Not Interesting

On The Limits Of Criticism In Architecture

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‘Not Interesting’ proposes another set of terms and structures to talk about architecture, without requiring that it be interesting. This book explores a set of alternatives to the interesting and imagines how architecture…

SKU: 90703
Size: 7″ x 9″ Portrait
Pages: 230pp
Binding: Soft Bound
Publication Date: spring 2018
ISBN: 978-1-940743-53-0
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“This book explores (...) imagines how architecture might be positioned more broadly in the world using other terms: boring, confusing, and comforting.”

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Size

7" x 9" Portrait

Pages

230pp

Binding

Soft Bound

Publication date

spring 2018

ISBN

978-1-940743-53-0

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‘Not Interesting’ proposes another set of terms and structures to talk about architecture, without requiring that it be interesting. This book explores a set of alternatives to the interesting and imagines how architecture might be positioned more broadly in the world using other terms: boring, confusing, and comforting. Along with interesting, these three terms make up the four chapters of the book. Each chapter introduces its topic through an analysis of a different image, which serves to unpack the specific character of each term and its relationship to architecture. In addition to text, the book contains over 50 case studies using 100 drawings and images. These are presented in parallel to the text and show what architecture may look like through the lens of these other terms.

Authors

Andrew Atwood, is an assistant professor at UC Berkeley. His work centers on techniques of representation as historical and conceptual instruments and how they specifically relate to the production of architecture and architectural pedagogy. His machines, drawings, and other works have been exhibited widely. Atwood holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard GSD and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Richmond. In 2011, Atwood established First Office with Anna Neimark in downtown Los Angeles. Their work and writing show a commitment to expanding the role of architecture in the public realm and to bringing the community into a closer relationship with art and architecture. Built projects include a collaboration on the Pinterest Office Headquarters in San Francisco, a temporary Screening Room at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, a One-Room House in Los Angeles and studio for art in Charlottesville, VA. Collaborative texts have been published widely, including in architecture journals Log, Perspecta, Project, and Think Space Pamphlets. A selection of essays and projects have been compiled in Nine Essays by First Office, published by Graham Foundation’s Treatise: Why Write Alone. First Office has received numerous honors in competitions and has notably been awarded the Architectural League Prize.

Additional Info

SKU: 90703
Size: 7″ x 9″ Portrait
Pages: 230pp
Binding: Soft Bound
Publication Date: spring 2018
ISBN: 978-1-940743-53-0
Rights World: Available


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Not Interesting

“This book explores (...) imagines how architecture might be positioned more broadly in the world using other terms: boring, confusing, and comforting.”

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