{"product_id":"out-of-the-clouds-wolf-dprix-sketches-1967-2020-a-selection-of-1300-sketches-out-of-320-projects-9783035625325","title":"Out of the Clouds. Wolf Dprix: Sketches 1967-2020: A Selection of 1.300 Sketches Out of 320 Projects","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding from the drawing board \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitecture and freehand drawing are inextricably\u003cbr\u003e linked. Even in the Gothic period, the principle applied: what you \u003cbr\u003ecan't build, you at least draw. The same applies to the sketches of Wolf\u003cbr\u003e dPrix, co-founder and CEO of Coop Himmelb(l)au. Over the 53 years of \u003cbr\u003etheir creation, Prix's sketches formed the first stage of every design -\u003cbr\u003e despite rapid developments in digital architecture. Whereas his \u003cbr\u003efreehand drawings were proxies for completed projects in the 1960s and \u003cbr\u003e1970s, today they serve as strategic guides to the firm's complex \u003cbr\u003ebuildings. From 2,800 archival drawings, 1,300 examples were selected \u003cbr\u003efor publication to represent developmental dynamics in an archive-like \u003cbr\u003eformat. As invaluable documents of architectural history, they \u003cbr\u003eillustrate some 320 selected projects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783035625325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512","brand":"Prix Wolf D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253522862261,"sku":"9783035625325","price":67.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_22d66aa6-4d08-4ae0-bc18-de760e505102.jpg?v=1656387043","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/out-of-the-clouds-wolf-dprix-sketches-1967-2020-a-selection-of-1300-sketches-out-of-320-projects-9783035625325","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}