Icons of World Architecture

Ikonen dere Weltarchitektur

Werner Blaser

176 pages, parution le 15/01/2012

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Résumé

German / English

"What constitutes good architecture?" is a question Werner Blaser was always asked by friends, readers, companions and students. In this comprehensive work the author of many publications sets out on a search for the answer to that question. By analyzing special buildings, different aspects and interconnections become clear, which by themselves or in combination define an architectural quality. Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, Werner Blaser vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception.

He describes the relation between the Finnish landscape and the works of Alvar Aalto or he shows how natural principles are found in the architecture of Santiago Calatravas or how Renzo Piano works with light. The borrowing of local construction traditions and the utilization of regional materials in the structures of Jørn Utzon, Frank Lloyd Wright or in traditional Chinese and Indian architecture are also elucidated. Photographs of the works of Mies van der Rohe, Norman Foster or Helmut Jahn - often juxtaposed with the author's own buildings and projects - illustrate the passing on of time-honored construction principles. The last chapter of the book focuses on the relation between archetype and image and the element of silence in construction. During the course of his studies the Swiss architect and author Werner Blaser came into contact with Alvar Aalto and Mies van der Rohe, whose structural philosophy influenced him. In his many publications he detects the basic similarities between the western classical Modern and the traditional architecture of the Middle East and Asia.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Niggli Verlag
Auteur(s)	Werner Blaser
Parution	15/01/2012
Nb. de pages	176
Format	23 x 24,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	925g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9787212079727