Press Releases from gisela graf communications (47 total)
Next to Bauhaus 2
The Bauhaus centenary might be over, but the Bauhaus tradition persists. This is clearly shown in the Dessau School of Architecture's new annual "Next to…
Flying Panels. How Concrete Panels Changed the World
During the second half of the twentieth century countless concrete panels sailed through the skies: not only physically from factory to construction site, or from…
Mass Housing in the Socialist City. Heritage, Values, and Perspectives
Prefabricated mass housing in cities from formerly socialist countries represents an enormous volume of residential housing today and is therefore an important tool for the…
Architectural Guide Moon
Mankind first reached the moon on July 21, 1969. This celestial body had always been a place of longing for earth's inhabitants but this…
Sports Facilities. Leisure and Movement in Urban Space
Gone are the days in which the typically multi-purpose school gyms located somewhere on the outskirts of town are the first thing to come to…
Shrinking Cities in Romania (2 Volumes)
Shrinking cities are a worldwide phenomenon. While megacities keep on growing, the mid-sized and smaller cities are often left to deal with dwindling population numbers.…
Housing for All
Affordable housing is an ongoing political issue. Local authorities have repeatedly been striving to set international standards for these important construction projects since the 1920s.…
Affordable Housing
Cost-effective Models for the Future
Affordable housing is currently in short supply. In many European cities prices in the residential market are literally going through the…
Redevelopment of the new Schindler-Campus
Ebikon/Luzern, 22.10.2018. Swiss architects Burckhardt+Partner AG are redeveloping the historic Schindler site into a modern campus. The upgrading and overall design of the urban development…
Georgia. Art for Architecture
Soviet Modernist Mosaics from 1960 to 1990
While buildings in the style of Soviet modernism in Georgia have received global recognition for several decades, the artworks…
Hybrid Tbilisi
Reflections on Architecture in Georgia
The Caucasian metropolis of Tbilisi is in a permanent state of transformation. Spectacular new buildings contrast with late-Soviet formal experiments such…
The Törten Project. Murder and Crime Mysteries from a Bauhaus Estate
A different approach to architectural teaching
Students develop crime stories set in the Bauhaus Estate in Törten, Dessau
Hannes M actually hated straight lines and was…
Modernity and Durability
Perspectives for the Culture of Design
The orthodox concept of the Modern, as it was passed down from the 1920s to the post-war era, has been…
Architectural Guide Monterrey
Monterrey is known as ‘the city of the mountains’, in reference to its privileged location at the foothills of the Sierra Madre. The city, founded…
Architectural Guide Minsk
Minsk, founded in 1067, was a small, inconspicuous town lost in the backwoods of Eastern Europe for many centuries. Ironically, it was the devastation caused…
The energy is in the façade
Grosspeter Tower in Basel: the building's envelope as solar power plant
Basel, 28.6.2018 The Grosspeter Tower in Basel has been completed. To mark this occasion…
New digital strategies at Burckhardt+Partner
Basel-based digitalwerkstatt becomes subsidiary of the architecture company
» Burckhardt+Partner has expanded its digital planning service with digital manufacturing processes
» It offers comprehensive digital services from…
Living with Nature
The longing for nature has never been greater than at a time when more and more people live in densely populated urban centres. The country…
Manual of Multi-Storey Timber Construction
Timber has reclaimed its place in the urban environment. This oldest of mankind's building materials is not only perfectly suited for conversions, extensions and infill…
30:70 - Architecture as a Balancing Act
Never before have so many buildings been constructed as today, and never has architecture had so many technological and design possibilities at its disposal. And…
Next to Bauhaus
Dessauer Schule – Dessau School of Architecture
The yearbook Next to Bauhaus by the Dessau School of Architecture is the first in a planned series of…
structure - published by DETAIL now an independent magazine
Review of Structural Design and Engineering can be subscribed from March 2018 onwards
structure - published by DETAIL will become an independent international trade journal for…
DETAIL Prize 2018 announced: Innovative details wanted!
