New Swiss architecture /

With its Alpine peaks, crystalline lakes, and efficient cities, Switzerland has quietly become a center for sophisticated late modern architecture. Architect Peter Zumthor, a former cabinetmaker, and the firm Herzog & de Meuron produced a series of buildings at home and abroad that has paved the...

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Main Author: Graevenitz, Maya Birke von (Author)
Other Authors: Herschdorfer, Nathalie (Editor), Adam, Hubertus, 1965- (author of introduction.)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2015.
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Summary:With its Alpine peaks, crystalline lakes, and efficient cities, Switzerland has quietly become a center for sophisticated late modern architecture. Architect Peter Zumthor, a former cabinetmaker, and the firm Herzog & de Meuron produced a series of buildings at home and abroad that has paved the way for a younger generation of architects who fuse the country's traditional materials with high-tech new tools and innovative construction methods.
Physical Description:304 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 29 cm
ISBN:9780500343036
0500343039