Rene Gonzalez Architects: Not Lost in Translation

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The first monograph of Rene Gonzalez, a rising star in Miami's exploding architecture scene who is also on the forefront of design for climate change. Tactile, experiential, and holistic, the work of Rene Gonzalez Architect engages with the environment and explores how people touch nature and how nature touches people. Surveying 13 residential, commercial, and cultural projects marking the first phase of his career, Rene Gonzalez Architects- Not Lost in Translation demonstrates the qualities of refinement and material innovation that distinguish Gonzalez's work in the very active architecture market of Florida, his home state. Florida is also where sea level rise, due to climate change, will drastically alter design practice in coming years, and where RGA is receiving widespread attention for its efforts to respond. Featuring essays by Florida architecture expert Beth Dunlop, design writer Caroline Roux, and a Q+A with Gonzalez's friends Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Rene Gonzalez Architects- Not Lost in Translation documents his commitment to creating a progressive regionalism that does not sacrifice design excellence to meet the challenge of design resiliency.

Rene Gonzalez is principal of Rene Gonzalez Architects. He is the recipient of AIA Miami's 2012 H. Samuel Kruse Silver Medal for Design and in 2011, RGA received AIA Miami's Firm of the Year award. His work has been published in over 200 industry and consumer publications, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Robb Report, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper*, Metropolis, Elle Decor, Interior Design, Dwell, Ocean Drive, and The Miami Herald. Beth Dunlop is the editor of Modern Magazine and the longtime architectural critic for the Miami Herald. She is the author of numerous books on Florida's architecture and design. She lives in Miami Beach. Caroline Roux writes about art, design, and architecture for Wallpaper*, Vanity Fair, W magazine, and Vogue Italia. Tod Williams and Billie Tsien are the founding principals of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

"Rene Gonzalez is an architect whose work is continually inspired by nature, an approach that has earned him a variety of accolades. Not Lost in Translation surveys 14 of the projects that mark the first phase of what's bound to be a long career.... Thanks to Gonzalez's tactile subtlety, those who have never visited these properties will inevitably be drawn to them, while those who have are bound to see them in a new light." - Miami magazine A welcome survey of 14 examples of his finest work.... Most of the projects are in Miami, and all of them are informed by Gonzalez's love of the area's subtropical vegetation, brilliant light, and proximity to the sea. - Interior Design magazine The soft-spoken architect chooses his words deliberately and without embellishment. His new book, Rene Gonzalez Architects: Not Lost In Translation, is a quiet reflection on a body of work that does its best to meld and mesh with the surrounding city in ways that show a cohesion and sense of place all too often lacking in South Florida real estate. - PIN-UP magazine