The job describtion of the architect has fundamentally changed with the emergence of a globalized society, and it will continue to do so in the future. In this context, the question that arises is that of a changed approach to building and new pathways within design.

Explorations in Architecture: Teaching, Design, Research

Arts & Photography

Geiser, Reto

Architecture

Birkhäuser Architecture

Paradoxically, Swiss art historian and architecture critic Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968) would only consolidate his reputation as one of the most influential architectural historians of the twentieth century far from his homeland, in America. In his study of Giedion’s life and work Reto Geiser foregrounds the formative character of Giedion’s extended stays in the United States and their role as an inspiring laboratory to propel his scholarship. By challenging the presentation of a continuous line of developments, and revealing the ruptures and contradictions within Giedion’s work, Geiser questions a heroic account of modern architecture, turning instead to the less ideological and frequently overlooked facets of Giedion’s oeuvre. The book argues that, although Giedion’s position in between two cultural spheres created discontinuities in his work, it also facilitated a mutual exchange between the architectural impresario and his North American peers and thereby helped to shape the development and reception of the modern project on either side of the Atlantic.

Giedion and America: Repositioning the History of Modern Architecture

Photography & Video

gta publishers

Since constructing his own studio in 1999, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has designed or collaborated with other architects on a wide range of architectural projects. These collaborations were the subject of Ai Weiwei: Art/Architecture, a 2011 exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, which this catalogue accompanies. A highlight of this overview is the widely celebrated “Bird’s Nest” Beijing National Stadium, a collaboration between Ai and the Swiss architecture firm Herzog &amp; de Meuron that was constructed for the 2008 Olympic Games. Another feature is a new work based on a project titled “Ordos 10” for which Ai invited 100 young architectural firms worldwide to design single-family houses for Ordos City in Inner Mongolia. An essay in the catalogue examines the role of architecture in relation to Ai’s political activities, an issue of particular relevance since his arrest and conditional release in 2011.

Ai Weiwei: Art, Architecture

Lepik, Andres

History & Criticism

Kunsthaus Bregenz

This book brings together the work of the Los Angeles based architectural workshop Johnston Marklee since its founding in 1998. The firm's work is recognized internationally for its engagement with contemporary art practices while being deeply rooted in the history and foundations of the discipline. A comprehensive list of work illustrated with small photographs and diagrams will conclude this monograph.

House Is a House Is a House Is a House Is a House: Architectures and Collaborations of Johnston Marklee

Basel Birkhäuse

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