{"product_id":"15139-a-friendly-alien","title":"A Friendly Alien","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithin the scope of Graz 2003 - Kulturhauptstadt Europas (Graz 2003 - Cultural Capital of Europe) the city of Graz provided the possibility for the two London-based architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier to transform a visionary concept into built reality: the Kunsthaus Graz, a new and unique site for international exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. With this radical architecture project, Graz received a futuristic-looking building which satisfies to a high degree both the psychological and the functional demands of a visitor-oriented international art museum. The unusual biomorphic forms of the Friendly Alien make for a suspenseful dialog with the historic old town, especially with the century-old Graz landmark, the cubic clock-tower high up on castle hill. The documentation at hand presents the development of the Friendly Alien from a Utopian concept to a highly complex functional body. The extensive photographic material includes first-rate computer simulations and sheds light on the urban environment and its history, shows the unique architectural features of the building, and investigates with an \u0026quot;x-ray view\u0026quot; the complex network of static and technical utilities in the \u0026quot;skin\u0026quot;, the nerve center of the Friendly Alien. \u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49811838566664,"sku":"9783775713504","price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775713504_ab021b7c-a6b2-47cb-aa00-b231aa14b9c3.jpg?v=1744037631","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/15139-a-friendly-alien","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}