High-Tech Heritage: (Im)permanence of Innovative Architecture - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3035629609 ISBN 13: 9783035629606

Publisher: Birkhauser, 2025

Synopsis

High-tech Architecture - Preserving the Heritage of Innovative Construction The high-tech architecture of the 1970s–1990s is typically characterized by the use and exhibition of advanced technologies. In terms of appearance, these buildings often have innovative façades, supporting structures accentuated in color, and expressively displayed technology systems. Unfortunately, however, the rapid obsolescence of technology has often led to the complete replacement of the very systems that defined the architectural form. In 2023, an international conference at ETH Zurich in collaboration with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar explored the question of how best to deal with the structural legacy of technologically innovative architecture. This book summarizes the results and provides an overview of the current state of research. Current state of research on high-tech architecture and its conservation Overview of the opportunities and challenges of high-tech buildings New findings on the topic of building within existing structures Also available as a set with the congress volume Denkmal Postmoderne 978-3-0356-2783-1

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About the Authors

Matthias Brenner, ETH Zürich

Silke Langenberg, ETH Zürich

Kirsten Angermann, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Hans-Rudolf Meier, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Matthias Brenner, Silke Langenberg, ETH Zurich

Kirsten Angermann, Hans-Rudolf Meier, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3035629609
• ISBN 13: 9783035629606
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Brenner Matthias, Langenberg Silke, Angermann Kirsten, Meier Hans-Rudolf