Zaha Hadid: BMW Central Building Source Book in Architecture 7 (Source Books in Architecture)

by Todd Gannon

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Zaha Hadid's highly inventive and seemingly unbuildable designs have defied conventional ideas of architectural space and construction. The BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany, is no exception. It is the heart of the BMW factory complexthe dynamic focal point of the entire plant that visually, physically, and experientially sustains a sense of animation and motion. With an audacious and abstracted geometry of forms and lines, the BMW Central Building challenges the notion of building as show more static and is definitive evidence of architecture as art.Zaha Hadid: BMW Central Building, the seventh volume in the Source Books in Architecture series, provides a comprehensive look at this instant modern masterpiece. show less

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Todd Gannon
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Todd Gannon is a lecturer in architectural theory and design at the Knowlton School of Architecture. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Source Books in Architecture
8 works (7)

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Nonfiction, Art & Design
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725.4 — Arts & recreation Architecture Public structures Factories
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NA6474 .B39 — Fine Arts 2599.5-2599.9 Architectural criticism Architecture Special classes of buildings Classed by use Public buildings
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