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Education of an architect : the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union / John Hejduk, Richard Henderson ; editors, Elizabeth Diller, Diane Lewis, Kim Shkapich

By: Hejduk, John [author]Contributor(s): Hejduk, John, 1929-2000 [author] | Henderson, Richard., Dean [author] | Diller, Elizabeth [author] | Lewis, Diane [author] | Shkapich, Kim [author] | Irwin S. Chanin School of ArchitectureMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Rizzoli, 1988. Description: 351 pages : illustration ; 32 cmISBN: 0847809692 ; 0847809706 Subject(s): Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture | Architecture -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New YorkOther classification: NA2000 JOH 1988 Summary: Profiling twelve years of architectural education from 1972-1985, Education of an Architect celebrates the work of the talented students and the spirited faculty of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union. It is divided into two parts covering chronologically the first four years of the design studio, and the thesis year which is organized by topic: Instruments, Orders and Projections, The City, The Institution, Outskirts, The House, Bridges, Topographies and Texts. This volume is a sequel to an earlier work of the same title, published in 1971 when The Cooper Union School of Architecture was invited by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, to exhibit student work produced between 1964 and 1971, the first such exhibition ever held at the Museum. That volume has since become a classic within architectural education, immensely influential upon architectural thought and practice in the last fifteen years. This new collection presents work influenced by art, literature, and medicine, and consequently details the scope of expanded thought that now permeates Architecture.
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Sequel to: "Education of an architect : a point of view" , published in 1971.

Includes index.

Profiling twelve years of architectural education from 1972-1985, Education of an Architect celebrates the work of the talented students and the spirited faculty of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union. It is divided into two parts covering chronologically the first four years of the design studio, and the thesis year which is organized by topic: Instruments, Orders and Projections, The City, The Institution, Outskirts, The House, Bridges, Topographies and Texts.
This volume is a sequel to an earlier work of the same title, published in 1971 when The Cooper Union School of Architecture was invited by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, to exhibit student work produced between 1964 and 1971, the first such exhibition ever held at the Museum. That volume has since become a classic within architectural education, immensely influential upon architectural thought and practice in the last fifteen years.
This new collection presents work influenced by art, literature, and medicine, and consequently details the scope of expanded thought that now permeates Architecture.

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