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Galletti & Matter : collection of places : buildings & projects / [translation into English, David Linford].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galletti, Olivier, 1963-
- Series:
- Collection Archigraphy Lémaniques
- Collection Archigraphy Lémaniques
- Standardized Title:
- Galletti & Matter, 1989-2005. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Switzerland--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Switzerland--History--21st century.
- Galletti, Olivier, 1963---Catalogs.
- Galletti, Olivier.
- Matter, Claude, 1964---Catalogs.
- Matter, Claude.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Galletti and Matter : collection of places : buildings and projects
- Place of Publication:
- Basel : Birkhäuser, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Innovative, flexible and pragmatic: the award-winning office of Galletti & Matter.Claude Matter and Olivier Galletti, two young Swiss architects, have developed an essentially pragmatic approach based on sensitivity to location. They begin with an initial concept, not a definitive answer, open to modification during the construction process. The creation of various and distinctive spaces corresponding to situations and demands that crystallize on location, rather than the realisation of a preconceived homogeneous design.This volume, the first in a new series on young architects from Suisse Rom
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Spirit of materials
- Galletti & Matter: a serene architecture / Croset, Pierre-Alain
- Strategy and planning / pragmatism and imagination / Matter, Claude / Galletti, Olivier
- Place watching
- On the edge
- Spirit of place
- Permanent places Ephemeral places
- Taking stock
- Awards for completed works. Exhibitions - TV reports
- Main publications
- List of main collaborators. List of other collaborators
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141).
- ISBN:
- 3-0346-0858-6
- OCLC:
- 1013944286
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