Covering + Exposing. The Architecture of coop Himmelb(l)au

WERNER, Frank (Worms am Rhein, 1944)

ISBN 10: 3764360798 / ISBN 13: 9783764360795

Published by Basel - Berlin - Boston, Birkhauser - Publishers for Architecture,, Basel - Berlin - Boston, 2000

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Testo di Frank Werner. Numerose illustrazioni a colori e in bianco e nero (progetti e opere) . 4to (cm 32 x 21,5). pp. 208. . Ottimo (Fine). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . La dialettica della copertura e dell'esposizione significa che la trasparenza č garantita solo nella misura consentita dalla copertura. Per Coop Himmelb(l)au, la trasparenza č per metą chirurgica, per metą sensuale. Possiamo guardare le interiora intrecciate solo dove la "pelle" viene respinta, aperta, ripiegata. Trasparenza come mezzo per consentire lo ?scorcio proibito? Frank Werner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Covering + Exposing. The Architecture of coop Himmelb(l)au
• Publisher: Basel - Berlin - Boston, Birkhauser - Publishers for Architecture,, Basel - Berlin - Boston
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764360798
• ISBN 13: 9783764360795
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: Prima edizione (First Edition).
• Condition: Ottimo (Fine)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • architecture

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Synopsis

To combine architecture and imagination in a fashion as light and variable as clouds was the credo proclaimed by Wolf D. Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky when they founded the practice of Coop Himmelb(l)au in 1968 in Vienna (Himmelblau = heavenly blue). Their radical, iconoclastic and deconstructivist approach to architecture expresses the energy and tension of each site and location in spectacular fashion. Among the projects that established their international reputation are the Groningen Museum pavilion and Dresden UFA Cinema Complex. Their work has also featured in numerous exhibitions and they have represented Austria at the Architecture Biennial in Venice. This monograph is the first publication to present the theoretical and conceptual content of Coop Himmelb(l)au s oeuvre.