Christophe Girot

Philip Ursprung

In many ways the history of civilization is a history of our relationship with nature and landscape. Christophe Girot chronicles this intimate connection, drawing on all aspects of mankind's creativity and ingenuity, and bringing together the key stories that have shaped our manmade landscapes. Starting from the need to clear land for cultivation and to enclose space for protection - the forest clearing and the walled garden - there emerges a vital and multifaceted narrative that describes our cultural relationship to, and dependence on, the landscape, right up to the present day. Organized chronologically, each chapter includes a thematic essay that ties together the central developments and a case study illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and meticulously detailed 3D re-creations showing the featured site in its original context.

A History of Our Designs on the Natural World, from Prehistory to the Present

The Course of Landscape Architecture

David Adjaye

Daniela Keiser

An artistic reflection on the impact of David Adjaye's architecture for the Idea Stores in London. Daniela Keiser ranks among the most renowned contemporary artists in Switzerland. In 2017 she was awarded the Swiss national art prize Prix Meret Oppenheim as well as a studio grant from Landis & Gyr Stiftung that enabled her to embark on an extended stay in London's East End. There she discovered the Idea Store, the public library on Whitechapel Road built by British architect David Adjaye. Upon its opening to the public, this institution quickly became a meeting place for a broad spectrum of society, including socially disadvantaged people. The goal of the Idea Stores--eight of them have been opened in various London boroughs since 2005--is to enhance formerly neglected neighborhoods and offer a low-threshold source of education and information. From that initial Idea Store on Whitechapel Road, Daniela Keiser began to take pictures of the goings-on in the street outside. Her Library--Idea Store,321 Whitechapel Rd, Shadwell, London E1 1BU series reveals a calm, repetitive, but insistent image of the city and offers insight into the small everyday variations of the surrounding world. This book pairs her photographic reflections with a conversation between David Adjaye and art and architecture historian Philip Ursprung. They talk about Keiser's perception of the site and--without actually showing the building--the impact of urban design and the architect's intentions.

London - Being in the Library

Hubertus von Amelunxen

Angela Lammert

Moment to Moment : Space

Gordon Matta-Clark

Stephan Trüby

Gianluigi Ricuperati

This beautifully illustrated book accompanies an exhibit at gta exhibitions of ETH Zurich that focuses on artworks featuring carefully designed stages—a deliberate blurring of the border between art, architecture, and performance. Creating static, yet theatrical, tableaux in which artists can highlight the interplay between the disciplines of art and architecture, the stages at the same time represent a wide range of creative approaches to art and art making, and they also offer reflections on sources of artistic inspiration, including books and films. A lasting record of a carefully—and creatively—curated exhibition,Theater Objects will surprise and impress architects, artists, and fans of both forms.

A Stage for Architecture and Art

Theater Objects

Harm Lux

Gedankenausstausch zur Gegenwartskunst : exchange of ideas on conteporary art : Symposium interviews

Stillstand switches

Köbi Gantenbein

Hans Danuser

Auch Bilder schreiben Geschichte: Mit seinem radikal subjektiven Blick auf Bauten des Schweizer Architekten Peter Zumthor setzte der Künstler Hans Danuser in den 1980er- und 1990er-Jahren einen Markstein in der Geschichte der Architekturfotografie. Seine Aufnahmen veränderten das fotografische Genre und die Art und Weise, über Architektur und Fotografie nachzudenken. Dieses Buch versammelt Bilder zur Kapelle Sogn Benedetg, zu den Schutzbauten über den römischen Funden in Chur und zur Therme Vals. Es führt die intensive Debatte fort, die die Fotografien vor zwanzig Jahren auslösten. Ein ausführliches Gespräch zwischen Hans Danuser und Hochparterre-Chefredakteur Köbi Gantenbein lotet die Umstände der Zusammenarbeit mit Peter Zumthor aus und fragt, wie sich die Architekturfotografie seither entwickelt hat. Der Kunst- und Architekturhistoriker Philip Ursprung setzt sich in einem detaillierten Essay mit Zumthors Architektur und der fotografischen Repräsentation von Architektur auseinander.

