Places for Strangers

mae Architects is an ambitious design led practice delivering high quality architecture, landscape and urban design. Established in 2001 and based in London, they have designed award-winning projects, mainly in the UK but also for in Copenhagen and Oslo, receiving extensive publicity and recognition. Places for Strangers illustrates a set of negotiated principles and creative attitudes that encompass mae Architects project portfolio, establishing their design work as exciting and innovative. This volume is a contemporary examination of the creative process; it is part manifesto, part manual and comprises texts written for newspapers and architectural journals facilitate discussion by illustrating the socio-political, ethical and formal concerns that need to be considered in architectural production today. Several of the firms's projects are used to illustrate 'key' concepts and ideas that run as a continuous thread throughout.

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mae Architects is a London-based architectural firm, becoming increasingly significant in both landscape and urban design, established in 2001.

20 colour, 40 b/w illustrations

ISBN: 9783906027401
Author: MAE ARCHITECTS
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11/06/2014
RRP: $44.99
Pages: 208
Dimension: 250mm X 150mm
Imprint: Park Books