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November 2009
Eric Owen Moss Construction Manual, 1988–2008By Eric Owen Moss
The nearly 1,600-page manual includes first sketches, models, preliminary drawings, fabrications, and construction photos from two decades in the work Eric Owen Moss Architects, the Culver City-based firm Moss founded in 1973. Twenty-one of the 40 featured projects have been built and several more are in the pipeline. Moss has built, taught, lectured and exhibited internationally; he has been director of Southern California Institute of Architecture since 2002.
August 2009
Pendulum PlaneOyler Wu Collaborative
Edited by Todd Gannon
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The latest release in the Forum Pamphlets Series documents the design, fabrication, and installation of Oyler Wu Collaborative’s Pendulum Plane, their bold, competition-winning intervention at the L.A. Forum’s new gallery in Hollywood. This intricate system of self balancing aluminum armatures performs both as reconfigurable vertical wall planes and as a hovering new ceiling that multiplies the spatial and curatorial possibilities of the space. Along with a rich presentation of drawings, models, and photographs that follow the work from its conception through completion, the book features an illuminating interview between Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu and noted Los Angeles architect Wes Jones, as well as commentaries by Todd Gannon and L.A. Forum president Mohamed Sharif.