{"product_id":"excuses-1","title":"Excuses","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe work of Chicago- and Cambridge-based architecture and design collaborative Norman Kelley begins with what already exists. Like tailors, they make measured alterations to buildings, interiors, furniture, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcuses: Buildings and Projects by Norman Kelley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e gathers 16 of their projects completed between 2012 and 2025. They are presented as a flipbook of situational observations—or excuses—through recurring triptychs of technical drawings, casual photography, and critical captions. Norman Kelley offers its excuses as an alternative theory to adaptive reuse, towards a way of looking for place in the contradictions between past and present, wrong and right, old and new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributions by architects and educators Jan de Vylder and Spencer McNeil and curator and researcher Irene Sunwoo reflect on Norman Kelley’s varied work, offering perspectives on practice, theory, and collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57260089049432,"sku":"9783038604839","price":67.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783038604839.jpg?v=1778377523","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/excuses-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}