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Herzog
& de Meuron: Natural History. Philip Ursprung,
editor.
One year after the architects Herzog
& de Meuron were awarded the 2001 Pritzker
Architecture Prize, the Canadian
Centre for Architecture mounted an exhaustive exhibition
of the firm's work, entitled "Archaeology of the Mind".
Also curated by Ursprung, the exhibition is documented in
this book with essays, interviews and images, fit into six
categorical chapters: Transformation and Alienation, Appropriation
and Modification, Stacking and Compression, Imprints and
Moulds, Interlocking Spaces, Beauty and Atmosphere. As these
titles (and the exhibition and book names) indicate, the
architect's design process takes precedence over completed
buildings in the publication, particularly through the archaeological
presentation of working models. In the end the reader gains
an understanding of their unique practice and the duo's
artistic positions.
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