Unprecedented Realism: The Architecture of Machado and Silvetti

by K. Michael Hays

For almost two decades the work of Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti has remained at the forefront of theoretical production. Their rigorously detailed and exquisitely drawn projects characterize an attitude of aesthetic realism towards materials, construction, function, and the cultural role of architecture. Yet the conditions they address, and the effects they produce, are unprecedented. Their projects synthesize seemingly incompatible images,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0910413606
• ISBN13: 9780910413602
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary