{"product_id":"commonplaces-2008-2020-thinking-of-an-american-architecture-9781946226372","title":"Commonplaces 2008-2020: Thinking of an American Architecture","description":"As architects with decades of experience, we bring a commitment to creating shared communal places and we understand that a city - or a campus - is an ever-changing phenomenon. Our passion as architects has to do with how those places evolve and our goal is to contribute to a forward-looking vision of what they can become - of how they can be an appropriate addition to what is already there. Brian Healy is an architect who works within the modern American tradition. That is to say, he endeavors to engage the tradition of practice as exemplified by architects such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis I. Kahn. It takes considerable courage to engage the American tradition of practice today, in a time dominated by an obsessive emphasis on universal \"globalization,\" and the parallel loss of local place, culture and identity. Yet, as Paul Ricoeur stated over forty years ago, while universal civilization is available around the world, and is desired by everyone, anywhere, there is no culture that is not local, that does not belong to a particular place. In his work, Healy endeavors to seek the essence of his discipline, architecture, as defined by its place and time--an American architecture, born of the commonplace and the vernacular, yet at the same time engaging the great works of our modern predecessors. - Robert McCarter The opportunities are always based on research, outreach, experimentation, and collaboration between often seemingly divergent interests. But we believe in that collaborative process and we recognize that there will be many fingerprints on what is developed. We also make an honest acknowledgement to ourselves that things could be done differently - that a different proposition could always be made. - COMMONPLACES 2008-2020 is the second volume of drawings, models, and photography to explore the work of this nationally recognized Boston based firm - The work includes award winning installations, single and multi-family residential, and institutional projects along the coast of Massachusetts and California - The book explores over twenty projects across the country as they develop from planning exercises to full detailed built environments including exhibitions and urban design - Commentary is provided by internationally recognized architects and critics - including Robert McCarter and Marlon Blackwell - placing the work within a fluid context of contemporary architecture. - COMMONPLACES includes extensive documentation of major single-firm exhibitions in New York and Boston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946226372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Brian Healy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39893464121525,"sku":"9781946226372","price":80.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_abdea18c-a4b4-456c-9fee-efc9bb50fe89.jpg?v=1619539341","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/commonplaces-2008-2020-thinking-of-an-american-architecture-9781946226372","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}