Paul Goldberger

In Up from Zero, Paul Goldberger, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, tells the inside story of the quest to rebuild one of the most important symbolic sites in the world, the sixteen acres where the towers of the former World Trade Center stood. A story of power, politics, architecture, community, and culture, Up from Zero takes us inside the controversial struggle to create and build one of the most challenging urban-design projects in history. What should replace the fallen towers? Who had the courage and vision to rise to the task of rebuilding? Who had the right, finally, to decide? The struggle began soon after September 11, 2001, as titanic egos took sides, made demands, and jockeyed for power. Lawyers, developers, grieving families, local residents, politicians, artists, and architects all had fierce needs, radically different ideas, strong emotions, and boundless determination. How could conflicting interests be resolved? After hundreds of hours of often rancorous meetings, the first sets of plans were finally revealed in the summer of 2002-and the results were staggeringly disappointing. Yet, as Goldberger shows, the rebuilding process recovered and began to flourish. Rather than degenerating into turf wars, it evolved in ways that no one could have predicted. From the decision to reintegrate the site into the dense fabric of lower Manhattan, to the choice of Daniel Libeskind as master planner, to the appointment of a memorial jury, the process has been marked by moments of bold vision, effective community activism, and personal instinct, punctuating the often contentious politics of public participation. Up from Zero takes in the full sweep of this tremendous effort. Goldberger presents a drama of creative minds at work, solving seemingly insurmountable clashes of taste, interests, and ideas. With unique access to the players and the process, and with a sophisticated understanding of architecture and its impact on people and on the social and cultural life of a city, Paul Goldberger here chronicles the courage, the sacrifices, and the burning passions at the heart of one of the greatest efforts of urban revitalization in modern times.

Descubra la última instalación de Christo y Jeanne-Claude: una espectacular escultura temporal de 20 metros de altura compuesta por más de 7.500 barriles multicolores, que coincidió con una gran exposicion en las Serpentine Galleries. Esta coleccion de fotografias, bocetos, modelos y diseños es la guia mas completa dedicada a las instalaciones...En 2018, el Hyde Park de Londres albergo la ultima instalacion de Christo y Jeanne-Claude: La mastaba (proyecto para Londres, Hyde Park, lago Serpentine). La escultura temporal se inspiro en las mastabas de las primeras civilizaciones urbanas de Mesopotamia. Eran construcciones de barro de base rectangular con dos muros verticales; otros dos, inclinados, y un techo plano. Con sus 20 metros de altura y sus 600 toneladas ancladas en el lago Serpentine, este proyecto acuatico empleo 7.506 barriles de petroleo pintados para crear un mosaico flotante de colores rojo, blanco, azul y malva.La instalacion de Londres ha sido precursora del que sera el mayor logro de Christo y Jeanne-Claude y su unico trabajo permanente a gran escala, cuya concepcion se remonta a 1977: La mastaba (proyecto para Abu Dabi, Emiratos Arabes Unidos), una escultura con tal forma hecha con 410.000 barriles de distintos colores y una altura de mas de 150 metros, superior a la de la gran piramide de Giza. Situada en el medio del desierto y pintada con colores deslumbrantes, no solo se convertiria en la escultura mas grande del mundo, sino tambien en uno de los proyectos artisticos mas impresionantes de la historia.Diseñado por Lorenza Giovanelli y el propio Christo, este libro reune dibujos, collages, datos tecnicos, modelos a escala, muchos publicados por primera vez, y fotografias de Wolfgang Volz para descubrir 60 años de historia de las estructura con barriles de Christo y Jeanne-Claude.

Disponible originalmente en una Edición de Coleccionista diseñada por el propio Christo, esta edición actualizada en tamaño XXL es la retrospectiva más exhaustiva de Christo y Jeanne-Claude hasta la fecha. Cientos de fotografias y dibujos repasan la inig