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von Gerkan, Marg und Partner: Architecture 1997-1999

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Ein Stück deutscher Architekturgeschichte, eine Demonstration der Gegenwartsarchitektur und ihrer Visionen fürs nächste das international renommierte Architekturbüro dokumentiert an den neuesten Projekten die Vielfalt seiner Bauaufgaben und die hohe ästhetische Anmutung seiner Architektur. In einem Form- und Materialspiel ohne modische Anbiederungen erweist sich Architektur einmal mehr als "Kunst in der sozialen Anwendung", die "als Hülle zum Wohnen und Arbeiten" dient (Aedes Katalog). Das Spektrum dieses Bandes umfaßt das Hörsaalzentrum der Universität Chemnitz, den Pavillon der Christlichen Kirchen für die EXPO 2000 in Hannover, das neue Gebäude der Dresdner Bank am Brandenburger Tor sowie den Lehrter Bahnhof in Berlin, die Entwürfe für die Deutsche Schule in Peking, die Visionen für den neuen Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg International, die Planung für die "Hafen City" Hamburg, schließlich das Design für den neuen Metropolitan Zug der Deutschen Bahn.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 24, 2000

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September 3, 2011

Von Gerkan, Marg, und Partner is a leading and important German architectural firm and there's several monographs of their work published. This one covers a seminal period in their practice through the short span from 97-99. The architecture covered here is breath-taking and worthy of a good monograph, but I wasn't that impressed with the book itself. For one, for a book with a list price of $100 US, it wasn't of the production values I'd expected. Granted, I only paid $42 for it and it had been sitting in a warehouse I would guess for a full decade, but still: the paper quality and inks used didn't seem up to par with the likes of Phaidon and other leading architectural publishers. Some of the actual photography is stellar while other images are not impressive. The text, in both German and English is crowded and small, thus seeming in places like an afterthought.

Overall, a necessary work on an important firm, but poor graphic design—don't expect people who spend $100 on a design book not to notice poor book design, either.
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