Main entry:

Blaser, Werner, 1924-2019.

Title & Author:

Helmut Jahn : transparency / Werner Blaser ; [translation into English, John Dennis Gartrell] = Helmut Jahn : Transparenz / Werner Blaser ; [Übersetzung ins Deutsche, Axel Haase].

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©1996.

Description:

204 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 x 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-204).
Introduction: Transparency : an architectural principle / by Helmut Jahn -- Helmut Jahn : after thirty years -- The architectonic inheritance : the birth of a new tradition -- Transparency in the unfolding structure : towards transparency -- Transparency in construction and unit of scale skins and face -- Transparency in urban authenticity urban blocks -- Transparency and the symbolic aspect of the high rise image and geometry -- Transparency in new projects new forms through technology and geometry -- Appendix.
Text in English and German.

Summary:

"Helmut Jahn has given the use of steel and glass in architecture an exceptional technical and aesthetic articulation that is inseparably associated with the concept of transparency. Standing squarely in the tradition of the nineteenth century and yet interested in the continued development of innovative facade technologies, Jahn places the supporting steel structure of his buildings on the outside. At the same time he wraps his glass skin around a light and weightless interior that acquires a special force through effects of light and color." "This creative intelligence of Helmut Jahn is one reason why he has become one of the most successful architects in recent decades. This new book by Werner Blaser presents projects by Helmut Jahn from the last twenty years. In them the transparency of built space is utilized as an architectural element so impressively that it can be said to show the new path for the further development of architecture in the next millennium."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0817651543 (Boston ; alk. paper)
9780817651541 (Boston ; alk. paper)
3764351543 (Basel ; alk. paper)
9783764351540 (Basel ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Jahn, Helmut, 1940-2021 Criticism and interpretation.
Jahn Helmut <Architekt> Architektur Bildband.
Jahn, Helmut, 1940- Critique et interprétation.
Jahn, Helmut, 1940-2021
Architectural practice, International.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture Pratique internationale.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Gebouwen.
Licht.
Staal.
Glas.
Jahn

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Helmut Jahn, Transparenz

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 190847
Call No.: IDM NA44.J25; ID:96-B964
Status: Available