First Works: Emerging Architectural Experimentation of the 1960s & 1970s

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Last Laughs, and Plenty to Say: The Communicative Imperative of an Architect’s First Work Introduction by Brett Steele Portrait of the Architect as a Young Man Essay by Francisco González de Canales Robert Venturi North Penn Visiting Nurses’ Association Headquarters Commentary by Marina Lathouri Michael Webb Sin Centre Commentary by Kenneth Frampton Cedric Price London Zoo Aviary Commentary by Samantha Hardingham

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Alvaro Siza Leça Swimming Pools Commentary by Manuel Aires Mateus

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Aldo Rossi Locomotiva 2 Commentary by Pier Vittorio Aureli

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Team 4 The Retreat Commentary by Theodore Spyropoulos

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Paul Virilio & Claude Parent Church of Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay Commentary by François Roche Rafael Moneo Diestre Transformer Factory Commentary by Luis M Mansilla & Emilio Tuñón Andrea Branzi Structure for Leisure in Prato Commentary by Kazys Varnelis Renzo Piano Shell Structural System for the 14th Milan Triennale Commentary by Stefano Boeri Peter Eisenman House I Commentary by Robert E Somol

208 Bernard Tschumi Fireworks Commentary by Enrique Walker 220

Steven Holl Housing in Daga Dagatan Commentary by David Leatherbarrow

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Daniel Libeskind Micromegas Commentary by Jesse Reiser

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Zaha Hadid Taoiseach’s Residence Commentary by Patrik Schumacher

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Herzog & de Meuron Blue House Commentary by Oliver Domeisen

269 Bibliographies 160

Coop Himmelb(l)au Villa Rosa Prototype Commentary by Beatriz Colomina

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Contributors’ Biographies

280 Image Credits 172

Toyo Ito Aluminium House Commentary by Terunobu Fujimori

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Rem Koolhaas Exodus or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture Commentary by Alejandro Zaera-Polo

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Morphosis Sequoyah Educational Research Center Commentary by Sylvia Lavin


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