Fundação Iberê Camargo—Álvaro Siza
Cosac Naify, São Paulo, Brazil, 2008
Description
This book is dedicated to the Fundação Iberê Camargo’s Museum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, designed by architect Álvaro Siza. The edition includes analytic texts about Siza’s work, a photographic essay by contemporary architecture photographers outlining the route taken by visitors through the museum, and technical drawings.
One of the building’s most striking characteristics is its white concrete, so the designers chose a light-gray Pantone that was printed in the background of the inside pages, thus highlighting the white of the images. The two-tone printing of the photographs, in black and gray, reproduces the gentleness with which light penetrates the building, emphasizing its volume, which stands out in the cropped images of details that border on abstract at the beginning of each essay. The texts are printed in gray instead of black, which collaborates with the gentle atmosphere and reinforces the emphasis on the photos. The cover image is a screen-printed detail from the façade.
Juror Notes
The subtle color palette, silver typography and black-and-silver duo-toned photos all make for a stylish package.
Credits
- Design firm
- Cosac Naify
- Designers
- Elaine Ramos, Maria Carolina Sampaio
- Photographers
- Fabio Del Re, Leonardo Finotti, Nelson Kon, Duccio Malagamba, et al.
- Production coordinator
- Letícia Mendes
- Authors
- José Luiz Canal, Kenneth Frampton, Jorge Figueira, Flávio Kiefer, Roberto Segre
- Editor
- Flávio Kiefer
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Cosac Naify
- Typefaces
- Gotham, Mercury
- Trim size
- 8.46 x 10.43
- Quantity printed
- 2,500 (Portuguese version); 500 (English version)
- Printer
- Ipsis
- Papers
- GardaPat 13 KIARA, 135 gsm, text
- Binder
- Hardcover