Princeton Architectural Press Points and lines: diagrams and projects for the city, paperback/stan allen

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Points + Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City is a book of New York architect Stan Allen's writings and projects that propose new architectural strategies for the contemporary city.

Organized in the form of a user's manual, it juxtaposes speculative texts outlining Allen's general principles with specific projects created by his office.

The book's title refers to this interplay of practice and theory, evoking not only the points of activity and the paths of movement found in a contemporary city but also the points of speculation and lines of argument in theoretical discourse.

Projects include the Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales; the Korean-American Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Museo del Prado, Madrid; and White Columns Gallery, New York.

Each project is accompanied by explanatory text as well as numerous drawings, models, photographs, and computer renderings.

Michael Hays contributes an introductory essay; R.

Somol writes the postscript.

About the Author Stan Allen worked for Richard Meier and Rafael Moneo before opening his own practice.

He teaches at Columbia University and is projects editor of the journal Assemblage.

His work has been published in Assemblage, A+U, Interiors, and Architectural.