TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reiter,Wellington
TI  - Vessels and fields
SN  - 1568981872
AV  - NA737.R446 A4 1999
U1  - 720.92 21
PY  - 1999///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Princeton Architectural Press
KW  - Reiter, Wellington,
KW  - Architecture and society
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Foreword --; Introduction --; Vessels --; Apparatus --; Clocks --; Islands --; Noah's Ark --; Fields --; Habitable Vessels --; Bridges --; Urban Instruments 1 --; Urban Instruments 2 --; Photo credits --; Acknowledgments
N2  - "Vessels and Fields is a collection of Wellington Reiter's experimental projects, presented through a series of powerful drawings that owe as much of a debt to Lebbeus Woods for their frenetic and intense energy as they do to Piranesi for their ability to use simple pen-and-ink linework to create unusually complex spaces. These fantastical projects-a mix of architecture, museum installations, and public art-often involve the reuse of obsolete military installations (abandoned missile silos, historic battlefields, and decommissioned aircraft carriers), which adds to the provocative nature of the work. Just a few of the more than 20 projects included in this collection are the excavation of a defunct missile silo to allow for public viewing; two giant cones serving as timepieces, one measuring the growth of a tree and the other the erosion of a boulder; and a bridge between two islands on either side of the International Date Line that eventually becomes a meeting point between two distinct political ideologies. An introduction by Patricia Phillips situates the work within an artistic as well as an architectural context."--Publisher description
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/98044893-b.html
ER  -