DOMUS VOL.8 - 1975–1979

Volume VIII — 1975-1979 For more than eight decades, domus has been the world's most influentialarchitecture and design journal. Founded in 1928 by the great Milanesearchitect Gio Ponti, it has consistently highlighted the characteristicstyles of each age, from Art Deco, Modernism, Functionalism, to Pop,Postmodernism and Late Modern. Beautifully designed and documented, domuspresents the most exciting projects from around the world. Each volume of TASCHEN's domus reprint collection reproduces a selectionof the magazine's original pages, packed with articles tracing the historyof modern design and architecture. Available as 12 separate volumescovering 1928-1999, this series is a major publishing event and amust-have item for design and architecture institutions and practices,architects, designers, students, and anyone who loves design. 1975-1979: First signs of ecological awareness The mid-'70s saw a global energy crisis resulting from oil shortages. Asa result, architecture and design moved to embrace alternative resources,ecological building methods, and recyclable materials. Featured arepostmodern buildings by Richard Meier, the modernistic structures byFoster Associates, the Centre Georges Pompidou by Renzo Piano and RichardRogers, and the work of the Japanese architects Arata Isozaki and KishoKurakawa. Also included are designs for transport systems, officemachines, and electrical appliances.