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Architectural Guide Basel: New Buildings in the Trinational City Since 1980
Lutz Windhofel
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Description for Architectural Guide Basel: New Buildings in the Trinational City Since 1980
Paperback. With 44 new projects (for a total of 156), this title presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary architecture in and around Basel. It features an entire double page that is devoted to each project with plans and photos. It also includes an introduction that explains the context and describes the urban development since its beginnings. Num Pages: 384 pages, 500 black & white illustrations, 100 black & white line drawings, 500 schw.-w. Abb., 100. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 120. Weight in Grams: 505.
There is no other place of comparable size where one can experience local and global building cultures side by side the way one can in Basel with its trinational urban space in Switzerland, Germany, and France. The local stars Herzog & de Meuron and Diener & Diener have long been active internationally. And building sponsors like Vitra, Novartis, and Beyeler have commissioned - and continue to commission - buildings by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano, and others. In its fourth, expanded edition - with44 new projects ... Read more
There is no other place of comparable size where one can experience local and global building cultures side by side the way one can in Basel with its trinational urban space in Switzerland, Germany, and France. The local stars Herzog & de Meuron and Diener & Diener have long been active internationally. And building sponsors like Vitra, Novartis, and Beyeler have commissioned - and continue to commission - buildings by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano, and others. In its fourth, expanded edition - with44 new projects ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Birkhauser
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783038213970
SKU
V9783038213970
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About Lutz Windhofel
Lutz Windhoefel, PhD history of architecture
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