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Franz Riepl
Paulhans Peters
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Description for Franz Riepl
Hardcover. Talks about Franz Riepl, the outstanding exponent of the architecture called the other architecture. The characteristics of his buildings are durability, flexibility, sustainability and reticence. Including text in English and German, this book also intends to show that they do not become obsolete in terms of use, nor do they become old-fashioned. Num Pages: 232 pages, 300 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 302 x 250 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1640.
Text in English and German. Franz Riepl is the outstanding exponent of the architecture now called 'the other architecture'. Housing was the dominant architectural theme of his entire working life. Riepl has always gone his own way, not attaching himself to the general trends of the day or to ideologies. Instead, his housing is distinguished by its humane form, and outstanding suitability for normal daily life inside it: calm, without exclamation marks so to speak. It is part of that other Modernism, which is austere but comprehensible without being populist. This also includes the disciplined building details, in many cases ... Read more
Text in English and German. Franz Riepl is the outstanding exponent of the architecture now called 'the other architecture'. Housing was the dominant architectural theme of his entire working life. Riepl has always gone his own way, not attaching himself to the general trends of the day or to ideologies. Instead, his housing is distinguished by its humane form, and outstanding suitability for normal daily life inside it: calm, without exclamation marks so to speak. It is part of that other Modernism, which is austere but comprehensible without being populist. This also includes the disciplined building details, in many cases ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783936681000
SKU
V9783936681000
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About Paulhans Peters
Paulhans Peters was editor-in-chief of the architecture magazine Baumeister for many years and wrote a number of specialist books on architecture. He lives in Munich, Germany.
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