One of architecture s most distinguished voices, Isay Weinfeld is renowned for a body of work that exudes the power of classical modernism while being completely of its own moment. Based in Brazil, with an expansive international practice, he is loved for a refined yet biophilic minimalism that at once revels in a gorgeous aesthetics while it also celebrates nature. Here, design aspires to a sublime symbiosis where the natural world and that which is human-made serve as complements rather than contendors, giving us the very best of both. Above all, Weinfeld s buildings are easy to be in, inviting, and elegant and all without ostentatiousness. With work ranging from residential towers and houses to bars, hotels, restaurants, equestrian centers, and bookstores, to name only a few of the building types at which Weinfeld excels, he is most concerned with how people feel in his spaces, and designs with the ultimate goal that any given place be it a house interior, a courtyard garden, a restaurant, or simple hall between rooms be comfortable. Featured are projects spanning nearly four decades in Weinfeld s ongoing quest for beauty and his deeply felt devotion to modernist principles of architecture, including the wonderful Jardim Building in New York s Chelsea neighborhood, overlooking the High Line; the much-praised reinvention of the Four Seasons restaurant in the iconic Seagram Building; the evocative La Petite Afrique Building in Monte Carlo, with its deep plant studded balconies and organically curving corners; and the monolithic Fasano Hotel in Sao Paulo, among many others.

About the Author
Isay Weinfeld is a filmmaker, designer of interiors and furniture, and head architect at his eponymous firm, founded in 1973. Oscar Riera Ojeda is an editor and designer based in the United States, China, and Argentina. Born in 1966, in Buenos Aires, he moved to Boston in 1990. Since then he has designed, edited, and published over two hundred architecture, design, and photography books. His work has received many international awards, in-depth reviews, and citations. He is a regular contributor and consultant for several publications in the field. He is currently the director of the eponymous boutique publishing architecture house Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers. Aaron Betsky is a critic, curator, educator, lecturer and author of more than a dozen books. He is director of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech. Previously, he was dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and, after independence, president of the School of Architecture at Taliesin. James Moore McCown is a writer and marketing consultant based in Boston. At present he writes for architecture and design magazines including Metropolis, Architectural Record, Architect's Newspaper, New England Home, Art New England and other regional and national publications. James is the co-author of Rizzoli's The Home Office as well as Architecture in Detail: Colors and Architecture in Detail: Spaces. Fernando Guerra is an architectural photographer based in Lisbon, Portugal.


Book Information
ISBN 9780847842728
Author Isay Weinfeld
Format Hardback
Page Count 512
Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications