Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908-1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings together for the first time. The subjects of Nelson's essays include figures both major (Mies van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier) and minor (Helweg-Moeller and Ivar Tengbom). All of these architects would soon be affected by...
Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908-1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles i...
Das Londoner Architekturburo Wilkinson Eyre Architects macht seit den 1990er Jahren durch eine Vielzahl innovativer und fantasievoller Bauten auf sich aufmerksam. Ein Schwerpunkt bilden spektakulare und konstruktiv anspruchsvolle Brucken, zu deren bekanntesten die Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2001) und die Floral Street Bridge (2003) gehoren.
Das Londoner Architekturburo Wilkinson Eyre Architects macht seit den 1990er Jahren durch eine Vielzahl innovativer und fantasievoller Bauten auf s...
The 19th-century German architect and artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was among the great personalities in the world of architecture. Classicism and Romanticism moved towards Modern Architecture in his buildings; his Collection of Architectural Designs led the way to our contemporary understanding of the work of the architect; and as a state master building he shaped the architectural culture of his time.
A universal scholar and versatile artist, Schinkel led an intensive, if not boundless exchange with the society and the developments of the 19th century....
The 19th-century German architect and artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was among the great personalities in the world of architecture. C...
