Thinking Architecture: Third, expanded edition

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Author: Peter Zumthor.

Now in its third edition, this book has been expanded to include two new essays: "Architecture and Landscape" deals with the relationship between the structure and its surroundings, with the secret of the successful placement and topographical integration of architecture. Now in its third edition, this book has been expanded to include two new essays: "Architecture and Lanscape" deals with the relationship between the structure and its surroundings, with the secret of the successful placement and topographical integration of architecture. The publication Habitat: Ecology Thinking in Architecture aims to highlight some of the historical sources of ecological approaches that are currently reshaping the architectural field. Architecture that is meant to have a sensuous connection to life calls forthinking that goes far beyond form and construction. In view of the current climate crisis and looming ecological catastrophe, environmentalism has become a key driver to rethink the architectural discipline. In "The Leis Houses" Peter Zumthor describes the genesis of two wooden houses in the town of Leis in the Swiss canton of Graubunden, thus thematizing the special challenge of integrating contemporary architecture into a traditional architectural context. By demonstrating the continuities, disruptions and transformations at stake, the book deepens the ongoing conversations, while suggesting directions for future research. The book points out the paradigmatic shift in thinking about the built environment as something inherently contextual and relational. In his texts, Peter Zumthor articulates what motivates him to design his buildings, which appeal to the visitor's heart and mind in so many different ways and possess a compelling and unmistakable presence and aura. Architecture that is meant to have a sensuous connection to life calls for thinking that goes far beyond form and construction.

Format: Hardcover, 112pp , 236x147x17mm

• 68 x 14.
• Edition Statement 3rd, expanded ed.
• Edition Revised
• Language English
• Illustrations note 20 Illustrations, color
• Publication City/Country Basel, Switzerland
• 08 x 233.
• Publisher Birkhauser
• ISBN13 9783034605854
• ISBN10 3034605854
• Format Hardback | 112 pages