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Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus, founded in 2001 as one of the first
private architectural firms in China, is one of the country's most
important and innovative design studios. The architects made their
name worldwide in 2014 with the much-acclaimed West Bund site for
Shanghai's Long Museum, which has since been followed by a series
of further museum and other art-related projects. Such cultural and
community buildings of various scale are the main focus of Atelier
Deshaus, who refuse the usual commercial construction tasks in
China. Their formally strong buildings are developed from reading
the site with special attention being paid to the preservation of
Shanghai's industrial heritage after decades of a tabula rasa
policy in the city's urban development. At the core of this first
monograph are Atelier Deshaus's 20 most important designs from two
decades. They are documented in rich detail through plans and
images as well as concise explanatory texts by the architects. In
an extensive conversation with Hubertus Adam, the firm's principals
Liu Yichun and Chen Yifeng offer insights into their way of
thinking, their understanding of Chinese tradition, their relation
to art, and the challenges of working as a non-governmental office
in China. Additional essays place Atelier Deshaus in the context of
contemporary international architecture and discuss their key
projects with regard to constructive qualities and atmosphere.
From hand-made brick to high-tech product: building with blocks of
fired clay today draws from a heritage of nine millennia and
remains innovative, sustainable, and highly appreciated for its
manifold applications. Since 2004, Wienerberger, the world's
largest manufacturer of bricks and other clay building materials,
biannually presents the international Brick Award as a scene for
outstanding achievements in brick architecture. The 2020 edition of
this master class saw 644 submissions from fifty-five countries
that were reviewed by an international jury of experts. This book
features the fifty nominees and the six winning designs, which are
located in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central America. All projects
are presented in texts and richly illustrated with atmospheric
images, site and floor plans, views, elevations and sections. Five
topical essays by international authors, discussing the winning
buildings in a wider context, round out this celebration of
contemporary brick architecture.
Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and
the western world. This publication provides an overview of its
many design concepts and cross-references. Using design examples
and interviews, the book presents thirteen current positions.The
publication focuses on young architects who take up extremely
independent positions within Japanese architecture, as well as on
Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and Fumihiko Maki. Six essays by
European specialists on Japan provide supplementary insights into
the aesthetics and space concepts of Japanese architecture, making
cross-references to Japan's architectural history, and explaining
current lines of development. The book thus combines a
self-reflective approach with an outsider's analytical view.
For around two decades, the architectural duo of Niklaus Graber
& Christoph Steiger from Lucerne have been continuously working
on the design and construction of high quality buildings that can
without doubt be regarded as an enrichment to Swiss building
culture. Although the architects attempt to make their works
generally understandable and give them a timeless legibility, when
designing them they take the risk of fundamentally questioning the
relevant task. That often leads to surprising interpretations and
tailored solutions that reveal the specific characteristics of each
project. By now, their work includes private family homes and
apartment buildings, as well as a considerable number of public
buildings for educational, cultural, industrial and tourist
purposes, which have attracted a great deal of attention on the
specialist scene both in Switzerland and abroad. For instance the
extension to a window factory in Hagendorn, the therapy centre for
the Heilpadagogische Zentrum Uri and the panorama gallery on the
peak of Mt. Pilatus have been awarded national and international
architecture prizes. Text in German, with English translation
booklet enclosed.
Das Buch ist die Dokumentation des weit uber die Landesgrenzen
hinaus bekannten Architekturpreises des Landes Steiermark, der alle
zwei Jahre vergeben wird. Die handwerklich hervorragend gearbeitete
Publikation besteht aus zwei gebundenen Teilen, die parallel
gelesen werden koennen. Der Textteil ist eine Art Reisebericht, der
die Projektbeschreibungen der zehn nominierten Projekte und die
Preistrager integriert. Parallel dazu gibt es eine Kommentarebene,
in die der Reisbericht eingebettet ist und die die steirische
Architekturszene im Nationalen wie Internationalen sowie
ubergeordnete Fragen der Architekturdiskussion behandelt. Diese
Texte betreffen die "Grazer Schule", Verbindungen zwischen Graz und
der Schweiz oder auch Fragestellungen des Entwurfs. So wird uber
die reine Dokumentation des Architekturpreises hinausgegangen und
mit dem Blick von Aussen Inhalte mit ubergeordneter Gultigkeit
transportiert. Damit gibt es in mehrfacher Hinsicht Verbindungen zu
"Dialogues in Time - New Graz Architecture" von Peter Blundell
Jones. Der zweite Teil des Buches besteht aus einer Fotostrecke von
Schwarz-Weiss-Fotografien von Hertha Hurnaus, die alle nominierten
Projekte neu fotografiert und damit interpretiert hat.
Sustainability has become a guiding principle of the twenty-first
century. For the architectural office Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, this
is not only an ecological premise but also stimulates and drives
its architectural work. They have been setting standards with this
approach for forty years and count among the leaders and pioneers
in the European architecture scene. The catalogue presents their
modes of thought and methods and provides insight into their
planning and implementation practices, which can be attributed to
the uniqueness of their projects-from the Chriesbach aquatic
research institute to the new headquarters of Greenpeace. It is
furthermore an opportunity to address the simultaneous practice of
architecture and art and their interconnectedness with
sustainability. At the same time, it repeatedly succeeds in
transgressing boundaries as well as connecting social involvement
and cultural relevance with one another.
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