| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
I. Local/Global -- 1. The Firm -- 2. Orientations -- 3. Commissions and Skill: The Social Question -- 4. Vernacular Invention -- 5. The Cube -- 6. The Image of the Body -- 7. Territorial Intimacy and a Scale of Mobility -- 8. Ornament(s) -- 9. Nature as a Model of Complexity -- II. The making of an urban Biography -- III. Conversation |
| Summary |
"The global success story of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron has local roots. This book traces these origins while identifying the essential ideas, professional ethics, and development of their architectural practice, established in 1978. The biographies of both architects and the activities of their practice are intimately bound up with the town of Basel. With this embeddedness in Basel as a point of departure, the authors elucidate central themes of their architectural oeuvre: from habitat to monument. With reference to exemplary buildings, they analyze the motifs, constructive principles, and spatial design of the architectonic works of Herzog & de Meuron. In addition, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron lead us on tours through Basel and its surroundings: statements by the architects, along with photographs taken especially for this volume by George Dupin, present the locales and buildings that have played key roles for the work of these architects. The book is rounded out by an intensive exchange of ideas between the architects and Jean-François Chevrier."--Provided by publisher |
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Die globale Erfolgsgeschichte der Basler Architekten Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron hat ihre lokalen Wurzeln. Ihnen spürt dieses Buch nach und arbeitet so die wesentlichen Leitlinien, die Berufsethik und die Entwicklung des 1978 gegründeten Büros heraus. Sowohl die Biografien der beiden Architekten als auch die Tätigkeit ihres Büros sind eng mit der Stadt Basel verbunden. Von dieser Basler Verankerung ausgehend, erörtern die Autoren zentrale Themen dieses Oeuvres: vom Habitat bis zum Monument. Anhand exemplarischer Bauwerke analysieren sie Motive, konstruktive Prinzipien und Raumgestaltung im architektonischen Werk von Herzog & de Meuron. Darüber hinaus führen Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron in Rundgängen durch Basel und die Umgebung: Statements der Architekten und eigens für das Buch aufgenommene Fotografien von George Dupin stellen Orte und Gebäude vor, die eine Schlüsselrolle für die Arbeit der Architekten spielen. Ein intensiver Gedankenaustausch der beiden Architekten mit Jean-François Chevrier rundet das Buch ab |
| Notes |
Translation and copyediting: Catherine Schelbert and Jonathan Fox with Katharine Wallerstein (translation, part II) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
In English, translated from French |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 17, 2018) |
| Subject |
Herzog & de Meuron.
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| SUBJECT |
Herzog & de Meuron fast |
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Architecture -- Switzerland -- Basel -- Themes, motives
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ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
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Architecture -- Themes, motives
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Buildings
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Basel (Switzerland) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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Switzerland -- Basel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chevrier, Jean-François, interviewer
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Pijollet, Élia, author
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Herzog, Jacques, interviewer
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Meuron, Pierre de, 1950- interviewer.
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Schelbert, Catherine, translator
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Fox, Jonathan, translator
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Wallerstein, Katharine, translator
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Dupin, George, 1966- photographer.
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| ISBN |
9783035607031 |
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3035607036 |
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