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Valerio Olgiati: Paspels
An architecture-book on Valerio Olgiatis school in
Paspels/Grisons, Switzerland. The book shows the masterpiece-building of
the shooting-star of the Swiss architecture-scene in a clear and simple
way. With a text in English an German by fellow architect Alberto Dell'
Antonio. Photos by Heinrich Helfenstein, Valerio Olgiati and Mira Blau.
2000 numbered copys worldwide.
About the
Valerio Olgiati (born 1958) grew up in Flims and Chur.
While studying architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology in
Zurich, he built his first house (Haus Fiala in Chur, 1983-84). For his
,green house" (Haus Kucher in Rottenburg a./N. 1988-91) Olgiati was
awarded special mention of the German Price for Architecture. He ran an
architectural office in Los Angeles with Frank Escher from 1993-95. In
1994 and 1995 he was awarded the Artist's Grant of the Swiss
Confederation. In 1996, after establishing himself in Zurich, his
compelling project for the school in Paspels won the first price in the
architectural competition and was built between 1996 an 1998. His most
recent project is the renovation of the ,Yellow House in Flims". Since
fall 1998, he is teaching an the Federal Institute of Technology as a
guest lecturer.
Paspels/Grisons, Switzerland. The book shows the masterpiece-building of
the shooting-star of the Swiss architecture-scene in a clear and simple
way. With a text in English an German by fellow architect Alberto Dell'
Antonio. Photos by Heinrich Helfenstein, Valerio Olgiati and Mira Blau.
2000 numbered copys worldwide.
About the
Valerio Olgiati (born 1958) grew up in Flims and Chur.
While studying architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology in
Zurich, he built his first house (Haus Fiala in Chur, 1983-84). For his
,green house" (Haus Kucher in Rottenburg a./N. 1988-91) Olgiati was
awarded special mention of the German Price for Architecture. He ran an
architectural office in Los Angeles with Frank Escher from 1993-95. In
1994 and 1995 he was awarded the Artist's Grant of the Swiss
Confederation. In 1996, after establishing himself in Zurich, his
compelling project for the school in Paspels won the first price in the
architectural competition and was built between 1996 an 1998. His most
recent project is the renovation of the ,Yellow House in Flims". Since
fall 1998, he is teaching an the Federal Institute of Technology as a
guest lecturer.
60 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1998
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