• Submissions from 3 to 30 April 2018
• Prizes are awarded for architecture, interior design and construction
• Award ceremony in November 2018
Awarding architectural quality
The…
CEBRA_files_01, 02 and 03
Anyone who associates Scandinavian architecture with minimalist, reserved, and classical can be convinced otherwise by CEBRA. The name of this Aarhus-based architectural office reflects its…
Architectural Guide Münster / Münsterland
The university town of Münster is a modern business location with over 300,000 inhabitants and a high radiation power within and beyond its region. The…
Architectural Guide Aarhus
Aarhus may be only the second biggest and second oldest city in Denmark, but this 330,000 inhabitant city in Jutland is home to country's oldest…
The Melnikov House - Icon of the Avant-Garde, Family Home, Architecture Museum
The Melnikov House is a world-famous icon of Russian Constructivism, a masterpiece of Modernism. Konstantin Melnikov built this house for himself and his family between…
Spying on Moscow - A Winged Guide to Architecture
A pedestrian in the city sees buildings in the context of the city landscape, with the façades as main attraction. Architects and engineers are focused…
Urban Eurasia - Cities in Transformation
In these parts of the world, we see the city as an organism that has grown from individual and communitarian interests, economic forces, technical and…
Urbanity and Density in 20th Century Urban Design
Light, air, sun was not everything: a book about urban modernity
The book Urbanity and Density in 20th Century Urban Design topples a solid historical picture.…
Architectural Guide Iran
From the Safavids to the Iranian Revolution
Iran has one of the oldest urban cultures, dating back over 4,000 years. In the Architectural Guide Iran, the…
Architectural Guide Dessau / Wörlitz
Dessau may be a mere speck on the map, but to this day the city of Bauhaus still occupies the most important place in the…
Architectural Guide Berlin
With additional contributions by Philipp Meuser and Martin Pueschel
In no other place in Europe have changing ideologies and differing urban planning models left such a…
Contemporary Architecture. Made in Germany
Whether it be a solar kiosk in Africa, the National Library in Saudi Arabia or a city in Mongolia: architecture "Made in Germany" can be…
Building Across Worlds - International Projects by Architects von Gerkan, Marg u …
The Hamburg-based architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, also known as gmp, belong to the internationally most recognised architecture offices. From single-family homes to master…
Building Openings Construction Manual
Every architect has to reflect on building openings, since every house has windows and doors. They are the interface between indoor and outdoor spaces, essential…
Architectural Guide United Arab Emirates
Architecture and the United Arab Emirates: these keywords almost automatically provoke thoughts of the headline-grabbing and record-breaking architecture in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. A closer…
Behind the Iron Curtain - Confession of a Soviet Architect
The Soviet Union is history, its architecture still an underrated and unexplored era on the international scene. Felix Novikov, one of the last surviving Soviet…
Conversations with Peter Eisenman - The Evolution of Architectural Style
Peter Eisenman is regarded as one of the most influential architects of the present day. His architecture carries many layers and meanings, whereby one question…
Container and Modular Buildings
By now, the need to build numerous apartments within a short space of time is evident owing to the rapid increase in the number of…
Design for Space - Soviet and Russian Mission Patches
The white helmet of Yuri Gagarin is adorned with the Cyrillic letters CCCP – in a luminous shade of red. The images of the first…
Architectural Guide Chile
The fact that Chilean architecture has made a comeback on the global stage with modern masterpieces and interesting concepts – particularly over the past fifteen…
Stadium Buildings
From ancient stadium construction to a design object of the twenty-first century, sports arenas have long been turned into places hosting a global media spectacle.…
The DETAIL Prize 2016 is announced
• Submissions from 17 May until 30 June 2016
• Now also for interior designers and civil/structural engineers
• Symposium and gala event in November 2016
Munich, 20.04.2016…
Hidden Urbanism - A deluxe volume celebrates the Moscow Metro
All Aboard
Life in the world's metropolises doesn't just play out above ground. Metros in the largest cities of the world transport umpteen thousand people from…
Towards a Typology of Soviet Mass Housing (box set)
An Academic, Playful and Haptic Approach towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Prefabricated Buildings
This insightful study on Soviet serial mass housing from 1955 to 1991 is…
Hidden Urbanism - All Aboard
A deluxe volume „Hidden Urbanism“ celebrates the Moscow Metro
Life in the world's metropolises doesn't just play out above ground. Metros in the largest cities of…
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