In conjunction with Bjarke Ingels / BIG’s widely praised exhibition at the National Building Museum, “HOT TO COLD. An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation,” the New-York- and Copenhagen-based firm is pleased to release an exhibition catalog of the same name. Like the built environment, climate change affects each and every one of us, and both the book and exhibition explore the complex dialectic between the two overlapping domains, distilling the theory, research, science, and, of course, design into a visually and conceptually compelling package. The 60 case studies collectively serve to encapsulate “Bjarke Ingels Group’s grand mission to find a pragmatic utopia, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the kind of world we wish to inhabit.”
Published by Taschen and designed by Sagmeister & Walsh, the 700-page softcover book is a worthy consolation prize for those of you who won’t make it to Washington, D.C., by August 30 — beyond a mere catalog, BIG HOT TO COLD. An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation is probably just a nice thing to have.
New Yorkers will have the opportunity to meet both the Danish wunderkind and and the Austrian graphic designer at the Taschen Store tomorrow night: On Thursday, March 12, the bookstore at 107 Greene St will host a discussion and book-signing with Bjarke Ingels and Stefan Sagmeister. Guests are required to RSVP to store-ny[at]taschen.com.
