Idea and Form Houses by Szyszkowitz and Kowalski

Name: Idea and Form Houses by Szyszkowitz and Kowalski
Price: 29.05 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9783764369279

ISBN-10: 3764369272

ISBN-13: 9783764369279

Edition: 2003

Authors: Karin Wilhelm, Peter Blundell-Jones

List price: $82.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

1 new & used from $29.05

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Michael Szyszkowitz and Karla Kowalski are amongst the leading exponents of the new Graz architecture in Austria. They perceive architecture as a way of imbuing structures with meaning, an approach which they share with such visionaries in single-family housing as Hans Scharoun or Frank Lloyd Wright. The private residence can be seen as a field for experimenting with various room concepts. In this volume, 18 houses are presented which convey the richness and diversity of possibilities which emerge from this approach to architecture. The renowned architecture historian and theoretician Karin Wilhelm takes an analytical look at the design process and conceptional models which underlie this…

Book details

List price: $82.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag
Publication date: 5/5/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 9.72" wide x 13.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 3.762
Language: English



Preface



The detached house as "territorial art"



Approaching Graz


Szyszkowitz+Kowalski's practice


A home visit



Most important realizations


Biographies Szyszkowitz+Kowalski


House above Graz


Green House


House in Zusertai


Red House


House on Hohenrain


Grey House


Harmisch House


Houses in Hietzing, Vienna - Lower House


Houses in Hietzing, Vienna - Upper House


House in Bad Mergentheim


House in Maria Enzersdorf


House on Plattenweg


Tower in Folling


Design House


House in Moosburg


Urban villas in Mariagrun


House on Ruckerlberg


House in Kumberg


Prizes and awards


Publications


Illustration credits