Kay Fisker - Block Terrace Square

Beautifully illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings, this book documents and critically analyses three of Kay Fisker's seminal housing projects in Copehagen: Hornbaekhus (1923); Vestersohus (1935-39); and Dronningegarden (1943-58).

List of contents

Introduction: Kay Fisker and the Conditions of Life by Andrew Clancy & Colm Moore. 1: Kay Fisker’s Principles for Modern Housing by Martin Soberg Essay. 2: An Outline of Danish Social Housing History by Poul Sverrild. 3: Dronningegården and Kay Fisker’s Continuum by Job Floris. Building Studies: Hornbækhus - The Block; Vestersøhus - The Terrace; Dronningegården - The Square. Response 1: Between familiarity and Abstraction by Tony Fretton. Response 2: Two Tone by Job Floris. Response 3: Conversation and the Contingent by Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore. Coda: The Moral of Functionalism by Kay Fisker

About the author

Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore were both educated at University College Dublin and completed PhDs by Practice with RMIT. In 2008 they established Clancy Moore Architects which has been acknowledged in domestic and international awards, publications, lectures and exhibitions. Andrew Clancy has been Professor of Architecture at the Kingston School of Art London since 2016. Colm Moore is currently a senior lecturer at Queens University Belfast, where he co-ordinates the M.Arch programme.

Summary

Beautifully illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings, this book documents and critically analyses three of Kay Fisker's seminal housing projects in Copehagen: Hornbaekhus (1923); Vestersohus (1935-39); and Dronningegarden (1943-58).

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Clancy, Andrew Moore Clancy, Clancy Andrew, Moore, Colm Moore, Moore Colm
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781848224056
• ISBN: 978-1-84822-405-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 305 mm x 305 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Denmark, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Monographs, Residential buildings, domestic buildings, Copenhagen, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, Individual architects and architectural firms