Built Identity Swiss Re's Corporate Architecture

Art at Swiss Re, Swiss Reinsurance Company Zurich (Hrsg.)

ISBN 10: 3764379820 / ISBN 13: 9783764379827

Published by Basel - Boston - Berlin, Birkhäuser - Publisher for Architecture, 2007, 2007

About this Item

Leinen, gebunden; beiger, schwarz/weiss geprägter Einband / Anz. Seiten: 200 / 24,5 x 29,7 cm / mit zahlreichen, farbigen Abbildungen auf Tafeln / Zustand: sehr gut, geringe Gebrauchsspuren; Buchblock etwas schief, Einband an der Oberkante an einer Stelle leicht eingedellt, Sprache: en.

Seller Inventory # 85182

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Built Identity Swiss Re's Corporate Architecture
• Publisher: Basel - Boston - Berlin, Birkhäuser - Publisher for Architecture, 2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764379820
• ISBN 13: 9783764379827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architektur: Sachbücher - Helvetica .

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Synopsis

Swiss Re is one of the leading reinsurance companies in the world. This book documents its built identity by looking at its eleven buildings in six locations (Zurich, Adliswil, Rüschlikon, Munich, London, and New York). It illustrates this corporate architecture with sketches, plans, and photographs and brings it alive in interviews by Roderick Hönig with the participating architects. Bothe Richter Teherani, Meili und Peter, Norman Foster, Tilla Theus, Silvio Schmed, Schnebli Amann Menz, andStücheli und Partner provide fascinating perspectives on how the firm’s corporate culture came to architectural expression. This discourse is then continued and expanded in texts by Kees Christianse, Kerstin Hoeger, Jons Messedat, Elisabeth Samsonow, Saskia Sassen, and Philip Ursprung. The book focuses on a broad range of aspects – including corporate identity, globalization, corporate urbanism, sustainability, and risk – and relates them to the larger theme of corporate architecture.

About the Authors

Die Swiss Reinsurance Company, Swiss Re, mit Hauptsitz in Zürich ist eine bald 150-jährige Schweizer Rückversicherung, die heute zu den global führenden Kapital- undRisikomanagern gehört.

Headquartered in Zurich, the Swiss Reinsurance Company, which will soon be celebrating 150 years in existence, is one of the leading capital and risk managers in the world today.