative process: a selection of small
buildings and projects on rural sites, most of them situated within
the landscape of the Hudson Valley, New York. They demonstrate an
approach to architecture that engages in a dialogue with this
partly wild and wholly non-urban environment that lies just outside
the gates of New York City. The projects are presented in drawings
and a rich array of images by celebrated photographer Scott
Benedict. They are arranged in three thematic categories:
Outbuildings, Material Histories, and New Natures, supplemented by
the architect's writings and essays contributed by Helen Thomas and
Jesus Vassallo. The first book on Stan Allen's buildings, Situated
Objects highlights Allen's personal engagement with American
material traditions, the conventions of architectural drawing, and
the challenge of building with nature.
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