Verb Crisis examines architectural solutions to the extraordinary conditions of an increasingly dense and interdependent world.It presents innovative projects and research through original photos, essays, and exclusive interviews with key figures from architecture and urban planning to environmental, economic, and global affairs. Confronted by shifting densities and uncharted urban transformations, Crisis tackles the conflict between the physical limits of architectural design and the demands on the practice for an updated social relevance. Featuring: FOA, Teddy Cruz, Shigeru Ban, Elemental, Boris B.Jensen, Hilary Sample, John May, Jacobo García Germán, Markus Miessen, Interboro Partners, MVRDV, and Takuya Onishi.
Edited by:
Mario Ballesteros , Albert Ferré , Irene Hwang , Michael Kubo , Tomoko Sakamoto , Anna Tetas , Ramon Prat
Reviews:
¨An extremely varied collection of places, opinions, and architectural designs, yet with a great amount of depth, all focused on a difficult topic. It holds great promise for future issues of Verb that will (hopefully) tackle other difficult issues that require not only changing approaches to architecture but changing attitudes in the reader.¨ Archidose
¨ The Latest issue of Verb is refreshingly critically engaged... addressing some genuinely thoughtful and provocative work...If you ever wondered whether there were any architects left with a sense of critical or social engagement, or an interest in the wider political and economic realities of their practice, then Verb Crisis is worth a look.¨ ICON MAGAZINE
¨Verb Crisis steps beyond the reporting of the architectural current and packs the volume with writings underpinned with a real sense of urgency.¨ Death by Architecture
¨Coming from one of the most fashionable publishers in Europe, Crisis...doesn't disappoint, it is a fantastic source for reflection and inspiration. The editors invited first class urbanists, thinkers, researchers and architects...to illustrate the crisis issue." We Make Money Not Art
¨Collecting striking photographs with interviews and original essays, Actar's latest book/magazine hybrid, Verb: Crisis...addresses architectural and design responses to the problems of our modern age.¨ Core 77
Language / ISBN:
English [978-84-96540-97-2] Available Spanish [978-84-96954-01-4] Out of Print
Cover:
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Flexibound
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Page Number:
17 x 24 cm.
288
Published by:
ACTAR
Price:
International 32.00 € Spain/Portugal 29.00 € USA 39.95 $
Order this book online from RAS, Actar's own bookshop in Barcelona, Spain.
