Situated Objects

Building in and with nature: buildings by American architect Stan Allen in the Hudson Valley, north of New York

Stan Allen is an architect and Professor at Princeton University, and has won global acclaim, primarily for his work in town planning, and his influential essay Field Conditions, which was published in 1996. Situated Objects now shows a very different facet of his creative process: a selection of small buildings and projects within the landscape of the Hudson Valley, New York. They demonstrate an approach to architecture that engages in a dialogue with this partly wild, and wholly non-urban environment that lies just outside the gates of New York City.

The projects are presented in drawings and a rich array of photographs, and are arranged in three thematic categories: Compounds, Material Histories, and New Natures, supplemented by the architect's writings and essays by Helen Thomas and Jesús Vassallo. The numerous photos taken by celebrated architectural photographer Scott Benedict convey the special atmosphere of the Hudson Valley and the buildings that are embedded in it.

• Stan Allen ist als Lehrer, Theoretiker und bauender Architekt ein wichtiger Protagonist im aktuellen amerikanischen Architekturdiskurs
• Die erste Monografie über Stan Allens eigene Bauten
• Präsentiert Stan Allens persönliche Auseinandersetzung mit seinen Entwürfen und dem Thema naturnahes Bauen

• Reich illustriert mit neuen Aufnahmen des amerikanischen Architekturfotografen Scott Benedict

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  Stan Allen is an architect and educator. His practice, Stan Allen Architects, is located in New York's Hudson River Valley. He is currently the George Dutton '27 Professor of Architecture at Princeton University, where he served as Dean of the School of Architecture in 200212.