Product details

Art.No:

99832

Author / Artist:

Simon, Axel, Kaschka Knapkiewicz und Axel Fickert

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Keyword:

Architektur - ArchitektInnen

Binding / Picture Size:

Kart.

Publisher:

Park books

Place of publishing:

Zürich

Year of publication:

2012

Book Details / Size:

4°, 258 S., zahlr. farb. Abb. u Pläne

Condition:

Tadellos.

Description:

Die Zürcher Architekten Kaschka Knapkiewicz und Axel Fickert sind seit drei Jahrzehnten wichtige Exponenten der Schweizer Architekturszene. Besonders ihre Wohnbauentwürfe haben Standards gesetzt und eine ganze Generation von Architekten beeinflusst. Heute gehören sie zu den aktivsten Wohnungsbauern Zürichs, die immer wieder neue Lösungen erfinden und gleichzeitig historische Vorbilder reflektieren. Dieses umfangreiche und üppig illustrierte Buch dokumentiert und erläutert eine Auswahl von 20 Wohnbauten und -projekten seit 1992 und versammelt in einem Katalog alle relevanten Wohnungsgrundrisse samt historischen Referenzen.Two of the foremost architects in Switzerland, Kaschka Knapkiewicz and Axel Fickert have gained great recognition since establishing their studio in 1992. Their work on residential projects has influenced a generation of younger architects and created important new trends in housing. Knapkiewicz and Fickert have produced work that embraces opposites equally; their buildings are at once austere and luxurious, frugal and lavish.This volume examines twenty of their residential buildings, including ones that have been realized as well as those that never made it off the page. Each work is presented with a short description and extensive images, from blueprints and renderings to drawings and color photographs. An interview with both architects begins the book and lays the foundation for understanding their oeuvre. Knapkiewicz & Fickert. Housing is published to coincide with Knapkiewicz & Fickert’s work being featured in the exhibition at the Swiss pavilion at the Thirteenth International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennial 2012.Text deutsch/engl.