Download or read book Swiss Sensibility written by Anna Roos and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary architecture in Switzerland is influenced by Peter Zumthor and Herzog & de Meuron, recipients of the Swiss Pritzker Prize, as well as a number of other prominent architects. The book presents 25 buildings in Switzerland designed by 16 influential Swiss architects: The range covers high-density urban developments through to rural sites in the alpine environment, with examples of traditional craftsmanship and materials, and modern construction technology and engineering. Large-format photographs illustrate the buildings’ proportions, materials, and details. Four authors analyze the Swiss building culture and its high architectural quality from an insider’s and an outsider’s point of view. In a detailed interview, Peter Zumthor explains his approach to architectural design.

Download or read book Swiss Architecture Today written by Heinrich Bernhard Hoesli (Architect, Switzerland, USA) and published by . This book was released on with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Swiss Architecture written by Hulbertus Adam and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major survey of contemporary Swiss architecture showcasing the nation's advanced engineering, superlative craftsmanship, and stunning natural scenery With its Alpine peaks, crystalline lakes, and efficient cities, Switzerland has quietly become a center for sophisticated late modern architecture. Architect Peter Zumthor, a former cabinetmaker, and the firm Herzog & de Meuron produced a series of buildings at home and abroad that has paved the way for a younger generation of architects who fuse the country’s traditional materials with high-tech new tools and innovative construction methods. This book goes beyond the standard project-based survey, documenting the most important buildings of the last decade through architectural photographs that highlight the detail, volumetric play, and material experimentation of the buildings and portray them in the unique environments in which they have been designed and built. Because of their isolated locations, many of these buildings have rarely been seen before, despite having been designed by some of architecture’s leading lights. The first section presents a photographic portfolio of projects. The second section describes each of the featured buildings in concise texts and architectural illustrations.

Download or read book New Directions in Swiss Architecture written by Jul Bachmann and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of contemporarY Swiss architecture.

Download or read book Swiss Chalet Book written by William S.B. Dana and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here William S. B. Dana, B.S., presents an in-depth and precise depiction of the breathtaking architectural masterpieces known as the Swiss Chalets. The culmination of elaborate conversations with the designers, the builders, and the experts on these spectacular buildings, here is a piece of design history that is not to be missed. A style of German origin, Swiss Chalets were best known for their large windows, ornate carvings, and balconies. Often they were brightly painted, and had gabled roofs with great overhanging eaves. These stunning aristocratic homes decorated the Swiss countryside in the nineteenth century, and later could be seen throughout the rest of the world. New Chalets, as they were called, rose up in Norway and Sweden, and finally even crossed the Atlantic, appearing in places as unexpected as Ohio and New Jersey. Through delicate language and lines, Dana expresses both the science and the art behind the simple structural elements and the most complex details of the chalets. This book, a 1913 original, displays diagrams, architectural plans, and photographs to best convey the different fundamentals and models of Swiss Chalets. The author’s research of this beautiful art form cultivates knowledge and appreciation of this great architectural style.

Download or read book Architecture written by Philip Jodidio and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The relationship between contemporary architecture and nature is fundamental to today's creativity. Some architects reject nature or imagine that they can create an artificial world of their own - while others are seeking new ways, aided by science and the computer, to chart new directions for the buildings of tomorrow. From ecologically-oriented designs to the most astonishing new forms, this book shows how essential nature remains to architecture."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Switzerland Builds written by George Everard Kidder Smith and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of architecture in Switzerland and the country's contribution to the development of modern architecture.

Download or read book Switzerland written by Maya Huber and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2001 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By no means exhaustive, this guide to Swiss contemporary architecture offers the reader a glimpse of some especially innovative designs throughout the Helvetian Confederation. The examples depicted are set in stunning Swiss landscapes.

Download or read book Swiss Made written by Steven Spier and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to architecture, Switzerland wields an international influence that belies its small geographic size. Such prominent figures as Herzog & de Meuron and Peter Zumthor lead a chorus of innovative new voices emanating from this mountainous nation where craftsmanship, simple beauty, and environmental sensitivity have always been prized values. "Swiss Made" presents the work of the celebrated studios and architects at the forefront of Swiss design, much of which has never been seen before in the United States. In his introduction, historian Steven Spier provides an overview of Swiss architecture and considers the cultural attitudes that have fostered such refined buildings. Critic Martin Tschantz assesses the Swiss tradition of integrating progressive design, indigenous building techniques, and advanced engineering systems. The cleareyed images of architectural photographer Christian Richters are supplemented by drawings and plans of the many projects included in this handsome volume. Swiss Made features the work of: Burkhalter & Sumi, Diener & Diener, Gigon & Guyer, Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Markli, Peter Zumthor, and many others. "Swiss Made" is the companion volume to "SuperDutch."

