Greg Lynn Bücher

Greg Lynn is a distinguished teacher (Columbia University New York, and the University of California), writer, and practicing architect. This publication, occasioned by an exhibition of his work at the space "Encore...Bruxelles" collects a series of theoretical texts that have paralleled and influenced his design practice. Its focus on a limited set of issues involving the relationship between geometry and proportional models of the organism seeks to produce a diverse array of concepts.

This seminal book from Architectural Design was originally published in 1993, at a time of crucial change and on the eve of the digital revolution. It brought together a series of essays that many believe created the favourable environment in which computer-based design could thrive. Considered one of the most influential architecture publications of the 1990s, this book ranks as a classic and in itself is a crucial chapter of history, though one that has been out of print since 1999. This faithful reprinting includes a substantial new introductory essay by Mario Carpo, Head of the Study Centre at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, which examines the impact of the original texts and their ongoing significance. Thereafter, the book is true to its original content showcasing projects by ground-breaking architects such as Greg Lynn, Jeffrey Kipnis, Bahram Shirdel, Frank Gehry and Philip Johnson.

When published in 1999, Animate Form , the first book on the work of architect Greg Lynn, literally pushed back the boundaries of architectural form. It inspired an entire generation of designers to think of architectureas elastic, malleable, and mutable, bounded only by imagination. Using high-end computer animation software, Lynn opened an entire new paradigm of thinking about and discussing architectural form, and, in the process, introduced an entire new vocabulary—blobs, bodies, hypersurfaces, and polysurfaces—to describe the biomorphic shapes he and his followers create. A highly sought after title, we are delighted to bring Animate Form back into print as one of the books from our 30-year history that changed the world of architecture.

An hour north of Rotterdam, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos lead the 45-person UN Studio, founded in 1998. With a partner's declaration that "the box is dead," they have built a network of researchers and specialists focused on architecture, urban development, and infrastructure, aiming to create projects that integrate brief, construction, infrastructure, circulation, form, and space. Their Erasmus Bridge, a sinuous roadway suspended from a single pylon, has become a symbol of modern Rotterdam. The science center for Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh features a Euclidean grid of beams and columns, described by van Berkel as "a sock being pulled back on itself." Following the success of their three-volume publication Move, UN Studio seeks new perspectives with UNFOLd. This work includes documentation of recent projects and a critical examination of previously unpublished designs, such as the Arnhem station area, a generating station in Innsbruck, a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance laboratory in Utrecht, and the winning design for Ponte Parodi in Genoa. With a personal touch, UNFOLd immerses readers in the firm's design process through texts by Bos and innovative architectural photography.

An in-depth survey, manual and manifesto of breathtaking new techniques for designing and building by the leading pioneer of architecture and robotics.