Translations: Architecture/Art

by Sigrid Miller Pollin

Overview

This book examines the architecture and artwork of Sigrid Miller Pollin. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a professor of architecture at the University of Massachusetts, Miller Pollin has created a rich body of work, from residential and academic buildings to furniture and artwork inspired by the natural world. Her design sense and deep understanding of space and color combine to present an oeuvre worthy of study. As a book about a practicing female architect who has successfully woven family, work, and art into a creative life, it offers inspiration, anecdotes and examples for women entering the professional world of architecture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940743370
Publisher:	ORO Editions
Publication date:	09/22/2020
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sigrid Miller Pollin is an American architect, artist, and educator. She holds a degree in Art History from Vassar College and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University. She is a professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Massachusetts and maintains an active art and architecture studio in south Amherst, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

10/05/2020

Miller Pollin, a principal of the Miller Pollin Architecture firm, shares a broad survey of her design work in this revealing monograph. Loading the work with illustrations, elevations, photographs, and drawings, Miller-Pollin also discusses her philosophy of “exploring that which is close to us in our landscapes and our local settings.” For example, after researching Massachusetts history, Miller Pollin designed a project for the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus that set buildings on narrow, gently sloping lots inspired by the area’s old tobacco farms. She illustrates how she often transforms vintage buildings by giving existing elements modern updates (“Though there was little left of the interior finishes, an antique birdcage elevator survived. Miller Pollin created an interior atrium space to feature it”); elsewhere, in the Opalinski House in Ware, Mass., she references Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier by creating varied ceiling heights. Her residential designs are informed by both the natural environment and the neighborhood around them, and are designed to be sustainable and colorful. Miller Pollin also discusses how she uses design competitions, student projects, and her own drawings and paintings as ways to uncover new ideas, questions, and innovations. Artists, architects, and designers of all levels will enjoy this thorough reflection on design and design theory. (Oct.)

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