Diller, Elizabeth,

Blur : the making of nothing / [by Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio]. - 384 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Love, marriage, divorce: The story of Extasia, from formation to demise -- Vapor: The architecture -- Politics of culture: Expo: national vs. global identity of Switzerland -- White noise, white out: The design and engineering of the fog system -- Gravityless: The design and engineering of the structural system -- Not a building: The stages of documentation for bid and construction -- Unspectacle: The conception, design, and engineering of the media project -- Selling airwaves: The politics and economics of sponsorship -- Reluctant icon: The dissemination of Blur -- Mounting evidence: The documentation of the construction process.

The book, "traces the creation, from conception to realization, of a media pavilion for the Swiss Expo.02 whose primary materials are steel and fog."

0810921235 9780810921238

2001134050


Diller + Scofidio.
Blur Building (Expo.02, Switzerland)


Architecture and technology--History--Switzerland--Yverdon--21st century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--21st century.

NA737.D56 / A4 2002

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