{"product_id":"instrumental-form-boss-architecture-words-buildings-machines-9781568981154","title":"Instrumental Form: (Boss Architecture) Words  Buildings  Machines","description":"\u003cp\u003eWes Jones  the recipient of seven Progressive Architecture design awards  creates what he calls \"boss architecture\"an \"interventive upgrading process\"in which \"the expressiveness of the intervention is as important as its effectiveness.\"Jones is a San Francisco-based architect whose projects include the UCLA Chiller Plant and the Head Start Childcare Facility in Heightstown  New Jersey. After working for six years at Holt Hinshaw Pfau Jones  where he was design principal of such projects as the Astronauts Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center  he formed his own practice  Jones Partners Architecture  in 1993. In his use of industrial materials  Jones both engages and confronts technology  bridging the separation between architecture and nature and raising questions about our uses of technological advancements. As Herbert Muschamp writes  \"Jones is a cold-war child  and a recurring theme of his work...is the interplay of fascination and dread that technology generates in the nuclear age.\" Instrumental Form  the first monograph on Joness practice  investigates seventeen projects in detail through descriptions  photographs  and drawings  interspersed with engaging essays written by Jones himself. Also included is a chronology of Joness projects. A wealth of text and images are coupled with arresting graphic design and bold color throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924595400757,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568981155","price":805.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568981154_306bea9c-3021-4629-85cf-350420471c2e.jpg?v=1787678375","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/instrumental-form-boss-architecture-words-buildings-machines-9781568981154","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}