Venice. Architecural Guide - Buildings and Projects After 1950

Venice has developed into a Mecca for international architects in the last few decades. The elite of contemporary architecture gather to celebrate the most prestigious architecture exhibition of our time at the Biennale in the shadows of St. Mark's Place, the Rialto Bridge and the Doge's Palace. It is all the more amazing that there is no current guide which covers the modern architecture of the largest open-air museum in the world. This Architectural Guide is a ticket to a journey of discovery off the beaten tourist path through Venice after 1950.The boat trips and walks in the guide lead to new residential complexes and converted harbour sheds, to works by Carlo Scarpa, Tadao Ando and David Chipperfield. This very practical travel guide also examines controversial new projects like the flood control barriers or spectacular conversions like that of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi by Rem Koolhaas. In addition to never realised designs by Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, the authors present all the Biennale pavilions from the last six decades.

About the author

Clemens F. Kusch, Jg. 1963. Architekturstudium an der Universität Venedig. 1993 Promotion, seitdem Gastprofessor an der Universität Venedig. Kontaktarchitekt für deutsche Büros, u. a. gmp · von Gerkan, Marg und Partner und für die Kuratoren der Biennale Venedig, Korrespondent für deutsche Zeitschriften, seit 2009 Projektkoordinator fu r die Rekonstruktion des Berliner Schlosses.

Product details

• Authors: Anabel Gelhaar, Clemens Kusch, Clemens F Kusch, Clemens F. Kusch
• Publisher: DOM Publishers
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9783869223629
• ISBN: 978-3-86922-362-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 245 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 640 g
• Illustrations: über 400 Abb.
• Series: Architekturführer/Architectural Guide
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Venedig, Venedig / Kunst, Architektur, Museen, Design, Bau / Baukunst, Architektur - Baukunst, Entwurf / Architektur