Neutra Taschen 25
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Born and raised in Vienna, Richard Neutra had come to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on post-war architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to his cool, sleek modern style.
Architecture Monographs
August 2009
Neutra Taschen 25
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Born and raised in Vienna, Richard Neutra had come to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on post-war architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to his cool, sleek modern style.
Architecture Monographs
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In this volume, Daniel Spoerri (born 1930) embarks on an unconventional dialogue with objects in the Vienna Museum of Natural History, juxtaposing the collections with his own works of art - which themselves are inspired by the aesthetics of collections and taxonomies.
Daniel Spoerri : at the Natural History Museum, an incompetent dialogue?
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In this volume, Daniel Spoerri (born 1930) embarks on an unconventional dialogue with objects in the Vienna Museum of Natural History, juxtaposing the collections with his own works of art - which themselves are inspired by the aesthetics of collections and taxonomies.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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For 15 years, Swiss documentary photographer Jules Spinatsch has been creating panoramas of various spaces—football stadiums, the Vienna Opera Ball, a prison, the SAP headquarters—by combining thousands of individual images. Spinatsch’s series and his creative process are documented in this volume.
Jules Spinatsch: semiautomatic photography
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For 15 years, Swiss documentary photographer Jules Spinatsch has been creating panoramas of various spaces—football stadiums, the Vienna Opera Ball, a prison, the SAP headquarters—by combining thousands of individual images. Spinatsch’s series and his creative process are documented in this volume.
Photography monographs
Adolf Krischanitz: architect
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This publication surveys the eclectic projects of Austria-based architect Adolf Krischanitz (born 1946), covering every genre from furniture to museum design. Among Krischanitz’s best-known buildings are the Temporary Kunsthalle on the Schlossplatz in Berlin and the 21 Haus in Vienna.
Adolf Krischanitz: architect
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This publication surveys the eclectic projects of Austria-based architect Adolf Krischanitz (born 1946), covering every genre from furniture to museum design. Among Krischanitz’s best-known buildings are the Temporary Kunsthalle on the Schlossplatz in Berlin and the 21 Haus in Vienna.
Architecture Monographs
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This monograph presents research by Vienna-based artist Sofie Thorsen (born 1971) on an artistic phenomenon of postwar Austria—sculptures designed by artists for children to play on. Thorsen's works make explicit the connections between abstract sculpture, architecture, urban planning and the aesthetics of play.
Sophie Thorsen : play sculpture
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This monograph presents research by Vienna-based artist Sofie Thorsen (born 1971) on an artistic phenomenon of postwar Austria—sculptures designed by artists for children to play on. Thorsen's works make explicit the connections between abstract sculpture, architecture, urban planning and the aesthetics of play.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Fin-de-siècle Vienna was a hive of creative activity, and at its centre was one of the most versatile artists of the age, Koloman Moser (1868–1918). As a teacher, artist and craftsman, Moser had an immense influence on the tastes of his time, with talents that ranged from illustration and graphics to stained glass and the design of stage sets and postage stamps. In(...)
Koloman Moser : master of Viennese modernism
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Fin-de-siècle Vienna was a hive of creative activity, and at its centre was one of the most versatile artists of the age, Koloman Moser (1868–1918). As a teacher, artist and craftsman, Moser had an immense influence on the tastes of his time, with talents that ranged from illustration and graphics to stained glass and the design of stage sets and postage stamps. In 1897 Moser co-founded the Vienna Secession, and in 1903, together with his friend and colleague Josef Hoffmann, he founded the Wiener Werkstätte, whose workshops were to set trends that spread far beyond the boundaries of Vienna. He devoted the last years of his life to painting, and in recent times his reputation in this field too has steadily grown. Despite the wealth of information that has survived down the years, Moser’s personality remains largely hidden behind his work. Here, Maria Rennhofer joins the many fragments of Moser’s personal life, his artistic influences and his multifaceted creativity into a coherent portrait of this fascinating man. This is not only the first comprehensive account of Moser’s life and work, but it is also an in-depth look at the flourishing artistic environment which he did so much to create and shape.
