Forms of Practice
Subtitle: German-Swiss Architecture 1980-2000
Publisher: E T H Honggerberg Zurich Ausstellungsorganisation des Institutes fur Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9783856763077
Subjects: Architecture, switzerland
Description: During the 1980s and 1990s, German-Swiss architecture gained worldwide acclaim on account of its constructional and aesthetic coherence. The production purported on ethical orientation, seeking a sense of stability in reaction to postmodern relativism. Irina DAvisovici discusses the cultural and theoretical conditions of this architecture as facets of one artistic and cultural phenomenon. She attempts to reveal the implicit conflicts between shared values and individual expression, artistic integrity and economic interest.