images by Hans Danuser

Seeing Zumthor

Angeli Sachs

Ilka Ruby

Andreas Ruby

What is minimalism? Or, more specifically, what isn't? In this fascinating aesthetic voyage, three experts in the field of architecture and art history trace the development of minimalism as a style and offer perspectives on the directions the movement is taking as it morphs towards the future. In double-page spreads filled with color photographs of the most innovative minimalist projects, this book illustrates three principal movements: the traditional, as practiced by Herzog & de Meuron in early works, Adolf Krischanitz and Tadao Ando; the ambiguous, in which architects not commonly associated with minimalism, such as OMA or Zaha Hadid, use it for specific projects; and the subversive, which appropriates minimalist concepts across a variety of new fields as exemplified in the architecture of Shigeru Ban or Lacaton & Vassal.

Minimal Architecture

Jeff Wall

Princeton Architectural Press

Cristina Bechtler

Jacques Herzog

Transcript of a Nov. 4, 2003 conversation between Jacques Herzog, Jeff Wall, Philip Ursprung and Cristina Bechtler.

A Conversation Between Jacques Herzog and Jeff Wall, Moderated by Philip Ursprung

Pictures of Architecture – Architecture of Pictures

This exploration of the use and significance of two-dimensional images in contemporary architecture looks at the works of major designers, including Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, MVRDV, and Sauerbruch & Hutton, among others. It shows how certain architectural principles such as color and ornament--which nearly disappeared in modern twentieth century architecture--are making a strong comeback. Drawing connections to the rise of globalization and current media trends, this examination uses an abundance of thematically arranged photographs to illustrate what is unmistakably a major contemporary development in architecture.

A Picture Book of Architecture

Images

Fiona Elliott

This innovative study of two of the most important artists of the twentieth century links the art practices of Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson in their attempts to test the limits of art--both what it is and where it is. Ursprung provides a sophisticated yet accessible analysis, placing the two artists firmly in the art world of the 1960s as well as in the art historical discourse of the following decades. Although their practices were quite different, they both extended the studio and gallery into desert landscapes, abandoned warehouses, industrial sites, train stations, and other spaces. Ursprung bolsters his argument with substantial archival research and sociological and economic models of expansion and limits.

Allan Kaprow, Robert Smithson, and the Limits to Art

Helmut Lethen

Philipp Sarasin

Jakob Tanner

Ingrid Tomkowiak

Barbara König

Andrea Krauß

Gesine Krüger

Wo ist Kultur? Was meinen wir, wenn wir "Kultur" sagen? Im 19. Jahrhundert hatte "Kultur" ihren Hort in Europa, ihre Heimat war das antike Griechenland und die sie tragende Schicht das Bürgertum. Die Umbrüche des 20. Jahrhunderts lassen keine feste Verortung von "Kultur" mehr zu. Dennoch (oder gerade deshalb?) ist "Kultur" in gegenwärtigen Debatten ein Schlüsselwort. Die komplexe Dynamik sozialer, wirtschaftlicher und medialer Prozesse erscheint letztlich nur "kulturell" erklärbar – ein Diskurs, der aktuell unterschiedlichste Positionen herausfordert. Der Band dokumentiert die interdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung von Universität und ETH Zürich, die der Frage nach dem Ort von Kultur nachgeht.

Perspektiven der Kulturanalyse

Wo ist Kultur?

Kate Goodwin

Unlike almost any other art form, architecture is part of our everyday life, but its ability to dramatically affect the way we think, feel and interact with one another is often overlooked. This volume brings the focus back to the sensual aspects of architecture the subtle and intangible ways it impacts on human experience through the work of six leading architects from around the world, all of whom have created a unique immersive installation for the Royal Academy. Conversations with each of these architects including Kengo Kuma, Li Xiaodong and Pezo von Ellrichshausen show the multiplicity of ways in which different approaches to the built environment can affect the way in which we connect with our surroundings, while an introduction by Philip Ursprung explores the background to this humanistic approach to design. The book is fully illustrated with preparatory sketches and key buildings by each of the architects.

Architecture Reimagined

Sensing Spaces

Philip Ursprung

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