Title & Author:

Architecture dialogues : positions, concepts, visions / Marc Angélil, Jørg Himmelreich (editors) ; [interviewers, authors, Hubertus Adam ... et al. ; translation, Michelle Durham and others].

Publication:

Sulgen : Verlag Niggli, ©2011.

Description:

618 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
Interviewers and authors: Hubertus Adam, Inge Beckel, J. Christoph Bürkle, Reto Geiser, Jørg Himmelreich, Anne Kockelkorn, Maragarete von Lupin, Judit Solt, Laurent Stalder.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Luigi Snozzi -- Mario Botta -- Valerio Olgiati -- Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron -- Peter Zumthor -- Marc Angélil -- Jørg Himmelreich -- Margarete von Lupin -- Laurent Stalder -- Roger Diener -- Daniel Buchner, Andreas Brundler -- Philipe Rahm -- Francois Charbonnet, Patrick Heiz -- Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer -- Mathias Muller, Daniel Niggli -- Peter Markli -- Piet Eckert, Wim Eckert -- Michele Arnaboli -- Quintus Miller, Paola Maranta -- Herlach, Hartmann, Frommenwiler -- Gion A. Caminada -- Francesco Buzzi, Britta Buzzi-Huppert -- Marcel Meili, Markus Peter -- Agps -- Andreas Fuhrimann, Gabrielle Hachler -- Patrick Devanthéry, Inés Lamuniére -- Pool architects -- Cristian Kerez -- Burkhalter, Summi, Schihin -- Valentin Bearth, Andrea Deplazes -- Giacomo Guidotti, Riccarda Guidotti -- Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler -- Bernard Tschumi -- Emanuel Christ, Christoph Gantenbein -- Author biographies -- Acknowledgments.

Summary:

For decades, Swiss architecture has enjoyed international acclaim. Yet how are Helvetic architects positioning themselves in Switzerland's drastically changing working environment? What impact are they having at present? In Architecture Dialogues, nine interviewers talk with 30 leading Swiss architects about guiding themes, directions and perspectives in their theoretical explorations and building projects. Over the course of conversation, these architects present not only their positions on the constructive, conceptual and aesthetic dimensions of architecture, but also their projections for the future of this discipline against the backdrop of the emerging 21st century and its challenges. The viewpoints compiled in the following primer offer insight into the possibilities and limitations encountered by architects in their complex roles and responsibilities. It serves both as a snapshot as well as an important contribution to the international discourse on architecture.

ISBN:

9783721208023 (English edition ; pbk.)
3721208021 (English edition ; pbk.)
9783721208016 (German edition)

Subject:

Architecture Switzerland History 21st century.
Architects Switzerland Interviews.
Architecture Suisse Histoire 21e siècle.
Architectes Suisse Entretiens.
Architects
Architecture
Switzerland

Form/genre:

Interviews.
interviews.
History

Added entries:

Angelil, Marc M.
Himmelreich, Jörg.
Adam, Hubertus, 1965-
Beckel, Inge.
Bürkle, J. Christoph.
Geiser, Reto.
Lupin, Margarete von.
Kockelkorn, Anne.
Solt, Judit, 1969-
Stalder, Laurent.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278278
Call No.: BIB 213837
Status: Available