Young Projects: Figure–Cast–Frame, a Monograph by Bryan Young
"Architect Bryan Young, principal of the Brooklyn-based studio Young Projects [is] nowadays very much a name to know." —ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST
New York, NY– Cutting-edge design firm Young Projects demonstrates a new approach to spatial experiences that embraces ambiguity at the intersections of form, type, and material. Young Projects: Figure–Cast–Frame is the first monograph to explore the groundbreaking discoveries and designs by this decade-old firm, founded and led by award-winning architect Bryan Young.
Young Projects: Figure–Cast–Frame introduces a selection of Young Projects’ most significant projects: five innovative houses completed between 2015 and 2020. Presented through a rich landscape of drawings, diagrams, renderings, mock-ups, prototypes, and photographs, each featured house serves as a chapter through which Young Projects’ broader body of work is explored across scales and contexts. Additional related projects and experiments in materials and techniques help give a broader view to the explorations that define the practice.
The through-line connecting all of the projects in the book is the studio’s interest in using ambiguity and anomaly to create novel and accessible spaces. Whether creating a home for a high-profile client, a luxury resort on the island of St. Kitts or a beach-front retreat in the Dominican Republic, Young Projects explores a variety of unique methods including hand pulling plaster with an irregular knife, using furniture foam as a casting bed, and forming concrete with palm stems. These experiments, among many others, mine characteristics that are not typically associated with conventional architectural materials and break traditional methodology, allowing for qualities of randomness and spontaneity to enter the process of making.
Heavily illustrated, Young Projects: Figure–Cast–Frame features 250 striking photographs of completed constructions and renderings of proposed structures that highlight the ingenuity of the firm. The many process images provide a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes work that occurs in the Young Projects office and demonstrates their precise yet unconventional approach to design. With a thoughtful foreword by designer and educator Nader Tehrani, the book also includes contributions from artist Dana Barnes; designer Paola Lenti; architect and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design instructor, Sean Canty; architect Jeannette Kuo; and architect and Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT, Hashim Sarkis.
Designed using the same intrigue that characterizes the work of Young Projects, Young Projects: Figure–Cast–Frame boasts an abstract colorful cover featuring a photograph of a tile-laden Dominican Republic retreat representing the allure and ambiguity of the firm’s work. This highly anticipated new monograph provides access to Young Projects' unique methodology, and will appeal to architects, designers, and anyone interested in cutting-edge practice, new methods, and fantastic forms.
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About the Author
Bryan Young received his Master of Architecture with distinction from Harvard University in 2003, where he was awarded the AIA Henry Adams Medal and the Thesis Prize for his spatial diagrams on Donkey Kong and Pac Man. He received his Bachelor of Arts with highest honors from UC Berkeley in 1997. Since 2009, Young has taught graduate-level architecture design studios and seminars at several universities including MIT School of Architecture + Planning, Columbia GSAPP, The Cooper Union, Parsons School of Design, and Syracuse University School of Architecture. Prior to establishing his studio, Young was a senior associate at Allied Works Architecture and previously worked for ARO, SOM, and Peter Pfau.
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About Monacelli
As a leading publisher of illustrated books for twenty-five years, Monacelli has challenged the conventions of publishing to produce provocative, inspiring, and essential titles on architecture, visual art, interior design, landscape architecture, photography, and applied arts. In 2020, Monacelli became an imprint of Phaidon.
Since the publication of S,M,L,XL by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau—a groundbreaking monograph that remains unsurpassed in its influence on design publishing—the press has produced more than 400 books in collaboration with prominent practitioners and scholars in diverse domains, including Rafael Moneo, Henry N. Cobb, Robert A.M. Stern, Piet Oudolf, Kate Orff, Robert Storr, Ellie Cullman, Paul Goldberger, Thomas Jayne, and Jean-Louis Cohen.
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