{"product_id":"officeus-manual-9783037784396","title":"Officeus Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eva Franch | Ana Miljački | Carlos Minguez Carrasco\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lars Muller Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - Contemporary (1945 -)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficeUS, the U.S. Pavilion for the 2014 International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, reframes the history of U.S. architecture through the lens of export in two interrelated constructs: The Office and The Repository . The Repository presents 1000 projects designed by 200 US offices working abroad in a chronological archive of the last 100 years. Collectively these projects tell multiple, imbricated stories of U.S. firms, typologies, and technologies, as well as a broader narrative of modernization and its global reach. The Office engages these projects, revisiting their premises and conclusions over the course of the Biennale. It functions as a laboratory staffed by a diverse group of resident design partners collaborating with outpost offices and a rotating cast of visiting experts. Together, these two halves of OfficeUS create both an historical record of the U.S. contribution to global architectural thought, and a petri dish in which that record is submitted to contemporary agents of disruption and critique\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lars Muller Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595623907479,"sku":"9783037784396","price":2613.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783037784396.webp?v=1774990500","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/officeus-manual-9783037784396","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}