Drama

A definitive collection of Rockwell Group’s work and a compelling manifesto for multi-disciplinary collaboration. Drama distills the magic inherent in both theater and architecture and encourages us to look at creativity in a more personal, human-centered way.

Drama devotes chapters to six fundamental theatrical concepts: Audience, Ensemble, Worlds, Story, Journey, and Impermanence.

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Featured interviews include architect Daniel Libeskind, award winning music producer and composer Quincy Jones, museum director and curator Thelma Golden, playwright and actor Anna Deavere Smith, chef and humanitarian José Andrés, and Oscar-winning production designer Adam Stockhausen.

Each demonstrates how these principles may be applied not just to architecture and our own projects, but also to a wide range of creative disciplines.

Bruce Mau helped shape Drama and Sam Lubell, author of ten books on architecture, edited the book.

"Every piece of furniture's a kind of stage - in other words, a stage for gesture and movement."

"It's just a human interaction that fixes an architectural challenge."

"A design is never perfect until people take ownership of the place."