Title & Author:

House of Switzerland : a dictionary of elements / Herausgeber, Christoph Wieser ; Übersetzung, Ralf Jaeger, Carolyn Jaeger.

Publication:

Zürich : Park Books, ©2016.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm + 1 appendix (32 pages), 2 supplements

Notes:
Forword by Annette Spillmann and Harald Echsle.
"Spillmann Echsle Architects with Ortreport"--Cover.
Supplements consist of two "covers" with title, text and book description.
"Innovative Swiss timber architecture on tour around the world."--Publisher's Web site.
Includes bibliographical references.
Texts and elements -- Appendix. Construction plans.
Parallel texts in English and German.
Includes "X" shaped rubber band holdings together the different components.

Summary:

The House of Switzerland is a mobile building that serves as the official visitors' center for Switzerland at major international events. Following its debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the building went on to serve events in Zurich, Milan, and Rio de Janeiro. This book takes a close look at the architectural and design challenges presented by a building that has to be mobile, accessible, and visually striking. Drawing on materials from the planning process conducted by Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the architectural firm Spillmann Echsle Architects, which built the house together with Ortreport, the book presents a dictionary of all elements in the building set for the house, illustrated with images and plans rendered with rich technical detail. A discussion between the key figures involved in the project rounds out the book, exploring the process of creating such an iconic representation of a nation abroad.

ISBN:

9783906027814 (pbk.)
3906027813 (pbk.)

Subject:

House of Switzerland.
Pavilions Design and construction Pictorial works.
Buildings, Temporary Design and construction Pictorial works.
Modular construction Design and construction Pictorial works.
Architecture, Swiss 21st century Designs and plans.
Architecture, Swiss 21st century Pictorial works.
Wooden-frame buildings Switzerland Design and construction Pictorial works.
Architecture suisse 21e siècle Dessins et plans.
Architecture suisse 21e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture, Swiss.
Buildings, Temporary Design and construction.
Pavilions Design and construction.
Wooden-frame buildings Design and construction.
Switzerland.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Wieser, Christoph.
Wieser, Christoph editor.
Spillmann Echsle Architekten.
Spillmann Echsle Architekten (firm)
Ortreport

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294114
Call No.: BIB 239447
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 294121
Call No.: BIB 239447
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 294124
Call No.: BIB 239447
Copy: v. 3
Notes: Accompanying material
Status: Available