{"product_id":"9783038600831","title":"A Glass Labyrinth in Venice","description":"\u003cbr\u003eOver the past several years, Dhaka-based architect Kashef Chowdhury has become widely known for a body of work that responds with great sensitivity to places, local circumstances, and the demands of a building’s users. At the 2016 International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Chowdhury presented four recent projects that his firm URBANA has realized in Bangladesh in a fascinating exhibition.\u003cp\u003e For that installation, Chowdhury deployed a labyrinth—but he challenged spatial perceptions through a simple trick: the labyrinth, which is designed to hide and block, was instead suddenly made transparent. The installation was conceived not merely as a hyper-maze but rather as an expression of the anxiety that the artist experiences in his work due to a myriad of uncertainties. Chowdhury’s Glass Labyrinth in Venice serves as a reminder that, while an architect may have a clear vision of what he wants to do, the path to success in a challenging environment can be complicated by previously unseen barriers. This book explores and documents the installation through beautiful photographs by Eric Chenal and an illuminating text by Robert McCarter.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034177716464,"sku":"9783038600831","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783038600831_p0.jpg?v=1763711990","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783038600831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}