Crucial Words

Published by Birkhäuser 2008

Crucial Words

Conditions for Contemporary Architecture

Edited by: Gert Wingårdh and Rasmus Wærn

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034610575

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Architekturgeschehen richtig verstehen

The conditions in which present-day architecture is produced are partly local and singular and partly global and universal. Understanding contemporary architecture means understanding all of these aspects. What are the pivotal themes?

Gert Wingårdh and Rasmus Wærn, Sweden’s most active architect and its best-known architecture critic, asked themselves this question and made a selection of approximately fifty terms and concepts, including Branding, Collaborators, Corporate, Desire, Future, Everyday, Ornament, and Wheelchair. The result is a very special dictionary with humorous illustrations and original articles by interesting protagonists such as Denise Scott Brown, Kenneth Frampton, Massimiliano Fuksas, Hans Ibelings, Peter Blundell Jones, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Juhani Pallasmaa, Joseph Rykwert, Jaime Salazar, Axel Sowa, and Wilfried Wang. A special highlight is the text by Nobel laureate Ohran Pamuk.

Die Voraussetzungen, unter welchen heutige Architektur entsteht, sind teils lokal und einmalig bedingt, teils sind sie von globaler und allgemeingültiger Natur. Zeitgenössische Architektur verstehen heisst, all diese Aspekte verstehen. Welches sind dabei die entscheidenden Themen?
Gert Wingårdh und Rasmus Wærn, Schwedens aktivster Architekt beziehungsweise bekanntester Architekturkritiker, haben sich diese Frage gestellt und eine kritische Auswahl von rund 50 Begriffen getroffen, etwa Branding, Collaborators, Corporate, Desire, Future, Everyday, Ornament, Wheelchair. Dadurch ist ein ganz spezielles, witzig illustriertes Begriffs-Wörterbuch entstanden, mit Originalbeiträgen von so interessanten Protagonisten wie etwa Denise Scott Brown, Massimiliano Fuksas, Hans Ibelings, Peter Blundell Jones, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Juhani Pallasmaa, Joseph Rykwert, Jaime Salazar, Axel Sowa, Wilfried Wang; ein besonderes Highlight ist der Text von Nobelpreisträger Orhan Pamuk.

A special kind of reference work and reader

With original articles by prominent protagonists

Presentation binding with premium-quality illustrations

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Rasmus Waern, 1996-2004 Editor at Arkitektur, the Swedish Review of Architecture; teaches at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Gert Wingardh is the leading architect in today Sweden.

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Architects Massimiliano Fuksas and Elisa Fuksas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Atmosphere Falk Jaeger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Body Axel Sowa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
City Branding Janet Ward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
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Computer Jaime Salazar Rückauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
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Corporate Nicholas Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Desire Henrietta Palmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
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Europe Hans Ibelings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
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Experiment Marie-Ange Brayer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
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Modernity Hans Ibelings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
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Organic Peter Blundell Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Ornament Irénée Scalbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
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Tradition Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
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Wheelchair Fredrik Nilsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professional/practitioner
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- Coloured Illustrations: 25
Keywords: Architecture; Landscape; Nature; Nordic Architecture; Scandinavian Architecture; Wheelchair; Wingårdh, Gert

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