Towers in the City: Berlin Alexanderplatz - Couverture souple

Kollhoff, Hans

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1638409021 ISBN 13 : 9781638409021

Editeur : Actar Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

The book examines the tower as the architectural expression of a long-term commitment to the city. The conclusion is that development must be driven not only by property value and architectural ingenuity but also by respect for collective memory and common humanity.

The book argues that these public commitments find architectural expression in a radically different tectonic to that of contemporary patterns of development. The volume presents a series of prompts, provocations, and projects to address the challenge of designing a tower that can be understood as a monolithic whole, even if assembled from discrete parts.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Hans Kollhoff founded his Berlin-based practice in 1978 after completing studies at Cornell under Colin Rowe and Oswald Mathias Ungers. He taught for many years at the ETH in Zurich and continues to practice with Helga Timmermann.

Kyle Dugdale is a critic at Yale School of Architecture, where he has taught since 2009. He holds a degree in classics from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, a professional degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and a doctorate from Yale.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Actar Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1638409021
• ISBN 13: 9781638409021
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Éditeur: Dugdale Kyle
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