Different Repetitions: Buildings & Projects / Medić & Puljiz
A monograph on recent works by Medić & Puljiz edited by dutch editorial 010 Publishers.
You can check our previous features about this practice:
- Cap Gemini Campus (Netherlands)
- Tianjin Urban Planning Museum (China)
- Villa Meindersma (Netherlands)
- Menzis office building (Netherlands)
More after the break.
The Croatian-Dutch architect duo of Branimir Medic and Pero Puljiz have a working method that could be described as cleverly linking and rearranging elements that just fall short of being identical. By these means they convincingly create new forms and surprising spaces. It is a method that yields buildings that are minimalist, and at the same time, dynamic. Indeed, their body of work can best be described as dynamic minimalist. Educated as architects at Zagreb University, the two continued their studies at the Berlage Institute in the Netherlands. After winning first and second prize in the Dutch Prix de Rome in the mid 1990s, the two decided not to establish their own office as was customary, but instead to become partners at de Architekten Cie. in Amsterdam. From one day to the next, they went from being fledgling architects to co-directors of a major architectural firm. Medic and Puljiz often follow a similarly individual path in their designs. Different Repetitions shows in words and images the versatility but most of all their cohesion, from the Acanthus office building in Amsterdam to the Cultural Centre in Tianjin, China.
Authors: Branimir Medić & Pero Puljiz
Publisher: 010 Publishers, Rotterdam
Essay by: Arthur Wortmann
Project Stories: Theo Deutinger
Language: Dutch and English
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 10.6 x 8 x 0.9 inches
ISBN: 978-9064507175
Index
TEXTS
The Generic and the Articulated
Transitions
Shortcuts
PROJECTS
Acanthus
Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
Villa Meindersma
City Hall Hardenberg
Victoria Palace
Europa
Westerdokseiland
Sungarden
Block 23
Mahler 4
New Amsterdam
CCAM
Menzis
ECB
Double-L
Oceanium
Dadong Art Center
Royal Danish Playhouse
TEDA-Waterfront
Max Tower
G-Star
Triple-U
Tianjin Cultural Centre
SUBSIDIARIES
Project data
Selected projects
Profiles
Acknowledgements
Credits
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