a+u Architecture and Urbanism 20.02_593

Please visit https://au-magazine.com for ordering from overseas. a+u is filled with beautiful color photographs showing buildings, designs, and plans by the world’s foremost architects. In addition, its articles reveal what architects today are doing about some of the many different problems facing mankind all over the globe. The pages of a+u are the place where you can participate in a dialogue with these architects and in that way acquire up-to-date, broad, and accurate information you need to enrich your own design work. All articles in English and Japanese.…

Please visit https://au-magazine.com for ordering from overseas. a+u is filled with beautiful color photographs showing buildings, designs, and plans by the world’s foremost architects. In addition, its articles reveal what architects today are doing about some of the many different problems facing mankind all over the globe. The pages of a+u are the place where you can participate in a dialogue with these architects and in that way acquire up-to-date, broad, and accurate information you need to enrich your own design work. All articles in English and Japanese.…

The February issue of a+u is our first monograph dedicated to the architectural practice of Toshiko Mori. Based in New York, the Japanese native founded Toshiko Mori Architect (TMA) in 1981. The introductory essay by Fred A. Bernstein, an architecture journalist, demonstrates her design approach and her keen eye for detail. Mori’s works are the result of an in-depth study of the site’s topography, vegetation, and landscape, as pointed out by Edward Eigen, a historian and scholar of European and Anglo-American landscapes in the long nineteenth century. Mori’s designs reflect a sensitive integration of design, materials, and technology with the site. In addition, Sean Kelly, one of Mori’s clients and an art gallery owner, speaks about the process of collaboration with Mori. 18 representative works after 2000, of which 9…

In her lower Manhattan office, Toshiko Mori is contemplating a house in Taghkanic, New York, that she designed in 2003 (pp. 16–27). The building sits deep in the woods between two promontories. On the uphill side, a “bar” containing bedrooms presses again exposed rock. On the downhill side, a second bar, containing the double-height living and dining rooms, is lifted up on piers, allowing the surface of the rock to flow beneath it, undisturbed. A deck beside the lower volume cantilevers over the cliff, offering treetop views across the Hudson River Valley. It seems appropriate to ask Mori if she would have done the house precisely the same way today. After all, styles in architecture change. What appeared on the pages of architecture magazines sixteen years ago isn’t what appears…

The February issue of a+u is our first monograph dedicated to the architectural practice of Toshiko Mori. Based in New York, the Japanese native founded Toshiko Mori Architect (TMA) in 1981. The introductory essay by Fred A. Bernstein, an architecture journalist, demonstrates her design approach and her keen eye for detail. Mori’s works are the result of an in-depth study of the site’s topography, vegetation, and landscape, as pointed out by Edward Eigen, a historian and scholar of European and Anglo-American landscapes in the long nineteenth century. Mori’s designs reflect a sensitive integration of design, materials, and technology with the site. In addition, Sean Kelly, one of Mori’s clients and an art gallery owner, speaks about the process of collaboration with Mori. 18 representative works after 2000, of which 9…

Taghkanic, New York, USA 2003–2008 Built on a 120-acre (50 ha) property of undisturbed forest, the House in Taghkanic is suspended between two large rock outcroppings, overlooking the Hudson River Valley. The house was conceived as perched upon these two rocks at the edge of the cliff, anchoring a bridge with an elevated walkway connecting the two promontories. The bridge is an integral part of the structure of the house, forming a horizontal datum with the public functions below and the private bedrooms above. The house connects paths found naturally on the site, hence, it can be seen as an extension of the existing topographical character of the site. The protracted approach to the house follows a mile-long (1.6 km) meandering path through a dense deciduous forest. The rugged, stony…