David Adjaye : a house for an art collector.

By: Adjaye, David, 1966-Contributor(s): Allison, Peter, 1944- | Lindemann, Adam, 1961-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Rizzoli, 2011Description: xii, 126 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 9780847835089; 0847835081Other title: House for an art collectorSubject(s): Adjaye, David, 1966- | Adjaye, David, 1966- -- Interviews | Lindemann, Adam, 1961- -- Homes and haunts | Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York | Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction | Architect-designed houses -- New York (State) -- New York | Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- New York | Interior architecture -- New York (State) -- New York | Interior decoration -- New York (State) -- New YorkDDC classification: 728/.37092 LOC classification: NA997.A53 | A74 2011Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
A house for an art collector / preface by Adam Lindemann -- A garland of systems : David Adjaye's house for an art collector / introductory essay by Peter Allison -- In conversation / Adam Lindemann and David Adjaye -- Spaces for art / Peter Allison and David Adjaye.
Summary: "[Adjaye's] conceptually-driven structures culminated in the house Seven, a recently completed townhouse in New York". Designed and built over five years for the contemporary art collector Adam Lindemann, 77E77 was conceived as a sophisticated response to the specific site and the culturally rich neighborhood. The result is a spatially complex series of interlocking spaces, providing suitable rooms for both the challenging art collection it houses and a young and growing family. With 77E77 Adjaye has made a fresh and successful contribution to the history of the modern home in New York: a house for our new generation"--Publisher's website.
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"[Adjaye's] conceptually-driven structures culminated in the house Seven, a recently completed townhouse in New York"--Jkt.

"Designed and built over five years for the contemporary art collector Adam Lindemann, 77E77 was conceived as a sophisticated response to the specific site and the culturally rich neighborhood. The result is a spatially complex series of interlocking spaces, providing suitable rooms for both the challenging art collection it houses and a young and growing family. With 77E77 Adjaye has made a fresh and successful contribution to the history of the modern home in New York: a house for our new generation"--Publisher's website.

A house for an art collector / preface by Adam Lindemann -- A garland of systems : David Adjaye's house for an art collector / introductory essay by Peter Allison -- In conversation / Adam Lindemann and David Adjaye -- Spaces for art / Peter Allison and David Adjaye.

"[Adjaye's] conceptually-driven structures culminated in the house Seven, a recently completed townhouse in New York". Designed and built over five years for the contemporary art collector Adam Lindemann, 77E77 was conceived as a sophisticated response to the specific site and the culturally rich neighborhood. The result is a spatially complex series of interlocking spaces, providing suitable rooms for both the challenging art collection it houses and a young and growing family. With 77E77 Adjaye has made a fresh and successful contribution to the history of the modern home in New York: a house for our new generation"--Publisher's website.

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