Xtreme Interiors
Courtenay Smith, Annette Ferrara
Prestel Verlag 2003
ISBN 3-7913-2970-7
In 2002, the Prestel Verlag published ‘Xtreme Houses’ – an anthology of exciting architectural experimentation, displaying the most radical and unusual domestic architecture of the present day and achieving high sales volumes due to its diversion away from the architectural mainstream. This is the follow-up - ‘Xtreme Interiors’ – showcasing 40 interior design projects that follow similarly extraordinary principles. It’s not just a question of architects’ drafts; the scope of the book ranges from DIY to installation art, with projects including a house in the slums of South Africa, a NASA space capsule, the first Big Brother house in Hilversum in the Netherlands and the villa belonging to an American security expert, which almost resembles a high-security prison.
Das Denken des Leibes und der architektonische Raum
(Reflections on the Body and
Architectural Space)
Wolfgang Meisenheimer
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König 2004
ISBN 3-88375-841-8
Wolfgang Meisenheimer has follow-ed the changing relation between
human perception and the urban
environment for 30 years. In this new book, he presents diverse anthropological expressions of architecture and their ethical dimensions. This attractive little book is not an easy read, but it provides the reader with great food for thought upon repeated reading.
The Wirtz Gardens
Jacques Wirtz, Patrick Taylor, Marco Antonio Valdivia
Exhibitions International 2004
ISBN 90-7670-436-8
In 1950, Jacques Wirtz founded a landscape architecture firm in Schoten, Belgium. Wirtz International has since developed into a thriving company, planning gardens in Europe, Japan and the USA. The emphasis is placed on harmonisation with the surrounding architecture, be it a university campus, business park or the grounds of a museum. This luxurious two-volume set presents 57 private and public gardens, most of them never before seen in publication. An essay by Patrick Taylor introduces the reader to the world of the landscape architect.
The Terragni Atlas
Daniel Libeskind, Attilio Terragni & Paolo Rosselli
Skira 2005
ISBN 8884917328
Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943) was a pioneer in the Italian Rationalist movement, producing some of Italy’s most significant 20th century buildings. Celebrating the centenary of his birth, Daniel Libeskind, Paolo Rosselli and Attilio Terragni present the architecture of Terragni through the juxtaposition of archival images and contemporary photographs. The book takes the reader on a journey in time and space through Terragni’s achievements. Daniel Libeskind’s essay highlights the greatest of Terragni’s works, such as the ‘Casa del Fascio’ and the ‘Novocomum’, and illustrates how current Terragni remains in the world of contemporary architectural debate.