Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime , argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. He identifies a “global style” of architecture—as practiced by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano—analogous to the international style of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies. More than any art, today’s global style conveys both the dreams and delusions of modernity. Foster demonstrates that a study of the “art-architecture complex” provides invaluable insight into broader social and economic trajectories in urgent need of analysis. From the Trade Paperback edition.
From his early work with Heiner Friedrich and Philippa de Menil, founders of the Dia Art Foundation, Richard Gluckman has established a strong connection with the art world. Over the past two decades, he has designed unique spaces for numerous galleries and museums, collaborating with prominent contemporary artists like Dan Flavin, Richard Serra, Jenny Holzer, and Walter de Maria. Gluckman's vision transcends art commissions, encompassing residential, commercial, and public projects. Influenced by minimalist and site-specific artists, his work exhibits a consistent restraint that emphasizes essential architectural elements: structure, scale, proportion, material, and light. This approach results in a powerful simplicity evident in a diverse range of global projects. The publication showcases thirty-eight buildings and projects through carefully composed photographs and detailed drawings. Highlights include designs for the Dia Center for the Arts in New York, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the renovation of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum Competition, the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, and the Museo Picasso in Malaga, Spain. Alongside rich illustrations and an introduction by Gluckman, the book features an insightful essay by esteemed critic Hal Foster.
