Title: An Unfinished Encyclopedia of Scale Figures without Architecture
Author/Editor: Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample & MOS
Publisher: MIT
Design Firm: Studio Lin
Creative Director: Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, Alex Lin
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Book Designer: Alex Lin, Paul Ruppert
Jacket Designer: Alex Lin
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Project Description:
More than 1,000 representations of the human figure in architectural drawings by architects ranging from Aalto to Zumthor, removed from their architectural context.

Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, and MOS present their rich findings on the human presence in architectural drawings not in any chronological or other linear order, but based on the convention of the encyclopedia, thus presenting (and perhaps deliberately condoning) surprise encounters made possible by the contingency created by alphabetical order.…. From the contemporary perspective of a pluralistic world, the form of the encyclopedia may be particularly apt to represent such a vast body of material as is presented here: defying any linear historical account or master narrative, it invites the reader to construct his or her own readings of the material by establishing relationships between individual drawings.—From the foreword by Martino Stierli

Juror Comments:
A wonderfully unconventional book of figures from architectural drawings arranged in an encyclopedia format by architect (complete with alphabet tabs). The restrained, subtle cover and simple bold typography for the indices and captions, create an ideal “stage” for the lively human parade. — Daphne Geismar