Golconde - by Pankaj Vir Gupta & Christine Mueller & Cyrus Samii (Paperback)

Name: Golconde - by Pankaj Vir Gupta & Christine Mueller & Cyrus Samii (Paperback)
Brand: Actar
SKU: 1008295708
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Golconde is an astonishing architectural accomplishment.
Author(s): Pankaj Vir Gupta & Christine Mueller & Cyrus Samii
112 Pages
Architecture, Buildings

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Book Synopsis

Golconde is an astonishing architectural accomplishment. With technical finesse and extraordinary craft, it offers a living testament to the original modernist credo - architecture as the manifest union of technology, aesthetics, and social reform. Here exists an undiluted view of a wholly triumphant tropical Modernism, built during the tumultuous years of the second world war.

If ever there was a time when the notion of sanctuary, of a place in the world at a safe remove from its tribulations needed to be manifest, then this certainly is that year. Enforced isolations, mediated encounters, and filtered interfaces have become the norm. An unseen adversary has unmasked our frailty, weaponizing our own breath, making an enemy even of that essential human construct - shared space. The seeking of spatial solace has been a human preoccupation for much of our existence. Golconde is one such exemplar of calm. Created during another tumultuous time of human suffering - at the onset of the second World War - this building continues to offer succor to its residents, even from this latest upheaval.

Mira Nakashima, George Nakashima's daughter, contributes with a new 800 word introduction essay for this new edition.

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"Nakashima's involvement is one of many things I learned in the short but necessary book on an important work of modern architecture. "--John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture

Dimensions (Overall): 8.8 Inches (H) x 7.7 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)

Weight: .95 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 112

Genre: Architecture

Sub-Genre: Buildings

Publisher: Actar

Theme: Residential

Format: Paperback

Author: Pankaj Vir Gupta & Christine Mueller & Cyrus Samii

Language: English

Street Date: December 14, 2021

TCIN: 1008295708

UPC: 9781638409564

Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-1316

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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