Rizzoli, Fachbücher, Mark Foster Gage (Englisch, Mark Foster Gage, 2018)

Gage, Yale theorist, architect, and pioneer of the digital avant-garde in architecture and design, presents here a phantasmagoria of ideas and built work in his first monograph. Architect to Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti, Mark Foster Gage has spent 20 years leading the digital architectural avant-garde, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in architecture and design and exploding expectations. This volume features built and unbuilt work from around the globe, from a penthouse in downtown Manhattan to retail stores in Hong Kong. The work shown goes beyond traditional architecture to the realm of fashion and fine art, and includes Gage&rsquo s celebrated Valentine&rsquo s Sculpture for Times Square, a 3-D-printed outfit for Lady Gaga, as well as designs for Google Glass, Solar Flowers, and robotic tulips. Mark Foster Gage, whose work Harper&rsquo s Bazaar has called &ldquo effortlessly chic&rdquo and who has been labeled a &ldquo boundary breaker,&rdquo is a visionary for today. Filled with surprises and creations of wonder, such as a tower for New York&rsquo s 57th Street with mouthlike balconies on giant wings or a retail space bedecked with a hundred-faceted mirror, Gage&rsquo s work at once challenges expectations of what architecture might be and, as well, frequently fills one with a sense of excitement. Gage&rsquo s work is further elucidated in the book by the critical musings of eminent architects and cultural touchstones Peter Eisenman and Robert A.M. Stern.