While are the most connected species to ever roam this planet, possessing the technological ability to experience the world beyond our physical limits and instantaneously. But we are also the most disconnected, alienated from each other and from our habitats. We communicate with people around the globe and vicariously engaging with the experiences of others. Yet we don’t find the Time to smell the flowers, watch a rising or setting sun, or celebrate a full moon.
By blurring boundaries between nature and architecture and heightening our awareness of the beauty that surrounds us, design can bring ecological transformation and awakening, reconnecting and aligning us to the land and Earth.
Stay after for a special book signing by Chad.
The "Spirit of Place" is the first monograph of the work of Oppenheim Architecture. The book, with 120 stunning photographs and minimal text, features seven of the firm’s projects, ranging in scale and location from homes in the Bahamas and Aspen to a resort in the Jordanian desert. The projects are categorized by each site’s predominant natural element: dune, desert, stream, river, sea, canyon, and peninsula. The images, like the architecture, focus on and celebrate the natural world, illustrating Oppenheim’s design philosophy that “form follows feeling.” The volume includes text by Chad Oppenheim, Val K. Warke, Antón García-Abril, and Mark Jarzombek.