Peter Gössel Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

With more than 280 entries, this architectural A–Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects are featured with a portrait, concise biography, as well as a description of her or his important work. Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you’ll travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudí’s Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi’s sports and leisure center in a former factory site in S?o Paulo. You’ll take in Gio Ponti’s colored geometries, Zaha Hadid’s free-flowing futurism, the luminous interiors of SANAA, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s unique blend of Scottish tradition and elegant japonisme.

The creative duo Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Kaiser Eames (1912–1988) transformed the visual character of America. Though best known for their furniture, the husband and wife team were also forerunners in architecture, textile design, photography, and film.The Eameses’ work defined a new, multifunctional modernity, exemplary for its integration of craft and design, as well as for the use of modern materials, notably plywood and plastics. The Eames Lounge Chair Wood, designed with molded plywood technology, became a defining furniture piece of the 20th century, while the couple’s contribution to the Case Study Houses project not only made inventive use of industrial materials but also developed an adaptable floor plan of multipurpose spaces which would become a hallmark of postwar modern architecture.From the couple’s earliest furniture experiments to their seminal short film Powers of Ten, this book covers all the aspects of the illustrious Eames repertoire and its revolutionary impact on middle-class American living.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) war einer der Gründungsväter der modernen Architektur. Er entwarf den Barcelona Pavilion (1929), das Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois (1945-1951) und das Seagram Building in New York (1954-1958) und stand damit für einen neuen architektonischen Stil. Sein Motto weniger ist mehr ist weltbekannt; er vertrat eine neue Reinheit im architektonischen Ausdruck, die nicht im Repertoire anderer Bauhaus-Mitglieder zu finden war. Dabei war es nicht sein Ziel, für Menschen am Existenzminimum zu bauen er wollte in Hinblick auf Technik und Ästhtetik wirtschaftlich arbeiten und unterstrich diesen Anspruch mit dem Einsatz von Materialien wie Stahl und Glas. Obwohl ihm die extreme Reduzierung von Form und Material einige Kritik einbrachte, versuchen viele, seinen originellen und eleganten Stil zu kopieren in den meisten Fällen erfolglos. Dieses Buch zeigt mehr als 20 seiner Projekte zwischen 1906 und 1967; von seinen frühen Arbeiten in Berlin bis zu seinen wichtigsten Bauten in America. Weniger ist mehr. Perfektion im Purismus.

Creative duo Charles and Ray Eames were one of the most transformative forces in design history: through furniture, photography, architecture, textile design, industrial design, and film, the husband and wife defined a new, multifunctional modernity. Discover all aspects of their illustrious repertoire and its revolutionary impact on...

Discover the gentler face of modernism in this introduction to Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect who defied the slick geometries set by the International Style to prioritize soft, poetic, undulating forms. Whether a villa, a sauna, or a lamp design, Aalto's organic structures championed environmentally sound and progressive design with a...

In einem kurzen Zeitraum von nur vierzehn Jahren zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen veränderte die deutsche Kunst- und Gestaltungsschule Bauhaus das Antlitz der Moderne. Mit utopischen Idealen für die Zukunft entwickelte sie eine bahnbrechende Fusion aus Kunst, Handwerk und Technik, die sie quer durch alle gestalterischen Medien und Methoden umsetzte, vom Film bis zum Theater, von der Bildhauerei bis zur Töpferei. Dieses Buch entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, der weltgrößten Sammlung zur Geschichte des Bauhauses. Schriften, Studien, Fotografien, Skizzen, Pläne und Modelle dokumentieren nicht nur die realisierten Arbeiten, sie lassen auch den Geist von Bauhaus wieder lebendig werden. Von zwanglosen Aufnahmen beim Gruppenturnen bis zu Zeichnungen aus dem Unterricht von Paul Klee, von ausführlichen Bauplänen bis zu einem schnittigen Aschenbecher von Marianne Brandt - sie alle sind Zeugnisse einer idealistischen Kreativgemeinschaft, die entschlossen war, Gestaltung völlig neu zu denken und eine bessere Zukunft für moderne Menschen zu formen

The work of Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953) is extraordinarily open-minded in its attitude to material and planning, as a result of his completely original form of architectural thinking. Mendelsohn's genius lay in the fact that he was not influenced by his predecessors; rather, his imagination sprung from an entirely personal place, refusing to borrow from any existing artistic forms or styles. He became famous with the "Einsteinturm in Potsdam" (the supreme masterpiece of architectural expressionism, one of the most heretical and revolutionary works in history), the Hat Factory in Luckenwalde, and the Schocken Department Store in Stuttgart. To this day, Mendelsohn's methods remain stimulating and provocative and his work begs to be (re)discovered. Every book in "Taschen's Basic Architecture" series features: approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans; introductory essays exploring the architect's life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects; the most important works presented in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes as well as construction problems and resolutions; and, an appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect's most famous buildings.

The ultimate architectural reference work (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) This is the be-all-end-all reference work for architecture in the 20th century. From Frank Lloyd Wright to Gaudi to Frank O. Gehry to Shigeru Ban and all the best stuff in between, it's all here. The chronologically organized chapters put it all into perspective, illustrated by hundreds of large-format photos as well as a plenitude of drawings and floor plans. The biographical appendix covers all of the century's greatest architects, including today's new talents. This special expanded edition, presented in two volumes packaged in a slipcase, brings our classic title up to date with coverage up until the present day, more color photos, more architect biographies, and new chapters on recent architectural trends and movements.

The Modernist outsider "The essence of the artistic design in building – like all art – indeed provides meaning for man’s existence and in itself it confirmes its result that became form." - Hans Scharoun German architect Hans Scharoun (1893-1972) studied and practiced architecture his entire adult life but did not build a major building until 1963 when his impressive Berlin Philharmonie finally came to life. The fact that he stayed in Germany during the Second World War prevented him from realizing grandiose projects and caused him to concentrate more on interiors than exteriors for many years. Nevertheless, Scharoun`s sculptural designs, influenced by the expressionist-utopian circle "Gläserne Kette" of which he was a member, did not go unnoticed and were among the best of his generation. About the Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture Series

Das Pionierprojekt, das den Modernismus zu den Massen bringen sollte.

Thrilling story of sailing and rescue from international hero, Pete Goss

History of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and life.

Les meubles des designers les plus éminents de notre siècle.

Status symbols that define the spirit of the age Designers of genius. Henry van de Velde, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Josef Hoffmann. Le Corbusier and Emile Jacques Ruhlmann. Charles Eames, Ettore Sottsas and Philippe Starck. At their hands furniture came into its own. The twentieth century transformed interiors into sets - and on those sets the creations of these designers played the star parts. This is a book about status symbols that express the character of their owners but, more than that, define the spirit of the age.

Ce livre présente l'architecture du 20e siècle, mettant en avant des figures emblématiques comme Adolf Loos et Frank Lloyd Wright, ainsi que des mouvements tels que le Bauhaus et le Postmodernisme. Avec des chapitres chronologiques, des photos, des plans et des biographies, il offre un aperçu captivant de l'évolution architecturale et des débats de cette époque.

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