Phylogenesis

by Foreign Office Architects

Through a series of competitions, speculative commissions, and built work, FOA's first monograph is structured to reflect the development of their specific attitude and as a compendium of the technical arsenal that they use to within their practice. With the spirit of scientific classification, the genesis of an architectural project is identified within a series of phylum, actualized and simultaneously virtualized, in their specific application to the unique conditions of a project's location. Phylogenesis also includes a collection of texts from several critics who investigate related topics that touch upon different aspects of FOA's discourse.

Genres: Architecture

656 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Filip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Would be pretty unfair to give this less than 5* considering everything I learned from this. The graphs and other "illustrations" - visuallisations, sections, floor plans et cetera are beautifully done. The only downgrade in my eyes are the essays and the fact that they are impossible to understand. But that shalt come with rereads, I suppose.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

great little book, nice diagrams

[Tegi Dimantano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the way diagrams were presented..

[Rubén · Rating 5 out of 5]

una muy buena referencia para entender la arquitectura contemporánea

[Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

The masters of diagrammatic architecture, for better or worse.

[Sarah]

This looks like an AWESOME generative analysis!