Main entry:

Caminada, Gion A., 1957-

Title & Author:

Gion A. Caminada : on the path to building : a conversation about architecure with Florian Aicher / editor, Florian Aicher ; translation from German into English, Rupert Hebblethwaite.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2018.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 21 cm

Notes:
Interview.
Special binding.
Translation of: Gion A. Caminada : unterwegs zum Bauen : ein Gespräch über Architektur mit Florian Aicher.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Francois Burkhardt -- Caminada's paths / Petra Steiner -- Cons -- Workshop -- Knitted construction -- Beyond the limits -- Production conditions.

Summary:

Caminada is known far beyond the boundaries of Switzerland as an architect who has initiated the design and construction of the award-winning renewal of his home community Vrin in Grisons, and as Professor of Architecture and Design at ETH Zurich. At Valendas, which once was a thriving village but recently suffered from rural exodus, he revitalized - commissioned by a community trust - a country inn, the community hall, and the village square, and has thereby helped to avert the impending death of the village. In this illustrated interview volume he tells the story of new life in old villages, and how his concepts function in cooperation with committed citizens. The book introduces the subject of village renewal, and can be used as a blueprint for other projects.

ISBN:

9783035615425 (English edition ; pbk.)
303561542X

Subject:

Caminada, Gion A., 1957- Interviews.
Caminada, Gion A., 1957-
Architects Switzerland Interviews.
Rural renewal Switzerland.
Architecture, Swiss 21st century.
Architectes Suisse Entretiens.
Rénovation rurale Suisse.
Architecture suisse 21e siècle.
Architects.
Architecture, Swiss.
Rural renewal.
Switzerland.

Form/genre:

Interview
Interviews.
interviews.

Added entries:

Hebblethwaite, Rupert.
Aicher, Florian, 1954-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303935
Call No.: BIB 249465
Status: Available