Design Monographs
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Kolo Moser was one of the most important universal artists in fin-de-siècle Vienna and is one of the leading representatives of Art Nouveau. His oeuvre includes painting, graphics, and crafts, as well as designs for fashion, lighting, and furniture, stage decoration, stained glass windows, book illustrations, and even banknotes. Blazing a trail for the art of his age, he(...)
Koloman Moser: universal artist between Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann
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Kolo Moser was one of the most important universal artists in fin-de-siècle Vienna and is one of the leading representatives of Art Nouveau. His oeuvre includes painting, graphics, and crafts, as well as designs for fashion, lighting, and furniture, stage decoration, stained glass windows, book illustrations, and even banknotes. Blazing a trail for the art of his age, he was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and, together with the architect Josef Hoffmann and the industrialist Fritz Wärndorfer, he established the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. The objective of this collective of fine artists was to realize the Gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art at the highest caliber of arts and crafts. Some 400 objects, presented systematically and explained with essays, open up a new perspective on his impressive oeuvre.
Design Monographs
City of comings and goings
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"City of Comings and Goings" explores how architectural design and planning play crucial roles in Western European cities marked by migration—such as London, Berlin or Vienna. The book collects essays by local scholars in these cities and presents 100 projects tackling the issue of migration on different scales.
City of comings and goings
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"City of Comings and Goings" explores how architectural design and planning play crucial roles in Western European cities marked by migration—such as London, Berlin or Vienna. The book collects essays by local scholars in these cities and presents 100 projects tackling the issue of migration on different scales.
Urban Theory
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Architects Mikael Bergquist and Olof Michélsen explore the evolution of Frank’s designs for single-family homes over the years, and they investigate the influences that shaped his work, such as Adolf Loos’s “spatial plan” concept, Le Corbusier’s ideas, and Hermann Muthesius’s groundbreaking book The English House. The authors also look at Frank’s architectural concepts of(...)
Josef Frank: Spaces. Case studies of six single-family houses
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Architects Mikael Bergquist and Olof Michélsen explore the evolution of Frank’s designs for single-family homes over the years, and they investigate the influences that shaped his work, such as Adolf Loos’s “spatial plan” concept, Le Corbusier’s ideas, and Hermann Muthesius’s groundbreaking book The English House. The authors also look at Frank’s architectural concepts of movement and his use of stairs in residential buildings. The book also includes an in-depth examination of six of Frank’s houses, including both built projects— the Villas Claëson and Wehtje in Falsterbo, Sweden, and Villa Beer in Vienna—and unrealized ones—House for Vienna XIII, House MS in Los Angeles, and Fantasy House 9 (Accidental House). This section includes images and plans of each of the houses and a close analysis of their specific characteristics. A complete catalog of Frank’s single-family houses rounds out the book.
Architecture Monographs
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Throughout his life Adolf Loos raised his eloquent voice against the squandering of fine materials, frivolous ornamentation and unnecessary embellishments. His admirers consider him to be the inspiration for all modern architecture. Yet, few are acquainted with his amusing, incisive, critical and philosophical literary work reflecting on applied design and the essence of(...)
Adolf Loos: why a man should be well-dressed
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Throughout his life Adolf Loos raised his eloquent voice against the squandering of fine materials, frivolous ornamentation and unnecessary embellishments. His admirers consider him to be the inspiration for all modern architecture. Yet, few are acquainted with his amusing, incisive, critical and philosophical literary work reflecting on applied design and the essence of clothing in fin de siècle Vienna. Adolf Loos often had a radical, yet innovative outlook on life that made him such a nuisance for many of his contemporaries. His provocative musings on many subjects portray him as a man of varied interests and intellectual refinement as well as possessing a keen sense of style, which still has value today. For the first time the ‘Loos Dress Code’ is available in English. Included is a short social/historical look as the birth of Modernism in Adolf Loos’ Vienna.
Design Theory