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Lebbeus Woods:Selected Bibliography

About:

Renowned for his drawing abilities, Lebbeus Woods is the co-Founder and Scientific Director of the Research Institute for Experimental Architecture in Europe (RIEAeuropa), an institute devoted to the advancement of experimental architectural thought and practice and a 1994 recipient of the Chrysler Innovation in Design Award. He sees architecture as an instrument of social transformation.

Books

BorderLine / Lebbeus Woods, Ekkehard Rehfeld, editors. Springer, 1998.NA680 .B566 1998

Woods, Lebbeus. Anarchitecture : architecture is a political act. Academy Editions ;
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992. NA2543.S6 W65 1992

_____________.  “Bridge of houses.”  In Pamphlet architecture 1-10. Princeton
Architectural Press, c1998.  Arch Reference NA2560 .P36 1998

_____________.Experimental architecture.Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004. On Order

_____________. Radical reconstruction .: Princeton Architectural Press,1997. On Reserve
On Reserve.

_____________.The storm and the fall.Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. On Reserve

Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
Articles(Selected from 1992-2004):


 “Beyond the line: understanding the third dimension in the work of a master draftsman [exhibition review.”Architectural record, vol.192, no.11, pp.87, Nov 2004

“Snowed under: in deepest Lapland, architecture and the elements interact with some intriguing (and unpredictable) effects [exhibition review].”Webb, Michael.Architectural review, vol.215, no.1285 p.29-30, pp.1285 p.29-30, Mar 2004.

“With flowing tubes of steel, Lebbeus Woods captures moments of flux in the space before collapse [exhibition review]”Giovannini, Joseph.Architectural record, vol.191, no.6, pp.71-[74], June 2003.

“Lebbeus Woods at Henry Urbach Architecture [exhibition review].”Levy, Ellen K.Oculus, vol.63, no.5, pp.5-6, Jan 2001.

“Lebbeus Woods: lower Manhattan.” Abitare 1999 May, n.384, p.166-[169].
          Note: Architect Woods meditates on Manhattan. (Avery Index Online)

“Wild city: [San Sperato, Reggio Calabria, Italy]” / Lebbeus Woods. Architectural design 1999
July-Aug., v.69, n.7-8, p.70-[73], ISSN 0003-8504.

“Walls” / Lebbeus Woods. Architectural design 1996 Jan.-Feb., v.66, n.1-2, p.[68]-[75.
            Note: Projects in Sarajevo and Havana, Cuba by the author which incorporate walls. (Avery Index Online)

“Kohn Pedersen Fox: DG Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1987-1993.” A + U: architecture
and urbanism 1994 May, n.5(284), p.6-73.
         Note:  Includes critical essay by Lebbeus Woods. (Avery Index Online)

“Raimund Abraham: Austrian Cultural Institute, New York, New York” / Lebbeus Woods.
A + U: architecture and urbanism 1994 Apr., n.4(283), p.18-27.

“Time, architecture, and identity” / Marisa Bartolucci. Metropolis 1994 Oct., v.14, n.3, p.45-[46],50-51.
            Note: Lebbeus Woods and Thom Mayne encourage the rebuilding of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. (Avery Index Online)

“War and architecture, Sarajevo.” / Lebbeus Woods.  A + U: architecture and urbanism 1994
Aug., n.8(287), p.[78]-107.

"The Great Utopia" -- Utopia Unbound / Lebbeus Woods. A + U: architecture and urbanism 1993
Feb., n.269, p.3-11.
            Note: Reviews the exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, which was designed by
               Zaha Hadid. (Avery Index Online)

Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.



Web Sites:

Lebbeus Woods biography. www.onoci.net/virilio/pages_uk/artistes/biographie.php?id=1&th=2

Brief bio & photo.


J. Connorton
February 2005