| Description |
175 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 33 cm |
| Summary |
"Born in 1947, Volker Giencke belongs to a generation of international avant-garde architects born around or after 1945. From the very beginning, his architecture was original and stood independent of the fashions of the time: this is reflected in the arrangement of the projects in this book, which likewise does not follow any particular chronological order. His is a passionate architecture which turns its back on purism and arbitrariness, calling instead for a more complex portrayal of clarity and new surfaces as views." "Independent of the task in hand, Giencke develops a fascinating spatial and formational subtlety, the essential trademark of his work. For instance his Greenhouses in the University of Graz Botanical Gardens are the only public high-tech buildings in Austria: more remarkable, however, is the external and internal spatial composition of the buildings, which are reminiscent of grounded airships." |
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"Volker Giencke considers the drawings and sketches which form a major part of this book as a cross-section cut into the project, a way of following the shaping of his thoughts."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 163 - 167) |
| Notes |
German and English in parallel columns |
| Subject |
Giencke, Volker -- Catalogs.
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Giencke, Volker.
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Architecture, Modern -- Austria -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
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Architecture, Modern -- Europe -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
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Architecture -- Austria -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
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Architecture -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
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Architecture -- Austria -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture -- Austria -- 20th century.
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Architecture -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Architects -- Austria.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs.
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| Author |
Connah, Roger.
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| LC no. |
2001272502 |
| ISBN |
3211835547 |
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