Minimalistische Architektur | Minimalist Architecture

Minimalism in ar­chi­tec­ture - an in-depth, in­for­ma­tive and vi­sually stun­ning sur­vey.
Minimalism as a con­cept was first used in the world of art to cha­rac­te­rize the work of Do­nald Judd, Sol Le Witt and se­veral others. Soon af­ter­wards, this crea­tive ap­proach began to take hold in ar­chi­tec­ture, and the works of many con­tem­porary ar­chi­tects are roo­ted in Mi­ni­ma­lism to a grea­ter or les­ser de­gree.
This pu­bli­ca­tion goes to the heart of this trend, loo­king first at Loos, Witt­gen­stein, Mies van der Rohe, and As­plund, the de­fi­ni­tive pre­cur­sors of Mi­ni­ma­lism. Then the works of today's prot­ago­nists, who in­clude Tadao Ando, Luìs Bar­ra­gàn, Al­berto Campo Baeza, A.G. Fron­zoni, Mi­chael Ga­bel­lini, John Paw­son, Clau­dio Sil­vestrin, Edu­ardo Souto Moura, and Peter Zum­t­hor are co­vered ex­ten­si­vely. A selec­tion of texts cont­ri­bu­ted by the fea­tured ar­chi­tects con­clude the vo­lume. With a clear even aus­tere pre­sen­ta­tion, this book not only re­flects its con­tents but pro­vi­des a com­pre­hen­sive over­view of Mi­ni­ma­lism, one of the do­mi­nant trends in con­tem­porary ar­chi­tec­ture.