Cube /anglais - Hardcover

This cube-shaped book presents color images of some 50 variations of this geometric form produced by Morrow's students at the Rice School of Architecture in Houston, Texas in 2001 and 2004, and by students at the Universidad del Dise o, Costa Rica, at a 2001 workshop. Morrow introduces the concepts behind three design exercises, then lets the resul

A cube. It's one of nature's purest, most basic forms. We see cubes every day, usually made of elemental materials like sugar and ice. But what if the cube is something altogether more complicated? What happens when cubes are constructed of plywood and bamboo, foam and hay, chopped up telephone books and strands of chicken wire? "Cube" is a speculative investigation of this primal shape, a tactile exploration of the imagination in which unexpected materials create surprisingly beautiful and intriguing objects.
Imagine you're asked to create something interesting out of this simplest of forms using whatever materials you can find at hand. That's the design exercise architect David Morrow Guthrie gives his students each year at Rice University, and the results, over 50 of which are presented in this handy little block of a book, will inspire any designer who is looking for ideas and inspiration, whether from elemental forms or innovative ways of using materials. Simple and perfect, that's "Cube."