Author: Anna Roos
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3035609225
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Contemporary architecture in Switzerland is influenced by Peter Zumthor and Herzog & de Meuron, recipients of the Swiss Pritzker Prize, as well as a number of other prominent architects. The book presents 25 buildings in Switzerland designed by 16 influential Swiss architects: The range covers high-density urban developments through to rural sites in the alpine environment, with examples of traditional craftsmanship and materials, and modern construction technology and engineering. Large-format photographs illustrate the buildings’ proportions, materials, and details. Four authors analyze the Swiss building culture and its high architectural quality from an insider’s and an outsider’s point of view. In a detailed interview, Peter Zumthor explains his approach to architectural design.
Swiss Sensibility
Author: Anna Roos
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3035609225
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Contemporary architecture in Switzerland is influenced by Peter Zumthor and Herzog & de Meuron, recipients of the Swiss Pritzker Prize, as well as a number of other prominent architects. The book presents 25 buildings in Switzerland designed by 16 influential Swiss architects: The range covers high-density urban developments through to rural sites in the alpine environment, with examples of traditional craftsmanship and materials, and modern construction technology and engineering. Large-format photographs illustrate the buildings’ proportions, materials, and details. Four authors analyze the Swiss building culture and its high architectural quality from an insider’s and an outsider’s point of view. In a detailed interview, Peter Zumthor explains his approach to architectural design.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3035609225
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Contemporary architecture in Switzerland is influenced by Peter Zumthor and Herzog & de Meuron, recipients of the Swiss Pritzker Prize, as well as a number of other prominent architects. The book presents 25 buildings in Switzerland designed by 16 influential Swiss architects: The range covers high-density urban developments through to rural sites in the alpine environment, with examples of traditional craftsmanship and materials, and modern construction technology and engineering. Large-format photographs illustrate the buildings’ proportions, materials, and details. Four authors analyze the Swiss building culture and its high architectural quality from an insider’s and an outsider’s point of view. In a detailed interview, Peter Zumthor explains his approach to architectural design.
Sport and Leisure Cultures
Author: Alan Tomlinson
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816633838
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
A sweeping analysis of sport culture's global, national, and local impact.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816633838
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
A sweeping analysis of sport culture's global, national, and local impact.
New York Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
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Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The National Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Red Mars and Green Mars
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553898310
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553898310
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Romanticism, Rousseau, Switzerland
Author: A. Esterhammer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137475862
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This collection brings together current research on topics that are perennially important to Romantic studies: the life and work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the landscape and history of his native Switzerland.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137475862
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This collection brings together current research on topics that are perennially important to Romantic studies: the life and work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the landscape and history of his native Switzerland.
The National Magazine
Author: Abel Stevens
Publisher:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Romanticism, Republicanism, and the Swiss Myth
Author: Patrick Vincent
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009210297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature, the book shows how a republican myth contributed to Romanticism and liberalism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009210297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature, the book shows how a republican myth contributed to Romanticism and liberalism.
Caroline of Lichtfield
Author: Laura Kirkley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317303946
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Thomas Holcroft’s 1786 translation of Isabelle de Montolieu’s novel is a textual encounter between a rather conventional Swiss woman and a British radical. Just as Montolieu did in her own translations, Holcroft reworked parts of the novel to make it more appealing to his intended audience.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317303946
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Thomas Holcroft’s 1786 translation of Isabelle de Montolieu’s novel is a textual encounter between a rather conventional Swiss woman and a British radical. Just as Montolieu did in her own translations, Holcroft reworked parts of the novel to make it more appealing to his intended audience.
Swiss Monthly
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Category : Swiss periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Swiss periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description