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Rob KrierArchitectural Composition 344 pp. with 500 illus., 24 of which in colour, 240 x 250 mm, hard-cover, English ISBN 978-3-936681-39-0Euro 69.00, sfr 109.00, £ 59.00, US $ 98.00, $A 119.00
Rob Krier is a unique voice in today’s architectural discoursethrough his commitment to developing a relevant and pragmatictheory of architecture based on his own experience and observa-tions of architectural practice and opposed to the easy, abstracttheorising so common in contemporary architectural writing.
Together with his brother Leon, he has perfected a form of pre-sentation in which the potency of his thinking finds its perfect coun-terpoint in detailed drawings and sketches which argue his casevisually through the power of example. Following the success of hiswidely acclaimend Urban Space, a work which looked at the prob-lems of our cities from a historical, theoretical and practical stand-point, Krier now applies his particular, highly influential mode of di-dactic criticism to contemporary architecture in continuing searchfor fundamental architectural truths.
Architectural Composition is both a theoretical and visual analysiswhich clearly illustrates the creative process which informs Krier’svision and praxis. The culmination of a lifetime’s thought and experi-ence by one of Europe’s most important architectural theorists, it iswithout doubt a major achievement and is a standard work of refer-ence for both students and practising architects. The book, pub-lished for the first time in 1988 by Academy Editions in London, has been supported by funds from the Fond zur Förderung der wis-senschaftlichen Forschung der Republik Österreich, and it was car-ried out at Krier’s former Institut für Gestaltungslehre at the Techni-sche Universität in Vienna.
Rob Krier is an architect and influential theorist for architectureand urban planning. Born and raised in Luxembourg, he moved toVienna after having studied in Munich and worked for Oswald Ma-thias Ungers and Frei Otto. After teaching posts in Stuttgart andLausanne, he was a professor at the Technische Universität in Vien-na from 1976 to 1998 and, in 1986, held a guest professorship atYale University in New Haven, Mass. Krier has developed urban-design concepts for Stuttgart, Vienna, Berlin, Amiens, Montpellier,Leeds, Gothenburg, Lodz, Amsterdam, Den Haag and many othercities. Projects with which he was first able to translate his vision of a spatial concept, such as Rauchstrasse in Berlin, Breitenfurter-strasse in Vienna or Ritterstrasse with Schinkelplatz in Berlin, re-peatedly found their place in international publications.
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ROB KRIER
ARCHITECTURALCOMPOSITION
EDITION AXEL MENGES
Rob Krier is a unique voice in today’s ar-chitectural discourse through his commit-ment to developing a relevant and pragmat-ic theory of architecture based on his ownexperience and observations of architectur-al practice and opposed to the easy, abstracttheorising so common in contemporary ar-chitectural writing.
Together with his brother Leon, he hasperfected a form of presentation in whichthe potency of his thinking finds its perfectcounterpoint in detailed drawings andsketches which argue his case visuallythrough the power of example. Followingthe success of his widely acclaimend UrbanSpace, a work which looked at the problemsof our cities from a historical, theoreticaland practical standpoint, Krier now applieshis particular, highly influential mode ofdidactic criticism to contemporary archi-tecture in continuing search for fundamen-tal architectural truths.
Architectural Composition is both a theo-retical and visual analysis which clearlyillustrates the creative process which in-forms Krier’s vision and praxis. The culmi-nation of a lifetime’s thought and experi-ence by one of Europe’s most important ar-chitectural theorists, it is without doubt amajor achievement and is a standard workof reference for both students and practis-ing architects.
Rob Krier is an architect and influentialtheorist for architecture and urban plan-ning. Born and raised in Luxembourg, hemoved to Vienna after having studied inMunich and worked for Oswald MathiasUngers and Frei Otto. After teaching postsin Stuttgart and Lausanne, he was a profes-sor at Vienna Technical University from1976 to 1998 and, in 1986, held a guest pro-fessorship at Yale University in New Ha-ven, USA. Krier has developed urban-de-sign concepts for Stuttgart, Vienna, Berlin,Amiens, Montpellier, Leeds, Gothenburg,Lodz, Amsterdam, Den Haag and manyother cities. Projects with which he was firstable to translate his vision of a spatial con-cept, such as Rauchstrasse in Berlin, Brei-tenfurterstrasse in Vienna or Ritterstrassewith Schinkelplatz in Berlin, repeatedlyfound their place in international publica-tions.
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Rob Krier is a unique voice in today’s architectural discourse throughhis commitment to developing a relevant and pragmatic theory ofarchitecture based on his own experience and observations of archi-tectural practice and opposed to the easy, abstract theorising so com-mon in contemporary architectural writing.
Together with his brother Leon, he has perfected a form of presen-tation in which the potency of his thinking finds its perfect counter-point in detailed drawings and sketches which argue his case visuallythrough the power of example. Following the success of his widelyacclaimend Urban Space, a work which looked at the problems of ourcities from a historical, theoretical and practical standpoint, Kriernow applies his particular, highly influential mode of didactic criti-cism to contemporary architecture in continuing search for funda-mental architectural truths.
Architectural Composition is both a theoretical and visual analysiswhich clearly illustrates the creative process which informs Krier’svision and praxis. The culmination of a lifetime’s thought and experi-ence by one of Europe’s most important architectural theorists, it iswithout doubt a major achievement and is a standard work of refer-ence for both students and practising architects.
ROB KRIER
ARCHITECTURALCOMPOSITION
EDITION AXEL MENGES
I would like to thank my publishers, DorotheaDuwe and Axel Menges, for reprinting thisbook, published for the first time in 1988 byAcademy Editions in London. My work onthis book has been supported by funds fromthe Fond zur Förderung der wissenschaft-lichen Forschung der Republik Österreich,and it was carried out at my former Institut fürGestaltungslehre at the Technische Univer-sität Wien. My collaborators were MargaretheCufer, Johann Kräftner, Robert Newald, UteSchauer, Dietmar Steiner and Renate Stirk.The text was translated into English by Ro-mana Schneider and Gabrielle Vorreiter.
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