Axel Menges 1996 Hardcover New 240 pages. 10.00x9.00x0.75 inches.

ISBN10: 3930698668, ISBN13: 9783930698660, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Primeval architecture is an architecture of necessity.Nothing is there to excess, no matter whetherstone, clay, reeds or wood, animal skins orhair are used. It is minimal. It can be very beautifuleven amidst poverty and is good in t.
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ISBN10: 3930698668, ISBN13: 9783930698660, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Hardcover First Edition Jacket has moderate wear and a tiny (5mm) tear to top rear corner. A 'Received' label to ffep (institutional?). A crease to ffep and a date to half-title page. Some minor marks to preliminaries, otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 240pp Primeval architecture is an architecture of necessity. Nothing is there to excess, no matter whether stone, clay, reeds or wood, animal skins or hair are used. It is minimal. It can be very beautiful even amidst poverty and is good in the ethical sense. Good architecture seems to be more important than beautiful architecture. Beautiful architecture is not necessarily good. Only buildings that are at the same time ethically good and aesthetically beautiful are worth preserving. We have too many buildings that have become useless and yet we still need new buildings, from pole to pole, in the cold and in the heat. Mans present areas of settlement are the new ecological system in which technology is indispensable, even in hot and cold areas. . Our age requires buildings that are lighter, more energy-saving, more mobile and more adaptable, in brief more natural, without disregarding the need for safety and security. This logically leads to the further development of light constructions, to the building of tents, shells, awnings and air-supported membranes. It also leads to a new mobility and changeability. A new ...

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[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]

Edition Axel Menges, Date: 1996-06-26. Hardcover. New. 1996. Edition Axel Menges ISBN 3930698668 9783930698660 [US]

Edition Axel Menges, Date: 1996. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 220mm x 240mm. Jacket has moderate wear and a tiny (5mm) tear to top rear corner. A 'Received' label to ffep (institutional?). A crease to ffep and a date to half-title page. Some minor marks to preliminaries, otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 240pp Primeval architecture is an architecture of necessity. Nothing is there to excess, no matter whether stone, clay, reeds or wood, animal skins or hair are used. It is minimal. It can be very beautiful even amidst poverty and is good in the ethical sense. Good architecture seems to be more important than beautiful architecture. Beautiful architecture is not necessarily good. Only buildings that are at the same time ethically good and aesthetically beautiful are worth preserving. We have too many buildings that have become useless and yet we still need new buildings, from pole to pole, in the cold and in the heat. Mans present areas of settlement are the new ecological system in which technology is indispensable, even in hot and cold areas. ... Our age requires buildings that are lighter, more energy-saving, more mobile and more adaptable, in brief more natural, without disregarding the need for safety and security. This logically leads to the further development of light constructions, to the building of tents, shells, awnings and air-supported membranes. It also leads to a new mobility and changeability. A new understanding of nature is forming ...

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ISBN10: 3930698668, ISBN13: 9783930698660, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges] Hardcover 1996. 3rd. Hardcover. . . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1996]

Edition Axel Menges Publishing, Date: 1996. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; 2001 printing; Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn and edgeworn with one edge-scuff, but is overall good and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; Small sticker to the last endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75" - 10.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Black dust jacket with title in white lettering; 1996, Edition Axel Menges Publishing; 240 pages; "Finding Form: Towards an Architecture of the Minimal," by Frei Otto & Bodo Rasch. 1996. Edition Axel Menges Publishing ISBN 3930698668 9783930698660 [US]

ISBN10: 3930698668, ISBN13: 9783930698660, [publisher: Edition Axel Menges Jun 2018] Hardcover Neuware - 'Primeval architecture is an architecture of necessity.Nothing is there to excess, no matter whetherstone, clay, reeds or wood, animal skins orhair are used. It is minimal. It can be very beautifuleven amidst poverty and is good in the ethicalsense.Good architecture seems to be more importantthan beautiful architecture. Beautiful architectureis not necessarily good. Only buildings that are atthe same time ethically good and aestheticallybeautiful are worth preserving.We have too many buildings that have becomeuseless and yet we still need new buildings, frompole to pole, in the cold and in the heat.Man's present areas of settlement are the newecological system in which technology is indispensable,even in hot and cold areas. .Our age requires buildings that are lighter,more energy-saving, more mobile and moreadaptable, in brief more natural, without disregardingthe need for safety and security.This logically leads to the further developmentof light constructions, to the building of tents,shells, awnings and air-supported membranes.It also leads to a new mobility and changeability.A new understanding of nature is forming underone aspect of high performance form (also called'classical form'), which unites aesthetic and ethicalviewpoints.Tomorrow's architecture will again be minimalarchitecture, an architecture of the self-educationand ...
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