Michael Bell: Space Replaces Us--Essays and Projects on the City

by Michael Bell

Since 1988, New York-based architect Michael Bell has created a series of projects and essays that explore architectural and urban design for California, New York, and Texas -- the three most populous regions of the United States and, coincidentally, the three states in which he has lived and practiced. The first monograph on the architect, Michael Space Replaces Us; Essays and Projects on the City, includes both design work and writings. Bell has organized and designed two important installations, both of which include his " Michael Bell and Hans Hofmann," at the University Art Museum, Berkeley, and "16 Owning a House in the City," at DiverseWorks in Houston, which featured his seminal Glass House @ 2 Degrees. Other projects included are an urban renewal scheme for a huge site in Far Rockaway, New York, and a series of residential projects, including the Ghent House, a modernist glass house currently under construction in upstate New York. Complementing the design projects are three major "Having Heard The Topologies of Boxing," "Eyes in the RSE," and "New York City."

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004