Thinking architecture txt
Peter Zumthor ; [translation: Maureen Oberli-Turner (essays 1988-1996), Catherine Schelbert (essays 1998-2004)].
- 2nd, expanded ed.
- 96 p. col. ill. ; 25 cm. book
Considerably revised new edition.
Contents: A Way of looking at Things 7 -- The Hard Core of Beauty 29 -- From a Passion for Things to the Things Themselves 39 -- The Body of Architecture 53 -- Teaching Architecture, Learning Architecture 65 -- Does Beauty Have a Form? 71 -- The Magic of the Real 83 -- The Light in the Landscape 89 --
"In order to design a building with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction. In these essays Peter Zumthor expresses his motivation in designing buildings, which speak to our emotions and understanding in so many ways, and possess a powerful and unmistakable presence and personality. This book, whose first edition has been out of print for years, has been expanded to include three new essays: "Does Beauty Have a Form?," "The Magic of the Real," and "Light in the Landscape." It has been freshly illustrated throughout with new color photographs of Zumthors new home and studio in Haldenstein, taken specially for this edition by Laura Padgett, and received a new typography by Hannele Grönlund." --
9783764374976
2006279084
Zumthor, Peter--Aesthetics.
Architecture, Modern--Themes, motives.--20th century Architecture, Modern--Themes, motives.--21st century