Con[crossed out]temporary archi[crossed out]tecture : structures of necessity / Kosmos Architects.

Title & Author:

Con[crossed out]temporary archi[crossed out]tecture : structures of necessity / Kosmos Architects.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2025]
©2025

Description:

295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 cm

Notes:
The letters "con" and "archi" in the title are crossed out.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Contemporary vernacular architecture today - and what we can learn from temporary infrastructures Temporary Tecture is a fundamental statement on the impact and significance of temporary infrastructures in the city: not only do they ensure the functioning of numerous processes - from construction and dismantling to orientation and protection - but they also shape the cityscape significantly as an overarching structure. Despite their omnipresence, these structures of necessity continue to lead a shadowy existence in both professional discourse and public perception. This book opens up a new perspective on what is described here for the first time as contemporary vernacular architecture. It shows that it even offers an architectural language from which architects can learn in terms of adaptability, use of local resources, circular economy and conceptual radicalism." --Amazon.

ISBN:

9783035628654 paperback
3035628653

Subject:

Kosmos Architects.
Buildings, Temporary.
City planning.
Vernacular architecture.
Constructions provisoires.
Architecture vernaculaire.
vernacular architecture.

Added entries:

Kosmos Architects.

Contemporary architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 322374
Call No.: 322374
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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