Research Catalog

Title

Herzog & de Meuron : transforming Park Avenue Armory New York / edited by Gerhard Mack.

Publication

• Basel : Birkh衵ser Verlag, [2014]
• Basel : Birkhäuser Verlag, [2014]
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

Mack, Gerhard

Description

344 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color); 34 cm

Summary

How to deal with historic buildings has long been a core issue of the international architectural discourse. Herzog & de Meuron began addressing the potential of existing structures very early on: the maintenance and alteration of buildings are among the key strategies of the architects. For the Park Avenue Armory in New York, Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new model for dealing with monuments. The historical building was opened in 1881 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a meeting place and training ground for the National Guard, and boasts a rich mixture of different styles. Herzog & de Meuron developed a multifaceted strategy for the transformation of the building, now used as a cultural center, that allows for a combination of restoration, transformation, and innovation. From the exposing of historic structures to the addition of new elements, the architecture gained new vibrancy from the considered entanglement of different aspects. In the current debate, this departure from the practice of historic preservation in the United States is, beyond its value as an actual example, a unique contribution that unfolds in close reference to material. It is exemplary and groundbreaking.

Alternative Title

• Transforming Park Avenue Armory New York
• Herzog and de Meuron

Subject

• Seventh Regiment Armory (New York, N.Y.)
• Herzog & de Meuron
• Park Avenue Armory
• Armories > Conservation and restoration > New York (State) > New York
• Armories > Remodeling for other use > New York (State) > New York
• Armories
• Restaurierung
• Umgestaltung
• New York (State) > New York

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-339).

Contents

Foreword: The Seventh Regiment ; Building transformations -- Introduction: Becoming a monument ; Historical significance -- User : The Amory and New York society ; Building and programming -- Actors: Preservation groups and architects ; Reveals and research -- Rooms: Pilot rooms ; First floor ; Second floor -- Conversations: Jacques Herzog on the strategic role of the Armory & de Meuron's approach to architecture, Basel, May 17, 2011 ; Rebecca Robertson on Park Avenue Amory, its military tradition and its cultural missions, New York, May 24, 2011 ; Jacques Herzog and Ascan Mergenthaler in conversation about the Park Avenue Armory in New York, Basel, May 19, 2011 ; Architect Charles Platt on the specifics of preservation of Park Avenue Armory, New York, June 27, 2011 ; R. Mark Adams on the importance of the woodwork for the design of Park Avenue Armory, New York, June 27, 2011.

ISBN

• 9783038215462
• 3038215465

LCCN

2015458113

OCLC

• ocn873832615
• 873832615
• SCSB-14615760

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries