Ulrich Pfammatter Boeken

Review: "How have innovations in architecture and engineering come about? Who tested new approaches and when were important discoveries and experiments accepted? This book illuminates the history and development of building, in all its constructive, technical and cultural aspects, from the Industrial Revolution to the present and into the future. One hundred case scenarios articulate how new ideas, their context and ideology, became integral parts of the build environment. It also discusses which technical and creative mediums the pioneers and protagonists of the various trends and schools of thought used to articulate their ideas. The insightful texts and numerous images make this volume an essential handbook of architectural and structural history for students and professionals."--BOOK JACKET

The very first school for architecture came into being when the Ecole Polytechnique opened its gates in Paris in 1794 and with this, the profession of the architect as we understand it today was born. Using preiously unpublished texts and visual material, Ulrich Pfammatter traces in fascinating detail the origins and subsequent development of the scientific and industrial training of architects and engineers. He explores the growth of the architecture schools in Paris, Karlsruhe, Zürich, London and the USA, and by considering important exponents such as Durand, Reynaud, Mary, Weinbrenner, Semper, Dufour, Klenze, Eiffel and Jenney he provides a detailed exposition of this important chapter in civil engineering and architectural history.

Wann wird Neues in der Architektur entwickelt - Wer erprobt innovative Ansätze - wann werden entscheidende Erfindungen und Experimente unternommen? Der Autor dieser neuartigen Architekturgeschichte zeigt, in welchem Kontext und ideellen Umfeld neue Entwicklungen zum festen Bestandteil in der Architektur wurden und bis heute werden. Über 100 ausgewählte und kommentierte Fallbeispiele verdeutlichen, wo Neues erforscht und erprobt wurde. In sechs Kapiteln werden die wichtigsten, heute aktuellen Problemstellungen für Architekten und Ingenieure, Bauschulen und Forschungsinstitute aufgegriffen und als Lehr- und Handbuch mit einer Fülle von Abbildungen strukturiert.