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German modernist architect Konrad Wachsmann (1901–1980) had a career-spanning interest in construction processes—in particular the prefabrication of building components and their assembly within modular systems. In this respect, Wachsmann was a pioneer whose ideas and work paved the way for today’s industrialized construction. Many contemporary masters, such as Renzo(...)
Architecture Monographs
August 2018
Konrad Wachsmann and the grapevine stucture
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German modernist architect Konrad Wachsmann (1901–1980) had a career-spanning interest in construction processes—in particular the prefabrication of building components and their assembly within modular systems. In this respect, Wachsmann was a pioneer whose ideas and work paved the way for today’s industrialized construction. Many contemporary masters, such as Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, have taken inspiration from and paid homage to Wachsmann’s forward-thinking work. With "Konrad Wachsmann and the Grapevine Structure", Swiss architect Christian Sumi synthesizes years of careful research into a compelling look at the career and lifetime contributions of this highly creative architect.
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Burkhalter Sumi Architects were founded in Zurich in 1984. Their list of realised projects for public and private clients includes a wide range of tasks: workspaces, hotels and housing structures, urban development master-planning, conversions of disused industrial buildings. Series of sections and construction drawings minutely document a built object and its(...)
Architectural Drawing
February 2010
Finding buildings: chalk drawings by Marianne Burkhalter
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Burkhalter Sumi Architects were founded in Zurich in 1984. Their list of realised projects for public and private clients includes a wide range of tasks: workspaces, hotels and housing structures, urban development master-planning, conversions of disused industrial buildings. Series of sections and construction drawings minutely document a built object and its production. Sections of facades illustrate the interrelation between construction and architectural expression. Finding Buildings presents drawings for twenty projects, built and unrealiesd, from the past ten years.
Architectural Drawing