This project, we quickly discover, embodies all the questions Cobb asks throughout the book and his career: the value of architecture history, questions of place and context, and the ethics of architecture. The book opens with Cobb’s Harvard thesis from 1948, a waterfront development for his hometown, Boston. Now at 93, Words and Works reads more like a journal or memoir, attempting to untangle and reflect upon this multi-decade career, contextualizing the move from modernism to post-modernism, and continually wrestling with the role of architecture in society. For five years from 1980-1985, he returned to Harvard as chair of the architecture department. He went on to co-found I.M Pei & Associates (later renamed Pei Cobb Freed and Partners in 1989) and worked along side his more-famous partner since the 1955. For some background: Cobb graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1949, where he studied under Walter Gropius. I had never heard of Henry Cobb before picking up the book (I picked it up at the recommendation of Michael Bierut, on the year-end episode of The Observatory) but you know at least some of his work.
If you’re like me, Henry Cobb isn’t a name you know. Its small footprint - a compact 4.5x7.5”, beautifully designed by the Boston design studio OverUnder - immediately suggests a different kind of design book - an ‘un-monograph, as they call it - one that mixes both built and unbuilt work with interviews, lectures, essays, and texts from Cobb’s nearly seventy year career. This is a monograph that’s meant to be read just as much as it is to be looked at. This is not simply a glorified portfolio, an overly-heavy tome bursting with images. Cobb: Words And Works is the best design monograph I’ve ever read. The show is published exclusively by to Design Matters with Debbie Millman on iTunes, your favorite podcast app, or follow on SoundCloud. Design Matters is produced by Curtis Fox Productions. And if you like this podcast, please write a review on iTunes and link to the podcast on social media. Members get transcripts of every interview, invitations to live episodes, Q&A sessions with guests, and a brand new annual magazine. If you love this podcast, please consider contributing to our Debbie’s Drip Kickstarter community. And you couldn’t be happier, because you know you’re in motion.” For more information about Design Matters or to subscribe to the show newsletter, go to. Debbie talks with Christina about her long apprenticeship. Her lastest book is aptly named All About Cake. Christina Tosi is now a television personality, and an author. Now there are many Milk Bars in New York City, as well as bakeries in Los Angeles, Washington DC, Las Vegas, and Toronto. Shortly thereafter it spun off as a stand-alone bakery in the East Village. The cakes and pastries were divine and so began the journey to creating Milk Bar at Momofuku.
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