Continued Building on the Village, the Settlement, the City: A Plea

Albert Kirchengast

Published by Birkhäuser 2023

Continued Building on the Village, the Settlement, the City

A Plea

Albert Kirchengast

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035626513

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Skilful architecture without gloss

Skilful architecture without gloss and bling bling

In this book, Albert Kirchengast looks at three projects that may serve as models of further construction: Max Dudler, Franz Riepl, and Jonathan Sergison demonstrate an analogous approach to further construction at the scale levels of village, town and city. With their elementary “constructedness”, clean proportions and elegant interplay of volumes in the urban space, these projects embody a permanence without affectation and fashionable elements and provide a meaningful and unassuming background to everyday life. In doing so, they not only answer the pressing question of the ecology of coexistence, but also provide a benchmark within our heterogeneous design culture.

Photos by Hélène Binet, David Schreyer and Stefan Müller as well as historical illustrations accompany the plea for a masterful ‘middle way’ in architecture.

Architecture of permanence, without affectation and modish elements

Three projects by Max Dudler, Franz Riepl, and Jonathan Sergison

Photo spreads by Hélène Binet, David Schreyer, and Stefan Müller

Albert Kirchengast, architectural theorist, author and lecturer at ETH Zurich

Architecture of permanence, without affectation and modish elements
Three projects by Max Dudler, Franz Riepl, and Jonathan Sergison
Photo spreads by Hélène Binet, David Schreyer, and Stefan Müller

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Albert Kirchengast, architectural theorist, author and lecturer at ETH Zurich

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
1 The Concreteness of Things: A House in the Mountains Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2 The Atmosphere of the Ordinary: A Settlement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3 The Presence of History: A Piece of City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Photo Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekturschaffende, Studierende
Pages
- Main content: 128
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 60
Keywords: Architect; architecture; architecture office; building art; design; ecology; building; living; sustainability; village renewal; urban planning

eBook

Published: April 27, 2023
ISBN: 9783035626513

Hardcover

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783035626506