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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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English German |
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New York :
Thames & Hudson,
2015.
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 304 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780500343036 0500343039 |