Title & Author:

The Swiss National Bank in Zurich : the Pfister building, 1922-2022 / editor, Swiss National Bank ; project management, Martin Blättler, Patrick Halbeisen, Bruno Maurer.

Publication:

Zurich : Schiedegger & Spiess, [2022]
©2022

Description:

411 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Photo Essay: Architecture / Leo Fabrizio -- I. The Architecture Of Money / Anna Minta -- Photo Essay: Spaces / Leo Fabrizio -- II. Zurich And The Banks / Daniel Kurz -- Photo Essay: Conference Room / Leo Fabrizio -- III. One Building Commission And Two Competitions / Bruno Maurer -- Excursus: Hermann Herter (1877-1945) / Bruno Maurer -- Excursus: Gebruder Pfister Otto Pfister (1880-1959) And Werner Pfister (1884-1950) / Bruno Maurer -- Photo Essay: Furnishings / Leo Fabrizio -- IV. Construction During The Post-War Crisis / Patrick Halbeisen -- Excursus: Construction Workers' Strike / Patrick Ha Lbeisen -- Photo Essay: Behind The Scenes / Maurice K. Grunig -- V. Interaction Of Architecture And Sculpture / Sabine Strauli -- Excursus: Hybrid Construction / Dennis Neu -- Excursus: Otto Munch (1885-1965) / Thomas Muller -- Photo Essay: Installations / Leo Fabrizio -- VI. Refurbishment, Modernisation And Ancillary Buildings / Sabine Strauli -- Excursus: The Snb And Art / Ursula Suter -- Excursus: An Architectural Monument Worthy Of Preservation / Sabine Strauli -- Excursus: Trix (B. 1933) And Robert (1931-2021) Haussmann / Sabine Strauli -- Photo Essay: Banknotes / Leo Fabrizio -- VII. The Bank And The City / Adam Caruso -- Photo Essay: Strongroom / Leo Fabrizio.

Summary:

In 1922, a decade after the Swiss National Bank had opened its neo-baroque building in Berne, the bank?s Zurich-based governing board moved into its own grand office building. This major work of the local firm of Otto and Werner Pfister is a key example of neoclassicism in Switzerland and provided Zurich with an architectural landmark at the top end of its famous Bahnhofstrasse.00Marking the building?s centenary, this book celebrates the Zurich home of the Swiss Franc. It describes in detailed and lavish illustrations the architecture and building history from the planning stage until today. This is supplemented by essays on bank architecture since the Middle Ages, the urban formation of Zurich, and the city?s development into a financial center in the late nineteenth century. In his contribution, the renowned Canadian British architect Adam Caruso compares it?from today?s perspective?with other central bank buildings and places it in the context of the Pfister brothers? other public commissions, many of which occupy prominent locations in Zurich?s cityscape.00Richly illustrated with historical and new photographs, original plans, and other documents, this book pays tribute to a piece of public architecture that combines monumentality with pragmatism and republican modesty.00Contributions by Adam Caruso, Dominique Baumann, Patrick Halbeisen, Daniel Kurz, Bruno Maurer, Anna Minta, Thomas Müller, Dennis Neu, Susanne Rock, Sabine Sträuli, and Ursula Suter. Photo essays by Leo Fabrizio and Maurice K. Grünig.

ISBN:

303942095X
9783039420957

Subject:

Schweizerische Nationalbank Buildings.
Schweizerische Nationalbank
Bank buildings Switzerland Zurich.
Banques (Édifices) Suisse Zurich.
Bank buildings
Buildings
Zurich (Switzerland) Buildings, structures, etc.
Zurich (Suisse) Constructions.
Switzerland Zurich

Added entries:

Blättler, Martin, 1966- contributor.
Halbeisen, Patrick, 1962- contributor.
Maurer, Bruno, 1956- contributor.
Schweizerische Nationalbank, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316994
Call No.: 316994
Copy: 1
Status: Available