Thinking Architecture: Third, expanded edition

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ISBN: 9783034605854.

  In "The Leis Houses", Peter Zumthor describes the genesis of two wooden houses in the town of Leis in the Swiss canton of Graubunden, thus thematizing the special challenge of integrating contemporary architecture into a traditional architectural context. In "The Leis Houses" Peter Zumthor describes the genesis of two wooden houses in the town of Leis in the Swiss canton of Graubunden, thus thematizing the special challenge of integrating contemporary architecture into a traditional architectural context. By demonstrating the continuities, disruptions and transformations at stake, the book deepens the ongoing conversations, while suggesting directions for future research. The publication Habitat: Ecology Thinking in Architecture aims to highlight some of the historical sources of ecological approaches that are currently reshaping the architectural field. Now in its third edition, this book has been expanded to include two new essays: "Architecture and Landscape" deals with the relationship between the structure and its surroundings, with the secret of the successful placement and topographical integration of architecture. The book points out the paradigmatic shift in thinking about the built environment as something inherently contextual and relational.

Publisher: Birkhauser Architecture.

• Language English
• ISBN10 3034605854
• 08 x 233.
• Edition Statement 3rd, expanded ed.
• Publisher Birkhauser
• Format Hardback | 112 pages