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Selldorf Architects

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This comprehensive volume explores Selldorf Architects' diverse portfolio, including museums, residences, and public buildings across the US and internationally. The book features an extensive conversation with founding principal Annabelle Selldorf, an insightful essay by critic Ian Volner, and a full-colour portfolio by photographer Todd Eberle. Thirty key projects are examined in depth, with architectural plans and sketches illustrating the firm's thoughtful design approach.
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A comprehensive book on Selldorf Architects, with a detailed look at the museums, residences, and public buildings the firm has designed in the United States and abroad.

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A comprehensive book on Selldorf Architects, with a detailed look at the museums, residences, and public buildings the firm has designed in the United States and abroad.

Founding principal Annabelle Selldorf was born in Cologne, Germany and educated at the Pratt Institute and Syracuse University. The firm launched into international prominence with the opening of New York's Neue Galerie in 2001. Since then, Selldorf Architects has become known for galleries, cultural projects, as well as private homes. More recently, the firm has made its mark with Sims Municipal Recycling in Brooklyn in 2013. The design and construction won an Award for Excellence in Design from the Public Design Commission. In 2014, Selldorf Architects received the commission to build the expansion of the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego.

This book begins with an extensive conversation between Tom Eccles and Annabelle Selldorf, as well as an essay by architecture critic Ian Volner. A newly-shot, full-color portfolio by renowned photographer Todd Eberle is complemented by an in-depth look at the story behind 30 selected projects, including architectural plans and sketches.

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Praised as a "lushly illustrated volume" by the Los Angeles Times, the book highlights Selldorf as "an architect of vision and poise," according to Gentlewoman. Tomas Maier from Esquire describes it as "a beautiful illustration of what great essential architecture should look like."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780714871172

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 April 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 214.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 1459g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Annabelle Selldorf is the principal of Selldorf Architects, is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and serves on the Board of the Architectural League of New York and the Chinati Foundation.

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