Good buildings require an understanding of the principles of structure,
light, space, and material, but great buildings require an understanding
of people. The most successful inspire through the interactions and
connections made within them. Gathering is the latest book from the
award-winning architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. This collection
of work exemplifies how architecture has the power to bring people
together by design, allowing them to engage with one another in new
ways, to generate ideas, share their passions, and build communities.
The fourteen projects included in this volume range greatly in size,
function, and aesthetic, from the High Meadow Dwellings at Fallingwater
to the Newport Beach Civic Center in southern California to Apple Stores
located around the world. Through full-color photographs as well as
conceptual sketches and diagrams, each case study gives insight into
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson's design process, and how the firm's approach
has helped transform clients' institutions, workplaces, retail
environments, research laboratories, and public spaces into
extraordinary places for people. An introductory essay and chapter text
by noted architectural writer Sam Lubell accompanies this volume.
