{"product_id":"messana-ororke-building-blocks-hardcover","title":"Messana O'Rorke: Building Blocks - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMayer Rus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on examples of their own instantly recognizable Minimalist-inflected designs, often evoking the work of Donald Judd, celebrated architects Messana O'Rorke demonstrate how to create a serene haven for modern living.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFounded in 1996 by Brian Messana and Toby O'Rorke in New York City, Messana O'Rorke is renowned for crafting spaces of sublime restraint and ethereal beauty. Their process utilizes a rigorously limited palette of materials orchestrated in an architectural language of distilled boxes, blocks, and containers that emphasize the qualities of space itself rather than the things that fill it. The apparent simplicity and serenity of Messana O'Rorke's designs belie the astonishing richness and variety of the experiences they nurture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe architects' projects span a wide spectrum of residential and commercial assignments in multiple geographies--city, country, mountain, desert, coastal. Yet even as they adapt their fundamental design vocabulary to address differences in program and context, Messana O'Rorke's signature remains unmistakable in the ways they carve space and light. Their designs simultaneously foster both contemplation and invigoration, repose and action. There is no straining for theatrical effect, no tortured architectural calisthenics, simply a search for order, clarity, and beauty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York-based architects \u003cb\u003eBrian Messana\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eToby O'Rorke\u003c\/b\u003e founded Messana O'Rorke in 1996. \u003cb\u003eMayer Rus \u003c\/b\u003eis the West Coast editor of \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 12.28 x 9.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765819900192,"sku":"9780847872473","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3076d1085b7f63e9b4456d2d6ebc2573.webp?v=1780280823","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/messana-ororke-building-blocks-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}