Dirty Old River

Emerson, Tom/ Handelman, Sarah (EDT)

Park Books（2025/03発売）

Park Books（2025/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 168 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783038604044
• DDC分類 720

Full Description

Dirty Old River brings together 12 essays penned by British architect Tom Emerson over the past three decades. Written on very different occasions as contributions to books or articles in magazines, they explore a wide range of topics through the lens of architecture. The book's title is borrowed from the British rock band The Kinks' cult song 'Waterloo Sunset' to symbolise a journey through the interweaving of culture, imagination, and the built environment.

Naturally, the architect Emerson writes about architecture: how it is designed, drawn, and built. Yet he also turns his attention to other, wider fields, from the transformation of materials to the nuances of human creativity, the explosive early works of his celebrated fellow architect Frank O. Gehry, and the intimate craftsmanship behind the literary spaces of French writer Georges Perec.

Emerson's unique approach to writing is often inspired by sideways glances and disciplines beyond architecture. He offers a new perspective on how things are made, why they take shape the way they do, and what these processes reveal about humanity.

Contents

Framing Frank
12
The Monika Papers
34
Cutting Corners
54
Tolerance
60
Blue
66
Openings
68
From Lieux to Life
78
Dirty Old River
102
Gardens, Grids and Ghosts
120
Working at Home Like
Everyone Else
138
Juergen on a Plate
142
Tough Love
162