Ytali: Architectural guide Venice

Ytali: Architectural guide Venice

The italian on-line magazine ytali published an article about “architectural guide venice”. the article is written by cristina valentini who interviewed the authors....
Collector’s Edition – Architectural Guide

Collector’s Edition – Architectural Guide

This Collector’s Edition of the award-winning Architectural Guide series by DOM publishers presents 200 buildings from twenty-one different cities which have produced outstanding architecture in recent years. The authors are members of the global network Guiding Architects which is dedicated to the promotion of architecture, open spaces and urban development. Each of these critics based in Europe, the Middle East or the USA presents five Highlights and five Hidden Gems comprising both modern buildings and landscape architecture. All authors are trained professionals with degrees in the field of architecture and most of them run independent architectural practices in their respective cities. They conduct guided tours for experts and non-experts, hold lectures, publish specialised texts, organise workshops and symposia, or work in teaching and research. 20 booklets in a slipcase: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bilbao, Budapest, Doha, Dubai ∕ Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt ∕ Main, Hamburg, Istanbul, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Oslo, Rome, Rotterdam, Turin, Venice,...
Architectural guide – Venice, Clemens Kusch, Anabel Gelhaar

Architectural guide – Venice, Clemens Kusch, Anabel Gelhaar

Venice has developed into a mecca for international architects in the last few decades; the elite of contemporary architecture gather to cel­ebrate the most prestigious architecture exhibition of our time at the biennale in the shadows of st. mark’s place, the rialto bridge and the doge’s palace; it is all the more amazing that there is no current guide which covers the modern architecture of the largest open-air-museum in the world. this architectural guide is a ticket to a journey of discov­ery off the beaten tourist path through venice after 1950; the boat trips and walks in the guide lead to new residential complexes and converted harbour sheds, to works by carlo scarpa, tadao ando and david chipperfield; this very practical travel guide also examines con­troversial new projects like the flood control barriers or spectacular conversions like that of the fondaco dei tedeschi by rem koolhaas. in addition to never realised designs by frank lloyd wright, le cor­busier and louis kahn, the authors present all the biennale pavilions from the last six decades....