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Book SynopsisIn this invaluable and thought-provoking book, Vladimir Belogolovsky reflects on nearly 20 years of conversations with leading creatives from around the world whose focus is on art, photography, architecture, design, critical theory, and more. His intimate dialogues are with prolific visionaries, the likes of Paul Andreu, Aaron Betsky, Tatiana Bilbao, Christo, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito, Glenn Murcutt, Renzo Piano, Moshe Safdie, Ric Scofido, Richard Serra, Frank Stella, Michael Sorkin, Stanley Tigerman, Bernard Tschumi, Lin Utzon, Massimo Vignelli, Madelon Vriesendorp, and so many others. He exposes the complexity of their thought processes, while comparing and contrasting them to one another to distill more than 101 ideas. His engaging narrative captures the stories behind every project and every personality while exploring many important questions, including what makes a building architecture? How would a Futurist solve problems vs those whose focus is on nostalgia? The selection of interviews gathers many answers and intentions, but inevitably, also many more questions.
Imagine Buildings Floating Like Clouds represents a diverse group of multitalented, creative people who work in disparate places culturally and climatically and came of age in very different times—from the revolutionary 1960s to our own time, when the future, for many, is being more feared than desired.
Trade Review"With responses from over 100 well-known figures, the publication offers readers a diverse range of opinions and ideas from past to present, and from some who are no longer with us." - Lynne Myers, DesignBoom
"...a fascinating survey of the design landscape." - Elle Decoration
"A fascinating compendium of interviews with an international roster of important creatives by Ukraine-born Vladimir Belogolovsky, an American architect and a curator and designer of architecture exhibition." - Interior Design magazine
Table of ContentsIntroduction In Conversation With... Raimund Abraham Vito Acconci David Adjaye Will Alsop Emilio Ambasz Refik Anadol Paul Andreu Alejandro Aravena Asymptote Iwan Baan Cecil Balmond Shigeru Ban Boris Bernaskoni Aaron Betsky Tatiana Bilbao Stefano Boeri Ricardo Bofill Mario Botta Daniel Buren Alberto Campo Baeza Douglas Cardinal James Carpenter Yung Ho Chang Christo Jean Louis Cohen Odile Decq Thomas Demand Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio Gong Dong Balkrishna Doshi Peter Eisenman Ensamble Studio Norman Foster Alex Fradkin Kenneth Frampton Yona Friedman Massimiliano Fuksas and Doriana Fuksas Jeanne Gang Laurian Ghinitoiu John Gollings Dan Graham Herb Greene Zaha Hadid Roland Halbe Steven Holl Zvi Hecker Sheila Hicks Bjarke Ingels Junya Ishigami Toyo Ito Helmut Jahn Bijoy Jain Charles Jencks Eddie Jones Totan Kuzembaev Kengo Kuma Nic Lehoux Daniel Libeskind LOT-EK Luftwerk Light Yansong Ma Fumihiko Maki H. Jeunger Mayer Thom Mayne Giancarlo Mazzanti Richard Meier Paulo Mendes da Rocha Rafael Moneo Toshiko Mori Glenn Murcutt Eric Owen Moss Neri&Hu Juhani Pallasmaa Richard Pare Cesar Pelli Renzo Piano Carme Pigem of RCR Arquitectes Christian de Portzamparc Antoine Predock Wolf Prix Mauricio Rocha Moshe Safdie Richard Schulman Richard Serra Alvaro Siza Michael Sorkin Eduardo Souto de Moura Frank Stella Sergei Tchoban Stanley Tigerman Bernard Tschumi Lin Utzon Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Massimo Vignelli Rafael Vinoly Nghia Vo Trong Madelon Vriesendorp Shu Wang John Wardle James Wines WOHA
