Thinking architecture / Peter Zumthor ; [translation: Maureen Oberli-Turner (essays 1988-1996), Catherine Schelbert (essays 1998-2004)].

Main entry:

Zumthor, Peter.

Title & Author:

Thinking architecture / Peter Zumthor ; [translation: Maureen Oberli-Turner (essays 1988-1996), Catherine Schelbert (essays 1998-2004)].

Edition:

2nd, expanded ed.

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 2006.

Description:

96 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Considerably revised new edition.
A way of looking at things -- The hard core of beauty -- From a passion for things to the things themselves -- The body of architecture -- Teaching architecture, learning architecture -- Does beauty have a form? -- The magic of the real -- The light in the landscape.

Summary:

"In order to design a building with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction. In these essays Peter Zumthor expresses his motivation in designing buildings, which speak to our emotions and understanding in so many ways, and possess a powerful and unmistakable presence and personality. This book, whose first edition has been out of print for years, has been expanded to include three new essays: "Does Beauty Have a Form?," "The Magic of the Real," and "Light in the Landscape." It has been freshly illustrated throughout with new color photographs of Zumthor<U+2019>s new home and studio in Haldenstein, taken specially for this edition by Laura Padgett, and received a new typography by Hannele Grönlund." -- From the publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
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ISBN:

3764374977 (English edition ; cl.)
9783764374976 (English edition ; cl.)

Subject:

Zumthor, Peter Aesthetics.
Zumthor, Peter
Architecture, Modern 20th century Themes, motives.
Architecture, Modern 21st century Themes, motives.
Architecture 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture 21e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Aesthetics
Architecture, Modern Themes, motives
Architekturtheorie
Zumthor, Peter ; SWD-ID: 42901583

Form/genre:

Writings.

Added entries:

Oberli-Turner, Maureen.
Schelbert, Catherine.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245681
Call No.: BIB 175300
Status: Available

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