Provocations against perfectionism
Subtitle: the architecture of Friis and Moltke 1950-1980
By: Boris Brorman Jensen and Hans Ibelings, editors ; with contributions by Ellen Braae, Angela Gigliotti, and Jesper Pagh ; photography by Poul Pedersen
Contributors: Friis, Knud, 1926- architect; Moltke, Elmar, 1927-1997, architect; Jensen, Boris Brorman, editor; Ibelings, Hans, editor; Braae, Ellen, contributor; Gigliotti, Angela, contributor; Pagh, Jesper, contributor; Pedersen, Poul, photographer
Publisher: The Architecture Observer
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789492058140
Subjects: Danish Architecture; Brutalism (Architecture); Modern Architecture
Other titles: Architecture of Friis and Moltke 1950-1980
Description: Between 1950 and 1980 Danish architects Knud Friis and Elmar Moltke realized hundreds of projects. Most of their work can be found in Jutland, and within this region the majority is built in and near Aarhus. Roughly ten percent of the firm's built work is presented here, in a cross section of their schools, town halls, sports complexes, housing, private houses and summerhouses, hotels, offices, factories, churches, and conference centres. The book traces the development of Friis and Moltke's unique and friendly brutalism, which is always comfortable, casual, and, in the words of Knud Friis, a 'provocation against perfectionism'
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-220)