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Architect Andrew Frontini converts the architectural monograph into a story telling vehicle to candidly reveal the inner workings of the architect’s creative process as it intersects with the constantly evolving needs of our society….
Size: 7.25” x 9.75” Square ISBN: 978-1-961856-41-7 Binding: Hardbound Pages: 448pp Publication Date: Spring 2025
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The narratives Frontini has written are confessional in nature and didactic in their cumulative effect, exposing for our benefit the often messy, occasionally infuriating, and fundamentally optimistic nature of the creative process.
—Ned Cramer, Architect Magazine
November 2022
8.5" x 11" portrait
Architect Andrew Frontini converts the architectural monograph into a story telling vehicle to candidly reveal the inner workings of the architect’s creative process as it intersects with the constantly evolving needs of our society. Eleven narrative insertions are bound into the body of the monograph providing a parallel reading experience -one that gets in behind the polished architectural photography and curated drawings to reveal the poignant, often absurd and occasionally painful lessons that accompanied the gestation of each project. Every building has a story to tell and, in sum, these stories map the road an architect’s career can take. Populated with cunning contractors, inspiring design legends (such as the late Cornelia Oberlander), intractable bureaucrats, obstinate senior partners, mentors, students, rivals and collaborators of every stripe, Frontini’s road navigates technological revolutions, precipitous economies and societal threats that challenge the very notion of what architecture needs to be. With candor, humor and a design philosophy that is fundamentally open to suggestion, Frontini converts his personal experience into a set of universal reflections that are sure to inform, inspire and console architects (and the architecturally curious) at any stage in their journey.
Andrew Frontini is an award-winning architect who, over thirty years, has built a highly collaborative studio culture and a singular vision of public architecture imbued with poetry, humor and theatre. Andrew serves as the design director of Perkins&Will’s Toronto and Ottawa studios.
Introduction by Ian Chodikoff
Editor, Ned Cramer
Design, In-fo.co
Left to my own devices, I’d title this book The Naked Architect. Most design monographs are essentially photo albums of buildings in a triumphant state of completion, and this one doesn’t disappoint in that regard. The projects on view are smart and attractive. But the architect in question, Andrew Frontini, took things much further: He bared his professional soul. The narratives Frontini has written are confessional in nature and didactic in their cumulative effect, e xposing for our benefit the often messy, occasionally infuriating, and fundamentally optimistic nature of the creative process. —Ned Cramer – founding editor, Architect Magazine Andrew Frontini’s journey from student to an award-winning architect at a global practice reflects a career within a profession that has undergone dramatic change: increasingly complex client groups, sophisticated forms of public engagement and a broader agenda recognizing diversity and inclusion. He emerged from the, at times, stubborn legacies of a previous generation of practitioners into an architect with a unique approach to design, collaboration, and mentorship. Filled with candid anecdotes, this book reveals how Frontini’s commitment to lifelong learning and fostering solid relationships has shaped his practice and inspired a new generation of architects. —Ian Chodikoff – Editor in chief Canadian Architect (2003 -2012)
Left to my own devices, I’d title this book The Naked Architect. Most design monographs are essentially photo albums of buildings in a triumphant state of completion, and this one doesn’t disappoint in that regard. The projects on view are smart and attractive. But the architect in question, Andrew Frontini, took things much further: He bared his professional soul. The narratives Frontini has written are confessional in nature and didactic in their cumulative effect, e xposing for our benefit the often messy, occasionally infuriating, and fundamentally optimistic nature of the creative process.
—Ned Cramer – founding editor, Architect Magazine
Andrew Frontini’s journey from student to an award-winning architect at a global practice reflects a career within a profession that has undergone dramatic change: increasingly complex client groups, sophisticated forms of public engagement and a broader agenda recognizing diversity and inclusion. He emerged from the, at times, stubborn legacies of a previous generation of practitioners into an architect with a unique approach to design, collaboration, and mentorship. Filled with candid anecdotes, this book reveals how Frontini’s commitment to lifelong learning and fostering solid relationships has shaped his practice and inspired a new generation of architects.
—Ian Chodikoff – Editor in chief Canadian Architect (2003 -2012)
Size: 7.25” x 9.75” Square ISBN: 978-1-961856-41-7 Binding: Hardbound Pages: 448pp Publication Date: Spring 2025 World Rights: Available
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