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Discussion: “I Build on My Experience of the World...” – an Interview with Peter Zumthor
Zumthor: Architecture is also an art, and since the 20th century, it has laid claim – like modern art – to a new view of things and perhaps to develop...
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Discussion: A Plea for Concrete Construction in Keeping with the Nature of the Material
Strangely enough, the same typical details come to mind for both steel and timber construction, whereas nothing occurs to us when we consider monolith...
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Discussion: Exposed Concrete Design after 1969
In the 1950s, the use of concrete in building underwent a fundamental change. Through a freer approach to form and surface treatment, architects like ...
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Discussion: From the Cabinet of Art and Curiosities to the Architectural Museum. Architectural Collections as a Reflection of Their Times
There is no record that building models or drawings were ever collectors’ items in antiquity. The earliest surviving three-dimensional representations...
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Mexican Embassy in Berlin
The most striking feature of this building is the entrance facade: an 18-metre-high screen, consisting of 40 partly inclined pillars. Cast in white co...
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House in Berlin
The house consists of two tracts linked by a glazed intermediate zone. On the ground floor is a self-contained flat. The narrow, northern tract in con...
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