What Else Could It Mean? - by Phillip Denny (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Through rare archival photos, drawings and essays, an in-depth look at over five decades of James Wines' groundbreaking work in art, architecture and environmental design with his practice SITE

This volume presents more than five decades of visionary work in art, design, environment and education by American James Wines (born 1932)--artist, architect and founder of SITE, a New York City-based architecture and environmental arts organization. Wines has designed more than 100 projects for private and municipal clients in 11 countries and has received prestigious honors, including the 1995 Chrysler Award for Design Innovation. Featuring rarely seen archival photography, drawings and essays, this richly illustrated book invites readers to explore Wines' and SITE's iconoclastic critiques and creative redefinitions of art, architecture and urbanism. More than a retrospective monograph, What Else Could It Mean? is a forward-thinking call to action to address the challenges of our time with wit and imagination.