Book that compiles images selected by 44 architect in different latitudes.

Valerio Olgiati.-

I asked architects to send me important images that show the basis of their work. Images that are in their head when they think. Images that show the origin of their architecture.

In this book we find 44 individual "musées imaginaires". The most unique architects living today each present up to 10 images to explain the autobiographical roots of their oeuvre. The images are explanations, metaphors, foundations, memories and intentions. They are poetic and philosophical avowals. They reveal a personal perspective on thoughts. They show the roots of architecture and expectations concerning projects. Conscious and unconscious.

This book has the format of a reader. As little as possible is said. The images are small, legible and interpretable as icons. As individual collections, they present a personal view of an individual world, while as a whole they provide a universal view of the perceptible origin of contemporary architecture.
 

The list comprises the 44 most unique architects living today: David Adjaye, Francisco Aires Mateus, Manuel Aires Mateus, Alejandro Aravena, Ben van Berkel, Mario Botta, Alberto Campo Baeza, Adam Caruso, Peter St John, David Chipperfield, Preston Scott Cohen, Hermann Czech, Roger Diene, Peter Eisenman, Sou Fujimoto, Antón Garcia-Abril, Go Hasegawa, Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Steven Holl, Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Steven Holl, Anne Holtrop, Junya Ishigami, Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Bijoy Jain (Studio Mumbai), Momoyo Kaijima, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow), Christian Kerez, Hans Kollhoff, Winy Maas (MVRDV), Peter Märkli, Jürgen Mayer H, Richard Meier,  Glenn Murcutt, Ryue Nishizawa, Valerio Olgiati, John Pawson, Cecilia Puga, Smiljan Radic, Richard Rogers, Kazuyo Sejima, Jonathan Sergison, Stephen Bates, Miroslav Šik, Alvaro Siza Vieira, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Peter Wilson (Bolles + Wilson), Peter Zumthor.

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Publisher.- Quart Publishers (Jun 2013).
Editor.- Valerio Olgiati.
Pages.- 424. Hardcover.
Format..- 10.5 x 19.4 cm, 335 colour and b&w illustrations, thread-stitched cloth binding.
Language.- English.
ISBN-10.- 3037610697.
ISBN-13.- 978-3037610695.

Idea.- Valerio Olgiati and Nathan Ghiringhelli.
Diseño del libro.- Dino Simonett.
Diseño gráfico.- Dino Simonett and Bruno Margreth.

 

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Valerio Olgiati, (born 18 July 1958 in Chur) is a Swiss architect. He studied architecture at ETH Zurich. Following his studies he lived and worked first in Switzerland and later in Los Angeles. In 1996 he opened his own practice in Zurich and then in 2008 together with his wife Tamara in Flims.

The first time he received attention outside the architectural scene was in 1999 with the museum The Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland. In 2008 he created an icon with his winning competition for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Perm, Russia.

His most important buildings include the schoolhouse in Paspels, the visitor centre for the Swiss National Park in Zernez, the House for a Musician in Scharans, the residential complex Schleife in Zug and Villa Além in Portugal. Major projects in planning are the winery for Carnasciale in Italy, the high-rise building San Felipe in Peru, a house for a priest in Germany and a building for the head quarter of Baloise insurance company in Basel.

About his work there are numerous monographs, that have been translated into nine languages. The major solo exhibition of his work took place in 2012 at MoMa Tokyo.

Among other academic engagements he led the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard University, USA in 2009. Since 2002 he has been a Full Professor at the Accademia di architettura Mendrisio at the Università della Svizzera italiana.
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Published on: October 3, 2013
Cite: "‘The Images of Architects’ by Valerio Olgiati" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/images-architects-valerio-olgiati> ISSN 1139-6415
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