Ready for Take-Off Aktuelle Deutsche Exportarchitektur / Ready for Take-Off contemporary German Export Architecture

by Schmal, Peter Cachola

• ISBN13: 9783775721462
• ISBN10: 3775721460
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

"Taking the German contribution to the Architecture Biennial in SEW Paulo as its starting point, this catalogue presents contemporary German export architecture. An increasing number of German architects are Ready for Take-Off - ready to engage in global business. In this publication we present in detail projects undertaken by selected German architecture offices abroad; the work of each office is also shown by means of an already complete building in Germany. Introductory essays by architectural historians, architects and engineers place the phenomenon of architecture export in context, and interviews with international architects familiarize the reader with how contemporary German architecture and German architects are perceived abroad."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Forewords
German Federal Minister of Transport Building and Urban Affairs	p. 6
Deutsches Architekturmuseum	p. 8
Essays
What Role Do "German Values" and "Secondary Virtues" Play in Successfully Exporting Architecture?	p. 12
Interviews with
Stefan Helming, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit	p. 16
Spencer de Grey, Foster + Partners	p. 24
Dominique Perrault, Dominique Perrault Architecture	p. 34
Kees Christiaanse, Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners	p. 40
Germany's Building Culture and the Star Architecture System	p. 48
From "German Form" to "Internationat Form"? On the History of German Architectural Export	p. 54
Ready for Take-Off: Is Venturing Abroad Worth It?	p. 66
German Engineering Services: Highly Regarded Abroad	p. 76
Architekturburo Deutschland	p. 86
Barkow Leibinger Architekten	p. 104
Behnisch Architekten	p. 110
BeL	p. 116
Carsten Roth Architekt	p. 122
Gerber Architekten	p. 128
GKK + Architekten	p. 134
Ingenhoven Architekten	p. 140
J. Mayer H.	p. 146
Kirsten Schemel Architekten	p. 152
KSP Engel und Zimmermann	p. 158
KSV Kruger Schuberth Vandreike	p. 164
Pysall Ruge Architekten	p. 170
Sauerbruch Hutton	p. 176
Staab Architekten	p. 182
Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch	p. 188
Appendix
Exporting Architecture: Germany at the Architecture Biennial in Sao Paulo	p. 196
Authors and Interview Partners	p. 202
Credits	p. 206
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