Civic builders Builders Series

This book contains international coverage of government buildings and city halls. Commencing with an introduction on the history of civic buildings, this volume goes on to showcase 30 contemporary case studies by world renown architects, including Foster and Partners, Richard Meir and Helmut Jahn. Each project is fully illustrated by the incorporation of texts, plans and photos of civic buildings. This book stands alone in its study of contemporary civic buildings and provides vital information and inspiration for architects and engineers involved in this building type. The first book to focus entirely on contemporary civic buildings. Features works by a wide selection of architects, from the world renowned to the little known. Each project is covered comprehensively with text, plans drawings and photographs. Invaluable source of information and inspiration for architects and engineers involved in the design of civic buildings.

CURTIS W. FENTRESS, FAIA, RIBA: INTRODUCTION
CIVIC EXUBERANCE.

ROBERT CAMPBELL, FAIA: BARBARIANS STRIP THE PALACE.

DONLYN LYNDON, FAIA: MAKING CIVIC PLACES THREE TALES FROM CALIFORNIA.

JOHN MORRIS DIXON, FAIA: FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.

CHARLES JENCKS: OPEN GOVERNMENT IN A CYNICAL AGE.

COLEMAN COKER: CIVIC FUTURE.

ALVAR AALTO: SÄ,YNÄ,TSALO TOWN HALL AND LIBRARY, Säynätsalo, Finland.

VILJO REVELL: TORONTO CITY HALL, Toronto, Canada.

KALLMANN MCKINNELL & KNOWLES: BOSTON CITY HALL, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

I.M PEI & PARTNERS: DALLAS CITY HALL, Dallas, Texas, USA.

RAFAEL MONEO: LOGROÑ,O TOWN HALL, Logroño, Spain.

MICHAEL GRAVES & ASSOCIATES: PORTLAND PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING, Portland, Oregon, USA.

MURPHY/JAHN: JAMES R. THOMPSON CENTER, Chicago, Illinois.

JONES & KIRKLAND: MISSISSAUGA CITY HALL, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

MITCHELL/GIURGOLA & THORP ARCHITECTS (MGT): PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra, Australia.

DIAMOND AND SCHMITT ARCHITECTS INCORPORATED: NEWCASTLE TOWN HALL, Newcastle, Ontario, Canada.

CHARLES MOORE/URBAN INNOVATIONS GROUP: BEVERLY HILLS CIVIC CENTER EXPANSION, Beverly Hills, California, USA.

ARTHUR ERICKSON ARCHITECTS: FRESNO CITY HALL, Fresno, California, USA.

KENZO TANGE: TOKYO CITY HALL, Tokyo, Japan.

MICHAEL GRAVES & ASSOCIATES: ONJUKU TOWN HALL, Onjuku, Japan.

DIAMOND AND SCHMITT ARCHITECTS INCORPORATED: JERUSALEM CITY HALL, Jerusalem, Israel.

ADRIEN FAINSILBER: LA FLÊCHE TOWN HALL, La Flêche, France.

MOSHE SAFDIE: OTTAWA CITY HALL, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

ALSOP ARCHITECTS: LES BOUCHES DU RHÔ,NE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING, Marseille, France.

ARCHITEKTURBÜ,RO BOLLES+WILSON + PARTNER: WLV GMBH OFFICE BUILDING, Münster, Germany.

FENTRESS BRADBURN: CLARK COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

RICHARD MEIER: HAGUE CITY HALL AND LIBRARY, The Hague, Netherlands.

CHARLES CORREA: VIDHAN BHAVAN, STATE ASSEMBLY, Bhopal, India.

LOG ID: BGW (HEALTH SERVICES AND WELFARE CARE) OFFICE BUILDING, Dresden, Germany.

LUSCHER & PARTNERS BAC MORGES: CANTON OF VAUD ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, Morges, Switzerland.

FENTRESS BRADBURN: CITY OF OAKLAND ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, Oakland, California, USA.

KOHN PEDERSEN FOX: PROVINCIEHUIS, The Hague, Netherlands.

RAFAEL MONEO: MURCIA TOWN HALL EXTENSION, Murcia, Spain.

PAREDES PEDROSA: VALDEMAQUEDA TOWN HALL, Valdemaqueda, Spain.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO PARIS: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, Strasbourg, France.

FOSTER AND PARTNERS: THE NEW GERMAN PARLIAMENT/REICHSTAG, Berlin, Germany.

VENTURI, SCOTT BROWN AND ASSOCIATES: LA HAUTE GARONNE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING, Toulouse, France.

SADAR VUGA ARHITEKTI: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF SLOVENIA, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

AXEL SCHULTES AND CHARLOTTE FRANK: BERLIN CHANCELLERY, Berlin, Germany.

BASSETTI ARCHITECTS AND BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON: SEATTLE CIVIC CENTER, CITY HALL, Seattle, Washington, USA.

NBBJ: SEATTLE CIVIC CENTER, JUSTICE CENTER, Seattle, Washington, USA.

GUSTAFSON PARTNERS AND SWIFT & COMPANY: SEATTLE CIVIC CENTER, CIVIC PLAZA, Seattle, Washington, USA.

FENTRESS...

CURTIS W FENTRESS, FAIA, RIBA, established his architectural practice in Denver, Colorado, in 1980. Since that time, Fentress Bradburn Architects has won 16 national and international design competitions and over 150 design awards. A graduate of North Carolina State University's School of Design, Fentress began his career in New York working first for I M Pei and later at Kohn Pedersen Fox. He has led design teams on over 45 major civic and public works of architecture.

Contributors:

JOHN MORRIS DIXON, FAIA, is an architecture graduate of MIT and left the drafting room in 1960 for a career in architectural journalism. He was chief editor of Progressive Architecture magazine from 1972 to 1995, during a period when the magazine was influential internationally.

ROBERT CAMPBELL, FAIA, received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work as architecture critic of the Boston Globe. He is a contributing editor of the magazines Architectural Record and Preservation, and the author of a book, Cityscapes of Boston. He has been in private practice since 1975 as an architectural consultant to cultural institutions and cities. His photographs and poems have appeared in numerous publications. In 1997 he was architect-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome. He is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

DONLYN LYNDON, FAIA, is the Eva Li Professor of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and editor of Places, a journal of environmental design. He is author of The City Observed: Boston, and co-author of Chambers for a Memory Palace and The Place of Houses. His architectural and urban design practice has included the design with Moore Lyndon Turnbull Whitaker of Condominium One at the Sea Ranch, California (1965), which received the distinguished 25-year Award from the AIA. He has headed the Departments of Architecture at the University of Oregon, MIT an