Main entry:

Blaser, Werner, 1924-2019, author.

Title & Author:

Begegnungen : an architect meets architects / Werner Blaser ; [translation into English, Mark Walz].

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2000]
©2000

Description:

116, [4] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography of Werner Blaser's works: page 120.
Paul Artaria -- Alvar Aalto -- Aulis Blomstedt -- Aldo van Eyck -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Jacques Brownson -- Bertrand Goldberg -- Myron Goldsmith -- Gene Summers -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Georg Schmidt -- Jean Tinguely -- Otto Senn -- Rolf Fehlbaum -- Karl Gerstner -- William Graatsma -- Helmut Jahn -- Phyllis Lambert -- Josef Albers -- Johannes Spalt -- Alfred Caldwell -- Max Bill -- Ieoh Ming Pei -- Gerrit Rietveld -- Robert Venturi -- Charles Eames -- Mario Botta -- Tadao Ando -- Frei Otto -- Günter Behnisch -- Santiago Calatrava -- Eduardo Chillida -- Jacques Herzog -- Pierre de Meuron -- Richard Lohse -- Norman Foster -- Roger Diener -- Nicholas Grimshaw -- Zaha Hadid -- Livio Vacchini -- Theo Hotz -- Richard Meier -- Juhani Pallasmaa -- Renzo Piano -- Arthur Rüegg -- Stefan Polónyi -- Richard Horden -- Werner Sobek -- Hans Zaugg -- Peter Zumthor.
In German and English.
Includes p. on Phyllis Lambert and the CCA.
German and English.

Summary:

"From Aalto to Zumthor - architect Werner Blaser looks back on his encounters with 50 of the protagonists, providing a personal and refreshing appraisal of the personalities which have dominated and illuminated this epoch. Brief texts and duotone photographs of buildings, interiors, furniture, drawings, and book covers capture the spirit of the architecture scene, and give insight into the creative achievements of the architects. Among the architects included are: Alvar Aalto, Tadao Ando, G nter Behnisch, Sir Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Richard Meier, Mies van der Rohe, Renzo Piano, Gerrit Rietveld, Richard Venturi, Frank Lloyd Wright and Peter Zumthor"-- viewed on Amazon.com 4/25/2016.

ISBN:

3764363142 (alk. paper)
9783764363147 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Blaser, Werner, 1924-
Architects.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architectes.
Architecture 20e siècle.
architects.
Architecture, Modern
Architekt
Architektur
Architekturkritik
Bouwkunst.
Lambert, Phyllis
Centre canadien d'architecture

Form/genre:

Writings.
German language materials Bilingual.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212919
Call No.: NA44.B644.A35 2000
Status: Available