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No other building type captures the imagination like the
skyscraper. Here, Eric Hoeweler presents convincing evidence that
the future of tall buildings is as secure today as it was over one
hundred years ago. Described and accompanied by striking
full-colour photography are over fifty new constructions that
punctuate the skylines of the major cities around the world.
Incisive essays delve into cutting-edge skyscraper design and
building, as well as offering a brief history of the skyscraper,
the evolution of the `green' or sustainable skyscraper, their
symbolism and design, and the meteoric rise of the skyscraper in
Asia. A special section is devoted to the designs for Ground Zero,
including never-before-published drawings and plans. Far from being
a dying form, the skyscraper continues to exert a huge influence on
the international landscape, and a continued reinvention of the
form awaits us in the next decade.
Hoeweler + Yoon Architecture, founded in 2001 and based in Boston,
gained early praise for ephemeral and interactive public projects
and is recognised today for striking works that combine conceptual
speculation and technological sophistication. The firm's impressive
body of work has expanded the scope of design beyond traditional
disciplinary boundaries and has won them numerous national and
international awards. Verify in Field is Hoeweler + Yoon
Architecture's second book. Its title derives from a notational
convention on architectural drawings to indicate that the
information is subject to unknown conditions in the field. The book
highlights verification as an intergral part of the design process
and demonstrates it as a productive tool to test ideas and act on
the world. For both disciplinary and contractual reasons, the
instruments of design - drawings, models, and prototypes - operate
on the world at a distance. Techniques of prototyping, measurement,
feedback, negotiation, and intervention inform the diverse output
of the studio. Verify in Field features recent designs by Hoeweler
+ Yoon architecture, including such projects as the Memorial to
Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia; a floating outdoor
classroom in Philadelphia; the MIT Museum; and a pedestrian bridge
in Shanghai's Expo Park. The book also examines the discipline's
pressing questions, as they relate to verification, uncertainty,
and design agency, in a series of essays by Eric Hoeweler and J.
Meejin Yoon on topics that include means and methods, the public
realm, energy and environments, the construction detail, and social
media. These themes are echoed in conversations with collaborators,
historians, and theorists: Adam Greenfield, Nader Tehrani, Kate
Orff, Daniel Barber, and Ana Miljacki.
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