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Jörg Friedrich hat in den letzten vier Dekaden mit seinem renommierten Hamburger Architekturbüro pfp architekten ein breites Spektrum an öffentlicher und privater Architektur mit ganz unterschiedlichen Nutzungen geplant und realisiert. Das Büro arbeitet an der Minimalisierung des architektonischen Objektes im städtebaulichen Kontext. In kontinuierlicher Auseinandersetzung mit den Idealen der klassischen Moderne geht es um deren Transformation in eine entspannte Zukunft von Architektur und Stadt. Gebaute Räume werden über ihre funktionale und ästhetische Ausformung hinaus zu Architekturen der Begegnung: Das Gebäude wird in der Stadt als soziale Raumschichtung inszeniert. Dieses Buch veranschaulicht an vielen Beispielen die unverwechselbare Arbeits- und Denkweise von Jörg Friedrich und seinem Team. Entwurfsansätze und Konzeptentwicklungen werden bis zum ausgeführten Bau in Skizzen, Modellen, und beeindruckenden Fotos dokumentiert.

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International Building Exhibitions (IBAs) are 'booming' at present. Such heightened interest mirrors a greater demand for quality in urban development and architecture. Every IBA is unique and un-repeatable; it makes an impact because it facilitates action outside of customary routine.

Discusses strategies and offers visions for the transformation of urban spaces into Metrozones. This title shows how waste ground, unused and unoccupied spaces in cities and industrial areas can offer opportunities for creative exploitation and sustainable development.

In 2010, the last stage of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Furst-Puckler-Land takes place in the Lusatian Lakeland. This title provide us with a detailed account of developments and presents 30 large-scale and small-scale projects from the 'horizontal Eiffel Tower' to a floating diving school above a flooded mine.

Over the years, Luxembourg has advanced into a centre of contemporary architecture. Among works by prominent architects the oeuvre of one Luxembourg office stands out: Christian Bauer and Associates. This practice has enhanced the city and its surroundings. This monograph presents the practices' extensive and diverse output.

In the last three decades, the architectural partnership of Auer+Weber+Associate, based in Stuttgart and Munich, has become known for projects informed by a deep study of the design tasks at hand as well as by the conditions and chances afforded by their places of implementation.

Buildings by Graz-based architects have for many years graced contemporary architecture with their vital, unmistakable formal language and new building typologies. This monograph focuses on works dating from 1994 - 2010, and older seminal projects, it shows the architects' memorable style and humanity and why they deserve world-wide recognition.