Herman Hertzberger‘s key structuralist works photographed by Klaus Kinold 👀

#hermanhertzberger #klauskinold #architecturebook #architecturephotography #structuralism

The Baldegg Convent (1968-72) in Hochdorf, Switzerland, by Marcel Breuer, Robert F. Gatje & Beat Jordi. Photo by Jürgen Beck from the book “Im Kloster Baldegg - Klösterliches Leben in einem Bau von Marcel Breuer”.

Late last year Marcel Breuer’s only religious building outside the US was honored by an extensive monograph published by Scheidegger & Spiess. A fantastic book that provides deep insights into the genesis of the Baldegg convent and the life going on behind its walls.

#marcelbreuer #architecturebook

The Schmela House and Gallery (1967-71) in Düsseldorf, Germany, designed by Aldo van Eyck. Photo from December 2024.

My all time favorite architect biography for sure is Francis Strauven’s “Aldo van Eyck - Relativiteit een Verbeelding” from 1994, a dense and truly fascinating tour through Van Eyck’s life, work and thinking.

#aldovaneyck #architecturebook #biography #dutcharchitecture

The Steiger House (1956-59) in Zurich, Switzerland, designed by Flora Steiger-Crawford & Rudolf Steiger. Photo from 1993 by Michel Zumbrunn.

#architecture #swissarchitecture #architecturephotography #florasteigercrawford #rudolfsteiger

The Steiger House (1956-58) in Zurich is the brainchild of Flora Steiger-Crawford and Rudolf Steiger. Lars Muller Publishers recently released Marianne Burkhalter & Christian Sumi’s present beautiful and very informative book about the house that I greatly enjoyed.

#architecturebook #architecture

Übrigens: CSU kann auch Vogelschiss.

Art Museum of the Americas cancels shows of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump’s DEI crackdown

The Washington, DC institution had been due to open exhibitions about queer identity and the African diaspora in the Americas this month

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The beautiful library of Villa Mairea (1938-39) in Noormakku, Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto. Photo from A+U issue 606.

#alvaraalto #architecture #library #architecturephotography #modernarchitecture #interiorarchitecture

I deeply admire Alvar Aalto’s (and thus also Aino & Elissa’s) architecture in general but his houses always fascinated me the most. Hence, issue 606 of A+U with its beautiful documentation of the houses and their architectural details is one I treasure.

#alvaraalto #architecturemag #architecture

A great choice for the 2025 Pritzker Prize: Liu Jiakun. He’s not only designing beautiful antidotes to the usual bombast in China but also has three stray cats in his office.

Depicted: the West Village Projects from 2015.

#pritzkerprize #liujiakun #chinesearchitecture #contemporaryarchitecture

A brilliant biography by Sonja Hilzinger of the great Grete Ring, art historian and art dealer during the Weimar Republic and in British exile. Recently published by Reimer Verlag.

#artbook #arthistory #womeninarthistory #book

I recently came across an old book featuring modern churches in all of Europe, many of them photographed by Barbara Schmidt-Glassner whose name I never had heard before. But her photographs are excellent as the present one of St. Fronleichnam in Aachen, Germany, shows.