Download or read book Architecture Today written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Forms of Practice written by Irina Davidovici and published by GTA Verlag. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s and 1990s, German-Swiss architecture achieved worldwide recognition on account of its constructional and aesthetic coherence. Buildings produced by German-Swiss architects appeared to have ethical implications and convey a search for a sence of stability in response to the relativism of postmodernist thinking. Irina Davidovici discusses the cultural and theoretical conditions that gave rise to this architectural style as representing different facets of a single artistic and cultural phenomenon. She brings to light the conflicts implicit between shared, collective values and individual's need for self-expression, between the integrity of the artist and the interests of commercial forces (éditeur).

Download or read book Architects Today written by Kester Rattenbury and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers both an introduction to and an insight into key contemporary architects as well as giving a snapshot of the varied nature of architecture today. For each architect there are details of their life and work and illustrations of their most representative and iconic buildings.

Download or read book Architecture 70 80 in Switzerland written by Werner Blaser and published by Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag. This book was released on 1981 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paolo B rgi Landscape Architect Discovering the Horizon Mountain Lake and Forest written by Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Europe's most acclaimed landscape architects, Paolo Brgi is known for creating minimalist landscape interventions that powerfully reveal the essence of a place. Brgi looks beyond a site's physical boundaries and takes into account its cultural and topographical history. The latest addition to our successful Source Books in Landscape Architecture series, Paolo Brgi Landscape Architect features three of his projects in Switzerland:the Cardada Mountain revitalization in Locarno; the harbor square in Kreuzlingen; and the Terrace on the Forest in Ticino. Paolo Brgi Landscape Architect presents enlightening discussions between landscape historian Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto and Paolo Brgi. A foreword by Sonja Dmpelmann and an essay by renowned landscape architect and philosopher John Dixon Hunt round out this invaluable volume.

Download or read book Swiss Architects written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Le Corbusier, Bernhard Hoesli, Bernard Tschumi, Peter Zumthor, Erwin Friedrich Baumann, Herzog & de Meuron, Max Frisch, Albert Frey, Valerio Olgiati, Markus Breitschmid, Hans Auer, Justus Dahinden, Ernst Cramer, Hannes Meyer, Max Bill, Adolphe Appia, Andreas Vogler, Jean Tschumi, Philippe Rahm, Samuel Werenfels, Wilhelm Eduard Brodtbeck, Geo Voumard, Melchior Berri, William Lescaze, Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli, Peter Vetsch, Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Enrico Zuccalli, Bruno Giacometti, Hans Benno Bernoulli, Pierre Jeanneret, Charles Labelye, Pietro Antonio Trezzini, Alexander von Senger, Louis-Daniel Perrier, Karl Moser, Joseph-Antoine Froelicher, Max Dudler, Alphonse Laverriere, Werner M. Moser, Eugene-Edouard Monod, Edy Knupfer, Werner Schindler, Ferdinand Stadler, Fridolin Heer, Christian Constantin, Fritz Metzger, Marc Camoletti, Martin Schmid. Excerpt: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier (French pronunciation: October 6, 1887 - August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout central Europe, India, Russia, one in North and several in South America. He was a pioneer in studies of modern high design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities. Le Corbusier adopted his pseudonym in the 1920s, allegedly deriving it in part from the name of a distant ancestor, "Lecorbesier." However, it appears to have been an earlier (and somewhat unkind) nickname, which he simply decided to keep. He was awarded the Frank P. Brown Medal in 1961. He was born as Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris in La...

Download or read book Swiss Architects written by Ralf Daab and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents around thirty Swiss architects with their latest projects in the areas of residential, commercial and public buildings. From single-family houses, villas, multi-family houses, office buildings to major projects and master plan developments, the book gives an impressive insight into today's architecture in Switzerland.